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How to Configure IIS Logging and Analysis on Windows Server 2025 — step-by-step Windows Server 2025 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure IIS Logging and Analysis on Windows Server 2025

How to Configure IIS Logging and Analysis on Windows Server 2025 Internet Information Services (IIS) on Windows Server 2025 writes detailed W3C-format access logs for every HTTP request it handles—recording the date, time, client IP, requested URI, HTTP status code, bytes sent, user agent, and response time. Those logs are an essential resource for diagnosing […]

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How to Use Azure Monitor with Windows Server 2025 — step-by-step Windows Server 2025 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Azure Monitor with Windows Server 2025

How to Use Azure Monitor with Windows Server 2025 Azure Monitor is Microsoft’s unified observability platform, and while it is best known for monitoring Azure-hosted virtual machines, it is equally powerful for on-premises servers running Windows Server 2025. By combining Azure Arc with the Azure Monitor Agent (AMA), you can stream Windows Event Logs, performance […]

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How to Configure Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon) on Windows Server 2025 — step-by-step Windows Server 2025 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon) on Windows Server 2025

How to Configure Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon) on Windows Server 2025 Windows Performance Monitor — accessed via perfmon.exe — is the built-in tool for capturing detailed system performance data on Windows Server 2025 without installing any third-party software. It can record hundreds of performance counters including CPU utilisation, memory pressure, disk throughput, network I/O, and […]

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How to Install Zabbix Agent on Windows Server 2025 — step-by-step Windows Server 2025 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Zabbix Agent on Windows Server 2025

How to Install Zabbix Agent on Windows Server 2025 Zabbix is an enterprise-grade open-source monitoring platform capable of tracking thousands of metrics across servers, network devices, and applications. Deploying Zabbix Agent 2 on Windows Server 2025 is the first step toward centralised visibility into CPU utilisation, disk health, running services, and custom application data. This […]

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How to Monitor Windows Server with Prometheus and Grafana on Windows Server 2025 — step-by-step Windows Server 2025 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor Windows Server with Prometheus and Grafana on Windows Server 2025

How to Monitor Windows Server with Prometheus and Grafana on Windows Server 2025 Modern infrastructure observability relies on open-source tools that collect, store, and visualize time-series metrics at scale. Prometheus and Grafana have become the de facto standard monitoring stack for both Linux and Windows environments, and Windows Server 2025 is fully supported through the […]

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How to Set Up Data Deduplication on Windows Server 2025 — step-by-step Windows Server 2025 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Data Deduplication on Windows Server 2025

How to Set Up Data Deduplication on Windows Server 2025 Data Deduplication is a Windows Server role service that identifies and eliminates duplicate data blocks across a volume, storing only a single copy of each unique block and replacing duplicates with lightweight pointers. On typical file server workloads, deduplication routinely achieves 50–80% space savings, dramatically […]

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How to Configure Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) on Windows Server 2025 — step-by-step Windows Server 2025 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) on Windows Server 2025

How to Configure Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) on Windows Server 2025 The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) is a foundational Windows technology that enables point-in-time, consistent snapshots of disk volumes — even while files are open and applications are actively writing to them. VSS coordinates with VSS providers (storage drivers), VSS writers (application-specific components […]

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How to Set Up Windows Server Backup on Windows Server 2025 — step-by-step Windows Server 2025 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Windows Server Backup on Windows Server 2025

How to Set Up Windows Server Backup on Windows Server 2025 Windows Server Backup is the built-in backup solution included with Windows Server 2025 at no additional cost. While third-party tools offer more advanced features, Windows Server Backup provides a reliable, native option for protecting critical data, system state, and entire server volumes. Whether you […]

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How to Configure Windows Defender Antivirus on Windows Server 2025 — step-by-step Windows Server 2025 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Windows Defender Antivirus on Windows Server 2025

How to Configure Windows Defender Antivirus on Windows Server 2025 Windows Defender Antivirus (WDA) is the built-in antimalware solution included with Windows Server 2025 and is active by default on Server with Desktop Experience installations. Unlike earlier versions of Windows Server where Defender was often treated as an afterthought, Windows Server 2025 ships with a […]

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How to Set Up Monitoring with Prometheus Windows Exporter on Windows Server 2025 — step-by-step Windows Server 2025 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Monitoring with Prometheus Windows Exporter on Windows Server 2025

How to Set Up Monitoring with Prometheus Windows Exporter on Windows Server 2025 The windows_exporter (formerly wmi_exporter) is the de-facto Prometheus exporter for Windows systems, maintained by the Prometheus Community and available at github.com/prometheus-community/windows_exporter. It exposes over 30 collectors covering CPU, memory, disk, network, services, processes, IIS, MSSQL, Active Directory, and more — all as […]

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