How to Set Up Azure Site Recovery Agent on Windows Server 2012 R2 Azure Site Recovery (ASR) is Microsoft’s disaster recovery service that replicates physical and virtual workloads to Azure, enabling failover to cloud infrastructure in the event of a primary site failure. For Windows Server 2012 R2 physical servers or on-premises VMs, ASR uses […]
How to Configure Azure Backup Agent on Windows Server 2012 R2 The Microsoft Azure Backup Agent (also known as the MARS agent — Microsoft Azure Recovery Services) enables you to back up files, folders, and system state directly from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Vault, without requiring Azure virtual machines or […]
How to Use PowerShell Remoting for Automated Server Management on Windows Server 2012 R2 PowerShell Remoting enables you to execute commands and scripts on remote Windows servers over WinRM, the Windows implementation of the WS-Management protocol. This capability transforms PowerShell from a local automation tool into a distributed management platform, allowing a single administrator or […]
How to Set Up Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) on Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is a free Microsoft solution that extends Windows Deployment Services to provide a fully automated, zero-touch operating system and application deployment framework. MDT uses task sequences — ordered lists of steps — to deploy Windows, install applications, apply […]
Log files grow without bound unless managed. Logrotate is the standard Linux tool that automatically rotates, compresses, and deletes old log files. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS includes Logrotate pre-installed. This guide explains how to configure it. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server A user with sudo privileges Step 1 – […]
How to Set Up Windows Deployment Services (WDS) on Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Deployment Services (WDS) is a server role that enables network-based installation of Windows operating systems to bare-metal machines, virtual machines, and servers that support PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) boot. WDS eliminates the need for physical installation media by serving boot images […]
How to Configure WSUS for Automated Patch Management on Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is Microsoft’s enterprise patch management solution that allows administrators to approve, deploy, and report on Windows and Microsoft software updates across their environment from a central server. By hosting updates internally, WSUS reduces external bandwidth consumption, gives […]
Logrotate prevents log files from consuming all available disk space by automatically rotating, compressing, and deleting old log files. Ubuntu uses logrotate by default for system logs. This guide configures logrotate for system and custom application logs on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS A user with […]
How to Set Up a Build Server with MSBuild on Windows Server 2012 R2 MSBuild (Microsoft Build Engine) is the foundational build system for .NET and C++ projects on the Windows platform. Setting up a dedicated MSBuild build server on Windows Server 2012 R2 enables your team to perform automated, reproducible builds of Visual Studio […]
Regular database backups are essential for disaster recovery. MySQL provides several tools — mysqldump for logical backups, mysqlpump for parallel dumps, and MySQL Shell’s dumpInstance for modern cloud-friendly backups. This guide covers backing up and restoring MySQL databases on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS with MySQL […]
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