How to Configure Hyper-V Virtual Networking on Windows Server 2025 Virtual networking is one of the most critical — and often most complex — aspects of a Hyper-V deployment. Getting it right determines whether your virtual machines can communicate with each other, reach the corporate network, access the internet, and talk to storage systems. Windows […]
How to Install and Configure Hyper-V on Windows Server 2025 Hyper-V is Microsoft’s native Type-1 hypervisor and is one of the most powerful roles available in Windows Server 2025. Whether you are building a development lab, consolidating workloads, or laying the foundation for a private cloud, Hyper-V provides the virtualisation infrastructure you need without requiring […]
How to Set Up and Use Windows Admin Center on Windows Server 2025 Windows Admin Center (WAC) is Microsoft’s browser-based management platform for Windows Server, designed to replace the fragmented collection of individual MMC snap-ins and remote tools that administrators have historically juggled. On Windows Server 2025, WAC is the recommended central management interface for […]
How to Enable and Configure Credential Guard on Windows Server 2025 Credential Guard is one of the most impactful security controls available in Windows Server 2025. It uses Virtualization-Based Security (VBS) to isolate the Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) into a separate, hardware-protected virtual trust level (VTL1) called the Secure World. Because LSASS runs […]
How to Configure a GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner on Windows Server 2025 GitHub Actions self-hosted runners let you execute workflow jobs on your own infrastructure instead of GitHub’s cloud-hosted runners. For teams building Windows applications, running integration tests against local databases, or working in air-gapped environments, a self-hosted runner on Windows Server 2025 is the […]
Introduction This guide explains how to Register a GitHub Actions Self-Hosted Runner on FreeBSD 14 on FreeBSD 14. FreeBSD uses the pkg(8) binary package manager, rc.conf(5) for service startup configuration, and pf(4) as its primary packet filter. There is no SELinux or AppArmor — instead, FreeBSD provides the MAC (Mandatory Access Control) framework and Capsicum […]
How to Monitor IIS Performance with Counters on Windows Server 2025 IIS on Windows Server 2025 exposes a rich set of performance counters through the Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon) subsystem, covering everything from raw TCP connection counts to ASP.NET request queue depth and .NET garbage collection pressure. Proactive monitoring of these counters is essential for […]
Introduction FreeBSD 14 is a UNIX-derived operating system renowned for its network stack performance, ZFS integration, and Jail isolation primitives. Setting up install minio object storage on freebsd 14 on FreeBSD 14 follows the rc.conf/service(8) paradigm rather than systemd, which means enabling a service and configuring its startup options are done differently from any Linux […]
How to Install and Configure SonarQube on Windows Server 2025 SonarQube is the leading open-source platform for continuous code quality inspection, detecting bugs, code smells, and security vulnerabilities across more than 30 programming languages. Running SonarQube on Windows Server 2025 as a persistent service allows development teams to integrate static analysis into every pull request […]
How to Set Up Windows Server 2025 Core (Minimal Installation) Windows Server Core is a minimal installation option for Windows Server 2025 that omits the Desktop Experience shell (Explorer, Internet Explorer, most GUI management tools) while retaining the full server role capability of the operating system. The result is a dramatically reduced attack surface — […]
