How to Configure Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) on Windows Server 2022 Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) is Microsoft’s software-defined storage technology built into Windows Server, enabling you to cluster servers with local storage — NVMe, SSDs, and HDDs — into a highly available, scalable storage pool without the need for a shared SAS fabric or SAN. […]
Why Disaster Recovery Testing Matters Disaster recovery plans that are never tested are disaster plans that will fail when you need them most. On Windows Server 2022 environments, backups may silently fail, recovery procedures may have drifted from reality, and key personnel may have changed — none of which becomes apparent until an actual incident. […]
Azure Site Recovery Overview Azure Site Recovery (ASR) is Microsoft’s disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) solution that replicates on-premises workloads — including physical Windows Server 2022 machines, Hyper-V VMs, and VMware VMs — to Microsoft Azure. In the event of a site failure, ASR enables failover to Azure within minutes, keeping your applications available […]
Introduction to Data Deduplication Data Deduplication (dedup) is a built-in storage optimization feature in Windows Server 2022 that reduces disk space consumption by identifying and eliminating duplicate data chunks across files on a volume. Rather than storing identical byte sequences multiple times, dedup stores each unique chunk once in a chunk store and replaces duplicate […]
Introduction to Veeam Backup for Windows Server 2022 Veeam Backup & Replication is one of the most widely used enterprise backup solutions, known for its rich feature set, reliability, and support for both virtual machine and physical server workloads. For Windows Server 2022, Veeam offers two primary deployment paths: agent-based backup for physical servers or […]
Introduction to Credential Guard Credential Guard is a virtualization-based security (VBS) feature introduced in Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 that protects derived credential material — specifically NTLM password hashes and Kerberos Ticket Granting Tickets (TGTs) — from extraction by malicious code running in the operating system. On Windows Server 2022, Credential Guard is enhanced […]
Introduction to Active Directory Hardening Active Directory is the identity backbone of most Windows enterprise environments, and it is the primary target in modern cyberattacks. Adversaries who compromise AD gain the ability to impersonate any user, access any resource, persist indefinitely, and move laterally throughout the organization. The attack techniques used against AD — Pass-the-Hash, […]
Introduction to Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) is an on-premises platform designed to detect advanced cyberattacks and insider threats targeting Active Directory environments. ATA analyzes network traffic from domain controllers, Windows event logs, and SIEM data to build a behavioral baseline for users, devices, and resources, then alerts when anomalous activity […]
Introduction to Privileged Access Workstations (PAW) A Privileged Access Workstation (PAW) is a dedicated, hardened computer used exclusively for performing sensitive administrative tasks. The concept was formalized by Microsoft as part of the Privileged Access strategy to counter the most common attack vectors used by threat actors to compromise administrative accounts — credential theft, pass-the-hash, […]
Advanced Audit Policy vs Basic Audit Policy Windows provides two mechanisms for configuring Security event log auditing: the legacy Basic Audit Policy and the more granular Advanced Audit Policy Configuration. Understanding the difference is important before you begin configuring auditing on Windows Server 2022, because the two systems interact in ways that can produce unexpected […]
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