How to Configure GPU Passthrough in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2025 Windows Server 2025 brings significant improvements to GPU virtualisation in Hyper-V. Where earlier releases relied exclusively on Discrete Device Assignment (DDA) to expose a physical GPU to a virtual machine, Windows Server 2025 introduces first-class support for GPU Partitioning (GPU-P), allowing a single physical […]
How to Configure Windows Admin Center Extensions on Windows Server 2025 Windows Admin Center (WAC) is Microsoft’s modern, browser-based server management platform that consolidates the capabilities of Server Manager, Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT), and numerous MMC snap-ins into a single web interface. What makes WAC especially powerful is its extensibility: a rich marketplace of […]
How to Set Up iSCSI Initiator to Connect to SAN Storage on Windows Server 2025 Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) is a storage networking protocol that encapsulates SCSI commands over TCP/IP, allowing Windows Server 2025 to use block-level storage from a SAN (Storage Area Network) or NAS device over standard Ethernet infrastructure. Unlike Fibre […]
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 […]
How to Set Up System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) on Windows Server 2025 System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) is Microsoft’s enterprise monitoring platform designed to provide agent-based, deep visibility across Windows servers, applications, and infrastructure. Unlike lightweight exporters, SCOM delivers intelligent alerting through Management Packs — curated knowledge packs that encode Microsoft’s best practices for […]
How to Configure Windows Server Software-Defined Networking (SDN) on Windows Server 2025 Software-Defined Networking (SDN) separates the network control plane from the data plane, enabling centralized, programmable management of network infrastructure through software rather than device-by-device configuration. Windows Server 2025 includes a mature, Microsoft-supported SDN stack built natively into Hyper-V and managed through the Network […]
How to Set Up Privileged Access Workstation (PAW) on Windows Server 2025 A Privileged Access Workstation (PAW) is a dedicated, hardened computer used exclusively for performing administrative tasks against sensitive systems such as domain controllers, Active Directory, and critical servers. Unlike a standard workstation that is used for browsing, email, and general productivity, a PAW […]
How to Deploy Containerised Applications to Kubernetes on Windows Server 2025 Kubernetes supports Windows worker nodes, making it possible to run Windows containers — including ASP.NET Framework and ASP.NET Core applications — alongside Linux workloads in the same cluster. Windows Server 2025 is compatible with Kubernetes 1.29 and later, and Microsoft’s AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 26 January 2025 Affected versions: Windows Server 2025 📖 ~3 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution — Primary Fix Solution — Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors […]
How to Configure BitLocker with TPM on Windows Server 2025 BitLocker Drive Encryption protects data at rest by encrypting entire volumes using the AES-XTS-256 cipher. When combined with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM 2.0), BitLocker creates a hardware-rooted chain of trust that prevents the operating system volume from being read on any machine other than […]
