🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 4 June 2023 Affected versions: Windows Server 2022 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Quick Checks Deep Diagnosis Primary Fix Verification Prevention & Hardening Symptom & Impact Monthly cumulative updates fail repeatedly with rollback cycles and prolonged maintenance windows. Security patch compliance drops […]
Introduction to Attack Surface Reduction Rules Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) rules are a set of targeted security policies in Windows Defender on Windows Server 2019 that block specific behaviors commonly used by malware and attackers—without requiring signature-based detection. ASR rules target abuse of Office macros, script execution techniques, credential theft from LSASS, exploitation of email […]
Introduction to DNS Server Role on Windows Server 2022 The Domain Name System (DNS) is the backbone of name resolution in any Windows Server environment. Whether you are running Active Directory, hosting web services, or managing internal network infrastructure, a properly configured DNS server is essential. Windows Server 2022 ships with a full-featured DNS Server […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 3 June 2023 Affected versions: Windows Server 2022 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Quick Checks Deep Diagnosis Primary Fix Verification Prevention & Hardening Symptom & Impact One or more VSS writers remain failed after heavy SQL maintenance windows, causing subsequent backup jobs […]
🟠 High ⏱ 15–60 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Microsoft KB5030269 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2023-38162 CVE-2023-38161 CVE-2023-38152 CVE-2023-38149 CVE-2023-38144 CVE-2023-38143 CVE-2023-38142 CVE-2023-38141 +5 more Affected components: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]
How to Configure Event Viewer and Windows Event Logs on Windows Server 2022 Windows event logging is the primary diagnostic and audit mechanism in Windows Server 2022. Every significant system event — a service crash, a failed logon, a new process starting, a user account being created — generates an event record that is stored […]
🔴 Critical ⏱ 15–90 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2022 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Microsoft KB5027225 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2023-29363 CVE-2023-32014 CVE-2023-32015 CVE-2023-32013 CVE-2023-24937 CVE-2023-24938 CVE-2023-29346 CVE-2023-29351 +12 more Affected components: Windows Server 2022 Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation) Table of contents Symptom […]
Introduction to BGP on Windows Server 2022 Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the routing protocol that underpins the global Internet. It is a path-vector protocol that operates between autonomous systems (AS) and is responsible for exchanging reachability information between network domains. Windows Server 2022 includes a full BGP implementation as part of the Remote Access […]
🔴 Critical ⏱ 15–90 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Microsoft KB5029366 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2023-36796 Affected components: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.6.2/4.7/4.7.1/4.7.2 on Windows Server 2016 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis […]
What Is Windows Error Reporting? Windows Error Reporting (WER) is an infrastructure built into Windows Server 2022 that automatically detects application crashes, hangs, kernel-mode failures, and driver problems, collects diagnostic data, and can transmit reports to Microsoft or a corporate WER server for analysis. WER captures the data needed to diagnose failures — crash dumps, […]
