Why Monitor Hyper-V with Performance Counters? Performance counters are the foundation of Hyper-V health monitoring on Windows Server 2022. They expose real-time and historical metrics for every layer of the virtualisation stack: hypervisor scheduling, virtual processor utilisation, memory pressure, virtual storage I/O, and virtual network throughput. Without monitoring these counters, capacity planning is guesswork and […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 23 February 2023 Affected versions: Windows Server 2012 R2 📖 ~2 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 […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 23 February 2023 Affected versions: Windows Server 2022 📖 ~1 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 a DNS Server on Windows Server 2012 R2 The Domain Name System (DNS) is the backbone of name resolution in Windows environments. Without properly configured DNS, Active Directory cannot function, client computers cannot find domain controllers, and users cannot resolve internal or external hostnames. Windows Server 2012 R2 includes the DNS Server […]
Introduction to Web Deploy on Windows Server 2022 Web Deploy (msdeploy.exe) is Microsoft’s deployment tool for synchronizing web applications, databases, and server configurations between machines. It integrates with IIS, Visual Studio, and CI/CD pipelines to enable one-command deployments that transfer only changed files, transform configuration, and execute pre/post-deployment scripts. This guide covers every component from […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 22 February 2023 Affected versions: Windows Server 2022 📖 ~2 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 […]
🔴 Critical ⏱ 15–90 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2022 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Microsoft KB5029366 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2023-36796 Affected components: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 AND 4.8 on Windows Server 2022 (Server Core installation) Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction […]
🔴 Critical ⏱ 15–90 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Microsoft KB5023713 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2023-21708 CVE-2023-23404 CVE-2023-23411 CVE-2023-23415 CVE-2023-23416 CVE-2023-1017 CVE-2023-1018 CVE-2023-23385 +12 more Affected components: Windows Server 2019 (Server Core installation) Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]
🔴 Critical ⏱ 15–90 min Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~4 min read • Source: Microsoft KB5028182 • MSRC update-guide entry Related CVEs: CVE-2023-35365 CVE-2023-35366 CVE-2023-35367 CVE-2023-32057 CVE-2023-35297 CVE-2023-21756 CVE-2023-33166 CVE-2023-33167 +12 more Affected components: Windows Server 2016 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root […]
What Is an IIS Application Pool? An application pool in IIS is an isolated worker process environment that hosts one or more web applications. Each application pool runs as one or more instances of w3wp.exe (the IIS worker process). Application pools provide process isolation: if one application crashes or consumes excessive memory, it does not […]
