How to Set Up Windows Server 2019 Group Policy Modelling Group Policy Modelling (also known as Resultant Set of Policy — Planning Mode) is a powerful analysis tool built into the Group Policy Management Console that predicts what Group Policy settings would apply to a user or computer given a specific set of conditions. Rather […]
How to Set Up Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) on Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is a free Microsoft solution that extends Windows Deployment Services to provide a fully automated, zero-touch operating system and application deployment framework. MDT uses task sequences — ordered lists of steps — to deploy Windows, install applications, apply […]
How to Configure Just Enough Administration (JEA) on Windows Server 2012 R2 Just Enough Administration (JEA) is a PowerShell-based delegated administration framework that allows you to grant granular, role-based administrative access without giving users full Administrator privileges. With JEA, you can define exactly which PowerShell commands a user can run, what parameters they can pass, […]
How to Configure Windows Server 2019 DCB Data Center Bridging (DCB) is a suite of IEEE standards that enhance standard Ethernet to provide the reliability and traffic management required by converged data center networks. DCB enables multiple traffic types — including Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), iSCSI, RDMA (RoCE), and standard Ethernet — to coexist […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 15 August 2021 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~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 […]
How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Live Migration Live Migration allows you to move running virtual machines from one Hyper-V host to another with zero downtime, making it essential for hardware maintenance, load balancing, and disaster recovery scenarios. Windows Server 2016 introduces several improvements to Live Migration, including compressed and SMB transport modes and virtual […]
How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Nested Virtualisation Nested virtualisation is a feature introduced in Windows Server 2016 that allows a Hyper-V virtual machine to act as a Hyper-V host itself. In other words, you can run Hyper-V inside a Hyper-V VM. This capability is invaluable for lab environments, developer testing, training scenarios, containerised […]
How to Set Up DHCP Server on Windows Server 2019 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) automates the assignment of IP addresses, subnet masks, default gateways, DNS server addresses, and other network configuration parameters to clients on a network. Without DHCP, every device on a network would require manual IP configuration. Windows Server 2019 includes a […]
Introduction Ansible is a powerful agentless IT automation platform that can manage Windows Server 2016 hosts via WinRM (Windows Remote Management). Unlike Linux automation over SSH, Ansible reaches Windows servers through WinRM using NTLM or Kerberos authentication. This guide covers configuring Windows Server 2016 as a fully managed Ansible node — enabling WinRM with HTTPS, […]
Introduction to SMB Multichannel on Windows Server 2019 SMB Multichannel is a performance and availability feature introduced in SMB 3.0 that allows a single SMB session to use multiple network connections simultaneously. When a client and server both have multiple network adapters, SMB Multichannel automatically discovers all available paths and aggregates their bandwidth for a […]
