🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 3 February 2021 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~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 […]
What Is PowerShell Desired State Configuration? Desired State Configuration (DSC) is a PowerShell management platform that allows administrators to declaratively define the desired state of servers and continuously enforce that state. Rather than running imperative scripts that might leave servers in inconsistent states, DSC configurations describe what a server should look like—which features are installed, […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 2 February 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 […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 2 February 2021 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~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 […]
Introduction to DHCP Failover on Windows Server 2019 DHCP Failover in Windows Server 2019 enables two DHCP servers to share a scope’s IP address pool, providing continuous DHCP service even if one server fails. This is far superior to the older “split scope” approach where each server held half the addresses, because DHCP Failover allows […]
How to Set Up Certificate Services (AD CS) on Windows Server 2019 Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) provides a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for issuing and managing digital certificates within an organization. These certificates enable TLS/SSL for websites, smart card authentication, email encryption (S/MIME), code signing, encrypted file systems (EFS), and IPsec. Windows Server […]
How to Harden Active Directory Against Pass-the-Hash on Windows Server 2012 R2 Pass-the-Hash (PtH) is an attack technique in which an adversary captures an NTLM credential hash from one system and uses it to authenticate to other systems without knowing the actual password. Because NTLM hashes are reusable, a single compromised credential can lead to […]
How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Virtual Machine Manager System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) is Microsoft’s centralized management platform for virtualized infrastructure. VMM provides a unified interface for managing Hyper-V hosts, VMware vSphere environments, storage fabrics, and private cloud resources built on Windows Server 2016. With VMM you can deploy and migrate virtual machines, […]
How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 Network File System Network File System (NFS) is a distributed file system protocol that allows a server to share files and directories over a network, enabling Unix, Linux, and other compatible clients to mount and access shared storage as if it were local. Windows Server 2016 includes both […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 27 January 2021 Affected versions: Windows Server 2019 📖 ~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 […]
