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How to Configure Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon) on Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon) on Windows Server 2022

Overview of Windows Performance Monitor on Windows Server 2022 Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon) is the built-in performance data collection and analysis tool included in every edition of Windows Server. On Windows Server 2022 it provides access to thousands of performance counters sourced from the OS kernel, hardware drivers, and installed applications. The tool operates in […]

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How to Install Zabbix Agent on Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Zabbix Agent on Windows Server 2022

Introduction to Zabbix Agent 2 on Windows Server 2022 Zabbix is an enterprise-grade open-source monitoring platform that supports agentless monitoring via SNMP and IPMI as well as full agent-based monitoring. For Windows Server 2022, the recommended approach is Zabbix Agent 2, the rewritten Go-based agent that replaced the legacy C agent. Zabbix Agent 2 provides […]

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How to Monitor Windows Server with Prometheus and Grafana on Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Monitor Windows Server with Prometheus and Grafana on Windows Server 2022

Introduction to Monitoring Windows Server 2022 with Prometheus and Grafana Prometheus and Grafana form a powerful open-source monitoring stack that, while originally built for Linux environments, provides excellent coverage for Windows Server 2022 through the windows_exporter agent. This combination gives you time-series metrics collection, flexible querying via PromQL, and rich dashboards that surface CPU utilisation, […]

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How to Set Up Data Deduplication on Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Data Deduplication on Windows Server 2022

Introduction to Data Deduplication Data Deduplication (dedup) is a built-in storage optimization feature in Windows Server 2022 that reduces disk space consumption by identifying and eliminating duplicate data chunks across files on a volume. Rather than storing identical byte sequences multiple times, dedup stores each unique chunk once in a chunk store and replaces duplicate […]

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How to Configure Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) on Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) on Windows Server 2022

What Is the Volume Shadow Copy Service? The Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) is a Windows infrastructure component that enables the creation of consistent, point-in-time snapshots of disk volumes without requiring application downtime. Introduced in Windows Server 2003, VSS has been refined through every subsequent release and remains a cornerstone feature in Windows Server 2022. […]

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How to Use Veeam Backup for Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Veeam Backup for Windows Server 2022

Introduction to Veeam Backup for Windows Server 2022 Veeam Backup & Replication is one of the most widely used enterprise backup solutions, known for its rich feature set, reliability, and support for both virtual machine and physical server workloads. For Windows Server 2022, Veeam offers two primary deployment paths: agent-based backup for physical servers or […]

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How to Configure Azure Backup for Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Azure Backup for Windows Server 2022

Introduction to Azure Backup for Windows Server 2022 Azure Backup is Microsoft’s cloud-native backup service that allows you to protect Windows Server workloads and store backup data in Microsoft Azure. For Windows Server 2022, Azure Backup is delivered via the Microsoft Azure Recovery Services (MARS) agent, a lightweight software component installed directly on the server. […]

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How to Set Up Windows Server Backup on Windows Server 2022 — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Windows Server Backup on Windows Server 2022

Introduction to Windows Server Backup Windows Server Backup (WSB) is a built-in backup solution included with Windows Server 2022 at no additional cost. While it lacks some advanced features of third-party tools, it provides a reliable mechanism for protecting system state, critical volumes, bare metal recovery data, and individual files. Understanding how to install, configure, […]

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How to Set Up Windows Server 2022 Group Policy Modelling — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Windows Server 2022 Group Policy Modelling

What Is Microsoft Sentinel Microsoft Sentinel (formerly Azure Sentinel until 2021) is a cloud-native Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response (SOAR) platform built on Azure. Unlike traditional on-premises SIEM systems that require dedicated hardware, licensing per managed device, and significant operational overhead, Sentinel is a fully managed SaaS platform […]

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How to Configure Windows Server 2022 Group Policy Security Filtering — step-by-step Windows Server 2022 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Windows Server 2022 Group Policy Security Filtering

The Windows Security Event Log The Windows Security event log is the primary source of security-relevant audit records on Windows Server 2022. Located under Windows Logs → Security in Event Viewer, this log records authentication events, account management changes, object access, privilege use, process activity, and policy modifications — provided the appropriate audit policies are […]

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