🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 12 December 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~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 Set Up Network Access Protection (NAP) on Windows Server 2012 R2 Network Access Protection (NAP) is a policy enforcement platform included in Windows Server 2012 R2 that evaluates the health state of client computers before granting them full network access. NAP can check whether clients have current OS patches, antivirus definitions, Windows Firewall […]
How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 Network Monitoring Network monitoring is a critical component of maintaining a healthy and secure Windows Server 2016 environment. Without visibility into network traffic, bandwidth utilization, device availability, and performance metrics, administrators are essentially flying blind. Problems may go undetected until they cause outages, and capacity planning becomes guesswork. […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 9 December 2019 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 […]
How to Install Ansible and Manage Windows Server 2012 R2 with Ansible Ansible is an agentless configuration management and automation platform that manages Windows hosts via WinRM (Windows Remote Management) rather than SSH. This makes it an excellent choice for automating Windows Server 2012 R2 deployments, as no software needs to be installed on the […]
Introduction to Advanced PowerShell Scripting for Windows Server 2019 Windows Server 2019 ships with PowerShell 5.1 by default, and PowerShell 7.x can be installed side-by-side. Advanced scripting on this platform goes well beyond one-liners. A professional administrator writes scripts that are modular, error-tolerant, self-documenting, and safe to run in production. This guide covers the patterns […]
Introduction to BitLocker Drive Encryption BitLocker Drive Encryption is a full-volume encryption feature built into Windows Server 2019 that protects data on operating system drives, fixed data drives, and removable drives by encrypting the entire volume using AES encryption. When a server is stolen or decommissioned, BitLocker ensures that the data on the drives cannot […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 6 December 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~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 […]
Introduction to Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is a free Microsoft tool that simplifies and automates the deployment of Windows operating systems. While WDS handles PXE-based image distribution, MDT provides a comprehensive task sequence engine that automates every step of an OS deployment including partitioning disks, applying OS images, installing drivers, installing applications, […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 4 December 2019 Affected versions: Windows Server 2016 📖 ~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 […]
