How to Enable FIPS Compliance on Windows Server 2012 R2 The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 specifies the security requirements for cryptographic modules used in federal government systems. Many organizations in regulated industries also adopt FIPS compliance to meet contractual requirements or demonstrate due diligence. On Windows Server 2012 R2, enabling FIPS mode restricts […]
Introduction to Microsoft Defender on Windows Server 2019 Microsoft Defender Antivirus is built into Windows Server 2019 and provides real-time protection against malware, ransomware, spyware, and other threats. On Windows Server 2019, Defender Antivirus integrates with Windows Defender System Guard, Windows Defender Credential Guard, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (the enterprise-grade EDR product). For basic […]
🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 27 November 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 Manage Active Directory Replication on Windows Server 2012 R2 Active Directory replication is the process by which changes made on one domain controller are propagated to all other domain controllers in the domain and forest. Replication ensures that the directory remains consistent across all DCs, regardless of which DC accepted the original change. […]
How to Manage Windows Server 2012 R2 with Windows Admin Center Windows Admin Center (WAC) is Microsoft’s modern, browser-based server management platform that provides a unified interface for managing Windows Server, failover clusters, and hyperconverged infrastructure. While Windows Admin Center itself is a modern tool developed after Windows Server 2012 R2’s initial release, it fully […]
Introduction Managing Active Directory at scale on Windows Server 2016 demands PowerShell automation. The ActiveDirectory module lets you create hundreds of users, manage group membership, audit accounts, and generate compliance reports in seconds rather than hours of manual effort. Installing the ActiveDirectory Module Install RSAT tools to get the AD PowerShell module: Add-WindowsFeature RSAT-AD-PowerShell Import-Module […]
🟠 High ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 26 November 2019 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 SolarWinds Monitoring Agent on Windows Server 2019 SolarWinds is a leading provider of IT infrastructure monitoring software. SolarWinds N-central and SolarWinds Orion are the two primary platforms used in enterprise and managed service provider environments. N-central uses a lightweight agent installed on Windows Server 2019 endpoints to collect performance metrics, health checks, patch […]
How to Configure Windows Server 2019 Data Deduplication Data Deduplication (dedup) on Windows Server 2019 reduces storage consumption by identifying and removing duplicate data blocks within a volume, replacing duplicate copies with references to a single shared copy. Deduplication is particularly effective for file shares, virtualization storage (VDI, Hyper-V), and backup repositories, where data duplication […]
How to Configure Windows Server 2019 for High Availability High Availability (HA) in Windows Server 2019 is achieved through multiple technologies that eliminate single points of failure. The primary HA technologies include Failover Clustering for automatic failover of roles and virtual machines, Network Load Balancing for distributing workloads across multiple servers, Always On Availability Groups […]
