How to Configure IIS Authentication on Windows Server 2019

September 6, 2019
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Introduction to IIS Authentication on Windows Server 2019 IIS 10 on Windows Server 2019 supports multiple authentication mechanisms, each suitable for different scenarios. Anonymous Authentication allows unauthenticated access (public websites). Windows Authentication uses Kerberos or NTLM to authenticate domain users transparently (intranet applications). Basic Authentication sends credentials in Base64 (requires HTTPS). Digest Authentication uses MD5 […]

How to Configure Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2012 R2 (SERVER-2012-R2)

September 5, 2019
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How to Configure Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Clustering provides high availability for workloads by allowing multiple servers to work together as a cluster. If one node fails, another node automatically takes over the running workloads (virtual machines, file shares, SQL Server instances, etc.) with minimal downtime. Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover […]

Windows Server 2019 — DFS Namespace referral delays during site failover — Fix & Prevention

September 3, 2019
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🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 3 September 2019 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 […]

How to Set Up Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 R2

September 3, 2019
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How to Set Up Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V is Microsoft’s Type-1 hypervisor, shipping as a role in Windows Server 2012 R2. It enables hardware virtualisation directly on the server, allowing you to run multiple virtual machines (VMs) with different operating systems on the same physical hardware. Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V includes […]

How to Configure Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) on Windows Server 2016

September 3, 2019
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How to Configure Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) on Windows Server 2016 Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) is a software-defined storage technology introduced in Windows Server 2016 that enables you to build highly available and scalable storage systems using local storage on clustered servers. S2D eliminates the need for shared storage hardware such as SAN or NAS, […]

How to Monitor Windows Server 2016 with Grafana and InfluxDB

September 3, 2019
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How to Set Up Windows Server 2016 with Grafana Grafana is an open-source observability and visualization platform that creates rich, interactive dashboards from diverse data sources including Prometheus, InfluxDB, Elasticsearch, and many others. While Grafana itself is not a monitoring agent, it serves as the visualization and alerting layer when combined with a metrics collection […]

Windows Server 2019 – Hyper-V VM networking packet loss caused by VMQ mismatch – Fix & Prevention

September 2, 2019
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🟡 Medium ⏱ 5–30 min Last verified: 2 September 2019 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 […]

How to Configure Windows Server 2019 for Azure Hybrid Benefit

September 2, 2019
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How to Configure Windows Server 2019 for Azure Hybrid Benefit Azure Hybrid Benefit is a licensing benefit that allows organizations to use their existing on-premises Windows Server licenses with active Software Assurance (SA) to run Windows Server virtual machines on Azure at a reduced cost. For Windows Server 2019 environments, this benefit can dramatically reduce […]

How to Configure DNSSEC on Windows Server 2016

September 1, 2019
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How to Configure Windows Server 2016 DNS Security Extensions DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is a suite of Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) specifications for securing DNS data. DNSSEC protects against DNS cache poisoning and man-in-the-middle attacks by digitally signing DNS records, allowing resolvers to verify that the responses they receive are authentic and have not […]

How to Build Custom Windows Server 2016 Images with Packer

September 1, 2019
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Introduction HashiCorp Packer is an open-source tool that automates the creation of identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single configuration file. Building custom Windows Server 2016 images with Packer ensures that every virtual machine deployed in your environment starts from a hardened, pre-configured baseline — with all Windows updates, security settings, required software, […]

Windows Server

How to Configure IIS Authentication on Windows Server 2019

How to Configure Failover Clustering on Windows Server 2012 R2 (SERVER-2012-R2)

Windows Server 2019 — DFS Namespace referral delays during site failover — Fix & Prevention

How to Set Up Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Configure Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) on Windows Server 2016

How to Monitor Windows Server 2016 with Grafana and InfluxDB

Windows Server 2019 – Hyper-V VM networking packet loss caused by VMQ mismatch – Fix & Prevention

How to Configure Windows Server 2019 for Azure Hybrid Benefit

How to Configure DNSSEC on Windows Server 2016

How to Build Custom Windows Server 2016 Images with Packer

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