Expert Windows Server setup and configuration services to optimise your IT infrastructure, enhance security, and improve network performance
In this article, you will learn about how to Connect to the Remote Desktop Console from Command Prompt. Remote Desktop Protocol is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft which provides a user with a graphical interface to connect to another computer over a network connection. Please see How to allow saved credentials for RDP connection,…
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Tamper protection effectively locks Microsoft Defender Antivirus to its safe, default settings and prevents your security settings from being modified via programs and techniques such as using Registry Editor or PowerShell cmdlets to alter settings on your Windows device, modifying settings with PowerShell cmdlets, and changing or deleting security settings using Group Policy. Please see…
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We will start off by discussing the Local User Accounts (LUA), and they are local to the server or PC only. This means, that they are not centrally stored, but stored locally on the server. Local Accounts can be assigned rights and permissions on a specific server. Therefore, Local user accounts are security principles that…
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Kerberos delegation allows an application to gain access to resources hosted on a different server. The public key authentication, data transport, and delegation features of the Kerberos version 5 authentication protocol are implemented by the Windows Server operating systems. The Security Support Provider Interface (SSPI) is used to access the Kerberos authentication client. Which is…
The Account lockout threshold policy setting is one way you can prevent unauthorized access to your computer system. In this article, you will learn how to Change Account Lockout Threshold for Local Accounts in Windows 10 and Windows 11: The reference account is currently locked. An attack like a brute-force attack can be prevented when…
If you know how to look at saved Wi-Fi passwords on your device, you won’t have to reset and re-configure them when you need them quickly. If you have forgotten your Wi-Fi password. In this article, you will learn how to find saved Wi-Fi Passwords in Windows 10 and 11. Please see how to remove Microsoft…
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In this article, you learn how to add an account with the same name exists in Active Directory: Re-using the account was blocked by a security policy. When attempting to add a pre-created PC to a domain or reuse an existing computer account. Please see Active Directory Ports: Service and network port requirements for Windows,…
In this article, you will learn how to fix MBAM Client Deployment is only supported on MBAM 2.5 SP1. The Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring (MBAM) Client software enables administrators to enforce and monitor BitLocker Drive Encryption on computers in the enterprise. Deploy the BitLocker client into your organization by using an electronic software distribution…
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Kerberos is a network authentication protocol that enables clients, nodes, and services communicating over a network to connect to one another in a secure manner. In simple terms, it verifies the identity of a user or host. In this article, we shall discuss ‘Kerberos Delegation: A Comprehensive Guide”. You may also want to learn about…
While setting up your Windows 2016 Server on Hyper-V you may have selected Generation 2 simply because you need features like Secure Boot, SCSI boot, TPM, and PXE boot but this selection can also lead to another issue of boot failure. In this guide, I will show you how to quickly fix the “Fix UEFI…
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Microsoft added more security features to Windows Server 2016 and one of them is the vTPM. You can now use a vTPM right inside the VM without using a physical TPM processor. A virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) is a software-based representation of a physical Trusted Platform Module that can generate keys. In this article,…
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In this article, I will be showing you how to use Windows Sandbox as a security feature in Windows 10 and 11. Windows Sandbox is a useful and important feature that can help you to test an application in an isolated environment without touching the host OS or configuring a VM for a Sandbox. Please…
The best way to instantly spin up an environment where users can test a suspicious website, new software or a programming feature that you do not want to test directly on your main Windows OS with the fear of affecting the OS or affecting other programs on your system is the Windows Sandbox. This Windows…
