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Pulseway - Easy remote monitoring and management
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AD Group Manager - Self-service Active Directory group administration
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Nakivo Backup 8.0 for VMware, Hyper-V, and Amazon
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Securden – Manage admin privileges and store passwords securely
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NetCrunch 10.4 – Fast and versatile monitoring for SMEs
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Turn the tables on your organization with Adaxes 2018.1's Web Interface and reporting capabilities
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New features in EventSentry 3.5, a cost-effective SIEM tool
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Devolutions Wayk Now v2.0: Free, cloud-powered remote support solution
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New in Altaro VM Backup v7.6
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Create local and remote NTFS permissions reports with G-TAC FolderSecurityViewer
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Software deployment with PowerShell and Chocolatey
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Condusiv SSDkeeper – Extend longevity of server SSDs
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Veeam Backup & Replication for VMware and Hyper‑V 9.5: New features
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Total Network Inventory - Hardware, software, and network inventory
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Vembu VMBackup - Cost-effective disaster recovery for Hyper-V and VMware
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ManageEngine Desktop Central 9 - Powerful desktop & mobile device management
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Datadog - Cloud-based remote monitoring tool
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Three ways to run remote Windows commands
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Running PowerShell commands on Azure VMs
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Copy files between Hyper-V and a guest VM
Various ways exist to copy data between a Hyper-V host and its guest machines. In this post, I will discuss the enhanced session mode, the PowerShell Copy-VMFile cmdlet, the option to mount a virtual hard disk, and using a network share.
ManageEngine Browser Security Plus - Centrally manage web browsers
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RSAT for Windows 10 1809 without a separate download: install as optional features
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In todays Ask the Admin, Russell takes look at whats new in Windows 10 version 1809 for system administrators and developers.0 -
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Steer clear of the rereleased Windows 10 October 2018 Update, IT pro warns. Meanwhile, Microsoft promises fix for buggy mapped drives at some point next year.1+Users who have liked this activity:
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Microsoft has released a new set of tools that will allow companies to build their own version of Cortana.0 -
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Short info for users of Windows 10 October 2018 Update N variants. After Microsoft has released Windows 10 V1809 again, the Media Feature Pack for this version is also available again. Details can be found in the blog post Media Feature Pack for Windows 10 N Version 1809.0 -
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On this page, we have collated all the changes and new features brought by all Windows 10 19H1 (Version 1903)insider buildsso far.0 -
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Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 18282 (19H1) to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. REMINDER: As is normal with builds early in the development cycle, builds may contain bugs that might be painful for some.0 -
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Its hard to believe that two years have passed since we introduced Wayk Now. Back then, it was simply a local network instant remote support tool. And really, the only significant difference between ...0 -
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In addition to today's patch for the small number of users running the October 2018 Update, Microsoft has also released a patch for the April 2018 Update which brings the build version to 17134.407. The patch includes additional Spectre vulnerability protections for users running AMD CPUs, plus a fix that prevented Microsoft Edge users from accessing the F12 developer tools. Lastly, this build brings the usual security updates for Microsoft Edge, the Windows kernel and more, and you can learn more in the full release notes below: Provides protections against an additional subclass of speculative execution side-channel vulnerability known as Speculative Store Bypass (CVE-2018-3639) for AMD-based computers. These protections aren't enabled by default. For Windows client (IT pro) guidance, follow the instructions in KB4073119. For Windows Server guidance, follow the instructions in KB4072698.0 -
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Today, we are releasing the November 2018 Security and Quality Rollup.0
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Tauseef commented on FAQs for Microsoft Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) – Part 1 1 day, 2 hours ago
Is this Solution automatically manages the .500 (local administrator) password on domain joined computers, because I have around 10,000 computer of domain joined computer so it will work on it or not plz tell me
0@PowerMe!: That's a good question, but he mentioned that we can use this in a Scheduled Task, therefore we'll define the frequency in that, instead of the script.
0Great article, did you do one on how to create an internal repository?
0Interesting that there seems to be no documentation of deploying this as an SCCM compliance profile. Guess I'll dive in and try it... for science.
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Enable PowerShell Core 6 remoting with SSH transport 2 days, 2 hours agoI found out why: https://serverfault.com/questions/473991/run-remote-powershell-as-administrator
The only way to run windows update or any similar action you can't do it unless you use JEA feature... Back to reading! Thank you!
0port TCP/UDP 53 for DNS Query
0What are the ports need to open on on-prem network Gateway devices in order to carry out the domain joining process
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Michael Pietroforte commented on
Enable PowerShell Core 6 remoting with SSH transport 2 days, 3 hours agoI think you can't stop a service without elevation. You can also try copying a file to "/program files/". That also wouldn't work without elevation.
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Enable PowerShell Core 6 remoting with SSH transport 2 days, 3 hours agoThe sshd service uses local system account by default, the command stop-service works for spooler for example.
Is there a way to verify if we have true elevated prompt?
I tried another windows update vbs script which also requires elevated cmd and which runs fine using psexec and get an access denied error also...
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Michael Pietroforte commented on
Enable PowerShell Core 6 remoting with SSH transport 2 days, 4 hours agoJust to rule out that it isn't another issue, can you stop services with stop-service? You can also check which account the sshd service uses to logon.
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Enable PowerShell Core 6 remoting with SSH transport 2 days, 4 hours agoI have connected with a local admin account and with a domain admin account with the same results for the below commands:
"Get-WUInstall –MicrosoftUpdate –AcceptAll -Install" and it produced:
Get-WUInstall : Access is denied. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070005 (E_ACCESSDENIED))
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-WUInstall -AcceptAll -Install
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-WindowsUpdate], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,PSWindowsUpdate.GetWindowsUpdateThis command is installed by "Install-Module PSWindowsUpdate" and when run from an elevated powershell prompt it installs windows updates. I used this command as a test as it only works from an elevated PS.
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This is really amazing. Almost every new update comes with a serious bug. It is so different when you work with Macs.