Logging system messages and events can provide valuable insights into troubleshooting issues as well as security. In our review...
Windows Server 2016/2019 audit policy best practice

The ability to audit events in your environment is crucial for the discovery and investigation of security incidents. Therefore,...
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF): VMware cloud on AWS

VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), which is the heart of the VMware on AWS deal. In this post, we'll have...
New features in SQL Server 2019 GA

SQL Server 2019 has now been released as GA and offers many great new features. Let's take a look...
Group Policies in Windows 10 1909: ADMX download, three new GPO settings

Shortly after the release of the latest Windows 10 version, Microsoft published the corresponding administrative templates for the group...
Fixing WSUS issues with the SolarWinds Diagnostic tool for the WSUS agent

This article will not tell you how to fix all the issues with WSUS (call Microsoft for that), but...
Encrypt event logs and files with PowerShell and group policies

A new feature of Windows 10 and Server 2016 is Protected Event Logging, which encrypts sensitive data in the...
Verify compatibility before upgrade with vSAT (vSphere Assessment Tool)

If you are tasked with upgrading the VMware vSphere infrastructure, you might be interested in the vSphere Assessment Tool...
Issuing certificates for document encryption (Cryptographic Message Syntax)

Beginning with version 5, PowerShell supports the IETF standard Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) to encrypt data or log entries....
Solution for “The requested certificate template is not supported by this CA”

Sometimes you need to create your own template for requesting certificates from a Windows CA, e.g., for encrypting or...
Outlook attachments now blocked in Office 365

Are your attachments in Outlook now being blocked? Learn how to unblock them, find out which file types are...
Windows 10 1909: The most important changes for professional users

Microsoft has started to deliver the latest release of Windows 10 to users. However, it has been clear for...
Creating an AWS VPC with PowerShell

An Amazon Web Services (AWS) Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a virtual network dedicated to your AWS account. In...
Enzoic for Active Directory 2.5: Password enforcement and screening

Enzoic for Active Directory helps you and your users to create safe, uncompromised passwords.
Copy VMware VMs between ESXi hosts using the OVF Tool

The VMware OVF Tool is a free command-line utility that helps users to import and export OVF packages to...
SolarWinds Access Rights Manager: Automated access rights management

Tracking changes and access rights across complex IT infrastructures can be difficult. In a review of SolarWinds Access Rights...
Configuring Azure Private DNS

The Domain Name System (DNS) is pretty much at the heart of all systems. If DNS does not work,...
What is VMware AppDefense?

VMware AppDefense is enterprise application protection based on the monitoring of applications and their processes. AppDefense uses the ESXi...
Securden Privileged Account Manager: Password management for privileged accounts

Excerpt: Managing privileged accounts, passwords, and access in your environment can be challenging. Today, we look at a review...
Virtualize user profiles with Microsoft’s FSLogix Profile Container

Ever since Microsoft acquired FSLogix, customers with RDS CALs or different Microsoft 365 subscriptions may use Profile Container free...