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Capture outbound connections initiated on your host with tcpdump and WinDump on Linux and Windows

If your server initiates connections to an unknown host, it might be a sign that your server has been...
Bulk restore deleted Azure AD users

A great number of users are created and deleted every day in large organizations. Sometimes, some of these users...
Turn off web search in Windows 11 using Group Policy

Microsoft adds results from the web if you run a local search under Windows 11. These originate from Bing...
Control Windows Update for Business using the deployment service and PowerShell

The new Windows Update for Business deployment service falls in the portfolio of services offered in the Microsoft Windows...
Manage Azure Monitor agent on virtual machines

Just like everything else in Azure, monitoring solutions on virtual machines are also evolving very quickly to support more...
In Windows 11, configuring standard programs via the GUI is quite cumbersome. This is especially true for web browsers...
AWS Systems Manager Session Manager: Securely connect EC2 instances

This step-by-step guide explains how to securely connect to your Amazon EC2 instances using AWS Systems Manager Session Manager....
SquaredUp SCOM Edition: Visualize performance, alerting, and application mapping

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) is a powerful monitoring tool that can be challenging to use. SquaredUp SCOM...
Export mailbox from Office 365 to PST file in Outlook

Many third-party backup solutions can protect Microsoft 365 cloud emails and files. As an alternative, you can export them...
How to use VMware vSAN ReadyNode Configurator

VMware vSAN is a hyperconverged solution that creates a shared datastore from locally attached disks within each server of...
Recover deleted emails in Microsoft 365

A challenge for businesses supporting the hybrid workforce and cloud environments is recovering data that has been accidentally or...
Work with Azure Virtual Network Manager

Azure Virtual Network Manager (VNM) is a new network service with management capabilities that was recently announced at Microsoft...
Configure iSCSI connections with PowerShell

Windows offers the iSCSI initiator applet, which enables configuring iSCSI connections interactively. However, if you want to automate connecting...
SquaredUp Community Edition: Free dashboards for PowerShell, Azure, Web API and more

SquaredUp allows you to visualize data from different sources, such as PowerShell, Azure Log Analytics, Elasticsearch, a Web API...
VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Toolkit version 1.3 new features

VMware released a new version of the Tanzu Kubernetes Toolkit. In this post, I will discuss the new features...
Windows 11 has introduced a number of new group policies. After the recent release of Windows 10 21H2, it...
Check PCs for Windows 11 readiness using Microsoft Update Compliance

Compared to Windows 10, Windows 11 has very stringent install and upgrade requirements that must be met. To help...
In-place upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 using MECM

With the release of Windows 11, Microsoft has made it easier than ever to perform an in-place upgrade from...
Few innovations, uncertain future: Is Windows Server 2022 worth an upgrade?

For more than 20 years, Windows Server has been Microsoft's on-prem platform for delivering IT infrastructure and applications. Companies...