Windows Patching: Operations Runs the Platform, Not the Risk
If you spend enough years in IT operations and Windows Patching, you eventually reach a moment of clarity. You realize that Windows patching is not a technical problem. It is…
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WinGet and IaC – Take Winget to the next level
WinGet and IaC are maybe your next step to automate your environment. In the past, managing third-party applications on Windows meant 3rd party tools or gathering MSI installers on network…
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Azure Bastion Developer SKU: Secure Access Without the “Bastion Tax”
In the past, securing your Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) often felt like a trade-off between security and budget. If you wanted to avoid the risks of exposing RDP or SSH…
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How to Uninstall Azure Arc from Windows Server 2026
Why do we need to Uninstall Azure Arc or Azure Arc Setup? Windows Server 2025 ships with the Azure Arc Setup feature baked in. You’ll notice a new tray icon…
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VPN Ubiquiti UniFi UDM to Azure (2026 Edition)
Update: This guide replaces my original article located here with this VPN Ubiquiti UniFi UDM to Azure (2026 Edition). In the past, we relied on the Basic VPN Gateway and…
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Tail for log files with Windows – 2026 Edition
I view a lot of log files—probably more than I’d like to admit. Whether it’s troubleshooting a hybrid infrastructure issue or debugging a cloud deployment, I always look for the…
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Automation using Group Policy – Quality of Life GPO
Quality of Life GPOs. Finally. My favorite settings. In our previous articles, we established the Group Policies Foundation and discussed the Background of Automation. We also implemented some important GPOs….
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Automation using Group Policy – Configure Time Zone using GPOs
Setting the time zone on a server was often a manual step during the “Out of Box Experience” (OOBE). Let’s Configure Time Zone using GPOs as it might be something…
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Automation using Group Policy – Allow Ping on Windows Server 2025
Let’s be honest: There is nothing more frustrating than deploying a fresh Windows Server 2025 instance, trying to ping it to verify connectivity, and getting a “Request Timed Out.” We…
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Windows DNS Performance Testing
DNS issues don’t always show up as clear outages. Often they show up as annoying browser behaviour like “random delays on first page load”, “sometimes it works, sometimes it spins”,…
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