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What are Microsoft Security Baselines for Windows Server 2025

If you run Windows Server 2025 in production (on-prem, Azure, Azure Arc, “Adaptive Cloud”, homelab-with-a-budget — doesn’t matter), you need to understand “Microsoft Security Baselines for Windows Server 2025” and…

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2025 Review from Andreas Hartig

Check below if you want to read my 2025 Review. 2025 was one of those years where everything moves at once — work, community, and the personal projects you thought…

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Windows Server 2025 on Ugreen NAS: Fixing annoying CPU Compatibility via CLI

I’ve been testing Windows Server 2025 in my HomeLab, specifically running on a Ugreen NAS. While Ugreen’s hardware is fantastic for storage, its virtualization manager (based on KVM/QEMU) sometimes applies…

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Windows Server Event Log and Event Log Policies

Windows Server Event Log for most teams are only used when something already smells like incident:💥 DC misbehaving,💥 file server “mysteriously slow”,💥 SOC asking for “all the logs you have…

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Timing & Trust in Architecture: My View on Secure Future Initiative Progress Report 2025

In this article you’ll explore how security, governance and lifecycle risk converge in modern infrastructure, why the recent Microsoft SFI report matters for hybrid-cloud and on-prem environments, and how you…

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Azure Arc – Secure a Tier 0 resource – 2025

Secure a Tier 0 resource in 2025 and why traditional ESAE architectures solved early Tier 0 challenges but are no longer sufficient in an era of hybrid and cloud-native identities….

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