Legacy LAPS vs. Windows LAPS vs. LAPS for Azure Arc
LAPS for Azure Arc is the new shining star, after for years, IT teams relied on the classic, legacy Microsoft LAPS tool. Microsoft then integrated Windows LAPS directly into the…
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Active Directory Planning Tool: Mapping Structures and Delegations with SMAD-X
Using an Active Directory Planning Tool is key for understanding complex Active Directory environments and often requires more than what traditional management consoles can provide. While tools such as Active…
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Announcement: My YouTube Channel is Online
There is some news here on hartiga.de. Starting right now, my official YouTube channel is live to bring the short 30 to 60-second guides from this blog into video format…
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Windows Server Summit 2026 Day 3
Introduction to Windows Server Summit 2026 Day 3 The final day of the Windows Server Summit 2026 shifted the spotlight from overarching hybrid control planes toward core infrastructure, protocol modernization,…
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Windows Server Summit 2026 Day 2
Windows Server Summit 2026 Day 2 continues to celebrate that Windows Server 2025 is now over a year old. After Day 1 and it’s focus on roadmapping, Windows Server 2025…
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Windows Server Summit 2026 Day 1
Windows Server Summit 2026 to celebrate that Windows Server 2025 is now over a year old and after the Windows Server 2025 we now did get insights into today, tomorrow…
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Active Directory Visualization (Free Tools)
Designing and documenting Active Directory (AD) structures is always a long and complex exercise. Historically, this required either building full lab environments or settling for static Visio diagrams that became…
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AGPM is End of Life on 14 April 2026
AGPM is End of Life on 14 April 2026. Microsoft’s Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) reaches its official End of Life (EOL) on April 14, 2026. After this date, the…
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A Debt-Aware Approach to Architectural Decision Records
Architectural Decision Records can help will speed up your decision making processes. My Debt-Aware ADR Model helps here. to get to a structured way to turn hidden liabilities and slow-moving…
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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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