Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCM) – A Must Have for Homelabs and a dragon IT architect from the shadowrun world looking at his computer monitor without humans

Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCM) – A Must-Have for Homelabs

Managing multiple remote connections efficiently is a challenge for IT professionals and homelab enthusiasts alike. Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCM) simplifies this process by providing a centralized interface for organizing…

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IT and OT: Bridging the Gap with Modern Infrastructure Management

For decades, Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) have operated in parallel silos, each serving distinct purposes. However, the rise of IoT, Industry 4.0, and cloud-driven automation has forced…

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Azure Service Lifecycles: Understanding Preview and GA Releases – 2025

Azure Service Lifecycles are an important part of your roadmapping. When using them you’ll often encounter terms like Private Preview, Public Preview, and General Availability (GA). Understanding these phases is…

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Windows Server Activation Error 0xC004FC07 & 0xC004F069

You are receiving error 0xC004FC07 when trying to apply a license to your Windows Server 2022 / 2025? Maybe your server is randomly shutting down after a few hours? This…

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Azure architecture icons in your Documents

If you need to document your Azure setup or showcase a new solution design, it’s best to utilize the official Azure Architecture Icons. Introduction Creating Azure architecture diagrams is essential…

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Azure Managed Disk Types 2025 with a dragon IT architect from the shadowrun world

Azure Managed Disk Types – 2025

Azure offers a variety of managed disk types tailored to different workloads and performance needs. Azure Managed Disk Types Azure provides Standard SSD, Premium SSD, Standard HDD, and Ultra Disk…

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Windows Server 2025 – Change Version error 0xc004f050

When updating a Windows Server 2025 from Windows Standard to Windows Server 2025 Datacenter edition using the GUI, you did receive error 0xc004f050? Fix for Windows Server license upgrade error…

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Automatic Virtual Machine Activation with a dragon IT architect from the shadowrun world

AVMA – Simplifying Offline Device Activation

AVMA can help in the ever-evolving world of IT, where managing software licenses across virtual machines (VMs) can be a daunting task, especially when dealing with offline devices. Traditional methods…

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Azure Arc – ReservedResourceName issue Onboarding

On premise and Azure naming conventions and reserved resource names do collide, when you do an Azure Arc Onboarding with an ReservedResourceName error. It is important to remember the Azure…

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Overcome Technical Debt in IT Infrastructure 2025

Technical Debt lately is used mostly with Software Engineering and Software Architecture. It is also a critical component to IT Operations and Infrastructure Architectural work. In this article I will…

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