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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Why Microsoft 365 Local Matters: A Real Future for Disconnected & Sovereign On-Premises Environments
Why Microsoft 365 Local? With Microsoft 365 Local now generally available, Microsoft sends a strong signal: on-premises and sovereign-cloud footprints are not legacy baggage — they remrain strategically relevant. Together…
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Timing Is Infrastructure Debt: Why Hybrid Cloud Teams Can’t Wait to Modernise
In this article you’ll discover why the familiar notion of technical debt goes well beyond code—and how in the hybrid-cloud and infrastructure world, the real culprit is often timing. You’ll…
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The 2nd Thing to Enable in Every AD – Protect object from accidental deletion
Protect object from accidential deletion is your 1st line of protection, if you value your OU structure. The checkbox “Protect object from accidental deletion” stops both accidental deletes and moves….
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The First Thing to Enable in Every AD – Active Directory Recycle Bin
The Active Directory Recycle Bin is not a “nice-to-have” in 2025 — it’s mandatory. It allows fast, attribute-preserving recovery of deleted AD objects without the pain of authoritative restores. It…
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Notepad++ – Most important AddOns 2025
Notepad++ is my favourite notebook and editor is actually perfect, but it can always be better. For this reason, there are a few “quality of life” improvements that I use…
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