The Microsoft MVP from Community Work to Business Valuev2

How Microsoft MVPs Drive Measurable Business Value for Employers

Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award is one of the highest honors in the technology industry. It recognizes independent experts who passionately share their real-world knowledge with the community. However,…

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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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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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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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Dragon Infrastructure Debt

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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Windows Server 2025 Autologon: When and Why?

Windows Server 2025 Autologon is a challenging discussion. Learn why, when and how to enable Autologon in Windows Server 2025 safely, plus robust mitigation strategies. A reboot that lands on…

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Group Policies and Group Policies Preferences (2025)

For Group Policies the time between Windows Server 2022 and Windows Server 2025 had a focus to move Group Policies and Group Policies Preferences towards being code-driven solution rather than…

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Homelab – Build a robust DNS foundation – Part 3 Optimizing Technitium DNS Server on Windows

Optimizing Technitium to make it a robust foundation. When name resolution hiccups, the whole household feels it faster than a power cut. DNS is the nervous system of any homelab…

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Windows Server 2025 – Part 8 (Configuring Highly Available DHCP)

Highly Available DHCP is the backbone of network connectivity in modern infrastructures. When DHCP fails, clients lose IP leases, hindering access to services. Windows Server 2025’s built-in DHCP failover ensures…

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