Automation using Group Policy – Allow Ping on Windows Server 2025
Let’s be honest: There is nothing more frustrating than deploying a fresh Windows Server 2025 instance, trying to ping it to verify connectivity, and getting a “Request Timed Out.” We…
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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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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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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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Automation using Group Policy – Background
Automation using Group Policy is most likely the easiest step in your environment for custimzation. In one of the latest Blog articles we looked into “Group Policies and Group Policies…
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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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