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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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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Windows Server 2025 Summit – Session List
I couldn’t attend the Windows Server 2025 summit and missed the sessions. Luckily, all the sessions are available On_Demand to review. To follow them up, I created a list of…
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Homelab – Build a robust DNS foundation – Part 1 using Unbound on Windows
A while back i wrote a DNS guide to help you get started in your homelab. This guide is still valuable and available here. I recommend reading before you get…
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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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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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