Legacy LAPS vs. Windows LAPS vs. LAPS for Azure Arc
LAPS for Azure Arc is the new shining star, after for years, IT teams relied on the classic, legacy Microsoft LAPS tool. Microsoft then integrated Windows LAPS directly into the…
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AD Account Lockout (Free Tool)
The AD Account Lockout tool is free and very valuable in troubleshooting account lockouts in Active Directory. This is a task as old as the directory service itself. Even in…
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Windows Server Summit 2026 Day 3
Introduction to Windows Server Summit 2026 Day 3 The final day of the Windows Server Summit 2026 shifted the spotlight from overarching hybrid control planes toward core infrastructure, protocol modernization,…
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Azure Arc Agent 1.54 Stuck? Fixing the WSUS Deadlock and Moving to 1.6x
Is your Azure Arc Agent 1.54 stuck and not updating? If that is the case you are in trouble. Azure Arc enabled servers operate on a strict twelve month support…
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Azure Arc – Enable Azure Arc Auto Updates using WSUS and GPOs
While our first part focused on the cloud-native way using Azure Portal and Policy, many IT administrators still prefer or require the reliability of on-premises control. In a traditional IT…
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Windows Server 2025 – Part 9 (WSUS on Windows Server 2025)
Windows Server 2025 brings massive advancements in cloud-native management, but local control remains non-negotiable for many. While my previous articles highlighted modern cloud features, high-density on-premises environments still require robust…
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Azure Arc – Enable Azure Arc Auto Updates using Azure Portal
Azure Arc Auto Updates is key, as the foundation of your hybrid cloud strategy and it’s single contral plane in Azure is the Connected Machine Agent. While we often focus…
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AGPM is End of Life on 14 April 2026
AGPM is End of Life on 14 April 2026. Microsoft’s Advanced Group Policy Management (AGPM) reaches its official End of Life (EOL) on April 14, 2026. After this date, the…
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WinGet and IaC – Take Winget to the next level
WinGet and IaC are maybe your next step to automate your environment. In the past, managing third-party applications on Windows meant 3rd party tools or gathering MSI installers on network…
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Automation using Group Policy – Quality of Life GPO
Quality of Life GPOs. Finally. My favorite settings. In our previous articles, we established the Group Policies Foundation and discussed the Background of Automation. We also implemented some important GPOs….
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