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Category: Windows Server Platform
Administration guides for Windows Server including Active Directory, PowerShell, Hyper-V, and domain management. Practical solutions for Windows infrastructure.
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PowerShell One-Liners: Useful Commands and Tips
PowerShell, as the name suggests, is a powerful tool for automating administrative tasks in Windows. As a result, it has become an essential tool for system administrators, network… Read the guide
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How to Install Windows Server Nano on VMware ESXi
Are you needing to install Windows Server Nano on VMware ESXi? In this blog post, we’ll go through the process step-by-step, so you can get your Windows Server… Read the guide
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Portainer: How to Build a Docker Home Lab Setup
Update: Tested and Validated 30th December 2025 Portainer is a powerful, open-source management interface that allows you to build and manage Docker, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes environments through… Read the guide
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How to Deploy the Latest AMI Every Time
One of the more common tasks you will be asked to do as an AWS administrator is to build an instance, but you want to have the very… Read the guide
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Active Directory, Automation, Domain Controller, PowerShell and POSH IDE, Server Automation, Software, Windows Server Platform
An In-Depth Guide to PowerShell
Windows PowerShell is a vast subject; the aim of this guide is to provide system administrators with a simple, usable guide to the fundamentals of PowerShell. We will… Read the guide
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Azure IaC Terraform, Cloud, Linux, Microsoft Azure Cloud Services, PowerShell and POSH IDE, Server Automation, Terraform by Hashicorp
Azure Infrastructure with Terraform: Best Practices and Examples
Terraform is an infrastructure tool for Building, changing, and Versioning infrastructure. Often referred to as Infrastructure as Code for. It is released by the HashiCorp organization. In its… Read the guide
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PowerShell One-Liners for System Administrators: Useful Commands and Examples
Here is a collection of some really cool PowerShell one-liners scripts. I find them very useful for day-to-day system administration tasks. I will keep adding to this list… Read the guide
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How to Count Items in SharePoint Document Libraries with PowerShell
Knowing exactly what information resides within your SharePoint solution is critical for governance, storage management, and compliance regulations like GDPR. Manual checking is impossible at scale. PowerShell allows… Read the guide
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How to Upgrade SQL Server 2016 to 2017
This post breaks down Upgrade from SQL Server 2016 to 2017 with an emphasis on the parts that matter in practice and the reasons they are worth your… Read the guide
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Arcserve Backup & Disaster Recovery: Bare Metal Restore Made Easy
How to do a Bare Metal Restore (BMR) on Arcserve backup and restore for Windows and Linux Servers This procedure is a step-by-step guide for creating a Windows… Read the guide
