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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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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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PowerShell One-Liners for System Administrators
Practical PowerShell one-liners for Windows admins covering software inventory, hotfixes, admin shares, scheduled tasks, disk usage, boot time, and reports. 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
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How to Install SQL Server 2008 R2 on Server 2012 R2
How to install and configure Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 on Windows Server 2012 R2, including Microsoft SQL Server Studio. This guide provides a step-by-step procedure for installing… Read the guide
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Mastering Infrastructure as Code: A Comprehensive Guide to Terraform on Google Cloud Platform
This is a Unix-focused guide to Terraform. It will work on Linux distributions and Mac OS X. During this video, I will be using a Mac or CentOS… Read the guide
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WMI Commands for Troubleshooting and Optimization Made Easy
WMI, which stands for Windows Management Instrumentation, is a powerful tool allowing administrators to manage Windows systems locally and remotely. It provides a deeper level of information and… Read the guide
