Tag: Windows Server
July 6, 2020 |
How to Back Up and Restore the Windows Registry
The Windows registry is a database that contains important, machine-specific settings and information regarding almost everything in your computer — preferences, applications, users, attached devices and so on. The registry contains two basic elements: keys and values. The Windows operating...
March 22, 2019 |
Introduction to PowerShell
In this short PowerShell introduction, I’ll explain what PowerShell is and what it was created for, as well as provide a list of useful resources that can help you learning PowerShell scripting and make your working life easier.
Windows PowerShell is a Windows command-line shell created to...
May 22, 2020 |
Top 10 Best Windows Server Monitoring Software Tools
If you don’t know the state of your network and server health every second of the day, you're like a blind pilot inevitably headed for disaster. Fortunately, the market now offers many good tools, both commercial and open source, for network and Windows Server monitoring.
Since good and free...
November 21, 2018 |
Windows Server 2016 Containers
You can improve the security of your application development infrastructure by reducing the size and scope of application and compute resources. One way to do this is to containerize workloads. Windows Server and Microsoft Hyper-V containers enable you to isolate workloads from each other and the...
September 1, 2020 |
Learn How to Perform Windows Registry Repair and Fix Errors, and See the Best Free Registry Cleaners
The Windows registry is a database containing important, machine-specific settings and information regarding almost everything in your computer — preferences, applications, users, attached devices and so on. The registry contains two basic elements: keys and values. The Windows operating system...
April 16, 2019 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Security
You may have been following our series of blog posts on Microsoft Windows Server security features and capabilities for reducing risk in your IT infrastructure.
Today, we’ve compiled a list of all these blog posts. You can use them in two ways as you work to secure your Windows Server...
September 1, 2020 |
Securing Your Servers with Windows Defender, AppLocker, SCT and More
Malware — computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware and so one — is a continuous threat to organizations because it can damage devices and enable unauthorized parties to access the network remotely to collect and transmit sensitive information. Windows Server 2016 includes the...
May 12, 2020 |
How to Add, Delete and Change Local Users and Groups with PowerShell
To help admins manage local users and groups with PowerShell more easily, Microsoft provides a cmdlet collection called Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts. Previously, you had to download and import it into PowerShell explicitly, and also install Windows Management Framework 5.1; in the Windows...
November 21, 2018 |
What Are Windows Firewall and IPsec?
One key component in securing your IT infrastructure is protecting against network-related security threats. Windows Server offers several network security features to help:
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
IPsec
Message Analyzer Free Tool
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August 11, 2020 |
How to Get, Edit, Create and Delete Registry Keys with PowerShell
Administrators can perform all typical registry operations using either the old-good “Regedit” user interface or the reg.exe utility. But there is another option — Windows PowerShell. PowerShell provides a large set of tools for interacting with the Microsoft Windows registry, either on the...