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Introduction As cyber threats continue to evolve, securing access to your VMware ESXi 8 environment is more critical than ever. While traditional username-password authentication provides a basic level of security, it is no longer sufficient against modern attack vectors like credential theft, brute-force attacks, and phishing. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) adds...

What’s in SharePoint Server 2019 New user experiences More than ever, how people interact with technology is much more than just “look and feel.” Great experiences are those that both look great and work flawlessly, entertain and engage, with rich, contextual, and relevant content. The improvements to the SharePoint Server...

Description The Microsoft System Center software suite is Microsoft’s comprehensive management solution for seamlessly managing and running data centers across clients and servers to a variety of network equipment and physical and virtual environments as well as data monitoring and protection. By utilizing this suite, IT and IT administrators will be...

I have been working the last few days on my Windows Server 2025 packer build for VMware vSphere now that Windows Server 2025 has now been released as GA. It did require quite a few tweaks from the previous way I built Windows Server 2022. So, hopefully this will give...

Since updating my VMware vSphere Packer build template for Windows Server 2025 (you can read that here: Windows Server 2025 Packer Build for VMware vSphere), I decided to tackle Proxmox, which wasn’t as straightforward. I wanted to share with you what I have come up with for automated installations of Windows...

In our daily work, we often encounter situations where migrating Hyper-V VMs to different storage is necessary, ideally without downtime. Starting with Windows Server 2012, Microsoft introduced storage live migration, a feature that allows us to move VM storage while the VM remains running. For versions prior to Windows Server...

What is a DNS Server? A DNS (Domain Name System) server is a critical part of the infrastructure of the internet and local networks, enabling the translation of human-readable domain names (such as www.vmorecloud.com) into machine-readable IP addresses (such as 192.168.1.1). DNS serves as a "phonebook" for the internet, allowing...

IntroductionWhy Use MSI for Deployment?PrerequisitesStep-by-Step Guide to Deploy Firefox MSIStep 1: Prepare the MSI FileStep 2: Create a Group Policy Object (GPO)Step 3: Edit the GPOStep 4: Apply the GPO to the Target ComputersStep 5: Force Group Policy UpdateVerifying the DeploymentTroubleshooting TipsConclusion Introduction Deploying software across multiple computers in a...

IntroductionWhy Use PowerShell to Set Date and Time?Steps to Set Date and Time Using PowerShellStep 1: Launch PowerShell with Administrative PrivilegesStep 2: Check the Current Date and TimeStep 3: Set the DateStep 4: Set the TimeStep 5: Set Both Date and Time SimultaneouslyStep 6: Synchronize Time with an NTP ServerStep...

IntroductionMethod to Find Domain Controller Creation Date and TimeStep 1: Launch PowerShellStep 2: Import Active Directory ModuleStep 3: Query the Domain Controller Creation DateStep 4: Interpret the OutputStep 5: Save the Output (Optional)Wrapping Up Introduction When managing Active Directory environments, knowing when a Domain Controller (DC) was created can be...