What to do when the volume that host WSUS content folder gets out of storage? The easiest way is to move the content folder to a new location, whether it’s a new storage volume on the same server or a shared folder on another different server. And the tool WsusUtil.exe that comes with WSUS has this feature built right in. Open […]
via Chad Cox on Technet, “I need to know how to do my job and perform certain task” When it comes to PowerShell this is the most common request I get around PowerShell training topics. As admins continue to struggle with the decision on whether they use a GUI on Windows Server or to use Core, I want to provide […]
I was setting an app that needs to back up a remote SQL server database to a backup storage on another server. It uses the account that runs SQL server service to access the remote backup storage. Since the account is the Network Service on the local SQL server, it doesn’t have the right permissions to access that storage. I […]
If you need an SFTP server, you can set it up easily on a Linux box since it’s supported out of the box. But if you’d like to set up one on Windows, you need to do some extra work since SFTP is not natively supported on Windows. Don’t get confused it with the FTPS, short for FTP over SSL, which […]
Via Jan-Hendrik Peter’s blog: Every now and then while delivering one of our PowerShell workshops, my customers ask me “How can I create an exe from my PowerShell script?” And every time the same reasoning is being used: To obfuscate the use of clear text passwords, connection strings and other sensitive data from prying eyes. Sure, most will tell me […]
I have a BitLocker encrypted external drive that I needed to read from a Windows Server 2012. When I connected it to the server and right-click on the drive I don’t see the Unlock Drive option from the context menu like I usually see on my Windows 10 computer. So, what to do? How to enable BitLocker encryption on Windows […]
Windows Server 2016 is the latest Windows server platform from Microsoft, RTM’d in September 2016, generally available on October 12, 2016, bearing a Windows version number at 10.0.14393. It’s the one built with the cloud in mind that brings a lot of new features and changes. Here is a list of free resources prepared for me to keep pace with this […]