Over time, I have been using OneNote as my main note-taking and documentation tool. But lately, I am obsessed with Wiki-based systems. Tiddlywiki is my go-to system when I need more formal documentation on anything. I still use OneNote during the process but will transfer the final settings or note to TiddlyWiki as a more final version.

TiddlyWiki is a unique non-linear notebook for documenting complicated information. It’s basically a single HTML file that can also be encrypted with a complex password. It’s great for sharing as you won’t be able to directly make changes to it. In order to update, you will need some sort of saving mechanism to be in place. For example, I am mostly on Windows and I use TiddlyDesktop, an open-source tool designed for Windows.

There are also many other good ones out there that is worth noting, such as

• Confluence – a wildly used paid solution, with a free-tier that might be suitable for a small team.
• Wiki.js – a free open-source wiki system.
• Nextcloud – a self-hosted productivity platform.
• BookStack – a simple self-hosted, also an open-source platform, great for Markdown pages.

And speaking of Markdown, it’s also extremely popular when writing documentation. Very easy to get familiar with and so seamlessly to convert to other document formats, such as HTML or Word.

How does it work?

More specifically,

• Connect to your database.
• Refresh with the current structure of your database.
• Database Note Taker shows where documentation is missing.
• Add and edit notes for tables, columns, stored procedures and so on.
• Publish and distribute the documentation.
• When your database has changed, refresh and add new notes.

Features

Here are a few features worth mentioning:

• Separate documentation
• Work offline – a live database connection is only required to refresh the database.
• Publish to HTML
• Database platform independent
• Source control friendly
• Search
• Multiple developers friendly
• History tracking
• etc.

Not enough and looking for more database documentation options? Check out this list compiled by SQLShark.

Via Windows Server Blog,

This updated guide provides a comprehensive collection of technical articles with practical guidance for IT professionals and server administrators responsible for monitoring and tuning Windows Server 2016 across the most common server workloads and scenarios. With this guidance, administrators can tune server settings in Windows Server 2016 and achieve incremental performance or energy efficiency gains, especially when the nature of the workload varies little over time.

The Windows Server Performance Tuning Guide is available to view online, as well as a PDF for offline consumption.

The Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 IT Pro documentation is now moved from TechNet to docs.microsoft.com. Following are some URLs so that you can replace your old bookmarks and access the new sites.

• Windows Server 2016 documentation at https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/windows-server-2016
• Windows Server 2016 Networking documentation at https://docs.microsoft.com/windows-server/networking/networking
• Windows 10  and Windows 10 Mobile documentation at https://docs.microsoft.com/windows/windows-10/

/via Technet/