Microsoft has now release the production version of the Remote Server Admin Tools. These are of course the essential tools that for managing Group Policy (and many other server functions). As I always remind you it is imperative that you always have...
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With the recent release of the Windows 10 1803 Microsoft also released a new version of the ADMX/ADML files that corresponds to the new Group Polices with the OS (see
With every new version of Windows Microsoft releases more Group Policy settings to support newer features. Ever since the release of Windows 7 all the new Group Policy settings have been exclusive released as Administrative Templates. These Administr...
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Have you ever found it hard to figure out what tool you need to manage Windows, sometime it's an MMC other times you need to go via Control Panel or you need to launch Server Manager? To help with this Microsoft has now released Windows Admin Center...
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Microsoft has release a new version of the Windows 10 Remote Server Admin Tools for builds of Windows 10 17110 or higher. While it was normally practice for Microsoft to release a new RSAT version with every release of a Windows client OS in recent y...
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Microsoft is hurtling toward the end of development of the latest version of Windows 10 v1803 (which ironically will be released in April) and as such they have now release the near final version to the [Windows Insider Fast Ring](
I recently came across a problem with applying a site linked GPO to some Citrix servers that were giving Blocked SOM (see below) as the reason for being denied. For the longest time I could not figure out why the GPO was being blocked. It was then wi...
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Windows 10 a.k.a. Redstone 3, a.k.a. 1709 a.k.a. Fall Creators Update has now been released to the public for download. If you would like to get a copy of the new version early to start testing you can download the PRO version using the Windows 10 IS...
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IPSEC is an amazing, but not often used technology that allows you to authenticate, allow, deny, protect and/or encrypt network traffic between windows and non-window computers. It has been around since at least Windows 2000 days but it is some time...
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So, incase you have not heard, SMB1 is Bad... Really BAD. Not only is it woefully old and inefficient protocol it's also now widely known to be the attack vector for the recent WannaCry virus. By now you probably have seen my very popular previous bl...
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Recently Microsoft has revealed there will be a new SKU of Windows 10 that will only run signed Apps from the Windows App Store. This new version of the OS will be called Windows 10 S. This version of the OS is specifically designed to only be able t...
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