Here you will find all the articles related to general IT. These articles have topics related to on-premise server environments, like Active Directory or Hyper-V, or explain how to use common tools that every SysAdmin should know. Just browse through the different posts or use the search function in the top right corner. I have highlighted 3 articles for you that are definitely worth reading. September 2026 update Break RDS – How to Fix Update September 15, 2026: Microsoft has released permanent out-of-band updates for Server 2019, 2022, and 2025. Install the OOB update for your server version and you’re done, no KIR, no ... Read more September 2026 update Break RDS – How to Fix From PowerShell Scripts to Building an Automation Platform I have always been the person that would rather spend four hours writing a script than one hour fixing the actual problem. Not because the script is faster, but because ... Read more From PowerShell Scripts to Building an Automation Platform Free OST to PST Conversion Online: Stellar Converter Review #sponsored OST files store a local copy of your mailbox, synced from the mail server. The problem is that you can’t just open an OST file directly in Outlook, if ... Read more Free OST to PST Conversion Online: Stellar Converter Review Migrate Group Policy to Intune using Group Policy Analytics [Step-by-Step] If you are moving your devices to Intune, then at some point you will want to migrate your Group Policies as well. Group Policy Objects work great in an on-premises ... Read more Migrate Group Policy to Intune using Group Policy Analytics [Step-by-Step] How to Sign RDP Files and Fix the Security Warning The April 2026 Windows security update changed how unsigned RDP files are handled. Every time you open an unsigned .rdp file, you now get a red “Caution: Unknown remote connection” ... Read more How to Sign RDP Files and Fix the Security Warning Fix Remote Desktop Security Warning After installing the recent April 2026 security update, you might have noticed that the Remote Desktop Connection comes with a new security warning. The new dialog now requires you to ... Read more Fix Remote Desktop Security Warning How to Enable LDAPS for Active Directory LDAPS is the secure version of the LDAP protocol, which is commonly used to give applications access to the Active Directory. The old LDAP protocol transmits usernames and passwords in ... Read more How to Enable LDAPS for Active Directory LDAPS vs LDAP – What you Need to Know Hardening your network, making sure that users are using atleast MFA, hopefully passwordless sign-ins, are all important steps to protect your network. But have you checked if you are still ... Read more LDAPS vs LDAP – What you Need to Know How to Use SFC /SCANNOW – The Complete System File Checker Scan Guide When Windows system files are missing or corrupted, it can result in Windows crashes, slow startups or problems with installing Windows updates. In these cases, we can use the SFC ... Read more How to Use SFC /SCANNOW – The Complete System File Checker Scan Guide Railway vs Vercel – Choosing the Right Hosting for Your App Creating an app or website these days has become pretty easy with all the new AI-powered development tools like Lovable, Base44, and Claude Code, for example. But there comes a ... Read more Railway vs Vercel – Choosing the Right Hosting for Your App Stellar Migrator for Exchange Review #sponsored When companies merge, rebrand, or restructure, IT usually gets handed one big task: move all the users without breaking email. In Microsoft 365, that means migrating mailboxes from one ... Read more Stellar Migrator for Exchange Review Backup your Azure VMs with Afi.ai – Review #sponsored Even though your Azure VMs are running and stored in the cloud, it’s still important to make regular backups. You could back up your VMs with Azure Backup for ... Read more Backup your Azure VMs with Afi.ai – Review Fix Windows Update error 0xc1900208 If you are trying to update Windows and get the Windows Update error 0xc1900208, and then you are not alone. This error code is coming up a lot lately with ... Read more Fix Windows Update error 0xc1900208 How to Block Google’s AI Overviews using Group Policy and Intune Google has rolled out the AI overviews broadly over the last couple of months. And while some may like the quick overviews, the general reaction that I hear from my ... Read more How to Block Google’s AI Overviews using Group Policy and Intune ManageEngine OpManager Plus Review #sponsored Monitoring your IT infrastructure is one of the most important things to do. It allows you to spot upcoming issues early or get notified about failing services even before ... Read more ManageEngine OpManager Plus Review Microsoft PC Manager – What you need to know Microsoft released its PC Manager tool globally a couple of months ago. The tool helps you with cleaning up your computer, and resetting default settings, and offers you a quick ... Read more Microsoft PC Manager – What you need to know Netsh- Ultimate Guide with Examples Netsh is a great command-line utility that is used to manage, configure, and troubleshoot local or remote network settings. The power of Netsh, Network Shell, comes from the different extensions, ... Read more Netsh- Ultimate Guide with Examples ADAudit Plus Review – Active Directory Monitoring Solution #sponsored ADAudit Plus is an auditing tool designed to monitor and audit Active Directory (AD) environments. It provides insights into user activities, login attempts, configuration changes, group membership modifications, and ... Read more ADAudit Plus Review – Active Directory Monitoring Solution How to Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin The Recycle Bin in the Active Directory isn’t enabled by default. This means that when you delete an object (user for example) from the AD, then your only option is ... Read more How to Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin How AI is Changing Phishing Attacks #sponsored Phishing attacks are evolving rapidly with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). In recent years, AI has transformed how cybercriminals create and execute phishing scams, making them more convincing ... Read more How AI is Changing Phishing Attacks How to use Start-ADSyncSyncCycle Your Active Directory synchronizes regularly with your Azure AD, but sometimes you need to force the synchronization, to apply changes immediately. To do this, we can use the Start-ADsyncsynccycle cmdlet. ... Read more How to use Start-ADSyncSyncCycle How to Upgrade Azure AD Connect

Keeping your Azure AD Connect client up-to-date is important. Microsoft regularly releases a new version, which fixes the latest security issues and often increases clients’ performance and stability. Updating the ... Read more How to Upgrade Azure AD Connect New Lock Screen Widgets for Windows Microsoft is releasing new widgets for the Windows 10 and 11 lock screen. The new widgets will show detailed weather forecasts, stock market updates, traffic, and for example sports information. ... Read more New Lock Screen Widgets for Windows Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) Installation and Usage Guide The Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) is used to manage your Active Directory. It’s installed by default on a domain controller, but you can also install ADUC on other ... Read more Active Directory Users and Computers (ADUC) Installation and Usage Guide Manage your Active Directory with ADManager Plus #sponsored Managing and maintaining an efficient Active Directory (AD) environment can sometimes be challenging, especially in larger environments. Take this example: by default, the AD doesn’t come with any templates ... Read more Manage your Active Directory with ADManager Plus How to Change IP of Domain Controller Domain Controllers are a vital part of your network. They handle the authentication of your users and often run services like DHCP and DNS. So when you need to change ... Read more How to Change IP of Domain Controller How to Import Users in Active Directory with CSV When you need to bulk add new users to your Active Directory, then the easiest method is to import them. To do this we can use a CSV file and ... Read more How to Import Users in Active Directory with CSV What is the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) is a network protocol that is (was) used to automatically assign an IP address to a computer in a network. It uses a client-server model where a ... Read more What is the Bootstrap Protocol (BOOTP) Best Free PST Viewers to read PST Files To open a PST file you normally need to use Outlook. But what if you don’t have access to Outlook? Luckily you can also read a PST File with one ... Read more Best Free PST Viewers to read PST Files How to Export AD Group Members with PowerShell Getting all group members of your AD Groups can be a daunting task. You will need to open the groups and scroll through the list of users. A better option ... Read more How to Export AD Group Members with PowerShell How to find your Outlook PST File Location The Outlook PST File is used to store emails, contacts, and other Outlook items locally on your computer. The files are often used to archive old emails or are automatically ... Read more How to find your Outlook PST File Location How to Export AD Users to CSV – Free Script To export your AD users to CSV we can use PowerShell and the Get-ADUser cmdlet. This allows us to quickly export all users from your active directory into a usable ... Read more How to Export AD Users to CSV – Free Script How to create a file in CMD Sometimes you have a bat script or you are just working in cmd and you need to create an empty file. Maybe as a placeholder for something or you want ... Read more How to create a file in CMD All required Domain Controller Ports Domain controllers are a vital part of your network. To protect them you should make sure that the firewall is enabled and only the required ports for your Domain Controller ... Read more All required Domain Controller Ports How to Check Domain Controller Health Domain controllers are a vital part of your network. They allow you to organize your network, and manage your users, computers, and other resources. So it’s important that you regularly ... Read more How to Check Domain Controller Health How to use DCDiag to check Domain Controllers The Domain Controllers are the backbone of your network. They allow you to organize your network, and manage your users, computers and other resources. So it’s important that your domain ... Read more How to use DCDiag to check Domain Controllers How to Fix Trust Relationship between this Workstation and the Primary Domain failed A pretty common problem that most system administrators have seen once is the error “the trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed”. This error occurs after you ... Read more How to Fix Trust Relationship between this Workstation and the Primary Domain failed RepAdmin – How to check AD Heath When you have multiple domain controllers then they constantly sync with each other. But how can you check if everything is synced correctly? Or if the synchronization is even running? ... Read more RepAdmin – How to check AD Heath Repair PST Files with Stellar Repair for Outlook Our mailboxes often contain important messages, appointments, and contacts that we do not want to lose. A corrupt PST file can thus be a true nightmare if you do not ... Read more Repair PST Files with Stellar Repair for Outlook Why Cyber Security Awareness Training is Important: Protect yourself and your Business #sponsored Cybersecurity is a major concern for businesses of all sizes. With the rise of cyberattacks and data breaches, companies are looking for ways to protect themselves from the consequences—monetary ... Read more Why Cyber Security Awareness Training is Important: Protect yourself and your Business How to do Drive Mapping in Windows – All Options Explained Even though we store more and more data in the cloud, drive mapping is still a common practice these days. Network drive mapping lets you easily access files and folders ... Read more How to do Drive Mapping in Windows – All Options Explained Get-ADObject – How to Find and Export AD Objects with PowerShell Every user, computer, container, or OU in the Active Directory is an object. For each of those are dedicated cmdlets that we can use to retrieve or update information. But ... Read more Get-ADObject – How to Find and Export AD Objects with PowerShell So, about that AdBlocker... Will you consider disabling it? Yes, ads can be annoying. But they allow me to keep writing content like this. You can also support me by becoming an Insider ($1) for a ad-free experience or Buy Me a Coffee ☕ | Read more about disabling AdBlockers