Why Your Active Directory Backup Strategy Might Be Failing You: Understanding Tombstone Lifetime
Many organizations invest heavily in robust Active Directory backup solutions, creating daily snapshots and storing them for years. Yet despite…
Category: Windows
Microsoft Time Zone Index Values
After following several tutorials on internet for installing MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit), you’ll see when you come to the rules…
The Challenge of System Identification in Modern IT Environments
In today’s complex IT landscapes, identifying which system you’re working on has become surprisingly challenging. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments,…
Installing VMware PowerCLI on Windows, macOS, or Linux
VMware PowerCLI is a collection of PowerShell modules designed to simplify and automate the management of VMware environments. Although PowerCLI…
Exploring dsregcmd.exe: The Key to Azure AD Device Registration
As organizations continue shifting to cloud services, hybrid identity scenarios (on-premises Active Directory joined devices and Azure Active Directory joined…
How to Check and Enable TLS 1.2 on Windows Servers with PowerShell
Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 is a secure protocol that encrypts data between clients and servers. Many modern security standards…
How to Remove a Greyed-Out Windows Hello PIN in Windows 10/11
Windows Hello is Microsoft’s biometric authentication system offering PIN, face, and fingerprint sign-in options. Occasionally, you may find the “Remove…
How to Update DNS Server Root Hints
The authoritative name servers that serve the DNS root zone, commonly known as the “root servers”, consist of a network…