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Windows
How to correct reverse DNS issues
Most of the time people think of DNS as being the service that helps us to resolve a name to an IP address and that is certainly true, as without this service, the Internet as…
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May 14, 2012
How to use Windows Server Backup to backup files
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May 4, 2012
TLS encryption not working Exchange 2010
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May 2, 2012
How to Move your DNS services to the Cloud
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May 1, 2012
Installing Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop step by step
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home lab
Automate Home Lab Server Updates with GitLab CI CD
I recently wrote a blog post about replacing traditional Windows scheduled tasks with a CI/CD pipeline and the automation it…
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2 weeks ago
How to Downsize your Home Lab
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4 weeks ago
Top Home Lab Trends in 2024
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February 19, 2024
Best Server OS in 2024 in Five Categories
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Security
Windows 11 Security Ebook Download
Windows 11 has many security features built into its OS architecture, which helps to provide multiple layers of security. It…
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October 23, 2023
Raspberry Pi Firewall Command Line Configuration Step-by-Step
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October 19, 2023
Suricata vs Snort: Which is the best IDS?
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October 16, 2023
Security Onion Install: Awesome Open Source Security for Home Lab
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October 5, 2023
Wazuh Open Source SIEM: XDR for Enterprise and Home Lab
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Windows Containers
Install Docker in Windows Server 2019
Want to play around with Windows Server Docker Containers? This is easy to do with only a few steps on…
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Automation
Install Terraform DevOps Beginners Guide
Getting started with DevOps is a great way to introduce yourself to the more modern way of controlling infrastructure as…
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July 25, 2023
PowerShell Get Registry Value
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July 21, 2023
Enter-PSsession: Run PowerShell Remote Commands
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April 12, 2023
Ansible Software Patching for Beginners
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Software Defined Storage
Hyper-V Virtual SAN synchronization with StarWind Virtual SAN
The StarWind Virtual SAN solution is one of the easiest ways to run software-defined virtual SAN in Hyper-V. It has…
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January 16, 2023
Free Virtual Storage Appliance StarWind SAN & NAS new features
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August 22, 2022
Free Virtual SAN Storage Software with StarWind
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May 4, 2022
Hyperconverged Infrastructure Trends in 2022
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March 15, 2022
Upgrading outdated hardware with StarWind HCA appliance
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Self hosted
FreshRSS Docker Compose Setup Guide Self-Hosted RSS Reader
I have been using RS more and more to aggregate news and other information sources out there for quick and…
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November 8, 2023
TrueNAS vs Synology: Best Network Attached Storage
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October 25, 2023
Jellyfin vs Plex: Best Self-hosted Media Server
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October 24, 2023
Best Pihole Adlists in 2023
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October 18, 2023
Best Self-hosted Apps in 2023
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Windows Server 2025
Windows Server 2025 vs Windows Server 2022
After attending the March Windows Server Summit today, there were a lot of interesting insights shared about Windows Server 2025.…
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2 weeks ago
WingetUI Windows Package Manager GUI Download
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February 16, 2024
Windows 11 24H2 New Features and Download
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January 29, 2024
Windows Server 2025 Preview Download and Install
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Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2016 Install Remote Desktop Services
This year has been a year like none other with organizations scrambling to bolster their remote work infrastructure. It has…
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December 14, 2017
Windows Server 2016 Security Features and Hardening
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July 5, 2017
Add iSCSI Shared Storage in Windows Server 2016
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May 22, 2017
When to use Windows Server 2016 ReFS
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May 16, 2017
Install and Configure Windows Server 2016 WSUS
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Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019 Core Install Active Directory
Windows Server Core has been around since Windows Server 2008. It has not been the most popular way however to…
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December 2, 2020
Create a USB Drive for Windows Server 2019 Installation
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October 13, 2020
Reset 120 day RDS Grace period on 2016 and 2019
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August 1, 2020
LetsEncrypt Windows Server 2019 Configuration
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July 20, 2020
VMware Windows Server 2019 Template Best Practices
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Windows Server 2022
Install Docker on Windows Server 2022
Most organizations are looking at running containers in their organization. However, much of what you read about containers revolves around…
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August 25, 2022
Windows Server 2022 backup and restore
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August 4, 2022
Windows Server 2022 Essentials Edition Download and Pricing
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March 3, 2022
Cloud Storage Windows Server 2022 and Azure File Sync
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VMware
Three Simple Things to Make VMware ESXi More Secure
If you are like me in production and home lab environments, I am always looking for low-hanging fruit to make…
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February 22, 2024
VMware by Broadcom Lesson: Don’t base your career on a product
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February 13, 2024
Best Free Hypervisors Now That VMware ESXi Free Edition is Dead
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February 2, 2024
New VMware vSphere Foundation: Death of Perpetual Licenses
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December 18, 2023
What is VMware vSAN Max? Download Now
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vSphere 7
What’s new in VMware vCenter Server 7.0 Update 3f and ESXi 7.0 Update 3f
Guys heads up. There is a new vCenter Server update and ESXi hosts update to take note of. The new…
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February 2, 2022
New vCenter Server 7 Update 3c Pre-Update Check Problematic hosts
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January 28, 2022
VMware vSphere 7 Update 3c Released New Features
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September 29, 2021
SD Card and USB boot no longer supported in ESXi easy migration to SSD
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September 29, 2021
vSphere 7 Update 3 Released with new features
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Virtualization
VMware migration to Microsoft options
There has certainly been massive disruption in the VMware camp over the past several months. Now that the Broadcom purchase…
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2 weeks ago
Nutanix vs VMware in 2024
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February 26, 2024
Best KVM based Hypervisors in 2024
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February 23, 2024
How to build Xen Orchestra from Source code
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February 8, 2024
Migrate from VMware to XCP-ng: A vSphere Admin’s perspective
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ESXi on ARM
Add iSCSI Shared Storage to VMware ESXi-Arm
One of the exciting things in the home lab as of late is the ESXi-ARM fling that I have installed…
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October 13, 2020
Install ESXi-Arm Step by Step on Raspberry Pi 4
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November 9, 2018
VMware vSphere ESXi on Raspberry Pi ARM Processors
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Horizon View
Upgrade VMware Horizon 7.x Connection Servers to Horizon 8 2111
VMware Horizon 8 2111 is hot off the press from VMware and no doubt organizations are looking at a maintenance…
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November 30, 2021
VMware Horizon 8 2111 Released New Features
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August 3, 2021
VMware Horizon Client Error Couldn’t Connect to Server
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January 8, 2021
VMware Horizon 2012 Released with New Features
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December 30, 2020
VMware Horizon UAG OKTA RADIUS configuration