Updated by August 22, 2025.Abu Dhabi businesses depend on technology every day. From managing data to running applications, servers play a key role in keeping operations smooth. Among the most trusted platforms is Windows Server. But without the righ...
🖥️ Intro: Unlocking Your AWS EC2 Instance with PuTTY If you've just launched your first EC2 instance on AWS and are staring at that mysterious .pem file wondering what to do next—you're not alone. Connecting to your instance is the first real step i...
Game-changing security updates without the downtime 📘 Introduction: The End of Patch Tuesday Reboots Windows Server 2025 introduces a game-changing feature: Hot patching. This innovation allows you to apply critical security updates without rebootin...
When Windows systems reboot unexpectedly, it can be challenging to determine the root cause. This newsletter provides comprehensive guidance on investigating these mysterious events using event logs, system files, and virtualization-specific tools. T...
RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) is a network protocol that implements AAA. It helps manage and secure user access to network services — like Wi-Fi, VPNs, and network devices — using centralized authentication. What is AAA? Authen...
As the world continues to digitize, and businesses—from startups to large enterprises—move their operations online, the need for scalable, secure, and efficient hosting solutions has never been greater. While Linux has long been the dominant player i...
Learn how to join a Windows 11 computer to a Windows Server 2022 Active Directory domain in your home lab. Step-by-step guide for IT beginners and sysadmins. Why Build a Simple Active Directory Lab? If you're serious about a career in IT support or s...
This week didn’t go quite as planned in terms of book study. That’s not to say that the week wasn’t productive. Between my birthday, our baby shower, work, family time, study time was limited. This weeks progress included: Completed Chapter 5 Start...
Overview Requirements Create the Key Distribution Services KDS Root Key Creating a new gMSA Configuring Kerberos delegation Removing a gMSA Configuring a Scheduled Task References Overview The below process is run only once, before startin...
I set up a Group Policy Object (GPO) to map a network drive this weekend, but for some reason, test users weren’t seeing it after logging in. Everything looked great — the policy was linked, no errors in Group Policy Management Console, and the corre...
