Active Directory, RDS, Hyper-V, IIS and PowerShell guides for Windows Server admins.
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Stand up a new Active Directory forest from scratch. Install AD DS, promote the first DC, DNS integration, the post-promo checks. PowerShell-driven, no GUI.
The PowerShell snippets I actually use every day on Windows Server — pipeline filters, remoting, services, event logs, scheduled tasks, error handling.
Forget Googling Stack Overflow for 20 minutes. One well-structured prompt and you have working PowerShell in under a minute — here's the exact workflow.
Copy-paste AI prompt templates for the tasks sysadmins do every week — disk checks, service monitoring, user exports, log analysis, game server units and more.
Free FTP server on Windows in under ten minutes. Covers the installer, passive mode, firewall rules, FTPS, and the gotchas that bite first-timers.
The classic utilman.exe method for resetting a forgotten local administrator password on Windows Server and Windows 10/11 — plus the BitLocker caveat that stops it, and the modern alternatives.
Fastest way to create local users on Windows Server from CMD. net user flags, adding to groups, gotchas, and the PowerShell equivalent.
Enable RDP, open the firewall, turn on NLA, and restrict access on Windows Server. CMD and PowerShell commands in under 30 seconds.
Everything to do on a fresh Windows Server install — rename, static IP, updates, RDP, admin user, SMBv1, page file, backup. With a copy-paste script at the end.
Domain-join Windows Server via PowerShell Add-Computer. DNS prereqs, OU placement, verify, rollback. Commands and gotchas.