Windows Server 2016/2019 : disable automatic updates

Automatic updates disabled

In this “how to” tutorial, I will show you how to disable automatic updates on Windows Server 2016 and 2019. If we look in the Windows Update options in Windows settings, there is no option to disable or at least control the operation of updates. However, there is a simple way on Windows Server to …

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Veeam Backup Office 365 Community Edition (v5): installation and configuration

In this tutorial, I will (re) introduce you to Veeam Backup for Microsoft Office 365 Community Edition (V5). As its name suggests, it is a backup software dedicated to backing up Microsoft Office 365 tenants (Exchange, OneDrive, SharePoint, etc.). The Community Edition is a free edition of Veeam Backup Office 365 that allows you to …

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WSUS : deploy Microsoft Edge

In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to install Microsoft Edge using WSUS services. Microsoft is ending support for Edge Lecagy on March 9, 2021, so it is imperative to deploy Microsoft Edge to ensure workstation security. Add the Microsoft Edge product to WSUS From the WSUS console, go to Options 1. Then …

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Active Directory: Copy Group Policy – GPO

In this tutorial, I will explain how to copy / duplicate / clone a Group Policy (GPO). To do this, you have two solutions, either go through the GUI and the Group Policy Management console or use PowerShell. I’ll show you both, then it’s up to you to choose which one is right for you. …

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Update Group Policy Definitions – ADMX

In this tutorial, I’ll explain why and how to update Group Policy Definitions (GPOs) in an Active Directory environment. Before explaining how to do this, we will see why to update the files, for understanding I will start from an example. You are in an Active Directory environment which is composed of 2 Windows Server …

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RDS farm add host to collection

In this article, I’ll walk you through how to add a Remote Desktop session host to a collection. This tutorial follows on from : Deploy an RDS Farm Windows 2012R2/2016/2019. Prerequisite Have a server ready to be added to the RDS farm in the Active Directory domain Fixed IP. same apps installed (if possible). same …

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Certify The Web: Easily Generate Let’s Encrypt Certificates for IIS

In this tutorial, I will tell you how to easily generate Let’s Encrypt certificates for IIS with Certify The Web software. I have already covered the topic of Let’s Encrypt certificates on IIS in Installing a Let’s Encrypt certificate on IIS and this one Let’s encrypt generate a PFX with IIS to generate pfx. With …

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MDT: Duplicate / copy a deployment sequence

In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to duplicate / copy a deployment sequence in MDT. The tool does not offer this possibility natively, but it is possible to do so by copying the configuration files. The advantage of this operation is to be able to use the same parameters of a sequence …

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Hyper-V: the different virtual switches

In this tutorial, I will tell you how to create a virtual switch on Hyper-V and tell you the difference between the 3 types. What is a virtual switch A virtual switch is a virtual switch created on Hyper-V, which allows virtual adapters of virtual machines (but not only) to have access to a network. …

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PowerShell: configure an IP address

In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to configure an IP address and DNS servers using PowerShell. The first step will be to retrieve the Index from the card. Enter the following Cmdlet to display the computer’s network cards: Get-NetAdapter We will therefore configure the card which has Index 2. IP address configuration …

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