Microsoft released ServerCore with Windows Server 2008 as a GUI-less version of the Windows Server operating system, and while many of us fiddled with ServerCore, it really didn’t take off for ...

PowerShell now comes with an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) module that introduces over 75 Active Directory cmdlets. From a script or the new Graphical PowerShell user interface, you can ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Users of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1), which will reach its end-of-support phase in a mere three months, can now take advantage of Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection's (ATP) ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Microsoft has ended support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008, but you can purchase extended security updates. Here's what you need to do to implement them. January 14, 2020 was the official end ...

Windows Server 2008 R2 goes further and contains something called the “Best Practices Analyzer,” which is not exactly one thing but a combination of things built around something called the BPA ...

I'm attempting to set up some lab testing in preparation for a series of upgrades. I will run this on a physically segregated network with throwaway copies of workstations and data, so I don't have to ...

An unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability affecting all Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 devices received a free and temporary fix today through the 0patch platform. The zero-day bug ...

Windows Server defaults to receiving updates from Windows Update. In large environments however, it typically makes more sense to use Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). WSUS provides centralized ...

A micropatch fixing a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI+) is now available through the 0patch platform for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 users. The ...

Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection's (ATP) endpoint detection and response capability is now at "general availability" commercial-release status for users of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service ...