Course Objective This article provides an overview of the Advanced Windows Server Course Outline. To provide a comprehensive understanding of Windows Server 2022, focusing on its operating system architecture, administrative features, and hybrid administration capabilities that seamlessly integrate with Microsoft Azure. The course aims to not only cover Windows Server 2022 in-depth but also to … Read more
Internet Explorer 11 retirement announcement As per Microsoft MC378271 announcement, the Internet Explorer (IE) 11 desktop application will be retired on June 15, 2022, on certain versions of Windows 10. This means that the IE11 desktop application will no longer be supported and will be progressively redirected to Microsoft Edge over the following months, and … Read more
Introduction The Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) Remote Protocol is a protocol for exposing application objects by way of remote procedure calls (RPCs). The protocol consists of a set of extensions layered on Microsoft Remote Procedure Call Protocol Extensions as specified in [MS-RPCE]. The DCOM Remote Protocol is also referred to as Object RPC or … Read more
FSLogix 2201 release is generally available Following the public preview release, the FSLogix 2201 release is generally available for all Microsoft customers. As part of the GA release, Microsoft provides a new build that you can download here:https://aka.ms/fslogix/download. Bug fixes The following items have been fixed in this release. For the long-standing issue with FsLogix … Read more
Azure Virtual Desktop support for Windows Azure Virtual Desktop follows the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy and supports the following x64 operating system images: Azure Virtual Desktop support for clients Azure Virtual Desktop officially supports the following clients: Microsoft 365 support for Windows The following supportability statements stand for Microsoft 365 support for Windows versions. Sources https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/overview … Read more
This article discusses all available Windows licensing options. It includes description of the features of open licensing, SPLA, CSP, VDA and RDS licensing. Open licensing The Open licensing scheme provides an one-off purchase of Windows Server licenses and the customer must buy the Software Assurance (SA) maintenance contract separately on additional cost. The SA is … Read more
New Windows Server 2022 announcement On March 2nd 2021 Microsoft announced that Windows Server 2022 is in preview, the next release in Microsoft Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC), which will be generally available later this calendar year. It builds on Windows Server 2019, Microsoft fastest adopted Windows Server ever. This release includes advanced multi-layer security, hybrid … Read more
Introduction When designing a new file server in a Windows Server environment, you need to take into account a series of design factors in order to properly finalize your implementation. This article provides Windows file server design considerations. Design factors There are a lot of Windows file server design considerations. The following general design factors … Read more
This post is also available in my podcast. This blog post discusses Windows User Profiles and Folder Redirection options. It is recommended to also review my separate article on Windows File server design considerations. Introduction There are various technologies available in Windows client and server operating systems for managing user profiles and folder redirection in … Read more
I am happy to announce the publication of my new e-book entitled “Windows Server Administration Tools and Management Consoles”. The Windows Server Administration Tools and Management Consoles e-book is available on the Amazon Kindle store. This post is also available in my podcast. Book contents The following is the e-book table of contents: Book preview … Read more
