In this tutorial, we will see how to install the WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) role on Windows Server 2025, which will allow you to have a server in your environment to control the distribution of updates for Microsoft products (Windows, Office, SQL Server, etc.). The WSUS role is also a “component” of MECM, because …
In this tutorial, I will explain how to SSH server on Windows Server 2025 to administer it remotely. If you have been following me for several years, this is not the first article I have done on OpenSSH on Windows Server. At the beginning of the portability of the SSH server on Windows Server, to …
In this tutorial, we will see how to join a computer running Windows Server 2025 to an Active Directory domain. Before joining the Active Directory domain, you must have a user (administrator) account in the target domain with the necessary rights to add a computer. Before you make sure that the domain join is successful, …
In this first tutorial, dedicated to Windows Server 2025, we will see its installation, which differs very little from other versions of Windows Server. At the time of writing this tutorial, Windows Server 2025 is still in “preview.” I will also not cover the hardware requirements regarding CPU and RAM which will depend on several …
Presentation In this tutorial, I will explain how to set up roaming profiles for your users in an Active Directory environment. When I started working (already a few years ago), roaming profiles were all the rage. Roaming profiles store user (profile) data (C:\Users\) in a shared folder that is located on a server. This allows …
In this tutorial, we will see how to delete files older than X day using PowerShell. This type of script is often used in businesses on servers to rotate logs. If we take the example of IIS, the logs are never deleted, which means that after 3 years, we end up with more than 1,000 …
In this tutorial, I will show you how to block PowerShell remote access to Exchange with ARR. As a security measure, if you use IIS ARR to publish Exchange servers to the Internet, you must block PowerShell remote access. By default, it is possible to remotely administer an Exchange server with PowerShell, we find all …
In this tutorial, I will explain to you how to set up a redirection of a site from HTTP to HTTPS with ARR. If you don’t yet know IIS ARR, I’ll let you discover it in this tutorial: IIS ARR: Installation and configuration. This type of redirection is often implemented when using ARR with an …
In the Windows deployment sequence, add a Run Command Line action in the State Restore section. In the Command Line field add: netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off
Edit the registry: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender] “DisableAntiSpyware”=dword:00000001