The administrative templates for Windows 11 are not backward compatible; hence, Windows 10 cannot be fully managed with them. This situation is unlikely to change. In mixed environments, the question arises for admins as to which ADMX they should keep in the central store.

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The new remote help tool for Intune and Microsoft Endpoint Manager allows you to connect to user devices using Intune role-based access controls (RBAC). In this post, I share my experiences with remote help.

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PowerShell 7.2 introduced the automatic variable $PSStyle for a new feature called PSAnsiRendering. In this post, I show you how you can use ANSI rendering to control text decorations, such as color and font styling, in PowerShell.

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The open-source FTP client FileZilla offers the option of saving connections, including passwords. If you have entered many FTP servers there, then you can take their settings to other computers. You can use PowerShell to decrypt the passwords.

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If an EC2 Reserved Instance is not used on your running instance, significant additional costs can pile up in your account because you pay the higher On Demand rates. AWS usually applies the EC2 Reserved Instance automatically to any running instance that matches the instance properties (type, scope, etc.) of the Reserved Instance. If you feel that your Reserved Instance is not applied properly, I'll show you in this post how to resolve the issue.

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Golden VM images are template server images that are hardened to meet IT standards and come with preinstalled and preconfigured custom software and settings that help you save time and ensure consistency. EC2 Image Builder enables you to automate the creation, management, and deployment of compliant golden VM images quickly and easily via automated pipelines that keep images secure and up-to-date.

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Azure-named services provide an indication of Azure functionality and capabilities, even if these services provide hybrid cloud features and capabilities. This is why Microsoft has recently changed the name of many Azure services, including those in its security portfolio, to align the services with today's hybrid infrastructure models.

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In this post, I show you how to configure SSH for Midnight Commander to remotely copy or move files with the file manager's Shell link feature and public key authentication. I will also explain the difference between files transferred over Shell Protocol (FISH) and Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) and say a word or two about Midnight Commander's SFTP feature.

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There is a new up-and-coming web technology known as HTTP/3. The new protocol is all about performance and security. It is built on top of the QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connections) encrypted transport protocol. Windows Server 2022 natively supports HTTP/3 with Internet Information Services (IIS).

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For a long time, roaming profiles and folder redirection were the standard means under Windows for making user files available on different devices. Now that more and more users work on the road or at home rather than in the office, this technique is becoming increasingly obsolete. An alternative to such environments is to redirect profile folders to OneDrive.

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If you try to connect to an EC2 instance with the user root, you will receive this error message:
Please login as the user "ubuntu" rather than the user "root".
This is the message for an instance running Ubuntu. For an Amazon Linux or Red Hat instance, you are asked to log in with the ec2-user rather than root. In this post, I show you how to change this configuration and log in with root via SSH and SFTP in AWS anyway.

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As organizations continue to implement a hybrid workforce, they need a remote monitoring and management tool that helps them mitigate security risks, maintain business continuity and efficiently support remote users. The latest Action1 service update provides additional features that empower IT teams to safely and efficiently achieve these goals.

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Microsoft waited quite a while to release a new Windows version. In this poll, I would like to know if you are planning to deploy Windows 11 for end users in your organization this year.

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This step-by-step guide explains how to configure DFS Namespaces for Amazon FSx for Windows file servers.

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My Active Directory security assessment script pulls important security facts from Active Directory and generates nicely viewable reports in HTML format by highlighting the spots that require attention. The script manipulates user data using facts collected with benchmark values.

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Microsoft Defender for Identity is a cloud-based security solution that can identify attack signals in Active Directory. The solution leverages traffic analytics and user behavior analytics on domain controllers and AD FS servers to prevent attacks by providing security posture assessments. Additionally, it helps expose vulnerabilities and lateral movement exploitation paths.

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If you open a new tab in Microsoft Edge, it will load the Microsoft News page by default. This behavior can be changed via tab settings or group policies. They also offer options to change the quick link tiles, the homepage, and the start pages.

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The results of our author competition always offer interesting insights into the topics that are most relevant to IT pros. This year, we see a slight shift toward cloud computing, although the change compared to previous years is not dramatic.

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On a busy server, you want to avoid putting more load on the machine with applications that are not time-sensitive. cpulimit is a Linux tool that allows you to limit CPU resources for such programs. In this little tutorial, I explain how you can use cpulimit depending on the average load on your system using the uptime command.

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