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Employee Offboarding Checklist: Secure AD, M365 and Workspace Steps
A practical leaver checklist covering Active Directory disable and group cleanup, Microsoft 365 session revocation and mailbox conversion, Google Workspace suspension and data transfer, Zoho user deactivation, plus shared credentials, devices and verification steps.
September 29, 2026
Migrate VMware to Proxmox VE 9: Steps After Broadcom
Move virtual machines from ESXi 7, 8 or 9 to Proxmox VE 9.2 with the built-in ESXi import wizard or an OVF/qm importdisk workflow, prepare Windows guests for VirtIO, and handle networking, UEFI and licensing on the way across.
September 29, 2026
Migrate DirectAdmin to cPanel: Complete 9-Step Migration Playbook
A complete playbook to move hosting accounts from DirectAdmin to cPanel & WHM: audit, what transfers and what does not, the Transfer Tool and pkgacct-da methods, PHP, mail, DNS cutover, delta sync, checks, rollback and a timeline.
September 29, 2026
Microsoft 365 SPF DKIM DMARC: Secure Exchange Online Setup
Publish a correct SPF record for Exchange Online, enable DKIM signing for each custom domain with the selector CNAMEs or Exchange Online PowerShell, add a DMARC policy that starts in monitoring mode, and verify alignment with message headers and reports.
September 29, 2026
Microsoft 365 shared mailbox vs distribution group vs Microsoft 365 Group
Understand when to use a shared mailbox, a distribution group or a Microsoft 365 Group for addresses like support@ or sales@, with the licensing, storage, Send As, Teams and archiving implications and the PowerShell to create and convert each.
September 29, 2026
Map Network Drives with Group Policy: Drive Maps, Targeting and Fixes
Map department and home drives on Windows 11 and Windows Server 2025 with Group Policy Preferences Drive Maps and item-level targeting, a logon script alternative, the EnableLinkedConnections fix for elevated apps and an Intune script for cloud devices.
September 29, 2026
Kill Unresponsive VM ESXi: 3 Methods (vim-cmd, esxcli, esxtop)
Power off a hung virtual machine on ESXi 7, 8 or 9 when vCenter cannot, escalating from vim-cmd power.off through esxcli vm process kill to killing the VMX world from esxtop, with the errors you will meet along the way.
September 29, 2026
Install and promote a Windows Server 2025 domain controller step by step
Prepare a Windows Server 2025 machine, extend the schema, promote it as an additional or first domain controller with PowerShell, and confirm it advertises, replicates and serves DNS before you move clients to it.
September 29, 2026
Install pfSense CE 2.9 step by step with the network installer and ZFS
Walk through the pfSense CE 2.9.0 network installer from boot media to first WebGUI login, choosing WAN and LAN interfaces, ZFS on GPT, the stable branch and the advanced options that matter for a production firewall.
September 29, 2026
Install OPNsense 26.7 and set up basic firewall and NAT rules
Install OPNsense 26.7 from the DVD or VGA image, assign WAN and LAN, complete the setup wizard, then build sane firewall rules, an outbound NAT policy and a port forward, and verify the result from both sides of the firewall.
September 29, 2026
cPanel Hostname SSL: Let’s Encrypt AutoSSL Fix in WHM
Enable the Let's Encrypt provider for AutoSSL in WHM, force a run for accounts, and repair the hostname certificate used by cpsrvd, Dovecot, Exim and FTP with checkallsslcerts, including DNS and port 80 validation failures.
September 29, 2026
Install Imagick EA-PHP on AlmaLinux 8/9/10: cPanel Setup
Install the ImageMagick libraries with dnf, build the imagick PECL extension for each EA-PHP version through WHM Module Installers or the command line, update the CageFS skeleton on CloudLinux, restart PHP-FPM and confirm the module loads.
September 29, 2026