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Windows Server guides and tools: Active Directory, Group Policy, RDS, WSUS, DHCP, DFS, Intune and PowerShell for Windows Server 2019–2025. Looking for Exchange Online, Entra ID or Microsoft 365 admin? See the Microsoft 365 guides.

AD Privileged Group Report: Domain Admins and adminCount Audit

Free PowerShell script that reports every direct and nested member of Domain Admins and other privileged AD groups, plus adminCount=1 orphans.

October 6, 2026

Secure Boot 2023 Certificate Check: PowerShell Script for Many PCs

Free read-only PowerShell script that checks Secure Boot, the 2023 Microsoft certificates in DB and KEK, UEFICA2023Status and events 1801/1808 on many Windows computers.

October 6, 2026

BadSuccessor dMSA on Server 2025: Audit OU Rights and Patch

BadSuccessor (CVE-2025-53779) let anyone who could create a dMSA on Windows Server 2025 take over the domain. Check DC builds, audit OU rights and dMSA links, and monitor.

October 6, 2026

Secure Boot Certificate Expiry 2026: Check and Update to 2023 CAs

Microsoft Secure Boot 2011 certificates expire in 2026. Check UEFICA2023Status and events 1801/1808, trigger the 2023 CA update with AvailableUpdates 0x5944, and fix common errors.

October 6, 2026

Block RDP Brute Force on Windows Server: Detect and Stop It

Stop RDP brute force on Windows Server: read event 4625 (logon types 3 and 10), close or scope port 3389, require NLA, set account lockout, and auto-block attacking IPs.

October 6, 2026

Open Port Checker: Test TCP Ports on Any Public Server

Check whether TCP ports are open on a public server: up to 10 ports per test, presets for web, mail and control panels, open, closed or filtered results and the SMTP greeting.

October 6, 2026

Install Hyper-V on Windows Server 2025: Switches and First VM

Install the Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2025 with PowerShell or Server Manager, create virtual switches, set storage paths and build a first generation 2 VM.

October 6, 2026

Hyper-V Checkpoint Merge Failed: Fix Stuck AVHDX Chains Safely

Fix a Hyper-V checkpoint stuck merging or a merge failed error: find backup-created and orphaned AVHDX files, delete checkpoints safely, and merge offline as a last resort.

October 6, 2026

Hyper-V Export and Import VM: Move VMs with PowerShell

Export, import and move Hyper-V VMs with PowerShell: Export-VM, Compare-VM fixes, Import-VM -Copy -GenerateNewId, and Move-VM with Kerberos on Windows Server 2025.

October 6, 2026

Windows LAPS with Intune and Entra ID: Setup and Retrieval

Back up Windows LAPS passwords to Microsoft Entra ID with Intune: tenant setting, policy, event 10029, retrieval with Get-LapsAADPassword or Graph, and legacy LAPS migration.

October 6, 2026

Intune Device Compliance Report: PowerShell Script via Graph

Free PowerShell script that exports Intune managed devices with compliance state, OS, last sync, user and encryption from Microsoft Graph to CSV or HTML.

October 6, 2026

Free website test

Is your website set up right?

Check SSL, security headers, redirects, robots.txt, sitemap, llms.txt and security.txt in one test. It takes about 30 seconds.