Patch Tuesday February 2018
This month’s cumulative update for the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update sees the OS build bumped to version 16299.248.
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PowerShell DSC and Puppet — Why It Is Not Either/Or
In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith discusses why Puppet and DSC together is often the best configuration management solution in mixed Windows/Linux environments.
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Microsoft DSC Environment Analyzer Creates Compliance Reports for Power BI
Compliance is always a hot topic, so in this Ask the Admin, I’ll look at how Microsoft’s DSCEA can be used to create compliance reports for servers configured using PowerShell DSC.
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How Does the Windows 10 Subsystem for Linux Work and What Is It For?
In this Ask the Admin, I’ll look at what you can do with Bash and the Windows Subsystem for Linux in Windows 10 and Windows Server 1709.
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Set Up Active Directory to Support Tiered Administration and Privileged Access Workstations
In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith discusses setting up Active Directory to support a secure tiered administrative model and Privileged Access Workstations.
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Secure Microsoft Azure VMs Using Just-In-Time Access
In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at how the solution works and why you should use it when it reaches general availability.
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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – January 2018 Edition
It’s been a busy month for Windows, and in case you didn’t get a chance to catch all the news, here’s everything you need to know from January 2018.
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OpenSSH Doesn’t Replace PowerShell Remoting in Fall Creators Update
The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and Windows Server 1709 include a beta OpenSSH server and client. In this Ask the Admin, I will discuss how OpenSSH differs from PowerShell Remoting.
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Populate Active Directory with Test User Accounts
In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith uses a PowerShell script to populate Active Directory with test user accounts.
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PowerShell Core 6.0 and Why Windows PowerShell Is No Longer Being Developed
Microsoft announced the general availability of PowerShell Core 6.0 on January 10th. In this Ask the Admin, we will look at the roadmap for PowerShell and some of the dramatic changes since Microsoft announced that PowerShell will be open source.
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