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Boost Security with Active Directory Hardening in Windows 2025 Learn essential techniques for Active Directory hardening in Windows Server 2025 to enhance your network's security.

Just updated one of my articles with the most views on Active Directory Hardening.

Check out here: hartiga.de/windows-serv...

#ActiveDirectory #ITSecurity #Hardening #WindowsServer

Windows Secure Boot certificates for endpoint will expire soon! Are your endpoint teams doing the necessary testing or deployments?

Check here for details: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Help the Windows Server team so they can provide support.

#WindowsServer #SecureBoot #ITSecurity

❗️ Check out the new version 2.0 for the Azure Arc Benefits Dashboard.

💰️ Track your free Azure Benefits and help with cost optimization with the updated Dashboard.

github.com/wjpigott/Arc...

#AzureArc #Azure #IaC #SQLServer

Dell Command Update is awesome.

Tried the HP once but big troubles getting it to work
"Application enabling services currently unavailable"
All services are running

FYI - Windows Secure Boot Certificate Expiration -
support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/...

#PatchTuesday #Microsoft #Windows #MSintune

aka.ms/GetSecureBoot

Act now: Secure Boot certificates expire in June 2026 - Windows IT Pro Blog Get tips to prepare for the rollout of updated certificates across your organization.

Act now: Secure Boot certificates expire in June 2026

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...

#Windows

PowerShell is fun :)Intune Win32 PowerShell Installer Type This month, Microsoft re-released PowerShell as a command-line option for Intune Win32 packages, making it easy to update the installation script without recreating the IntuneWin package. In this b…

This month, Microsoft re-released PowerShell as a command-line option for Intune Win32 packages, making it easy to update the installation script without recreating the IntuneWin package. In this blog post, I will show you how it works

#PowerShell #Intune #Win32

powershellisfun.com/2026/01/23/i...

How to edit text files directly from Command Prompt and PowerShell You can now use Microsoft Edit to create and edit text files directly in Command Prompt or PowerShell without switching apps, and I'll show you how.

You can create and edit text files directly from the Terminal with "Microsoft Edit," the lightweight command-line editor built into Windows 11.

It's available on Linux, too, and should feel familiar to 'Nano' users! Here's how it works ⤵️

Perform threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel - Training Perform threat hunting in Microsoft Sentinel

Hey IT Specialists! Learning Friday: threat hunting with Microsoft Sentinel.
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📦 Want your own private PowerShell repo?
At #PSConfEU 2025, @adamdriscoll.bsky.social showed how to set one up with Sleet — local or Azure storage, clean and simple.
🎟️ Early bird 2026 tickets: psconf.eu
#PowerShell #Sleet #Automation youtu.be/JgzXQCj-R2c?si=6BZ...

Terminal suggest doesn't get content from the actual terminal session. · Issue #285640 · microsoft/vscode Does this issue occur when all extensions are disabled?: Yes/No Yes Terminal auto suggest entries are not based on actual terminal functions, and suggestions are therefore not correct. If I create ...

Hey #PowerShell peeps! The new auto complete thing in VSCode is messing up our terminals. It doesn't auto complete actual functions. Give this an upvote to get a fix in to the backlog and (hopefully) improve it!
github.com/microsoft/vs...

(And share onwards for visibly. Can't have a bad terminal)

Windows on Arm had another good year 2026 could be even bigger for Arm laptops.

Windows on Arm had another good year www.theverge.com/gadgets/8500...

Tech Promised Everything. Did it deliver? | Scott Hanselman | TEDxPortland YouTube video by TEDx Talks

Hey friends! I did a TEDx talk and it's now up on the TED Conferences YouTube. It's possibly the best and most important talk I've ever done.

I would ask that you watch it, and please SHARE it broadly and widely. Thank you! youtu.be/dVG8W-0p6vg #AI #Tech #TED

Windows Remote Access Connection Manager 0-Day-Fix Im Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) gibt es eine 0-day-Schwachstelle. Angreifer könnten den RasMan-Dienst per DDoS zum Absturz bringen. Es gibt keine CVE-Nummer und Microsoft bietet…

A zero-day vulnerability in Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) can cause it to crash. However, there is a zero-day fix from ACROS Security, which is distributed with all 0patch agents (including FREE). [use translate option offered]

www.borncity.com/blog/2025/12...

I sense a disturbance in the force, sorry internet. Trying to tweet this on X fails 🙁

Microsoft shares Windows Server KB5070881 KB5070879 KB5070884 OOB updates for CVE-2025-59287 Microsoft has published emergency OOB updates under KB5070881, KB5070879, KB5070884, for, CVE-2025-59287, a remote code execution flaw.

Microsoft has published emergency OOB updates under KB5070881, KB5070879, KB5070884, for, CVE-2025-59287, a remote code execution flaw. #Microsoft #WindowsServer #RCE

No need to use WinGet to install Nano to edit files from the terminal - Just use:

edit filename

in Windows Terminal

Achtergrond - Tien jaar aftellen naar einde Windows 10, maar op de valreep pardoes wendingen Microsoft biedt alsnog mogelijkheden om na het einde van de ondersteuning securityupdates voor Windows 10 te blijven ontvangen, maar daar komt wel wat bij kijken.

Microsoft biedt alsnog mogelijkheden om na het einde van de ondersteuning securityupdates voor Windows 10 te blijven ontvangen, maar daar komt wel wat bij kijken. #Tweakers

NZXT introduceert C Series Gold Core-psu's van 750 tot 1000W NZXT heeft zijn nieuwe C Series Gold Core-psu's onthuld. De voedingen hebben ondersteuning voor ATX 3.1 en PCIe 5.1 en bieden een vermogen van 750W, 850W of 1000W. De C750, C850 en C1000 kosten respectievelijk 100, 120 en 150 euro.

NZXT heeft zijn nieuwe C Series Gold Core-psu's onthuld. De voedingen hebben ondersteuning voor ATX 3.1 en PCIe 5.1 en bieden een vermogen van 750W, 850W of 1000W. De C750, C850 en C1000 kosten respectievelijk 100, 120 en 150 euro. #Tweakers

Running Teams PowerShell Cmdlets in Azure Automation This article describes how to run Teams PowerShell cmdlets in Azure Automation runbooks and when you might want to do this.

Although you can run #MicrosoftTeams #PowerShell cmdlets in Azure Automation runbooks, when would you want to do this? The answer is "limited circumstances." Explored here!
office365itpros.com/2025/09/12/t...
#Microsoft365

NVIDIA GeForce NOW just leveled up with RTX 5080-class power NVIDIA’s cloud gaming service now supports RTX 5080-class performance, Install-to-Play, and cinematic streaming, all without needing a gaming PC.

GeForce NOW now streams at RTX 5080-class power — up to 5K, 120 FPS, and 360 FPS in high-performance mode.

Your $2,000 gaming rig just got jealous.

www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-ga...

Use the Power Platform to control Azure DevOps Pull Requests — AutoSysOps User Power Platform in combination with Azure DevOps to create a Power App which approved Pull Requests. Create this by using the Rest API and managed identities and a Dataverse custom table and several...

Use the Power Platform to control #AzureDevOps Pull Requests by Leo Visser #LogicApp #Azure https://autosysops.com/blog/create-a-pull-request-approval-power-app?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=azureweekly

Microsoft reportedly fixing SSD failures caused by Windows updates Recently released Windows 11 24H2 updates are reportedly causing data corruption and failure issues for some SSD and HDD models on up-to-date systems.

Recently released Windows 11 24H2 updates are reportedly causing data corruption and failure issues for some SSD and HDD models on up-to-date systems.

"For years, FreeVPN.One sat quietly in the Chrome Web Store, doing what it claimed to do. A basic VPN tool. Nothing in its behavior hinted at what was coming. Then one day, the developer likely decided he wanted to capture users’ screens."

www.koi.security/blog/spyvpn-...

Still featured by Google:

Windows 11, version 24H2 might fail to install patch (KB5063878) with error code 0x80240069 via WSUS or #ConfigMgr.

Read the details here: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/window...

#SCCM #PatchTuesday #Windows #MSIntune

There was a re-release for update #kb5063878 for Windows 11 24H2, which allows WSUS to install the August 2025 update.

borncity.com/win/2025/08/...

Windows 11 24H2 updates failing again with 0x80240069 errors The KB5063878 Windows 11 24H2 cumulative update, released earlier this week, fails to install on some systems according to widespread reports from Windows administrators.

Windows 11 24H2 update KB5063878 is acting up again, throwing 0x80240069 errors for folks using WSUS. Microsoft hasn’t confirmed anything yet, but some admins found a workaround by manually importing the update. Déjà vu from earlier this year.

Windows 10 was released 10 years ago today