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Microsoft Releases Out-Of-Band Patches to Fix Windows AD Authentication Issues

Microsoft released new out-of-band (OOB) updates yesterday to address Active Directory (AD) authentication problems caused by the May 2022 Patch Tuesday updates. These emergency patches also include a fix for the bug that previously prevented the installation of apps from the Microsoft Store. The May 2022 security updates that shipped earlier this month included fixes…

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CISA Warns Windows Admins Against Applying May Patch Tuesday Updates on Domain Controllers

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has temporarily removed the security flaw CVE-2022-26925 from its Known Exploited Vulnerability Catalog. It has warned that IT admins should not install the May 2021 Patch Tuesday updates on Windows Servers used as domain controllers due to the risk of authentication failures. The security advisory comes amid…

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Microsoft Confirms May 2022 Patch Tuesday Updates Cause AD Authentication Issues

Microsoft has acknowledged a new issue that causes authentication failures on the server or client machines for some Windows services. The company has confirmed on the Windows Health Dashboard that it’s actively investigating the bug, and a permanent fix would be available in the upcoming release. The first bug reports started to surface earlier this…

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Microsoft to Disable SMB1 File-Sharing Protocol By Default on Windows 11

Microsoft is finally getting ready to deprecate the SMB1 (Server Message Block version 1) file-sharing protocol on Windows PCs. Indeed, the company has announced that SMB1 is now disabled by default in the latest Windows 11 Home Dev Channel builds. SMB1 is an outdated file and resource sharing protocol that allows users to communicate with…

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Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Adds Support for Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is finally getting support for some older versions of Windows Server. Indeed, the Redmond giant has launched a revamped Microsoft Defender for Endpoint solution for Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016. Microsoft announced a public preview of its new Defender for Endpoint solution back in October 2021. The unified…

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Azure OpInsights vs. System Center Operations Manager

Last Update: Apr 14, 2022

In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll compare Azure Operational Insights (OpInsights) with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), and discover whether OpInsights replaces SCOM.

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What Exactly Is Microsoft Endpoint Manager?

Last Update: Apr 14, 2022

Looking at a recently-announced product called “Microsoft Endpoint Manager”. While the product name and management interface may be shiny and new, you’ll probably recognize the underlying products as some of the same familiar products that device administrators have known for years. We’ll break down what’s included and some changes that may benefit and impact current and future deployments.

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Microsoft Lets Windows Server Admins Opt-In for Automatic .NET Updates

Microsoft has announced some important changes that should make it easier to manage .NET updates on Windows Server machines. Starting this month, IT Admins can now opt-in for automatic updates for .NET and .NET Core via Microsoft Update (MU). Previously, Windows Server updates for .NET and .NET Core were delivered to users via WSUS and…

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Microsoft Previews Storage Migration Service in Windows Server 2019

Last Update: Apr 07, 2022

Microsoft releases a preview of Storage Migration Service in the latest Insider version of Windows Server 2019. In this Ask the Admin, I’ll provide an overview of what it is and how it works.

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Git for Sysadmins – Using POSH-GIT

Last Update: Mar 30, 2022

Apart from the amusing name, POSH-GIT is a PowerShell module for GitHub supplied as part of Git for Windows. In this Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to use Git source control via this PowerShell module.

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