Tag: windows server 2012 r2

Is Group Policy Slowing Me Down?

by BrandonWilson // 1 Comments

Hello all, Nathan Penn back again to cover one of the more frequently brought up topics: System bootup and user logon performance – Specifically “Is group policy slowing me down in my environment?” Luckily, if we know where to look we can get right to that answer quickly. To start, let clarify a couple of… Read more

Cryptojacking – Leeches of the Internet

by BrandonWilson // 3 Comments

Hello, this is Paul Bergson again with another topic on security. The threat of malware continues to impact business with no relief in sight. The latest topic brought back childhood memories of how the “Leeches” of the internet prey upon unsuspecting victims. It has been a beautiful summer in the Minneapolis, MN area this year… Read more

Windows PowerShell Profiles Processing Illustrated

by BrandonWilson // 0 Comments

Hello everyone! My name is Preston K. Parsard (Platforms PFE) here again this time for a procedural review of PowerShell profiles. Now I realize that this topic is already well documented and in fact, have included some great references at the end of this post, where you can find more information. What I can offer… Read more

Windows Server 2016 Reverse DNS Registration Behavior

by BrandonWilson // 3 Comments

Greetings everyone! Tim Beasley (Platforms PFE) coming back at ya from the infamous Nixa, Missouri! It’s infamous since it’s the home of Jason Bourne (Bourne Identity movies). Anyways, I wanted to reach out to you all and quickly discuss the behavior changes of Windows Server 2016 when it comes to reverse DNS records. Don’t worry,… Read more

How Healthy is your LAPS Environment?

by BrandonWilson // 3 Comments

Hi all. I’m Michael Rendino, Senior Premier Field Engineer, based out of the Charlotte, NC campus of Microsoft! Previously, I’ve helped you with some network capture guidance (here and here), but today, I want to talk about something different. Over the last couple of years, one of the hottest tech topics has been security (as… Read more

Are My RDP Connections Really Secured by a Certificate?

by BrandonWilson // 2 Comments

Hello everyone! Tim Beasley – Platforms PFE coming at you live from the funky fresh jam known as LAS VEGAS! That’s right people! I’m having a blast by the pool at the MGM Grand and loving life!! …writing a blog post for Microsoft. At Vegas. In the sun poolside…writing…a…technical blog post…what’s wrong with me?! Okay… Read more

Hyper-V Integration Services – Where Are We Today?

by BrandonWilson // 1 Comments

Hyper-V Integration Services provide critical functionality to Guests (virtual machines) running on Microsoft’s virtualization platform (Hyper-V). For the most part, virtual machines run in an isolated environment on the Hyper-V host. However, there is a high-speed communications channel between the Guest and the Host that allows the Guest to take advantage of Host-side services. If… Read more

Simple PowerShell Network Capture Tool – Update

by BrandonWilson // 0 Comments

Hello all. Jacob Lavender here once again for the Ask PFE Platforms team to give you an update on the little sample tool that I put together at the end of last year. The original post is located here: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askpfeplat/2017/12/04/simple-powershell-network-capture-tool/ But before you fly off to read that post – as good as it was,… Read more

CredSSP, RDP and Raven

by Graeme Bray [MSFT] // 4 Comments

Welcome to another edition of AskPFEPlat, this is Paul Bergson and Graeme Bray bringing up the topic of CredSSP when in use with the Remote Desktop Protocol. This topic became an internal discussion around Premier Field Engineering and customers like you as to how this would impact accessing systems via RDP starting in May. This… Read more

Delegate WMI Access to Domain Controllers

by Graeme Bray [MSFT] // 0 Comments

Hi everyone! Graeme Bray back with you today with a post around delegating WMI access to Domain Controllers. Continuing the tradition of security themed posts that we’ve had recently on AskPFEPlat, I thought I’d throw this one together for you. This post originally came about after several customers asked how to remove users accounts from… Read more