Size SQL Server 2025 max server memory on 8-16 GB Windows instances, decide on Lock Pages in Memory, and configure tempdb and buffer pool without starving IIS or the OS.
How RDS CAL licensing works on Windows Server 2025, when you need a Session Host licence, per-user versus per-device tradeoffs, and real 2026 pricing per seat.
If you administer a small business Windows environment, you have probably inherited a folder full of logon scripts — a .bat that maps drives, a .vbs that copies a shortcut, and a third one nobody can explain. Group Policy Preferences (GPP) does all of that without scripts, with item-level targeting and built-in reporting. But GPP … Read more
Most licensing guidance for Windows Server explains cores and CALs in the abstract and then stops right before the question you actually have: what does this cost me when Windows Server runs on a VPS instead of on a physical box in my office? The answers differ in three concrete ways — who holds the … Read more
The ASP.NET Core Hosting Bundle installs three things: the .NET runtime, the ASP.NET Core shared framework, and the AspNetCoreModuleV2 IIS module that reverse-proxies requests to the out-of-process Kestrel server. Most “it works locally but 500s on IIS” failures trace to one of those three being absent or mismatched. Install Order and Verification Install the bundle … Read more
Remote Desktop Services gives you two ways to deliver a Windows application: a full session host desktop, or a published RemoteApp that appears to the user as a local window. The resource and licensing model differs enough that choosing wrong costs real money every month. Dimension RDS Session Host (full desktop) RemoteApp User experience Complete … Read more
Windows Server can run containers, but the rules are different from the Linux world most Docker documentation assumes. There are two completely separate runtimes with different kernels, two isolation modes with different compatibility guarantees, and a Windows Server host has no Docker Desktop — you install the engine directly. This guide covers what actually works … Read more
Group Policy is the feature that turns a Windows Server into centrally managed infrastructure rather than a file server with a domain bolted on. For a small business, the payoff is concrete: password rules enforced everywhere, mapped drives that appear without a helpdesk call, screen locks that satisfy an insurer, and printer deployment that survives … Read more
IIS is the one Windows Server role almost every hosted VM ends up running, and it is also the role people install by clicking through Server Manager and then never configure properly. This guide installs IIS from PowerShell, creates a dedicated application pool, publishes a site on a host header, opens the firewall correctly, and … Read more
Windows administrators have three realistic remote access protocols: RDP for graphical sessions, VNC/ RFB for console-level access, and SSH for text and automation. They are not competitors so much as different layers — most well-built servers use all three. This article compares them on transport, encryption, authentication, bandwidth, and licensing so you can pick deliberately … Read more