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Windows Admin Center v2 with Certificate Cannot Load Site

Eric Siron — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Microsoft released a substantially upgraded Windows Admin Center with build 2410. Microsoft has offset it as “v2”. You can read the release announcement on the Windows Admin Center blog. You can download Windows Admin Center from aka.ms/windowsadmincenter. This article explains how to fix a condition when you use a true PKI certificate and cannot access …

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No, Hyper-V Is Not Dead

Eric Siron — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 18:00:00 +0000

(Somewhat) jokingly, I have long said that a certain company famous for virtualization has set a goal of bankrupting all its customers as its victory condition. That company was recently purchased (again), and the new owners promptly set about trying to prove me correct with massive price increases. As part of their campaign to do …

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Fiber Channel or iSCSI Disk Appears Two or More Times in Disk Management

Eric Siron — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Scenario: You connect your Windows or Hyper-V system to a FiberChannel or iSCSI target device that supports multi-path I/O (MPIO). When you view Disk Management, it shows up twice (or more). You can bring one online, but any others show “Offline (The disk is offline because it has a redundant path with another device)”. The …

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Getting Started with Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows Server

Eric Siron — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 17:00:00 +0000

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) brings the convenience of native Linux functionality to Windows Server. You have access to a fully functional Linux kernel in the distribution of your choice embedded right where you have instant access without needing to rely on a heavy virtualization layer or a thick emulator. This article focuses on WSL …

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Stop Using Self-Signed Certificates

Eric Siron — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:00:00 +0000

The growth of digital threats has made our need for security more pervasive. Where possible, we try to use active schemes. However, private key infrastructure and certificates serve a powerful purpose and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. As threats grow, we as systems administrators need to improve the way that we …

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