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Microsoft has announced a significant policy change affecting organizations using legacy versions of Exchange Server. Starting October 1, 2025, the company will block native public folder migrations from Exchange Server 2010 and earlier to Exchange Online. This move is part of Microsoft's...

Nine months have passed since Microsoft released Windows Server 2025, marking a significant milestone for one of the most widely used server operating systems in the world. Since its launch on November 4, 2024, Windows Server 2025 has undergone focused scrutiny from industry professionals...

Microsoft’s recent transition to subscription-only models for on-premises Exchange Server and Skype for Business Server marks one of the most significant changes in the company’s approach to enterprise communications in recent memory. After years of committing to a hybrid model that balanced...

Navigating the Changing Landscape of Windows Server 2025: Innovations, Incidents, and Implications Windows Server 2025 has burst onto the IT scene not only as a new chapter in Microsoft’s storied operating system lineage but as a case study in the dynamism—both promising and perilous—of modern...

Imagine a world where “Patch Tuesday” no longer triggers existential dread or frantic Googling of “Why did my server reboot at 3 a.m.?”—that world is fast approaching, courtesy of hotpatching for Windows Server 2025. The much-awaited feature, originally Azure-only, is now about to spill over...

I'm considering replacing my 10-year old Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 platform with a new server - hardware and OS. This is for home use only. Since I'm building the machine myself, I'm looking to purchase a Windows Server 2022 Essentials license - I haven't found a source for this and...

Chip Chip Chin Chin. Recently upgraded my physical Hyper-V host to server 2022 so i can use FoD tools and Hyper-V manager from server core with the GUO option provided by FOD something that 2019 didn't offer which I've bee cursing for years about since 2012 R2 the ability to turn off GUI and...

Upgraded broken WSUS 2022 server to 2025 from previous case not resolved Upon trying to install WSUS now it is failing with The System cannot find the path specified. The installation log is providing this error. 2025-01-09 09:08:41 Marking PostInstall done for UpdateServices-Database in the...

hello i have swapped my LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i with an exact replacement . because my disks raid was not running correct and would start or keep asking to update drives. saying drivers needed update but the best and only driver are installed. so i was thinking raid card was bad...

I've been using Windows server 2012R2 Standard for almost a decade now. I have apps running on the server which have created about 50,000 local users. These are local users created using WMIC scripts and eq. API's. The purpose is to allow for easy integration with IIS authentication. The app...

We are going to migrate from SBS 2008. Which server is easier to migrate including Active Directory, Exchange at SharePoint? or should I say less complicated? Should we use SBS 2008 or SBS 2011?