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Lightbits Labs said on May 28, 2026, that its Lightbits 3.19.1 software has achieved early interoperability with Microsoft’s Windows Server NVMe-over-Fabrics Initiator Preview, allowing Windows Server Insider hosts to connect to NVMe/TCP block storage over standard Ethernet for evaluation. That...

A GigWise post published in May 2026 argues that administrators can change the Security Identifier on cloned Windows Server 2019 and 2022 systems with a third-party utility called Wittytool Disk Clone instead of reinstalling or running Sysprep after deployment. The claim lands at a moment when...

A first-person Gigwise post claims a consultant changed duplicate Windows Server 2019 and 2022 machine SIDs after cloning by using Wittytool Disk Clone instead of reinstalling or running Sysprep, but Microsoft’s documented support position still points administrators toward Sysprep for...

Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-41095 on May 12, 2026, as an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Windows Server Data Deduplication, a storage feature used to reduce duplicate data on supported server volumes and commonly found in file-server, backup, and virtualization-adjacent environments...

Hi everyone, I’m researching how enterprises are modernizing their IT environments using Microsoft Azure Infrastructure and Platform Services (IaaS + PaaS) in 2026. How are organizations balancing AI scalability, cybersecurity, hybrid cloud governance, disaster recovery, Kubernetes/container...

Microsoft is heading into a UK courtroom fight that could reshape how the market thinks about cloud licensing, platform leverage, and the real price of running Windows Server outside Azure. A London tribunal has now allowed a class action to proceed that alleges Microsoft charged higher...

Microsoft is facing a potentially watershed legal challenge in the UK as a £2.1 billion collective action over Windows Server pricing moves toward trial, with the core allegation being that the company charged more to run Windows Server on rival clouds than on Azure. That sounds like a narrow...

Microsoft is now facing a serious test of its cloud licensing playbook, and the stakes go well beyond one billing dispute. A UK collective action alleges the company charged businesses more to run Windows Server on rival clouds such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud than it charged on...

Microsoft’s latest Windows Server mishap is a reminder that the most painful update problems are often the ones that look routine at first. What began as a release-health curiosity has now turned into a case study in how quickly trust can erode when a patch changes behavior in the wrong place...

Microsoft is using Windows Server 2026’s planning season to make a very clear point: the next phase of server operations is less about chasing isolated features and more about reducing friction in the real world. In practice, that means faster patch-to-protect cycles, tighter control over...

Microsoft has moved quickly to contain a serious April 2026 servicing regression affecting Windows Server, releasing out-of-band fixes after the month’s Patch Tuesday updates triggered reboot loops on some domain controllers and blocked authentication services. The emergency response matters...

Microsoft’s latest Windows Server patch drama is a reminder that the most dangerous updates are often the ones meant to protect the crown jewels. An out-of-band fix issued in April 2026 targets a restart-loop problem that could knock domain controllers into repeated reboots after the month’s...

Microsoft’s April 2026 Patch Tuesday is turning into an uncomfortable reminder that Windows servicing can fail in more than one way at once. While Microsoft is already dealing with a Microsoft account sign-in regression in Windows 11, fresh reporting and forum analysis now point to a separate...

Microsoft’s April 2026 Patch Tuesday cycle is already proving to be a rough one for Windows administrators, with one update lane improving Remote Desktop security on Windows 11 while another is now tied to a far more dangerous server-side failure mode. The latest confirmed issue affects Windows...

Microsoft’s April 2026 Patch Tuesday is already looking like a case study in how security updates can collide with identity and boot-time reliability at the worst possible moment. On one side, Microsoft has confirmed that Windows account sign-in can fail after March’s KB5079473 update, with a...

Microsoft has finally closed the loop on one of the most unnerving Windows Server servicing misfires in recent memory: a bug that could steer some Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 systems toward Windows Server 2025 without the kind of deliberate, administrator-approved intent...

Microsoft has finally closed the loop on one of the more frustrating Windows Server update problems of the past year: the issue that could push some Windows Server 2019 and Windows Server 2022 systems toward Windows Server 2025 without the kind of clear, deliberate approval enterprise admins...

CVE-2026-32224 is the kind of Windows Server vulnerability that administrators cannot afford to treat as a theoretical footnote. Microsoft’s Security Update Guide entry identifies it as a Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability, and third-party tracking...

Microsoft’s CVE-2026-26174 is a Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Elevation of Privilege issue, and the key signal in Microsoft’s confidence metric is that the vendor is publicly acknowledging the vulnerability as real while keeping the low-level mechanics intentionally sparse. That...

Choosing the best Windows VPS in 2026 is less about chasing the lowest monthly price and more about buying the right blend of performance consistency, Windows optimization, and operational simplicity. That distinction matters because a Windows VPS is rarely just a generic virtual machine; for...