Windows Server
Windows Server guides: Active Directory, RDP hardening, Hyper-V, IIS, backups and PowerShell automation.
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Windows Server Initial Setup Checklist (2026 Edition)
Fresh Windows Server install. The OOBE finished, you're at the desktop, now what? Here's the checklist I run on every new server — in order — before it…
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Enable Remote Desktop (RDP) on Windows Server — CMD & PowerShell
You just finished installing Windows Server, you're sitting at the console, and you need to RDP in from your workstation so you can finally close the KVM…
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Create a Windows User via CMD (net user) — Cheat Sheet
Creating a local user on Windows Server from the command line is one of those tasks you'll do a hundred times. The GUI is fine for one user; CMD is faster…
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The Sysadmin Prompt Cheat Sheet — AI Commands That Actually Work
Copy-paste prompts for sysadmin work with Claude or any LLM: explain commands, write scripts, triage logs, review configs, convert Bash to PowerShell.
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How I Use Claude to Write PowerShell Scripts in 30 Seconds
My workflow for getting usable PowerShell out of Claude: a prompt with constraints, -WhatIf first, PSScriptAnalyzer, and the 5.1 vs 7 traps it falls into.
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