Windows Server includes a cornucopia of solid tools. But sometimes you have specific needs, and the default tools won’t cover them well. IT admins are already aware of the standard free go-to tools ...

Microsoft is officially deprecating the Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant (SaRA) across Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Server, marking the end of a widely used troubleshooting tool.

You always have the default backup tool from Microsoft, known as Windows Server Backup (WSB). This is a built-in tool, but it is not automatically configured; therefore, you will have to do so the ...

Use Windows Admin Center to manage Azure Stack HCI like any other Windows Server Your email has been sent The Windows Admin Center is a powerful tool for local and remote management of servers that’s ...

The web-based UI for managing all aspects of Windows Server, Windows Server Admin Center (WAC) sure has grown up a lot in the last seven years. If you're new to the concept, you can run WAC on a ...

We mined Microsoft’s open source hosting repository to unearth 12 invaluable Windows admin tools -- and they're all free While it may seem antithetical to Microsoft’s image, free open source tools ...

Ahead of its launch of Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1, Microsoft is planning to ship in late February assessment tools for IT shops so they can get their networks in order and ease any planned ...

Rounding out its set of free migration software to get users off aging platforms, Microsoft Monday made available a toolkit to help users move files from Windows NT or 2000 to Windows Server 2003. The ...

Microsoft has mitigated a known issue that caused Windows update failures when installing them from a network share using the Windows Update Standalone Installer (WUSA). WUSA is a built-in ...

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...