When you see the error "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process," you can use several built-in or free tools to find out which process is locking the file or fo...

We're pleased to announce the new "Preparing for your organization's AI workloads" Microsoft Learn Plan - focused the IT/Ops audience and now available on Microsoft Learn! This set of content was c...

Virtual Trusted Platform Modules (vTPM) in Hyper-V allow you to run guest operating systems, such as Windows 11 or Windows Server 2025 with security features enabled. One of the challenges of vTPMs i...

GPU Partitioning (GPU-P) is a feature in Windows Server 2025 Hyper-V that allows multiple virtual machines to share a single physical GPU by dividing it into isolated fractions. Each VM is allocated ...

In this guide, we will walk through creating a 2-node or 4-node Hyper-V failover cluster where the nodes are not domain-joined, using mutual certificate-based authentication instead of NTLM or shared...

Once a user is authenticated through Entra ID, they remain signed in as long as the session is valid—even if they close and reopen the browser. However, in scenarios involving sensitive tasks or high...

A few weeks ago, I spent some time with our support and engineering teams helping a customer solve a problem that happened after they enabled Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) on Azure Kubernetes...

Enabling SSH on Windows Server has historically required third-party tools or complex configuration. Windows Server 2025 streamlines the process, making it easier than ever to set up secure remote co...

What is the Event Log? Each event log records events that happen on the Windows Server computer. Examining the events in these logs can help you trace activity, respond to events, and keep your sys...

In this video, Windows Server support engineers Giles Pauli, Jeff Hughes, and Mike Rhoads talk with Pierre Roman, sharing insights into the most common issues faced by users of Windows Server and how...