Windows Platform
Installing Windows 10 as a Guest Operating System in VMware Fusion
May 5, 2026
Mac owners often need to run their favorite Windows applications that are not supported on macOS. However, it is possible to do so if Window...
How to Use VirtualBox: Quick Overview
May 4, 2026
When using a traditional you need to install the operating system on a physical machine for evaluating software that cannot be installed on...
How to Use Scale-Out File Server in Windows Server 2019
May 4, 2026
Accessing data via a network is common today. File shares for regular users and administrative purposes are widely used in business environm...
Hyper-V Server Core vs GUI Installation: How They Compare
May 4, 2026
Starting with Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V has been available as a Windows Server role and as a standalone Hyper-V Server. There are essenti...
How to Set Up an SMB Share as a Backup Repository in NAKIVO Backup & Replication
April 29, 2026
NAKIVO Backup & Replication is a universal data protection solution that can be installed on different devices and operating systems, includ...
How to Set Up Network File Sharing in Windows
April 29, 2026
When having more than one computer in a local area network (LAN), you may need to make files stored on one computer accessible on another co...
How to Set Up Windows Server for File Sharing
April 29, 2026
If you want to configure access to files over the network for one or more users, you need to configure file sharing on the computer on which...
LockBit Ransomware: What You Need to Know to Protect Against It
April 28, 2026
LockBit continues to be a top threat for organizations in the very diverse ransomware landscape. In the first half of 2023, there were more...
SMB vs NFS Protocols: An In-Depth Comparison
April 28, 2026
Sharing files between computers and users helps communicate and exchange data more efficiently and conveniently. You can share files over th...
CIFS vs SMB File Share Protocols: The Differences Explained
April 28, 2026
When it comes to selecting a protocol to share files over the network, you commonly come across the SMB and CIFS terms in software interface...
Windows Server 2019 Essentials, Standard, Datacenter: Main Differences
April 28, 2026
Windows Server 2019 is for the time being the latest version of the server operating system released by Microsoft. Generally available since...
Methods for Microsoft Exchange Data Recovery
April 28, 2026
Microsoft Exchange Server is a popular and reliable email server with excellent Outlook client compatibility, and it is widely used in organ...
Using Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Copy Technology for Consistent Backups
April 28, 2026
When creating a backup of a virtual or physical machine with running applications, especially applications that intensively write data to fi...
How to Mount VMFS in Windows, Linux, and ESXi
April 28, 2026
Sometimes you may need to mount a VMFS datastore in Linux, Windows, or another ESXi host. VMFS is a file system created by VMware that doesn...
What is ReFS File System: Benefits and Best Practices
April 28, 2026
Windows Server 2019 offers many exciting benefits across the board. However, when thinking about storage features with this release and, mor...
What Is DFS Replication and How to Configure It?
April 28, 2026
File shares are used in organizations to allow users to access and exchange files. If the number of file shares is large, it may be difficul...
How to Fix the Error: Hyper-V Checkpoint Operation Failed
April 28, 2026
A possible error when working with Microsoft Hyper-V checkpoints is the Hyper-V checkpoint operation failed error and other similar errors....
The Essentials of Windows Server Licensing for Virtual Machines
April 28, 2026
Organizations use the Windows Server OS on physical servers and virtual machines including Microsoft virtualized servers. Windows Server lic...
How to Disable Hyper-V in Windows
April 28, 2026
Microsoft Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor that you can install on Windows – including on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019. In some scenario...
How to Build PowerShell Tools to Setup SFTP
April 28, 2026
When you use multiple machines running Windows, you may need to access shared resources by using different protocols. When a file share is c...