Remove RDS 2016 CALS from the license server

PowerShell

Remove An Individual RDS CAL License Pack Using Powershell (User or Device CAL) Open PowerShell elevated as an administrator Type the following command to list the RDS Licenses to find the KeyPackID  Run the below command to remove the licenses pack from your RD Server Where “X” is the value of KeyPackId P.S: Please be aware, you will … Read more

Microsoft Build 2018 – Don’t miss it

Microsoft Build (often stylised as //build/) is an annual conference event held by Microsoft, aimed towards software engineers and web developers using Windows, Windows Phone, Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft technologies. In this year, the event will be held at the Washington State Convention Center in Downtown Seattle, Washington from May 7 to May 9, 2018. In the event, you can tune in keynotes from Microsoft CEO, Satya … Read more

Turn off Windows Update notifications for users on Windows Server RDS

Keyboard Update

Sometimes, you don’t want the end-users or non-administrator users to be notified there are windows updates that need to be applied. In this post, I will show you how to create a GPO that prevent a non-administrator user to be notified if there are any windows updates. Log in to the Active Directory where the … Read more

Office 2019 Preview has been released for Commercial customers

Microsoft has introduced the Office 2019 preview for commercial customers. Office 2019 will only run on Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016. Office 2019 will include Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher, Access, Project, Visio, and OneNote for Windows 10. Microsoft is also planning to release the previews of Office 2019 for Mac, Exchange 2019, SharePoint 2019, Project Server … Read more

Windows Admin Center: The next generation of windows management tools

Windows Admin Center was known as Project Honolulu was unveiled by Microsoft on September 14th, 2017 at Microsoft Ignite 2017 conference in Orlando, Florida. Windows Admin Center is intended to provide a common interface for remote management of Windows machines running Windows Server (2012 or newer) or Windows 10, whether on physical hardware, virtual hardware, … Read more

Asus ZenFone Max Pro M1 vs Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro : Which better

As you may know, ASUS and Xiamoi have launched their one of the smartphone product called ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M1 and Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro. ZenFone Max Pro M1 offers the same Snapdragon 636 chipset, but ZenFone Max Pro M1 comes with pure Android 8.1 (Oreo) while Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro use … Read more

Use PowerShell to add exclusion folder or file Extension on the Windows Defender

PowerShell

Sometimes, you need to exclude the folder or specific file extension from being scanned by Windows Defender. Below is the PowerShell command that you can use to do that : Open Windows PowerShell with elevated permissions. To exclude the specific folder (e.g C:\Folder1). Run the following command Add-MpPreference -ExclusionPath “C:\Folder1” Another case, if you want … Read more