Windows Server Core is a minimal installation option with no desktop GUI — just a command prompt, PowerShell, and a small set of tools. It uses less RAM, has a smaller attack surface, and requir...
Server Guides & Reviews for UK Businesses
Whether you're managing ageing infrastructure, planning a migration, or choosing your first business server, this section covers the practical decisions UK businesses face — without the vendor bias.
What We Cover
- Windows Server End of Life — What's expiring, what your options are, and a step-by-step checklist for businesses navigating the transition
- On-Prem vs Hosted — Honest comparison of keeping servers in-house versus moving to hosted or cloud infrastructure
- NAS Storage — What a NAS is, how to set up RAID, and the best NAS devices for small business use
- Best Servers for Small Business — Recommended hardware for businesses that need reliable, cost-effective server infrastructure
- Server Security — Best practices for locking down your server environment and reducing attack surface
Who It's For
Our server content is aimed at UK IT managers, small business owners, and anyone responsible for on-premise or hybrid infrastructure. We focus on practical, actionable guidance over theoretical architecture discussions.
A Windows Server Certificate Authority (CA) lets you issue and manage SSL certificates internally — for internal websites, encrypted RDP connections, Wi-Fi authentication, and code signing. This...
DFS Namespaces (Distributed File System Namespaces) lets you present multiple shared folders from different servers under a single unified path — for example \\company\shared instead of \\server...
Network Policy Server (NPS) is Windows Server’s built-in RADIUS implementation. It lets you centralise authentication for VPN connections, Wi-Fi access points, and other network devices — ...
Performance Monitor (PerfMon) is Windows Server’s built-in tool for capturing, recording, and analysing performance data over time. While Task Manager shows you what is happening right now, Perf...
Hyper-V on Windows Server is a full enterprise virtualisation platform — capable of running dozens of virtual machines, live migration, clustering, and replication. Managing Hyper-V beyond the b...
Folder redirection with Group Policy moves user folders — Desktop, Documents, Pictures, and others — from the local PC to a network share on a server. Users access their files transparentl...
Configuring DNS on Windows Server goes beyond simply checking that name resolution works. As the DNS Server role administrator, you manage zones, create and maintain records, set up forwarders, and en...
Documenting your server environment is one of those tasks that always feels like it can wait — until a server fails at midnight and the person on call has no idea what it does, what connects to ...