Proxmox VE (Virtual Environment) is a free, open-source hypervisor built on Debian Linux that lets you run virtual machines and containers on bare-metal hardware. It is a popular choice for home labs,...
If you manage servers for a living, run a home lab in your spare room, or you’re a UK small business owner trying to make sense of your IT infrastructure, you’ve probably heard the name Pr...
Wispr Flow is excellent, but at around $15 per month it adds up to $180 a year — and every word you dictate is sent to their cloud servers to be transcribed. If you already run a home server, you can ...
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 requires few...
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 guide...
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 server1\data and...
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 — so use...
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 basics ...