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14 practical Windows articles from Netbay Engineering — written for operators running Linux and Windows VPS in India.

14 articles in this topic

Build resilient, high-IOPS storage pools on Windows Server using two-way mirroring, performance tiers, and ReFS integrity streams.

Automate advanced network defense on Windows Server VPS with PowerShell scripts creating stateful port filters and encrypted IPsec transport rules.

Maximize web throughput on Windows Server by enabling HTTP/3 QUIC, tuning TLS 1.3 cipher suites, and optimizing IIS worker application pools.

Manage lightweight, GUI-free Windows Server 2025 Core instances over secure HTTPS WinRM and OpenSSH using modern PowerShell 7.

Publish a .NET worker as a Windows service using sc.exe or New-Service, configure recovery, and keep logs on High-Speed SSD disk after reboot.

Back up a Windows VPS from PowerShell and wbadmin: system state, selected files, and scheduled jobs you can restore without opening Server Manager.

Share a folder on a Windows VPS with SMB, then set NTFS ACLs so share permissions and file ACLs agree. Least privilege beats Everyone Full Control.

Control Windows Update and reboot policy on a production VPS so patch Tuesday does not take IIS or your live .NET service down in business hours.

Add inbound Windows Firewall rules without locking out RDP. Scope by remote IP, confirm with a second session, then drop the wide-open defaults.

Install IIS on Windows Server 2022, publish a static site, bind HTTPS with a certificate, and redirect HTTP so the origin is not leftover plaintext.

Inventory, patch, services, event logs, and scheduled tasks from PowerShell. These cmdlets cover day-2 Windows VPS work without opening the GUI.

Lock down Windows Server 2022 on a public IPv4: disable unused roles, enforce NLA, patch, and restrict admin ports before bots find the box.