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Server 2022 - Remote Desktop Services - Part 1
Part 1 of the Server 2022 RDS series: deploy Connection Broker, Session Host, Web Access and Gateway on two VMs with a Let's Encrypt certificate.
Import ADMX Templates and Install Apps with Group Policy
Import ADMX templates for Chrome, Edge, Foxit, OneDrive and Office into Active Directory and deploy third-party software with Group Policy on Server 2022.
Server 2022 - Create Organizational Units and Group Policies
Create Organizational Units in Active Directory on Server 2022 and build your first Group Policy Objects to manage users and computers from one place.
Windows 11 - Fix 22H2 Remote Desktop issues!
Fix the Windows 11 22H2 Remote Desktop bug by forcing RDP over TCP: a GPO with a WMI filter for 22H2 devices or the fClientDisableUDP registry value.
Windows 11 Domain Join
Join a Windows 11 workstation to an Active Directory domain: the prerequisites to check and the domain join steps shown in the video.
Server 2022 - Installing Active Directory and Setting up DNS
Install Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2022, promote the server to a domain controller and set up the DNS role alongside it.
Server 2022 - Hyper-V - Install Windows 11
Create a Generation 2 VM on Server 2022 Hyper-V, enable the virtual TPM that Windows 11 requires and run through the Windows 11 installation.
Server 2022 - Hyper-V - Virtual Machine Templates
Build a sysprepped VM template in Hyper-V on Server 2022 and deploy VMs from it with the included PowerShell script: CPU, RAM, VLAN and disks.
Server 2022 - Hyper-V - Enable Deduplication
Enable Data Deduplication on a Server 2022 Hyper-V host and configure it to shrink the storage used by VM templates and VMs that share the same data.
Server 2022 - Installing Hyper-V Role
Install the Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2022 through Server Manager and PowerShell, then do the initial configuration before creating your first VM.