This article also applies to Microsoft Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019.
Microsoft collects data from their users through a program called telemetry system. They collect data on Windows Operating System, Microsoft programs and third-party programs. It also collects data on some user behaviour. They use this information to improve products and help diagnose issues as well as to recommend apps and features to the end user. Microsoft is not hiding anything from their end users but it requires the users to take action on their part to change limit or block telemetry system once the initial setup process is done.
Disabling or limiting telemetry on your system should not have any adverse impact on your user experience. There are multiple ways to update your preferences on the telemetry system after the initial setup. If you would like to see a detailed demonstration of the following items, please watch my YouTube video.
Linux (Unix-like) servers are very popular choice in the tech world. A majority of web and file servers are hosted on Unix and Unix-like operating systems. At the same time Microsoft Windows Servers are utilized by all major organization for its easy-to-use features such as Active Directory Domain Services, also simply known as, domains. If you have a mixed environment with both Linux and Windows servers or Linux desktops (end devices) and Windows servers, you need to be able to Windows domain join Linux machines. This is a step-by-step guide on how to domain join a CentOS, which is similar to RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) to an existing Windows Domain.
This tutorial will guide you though on how to setup a virtual machine (VM) on Type 2 hypervisor, VMware Workstation Pro 16. A custom setup allows you to configure hardware and software components of your VM before installing the OS using an ISO image. You can modify these settings even after you complete the configuration and installation process from the settings menu of your VMware Workstation Pro. For Typical Recommended setup, please read the VMware Workstation Setup.
The .htaccess is a very useful file in web servers such as Apache HTTP Server. It can be used to change the behavior of the web server. I have written few other articles on how you can use the .htaccess to modify different aspects of your website. We can also use it to increase the security.
Google has announced that implementation of TLS (SSL) certificates benefit the web site owners and can boost SEO ranking of your website. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is the predecessor to Transport Layer Security (TLS). It is a misnomer that people call SSL and TLS are interchangeable. Simply put, as a website owner, what you should care about is that your website requests are served in HTTPS (port 443) rather than HTTP (port 80) with a valid certificate.
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