ExpressVPN, one of the best VPNs, has launched a beta version of its new Model Context Protocol (MCP) server designed to let AI tools interact directly with VPN software. Announced on March 5, 2026, ...

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...

A couple of months ago, I wrote an article on how to use PowerShell to back up a database within SQL Server Express Edition. Even though the technique that I described in that post works, the script ...

Microsoft SQL Server is a database management system that is mainly used store and retrieve requested data across a network. It’s purpose more closely aligns with software developers and not so much ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

Microsoft has fixed a known issue causing "boot device inaccessible" errors during startup on some Windows Server 2025 systems using iSCSI. "This is observed on servers operating under NDIS Poll Mode ...

Microsoft unveiled .NET Aspire at the Build 2024 developer conference, describing it as an opinionated, cloud-ready stack for building observable, production ready, distributed, cloud-native ...

If the rumors are true, Nintendo signed up for a format war. Since the rumor spread that one of the Switch 2 components is an SD Express card reader, fans have been hyped about using more powerful ...

The UNIX ping command lets you test network servers and latency. Here's how to use it in the macOS Terminal app. The UNIX ping command is a tiny UNIX network tool that allows you to test your network, ...

Microsoft has finally confirmed that some Windows Server 2019 and 2022 systems were "unexpectedly" upgraded to Windows Server 2025 on devices if updates were managed using third-party patch management ...