Windows Server 2025 vmware Template: Customization does not work

With a new Windows Server 2025 template for vmware, the customization of the operating system with a "VM Customization Specifications" did not work. Brief explanation: With vmware vSphere, VMs can be created from a template. The template is a template with the operating system installed and all relevant basic settings. New VMs can be cloned very quickly from this template. ... Read more

Windows Server 2025 Template Basic Configuration

The new Windows Server is now available and I started configuring my template for a standard installation straight away. I clone my production and test VMs from this template. The following settings are based on the standard Windows installation with desktop. Initially, only the operating system and all available Windows updates are installed. All ... Read more

Windows Server 2016: Settings for the standard installation (template)

I am currently configuring the base template for Windows Server 2016. I would like to create Windows Server 2016 VMs based on this template in the future. Please feel free to post any tips on useful settings for the standard installation in the comments. I will gradually expand this article until the template is complete. ... Read more

Sophos UTM login template for Exchange 2016

In one of the last articles, I already described how to set up reverse authentication for Sophos UTM. The reverse authentication switches a separate login page in front of the Exchange server (similar to Forefront TMG). Unfortunately, the design of the login page of the UTM is not particularly pretty, in my opinion, ... Read more