Secure Windows Server 2022 (hardening)

In this article you will find my settings for hardening Windows Server 2022. These settings can be used for the template for VMs. New VMs based on these settings therefore already have a certain level of security. In my opinion, the settings are not too restrictive and should therefore be suitable for most applications/services. Read more

Windows Server 2022: Channel error 36871

Schannel error messages are common and can have many different causes. Here is a rather specific error message that occurred on a Windows Server 2022 after the operating system underwent standard hardening. After disabling outdated cipher suites and SSL / TLS protocols, the following error message appeared very frequently in the system event log: Source: Schannel ... Read more

Windows Server 2022 is available!

Microsoft has released Windows Server 2022. The successor to Windows Server 2019 has the build number "20348.169, Version 21H2" and is available in the Standard and Datacenter editions. An additional edition with the name "Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition" is only available on Microsoft Azure. There are no Essentials with Windows Server 2022 ... Read more