ELK Stack Pt. 2: Collecting logs from remote servers via Beats

In one of my recent posts, Installing Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (ELK) on Windows Server 2012 R2, I explained how to setup and install an ELK server but it was only collecting logs from itself. That in itself isn’t very Continue reading

IIS 8 with ECC certificates – increasing your SSL Security on Windows Server 2012

What is an ECC Certificate and why would you need one? The main difference with an Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) certificate is with how the certificate is signed, in this case the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) is used Continue reading

Using Windows Server 2012 R2 for Shared Storage via iSCSI with Microsoft Failover Clustering (Video How-to)

In this video I give a basic break down of how to install and configure shared storage on Windows Server 2012 R2 and then use that storage with a Microsoft Failover Cluster with Multi-path I/O (MPIO) support and 100% validation Continue reading