10 guides
Turn on Remote Desktop in Windows 11 Pro the right way. Learn the Settings toggle, firewall rules, user permissions, Network Level Authentication, and how to connect securely.
Lock down Remote Desktop on Windows Server: enforce NLA, use TLS and a real certificate, restrict access, and stop exposing RDP directly to the internet.
Set account lockout threshold, duration, and reset counter with Group Policy. Practical settings, where the policy lives, common mistakes, and how to find locked-out users.
The real security risks of MCP servers in Claude Code, over-broad access, secrets in config, prompt injection, untrusted servers, and how to lock each one down.
Pillar Guide
A practical Windows Server hardening checklist for AD environments: patching, disabling SMBv1, RDP/NLA, account lockout, tiering, audit logging, and firewall rules.
Connect Postgres to Claude Code with an MCP server the safe way, read-only roles, non-prod targets, schema inspection, and query workflows on Windows and WSL.
Pillar Guide
A practical guide to Conditional Access in Microsoft 365: signals, conditions, controls, common policies, report-only mode, break-glass accounts, and P1/P2 licensing.
Set up Claude Code for IT and infrastructure work, install on Windows and WSL, user vs project config, safe permissions, the right MCP servers, and guardrails.
Understand how NTFS and share permissions combine on Windows file servers, why the most restrictive wins, inheritance, and the best-practice setup admins actually use.
Manage guest access in Microsoft Teams: how it differs from external access, enabling it in Entra and Teams admin, adding a guest, setting permissions, and staying secure.