Windows
Everything on SkillVeris tagged Windows — collected across the glossary, study notes, blog, and cheat sheets.
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Study Notes(45)
The Future of UWP
Where the Universal Windows Platform stands relative to WinUI 3 and the Windows App SDK in 2026, and how existing UWP apps should plan their migration.
UWP Sensors and Devices
How Universal Windows Platform apps read hardware sensors like accelerometers and compasses, query location, and enumerate connected devices such as cameras.
UWP vs MAUI for Windows
Comparing Universal Windows Platform and .NET MAUI as approaches to building Windows desktop apps, and why Microsoft now steers new projects toward MAUI plus W…
Windows App SDK
The Windows App SDK is Microsoft's unified set of APIs and components for building Win32 and packaged desktop apps outside the UWP sandbox.
Batch vs PowerShell
Compare Windows batch scripting and PowerShell across syntax, data handling, performance, and tooling to understand when each is the right choice.
Creating Windows with MFC
How MFC's CWnd/CFrameWnd hierarchy and CWinApp::InitInstance replace manual Win32 window registration and message-loop code.
AD FS and Federation Basics
How Active Directory Federation Services issues claims-based security tokens to enable single sign-on with partner organizations and claims-aware applications.
Backup and Disaster Recovery for AD
Understand how to protect Active Directory with system state backups, the AD Recycle Bin, and a tested forest recovery plan.
Common GPO Settings
A tour of the most frequently configured Group Policy settings for security baselines, password policy, software restriction, and administrative templates.
DHCP Scopes and Reservations
Go deeper into configuring DHCP scopes, exclusions, reservations, and options so devices get consistent, conflict-free addressing.
DHCP Server Role
Learn how the Windows Server DHCP role automates IP address assignment and the core lease process every client relies on.
DNS Fundamentals on Windows Server
Learn how the Windows Server DNS role resolves names to IP addresses and why DNS is the backbone that Active Directory depends on.
DNS Zones and Records
Understand how Windows Server DNS organizes namespace data into zones and the record types administrators configure most often.
Domains, Trees, and Forests
How Active Directory organizes multiple domains into trees and forests to model organizational and trust boundaries.
Fine-Grained Password Policies
How Password Settings Objects (PSOs) let administrators apply different password and lockout rules to different groups of users within a single Active Director…
GPO Scope and Inheritance
How GPO scope is controlled through linking, security filtering, WMI filtering, Block Inheritance, and Enforced links, and how conflicts are resolved.
GPO Troubleshooting with gpresult and RSoP
How to diagnose Group Policy application problems using gpresult, the Resultant Set of Policy snap-in, gpupdate, and Group Policy event logs.
Group Policy Objects Explained
An introduction to Group Policy Objects (GPOs), how they store settings, and how they get applied to users and computers in Active Directory.
Group Policy Preferences
How Group Policy Preferences differ from Group Policy Policies, common preference extensions like drive maps and scheduled tasks, and item-level targeting.
Hybrid Identity with Microsoft Entra Connect
How Microsoft Entra Connect synchronizes on-premises Active Directory identities to Microsoft Entra ID, and the authentication methods and safeguards that make…
Installing AD DS and Promoting a Domain Controller
A walkthrough of installing the AD DS server role on Windows Server and promoting it into a new or existing domain controller.
Installing and Configuring a Server
A walkthrough of installing Windows Server and performing the essential post-install configuration steps before it joins production.
Integrating DNS with Active Directory
Understand how Active Directory depends on DNS for service discovery, dynamic updates, and site-aware logon, and how to configure that integration correctly.
Kerberos Authentication
How Active Directory's ticket-based Kerberos protocol authenticates users and services without repeatedly transmitting passwords, and how to diagnose its most…
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