Windows Server Administration

Is the server down right now and every minute counts? Or does it run, but nobody has touched it in years and you don’t really know what state it’s in? Those are the two reasons people look for a sysadmin — and we cover both, remotely, with every intervention logged.

Windows servers are the operational heart of most companies: file servers, domain, ERP, business applications. When they stop, everyone stops.

What I do

• Emergencies: stuck servers, services that won’t restart, domain errors, full disks, compromised systems.
• Ongoing management: controlled updates, monitoring, disk space, logs, certificates.
• Migrations and upgrades: from legacy versions to supported Windows Server, physical → virtual, on-premise → cloud (or the other way, when it makes sense).
• Active Directory: domains, GPOs, permissions, cleaning up configurations layered over the years.
• Backup and disaster recovery: strategies verified with test restores — not just “the backup runs”.
• Hardening: smaller attack surface, administrative access under control.

How I work

Always in the same order: diagnosis → intervention → verification → report. You know what was done, when and why — and if a job can be avoided, I’ll tell you upfront. I’d rather fix the cause than patch the symptom every month: it costs you less and we both sleep better.

And if the same problem keeps coming back, the right answer usually isn’t “more interventions”: it’s ongoing monitoring — so next time we see it coming.