If you have worked on a Windows Server recently, you are familiar with the idea that logging into one of your servers automatically invokes this big window on top of the desktop. This auto-launching program is Server Manager. As the name implies, it's here to help you manage your server. However, in my experience, the majority of server administrators do not utilize Server Manager. Instead, they close it as fast as they can and curse at it under their breath, because it's been popping up and annoying them during every server login for the past 10 years.
Stop doing that! It's here to help, I promise. The following screenshot is of the default view of Server Manager on my new Domain Controller:
What I like about this opening ...
