DNS Forwarding and Conditional Forwarding

DNS Forwarding improves performance, load balances, and makes your network more…

Creating and Associating A Group Managed Service Account

Installing and configuring WSUS servers

A key issue system administrators deal with today is keeping client and server computers updated with the latest software patches and security updates. This becomes a cumbersome task when you have to deal with a large environment with many different computer…

Using Differencing disks for VM deployment in Hyper-V

The differencing disk feature in Hyper-V for Windows Server 2012 is a wonderful tool that can be extremely useful when you are in a situation where you need to deploy a bunch of Virtual Machines(VM) for your company or if you simply just…

Cloning a domain controller - Why bother?

When you create the first domain controller in your organization, you are also creating the first domain, the first forest, and the first site. That’s a pretty big deal! After all, it is the domain controller, through group policy, that manages the…

DNS Conditional Forwarding — A Quick Configuration

DNS is a critical component of network and internet navigation. A beloved acronym in the IT world that signifies Domain Name System, the DNS server is a computer that you might think of as the receptionist you connect to when you call a…

Using Windows Deployment Services to Make Your Life Easy

Creating a Raid Array in Windows 7

One of the biggest worries in today’s tech age is data loss. You never know when it can happen and it’s always best to be prepared. When looking at different solutions, you want to consider performance and fault tolerance. Redundant Array Of Independent Disks(Raid)…

How to Create a Forest Root Domain Using PowerShell and GUI

The process of creating a forest root domain is important in understanding the foundation of Active Directory. Because the forest root domain is the first computer in a computer network, it’s crucial for system administrators…

Increasing your Network Security by Configuring RADIUS on an NPS Server