Shifting your IT environment to the cloud is a sequence of decisive steps in your strategy to the IT infrastructure’s scalability and safety. When you migrate efficiently, you narrow down your IT expenditures versus sustaining an on-premises infrastructure. Nevertheless, a small business on the edge of migration faces the preliminary problem of the correct selection … Read more
This blog post is a guide on how to add a Linux Samba share as a DFS Target Folder. Installation of DFS Open an administrator PowerShell window Install the DFS feature Windows 2008 R2: servermanagercmd –i FS-DFS-Namespace, RSAT-DFS-Mgmt-Con Windows 2012 : add-Windowsfeature FS-DFS-Namespace, RSAT-DFS-Mgmt-Con Configuration of DFS Open the DFS Management console. Expand the DFS … Read more
While working in my lab I found that my replication between sites was not working as fast as I needed. So I created a script to trigger the repadmin command every 5 minutes. Create Auto-Replication.ps1 file Open Notepad or your favorite powershell editor Type this line: 1..2094|foreach {start-sleep -s 5;cmd /c repadmin /syncall /AeP} Save … Read more
Now we need to join the server to the domain in order to create a cluster. Login to the console In the server configuration screen type 1 to start the process to join the server to the domain Then type D Type the netbios or FQDN for the domain Type the username for joining the … Read more
Here is a quick guide on how to build a new forest (domain controller) with Windows 2012 Server Core. 1. Login to your Windows 2012 Server Core. 2. Configure Server Name and Assign Static IP Address with Sconfig.cmd 3. Add Active Directory Server Role Open a PowerShell Window Import-Module ServerManager Add-windowsFeature AD-Domain-Services Restart-Computer 4. Login … Read more
Active Directory organizes its objects in different containers. These containers are called organizational units or OU. As an environment grows it is important to keep a report of all your OU information. Here are some helpful scripts for OU reporting. Script to get all OU and their information [sourcecode language=”css”] Get-ADOrganizationalUnit -Filter * -Properties * … Read more
Windows has different file permissions that when combined in the combined correctly may work as an internal drop folder for a company or school. Share Permission Users: Change Managers: Full Control NTFS Permissions Users: List and Change Manager: Change
When a user login to a computer they want to log in as soon as posible. If the user logon time is slow, it may be an indication that something is wrong with the computer or network. Microsoft Windows 7/2008(R2) has an algorithm called NLA that calculates if a computer is on a slow network … Read more
Any company that implement Windows servers and Active directory should review and audit the logs and how the users are accessing their resources. This article includes details steps how to build your own environment to apply or audit security policies. Audit Security Policy Step by Step http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd408940(WS.10).aspx Microsoft Windows 2008 Security Baseline http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc514539.aspx
In the event that you need to separate your domain controllers with firewalls you will need to open several ports. Here is a good article that will help you with identifying those ports. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727063.aspx