Active Directory Site Link Costs
When designing Active Directory Site Links, the first step is to determine the site link’s cost, schedule, and replication interval. In this summary, we will focus on the cost attribute. Determining …
What is FSMO?
FSMO, or Flexible Single Master Operations, is a set of roles that are assigned to one or more Domain Controllers (DCs) that perform a single master operation. These roles exist …
Ethernet Crossover Cable
An Ethernet crossover cable is a type of cable used to connect network devices together directly where they would normally be connected via a network switch or router, such as …
The DHCP Relay Agent
In networks with multiple subnets, it is not feasible to place DHCP servers on each of the subnets where clients are physically located. For a multi-segmented network, the best configuration …
OSI: Layer 5 – Session
The session layer is the fifth layer (layer 5) of the seven-layer OSI model. The session layer provides the mechanism for the opening, closing, and managing of sessions between applications. …
How to Host Your Own DNS and/or Webserver
On a routine basis, I come across many questions on forums related to people wanting to know how to host a web server on their private network. While there is …
How to Automatically Redirect From HTTP to HTTPS
The topic of automatically redirecting users that access your website from a non-secure connection (HTTP) to a secure connection (HTTPS) has been around for quite some time. If you search …
Windows Server 2012 Minimum Requirements
In this article, we will take a look at the minimum, recommended, and suggested requirements for installing and maintaining Windows Server 2012. Like previous versions, Microsoft publishes the bare minimum …
Windows Server 2008 R2 – 32 bit Available?
If you have reached this page in hopes to find an answer to whether Windows Server 2008 R2 has a 32bit addition available, you have definitely come to the right …
Implementing a Password Policy
While deploying an Active Directory (AD) password policy is technically easy, most of the time, the proper planning and design are not considered. Therefore, the expected results of the policy …
Do Not Use Recursion vs Disable Recursion
There are various situations where you would want to prevent your DNS server from performing a recursive query. Depending on what you are trying to accomplish, there are two settings …
Active Directory Group Types and Scopes
Groups are one of the most important tools an Active Directory (AD) administrator has in his/her toolbox. Groups are objects that can include users, computers, and even other groups as …