MCSA

In a domain-joined networked environment, we always need to restrict users' access to most PC settings and resources. It is necessary to do so for security and safety reasons. One crucial restriction that we always need to apply is to deny…

Suppose you have one domain controller in your network. In that case, you may wonder how to add a new domain controller to an existing domain to avoid discontinuity in case of server failure. When you add new domain controllers to an…

System admins have the ability to prevent/block users' access to all removable storage media drives. Such restrictions play an important role in the security and safety of a networked environment. And they are very common and most often…

When you store a massive amount of data in your system disks, you may find duplicated data. The duplicated data will impact storage efficiency. This probability is more actual when you save more similar files in your storage. For example,…

Have you noticed a tiny window pops up when opening the Server Manager and asking to use the Windows Admin Center to manage Windows Server? Windows Admin Center is a free and browser-based platform used to manage Windows Server and Windows…

A child domain is a subdomain of another domain in a tree which we call the parent domain. In the active directory hierarchical structure, the subdomain segmentation helps partition the active directory into smaller segments. It is useful…

As part of a DNS server configuration, it is also possible to create and configure an internal root DNS zone for an environment. When we create it manually, the DNS forwarders and DNS Root Hints that resolve external DNS queries…

Using PowerShell to install Active Directory Domain Services (AD-DS) on Windows Server 2022 helps you install it quickly. It is better to rename your server and assign a static IP address before installing the active directory. Assign…

As a core component of a DNS Server, a DNS Zone creates and stores DNS resource records. That means the DNS zones store all the resource records of a DNS namespace in themselves, and according to those records, the DNS Server resolves…

As essential parts of a DNS Server, the DNS Forwarders and the DNS Conditional Forwarders are the two topics that we will configure after installing the DNS role and configuring the DNS zones. A DNS Forwarder is responsible for serving…

As a solution to DHCP failure, the DHCP Failover was first introduced in Windows Server 2012 for the high availability of DHCP service. The DHCP high availability is a super important topic in DHCP Server setup and configuration. If the…