Reading Time: 3 minutesNow Windows Server 2016 has been out for a few months I have decided to update my lab Domain to 2016 forest functional level. But first I need to migrate the FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operation) Roles to my new Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently at work, I have been involved on a project that has used GPO to lock down End User Devices and also deploy shortcuts to the users desktops. As we wanted the shortcuts to display for all users we decided Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently at work, I was adding a new Domain Controller to an existing forest and I just could not get past “Creating the NTDS Settings” I have done this many times in the past and never had this issue. After Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesSometimes, as a sysadmin you may need to move the Active Directory database and / or log files from one location to another. This may be due to your Domain Controller running out of space. The location you choose to Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat is new in Active Directory on Server 2016? We have a few new features to play with in Windows Server 2016 regarding Active Directory. Some of them being time-based group membership, privileged access management, and Microsoft Passport to name Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesAutomatic Virtual Machine Activation was added into Windows Server 2012 R2. It allows you to activate your VM’s without using a KMS Server or using MAK Keys and you do not require an internet connection either! The VM’s activate against Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat is Cloud Witness? Cloud Witness is a new type of Failover Witness Quorum Witness that uses Microsoft Azure blob storage to read/write a blob file which is then used as an arbitration point in case of split-brain resolution. There Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou have your Nano server up and running connected to the Domain and able to remote manage it. But now you actually want to start to use it for something. How do you install packages? I will hopefully show you Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn this article, I am going to show you how to Join your Nano Server to the domain. We can only join your Nano Server to the domain once it has an IP address and DNS set up. You can Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesI have seen a lot of sysadmins using Remote desktop to manage their servers, I was even one of them, but with Nano Server you can’t just RDP into it. In this guide I will show you three methods of Read more