IPAM: IP Address Management with Windows Server – Installation and Configuration

Lancer la découverte des serveurs

Presentation of IPAM IP Address Manager (IPAM) is a feature built into Windows Server that allows you to set up an administrator tool and analyze DHCP scopes and have an IP address base within a computer network. In a server environment where multiple Windows DHCP servers are in use, IPAM provides a single interface to …

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Enterprise certification authority: installation and configuration with Windows Server

In this tutorial, I will explain how to set up an enterprise CA that is linked to an Active Directory, unlike the stand-alone CA. This type of CA allows you to automate certificate generation with direct submission to the CA. Automatically issue computer and user certificates to, for example, secure VPN access with Windows NPS. …

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DNS Resolution Based on Client IP Address with Windows Server

DNS Geo

In this tutorial I will explain how to make sure that the DNS resolution with Windows Server is done according to the IP address of the client. There are two solutions that we will see in this article. The first solution to enable network mask sorting is available from Windows 2003 Server. The option is …

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Join a computer to an Active Directory domain

To join a computer to a domain you have several possibilities: By graphical interface Command Line (CMD, PowerShell) Prerequisites be an administrator on the local workstation. have an account on the domain (preferably administrator). at the network configuration level, have dns a domain controller. By the graphical interface 1. Open Windows Explorer. 2. Right-click on …

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OneDrive OnPremise with SharePoint

Open folder

OneDrive is Microsoft’s tool for storing information in the cloud and having a synchronized copy on your computer. This solution is increasingly used by individuals to save their data, so we are left with users who uses their personal drive to store professional files. OneDrive is available in Office 365 offers, in company you may …

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Delete a service on Windows

Delete service

In this tutorial, we will see how to remove a Windows service by the registry. Sometimes some software does not remove their service during the uninstall, here’s how. Open the Service Console and make sure it is shut down. Open the regedit registry editor. Go to the following location : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services then look for the …

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Windows Server: Change the TTL of DNS Records

TTL in DNS Record

Introduction TTL (Time To Live) is the time to keep the server’s DNS response in the client cache before a new request is made. By default the TTL is: 1 hour for static recordings. 20 minutes for dynamic recordings. In the case of a website migration, it may be necessary to lower the TTL for …

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NLB: Windows Installation and Configuration 2012R2 / 2016 – Network Load Balancing

Cluster NLB

Presentation of NLB Network Load Balancing (NLB) is a feature built into Windows that allows the implementation of load balancing at the network level. It is often used with IIS / FTP / RDS. NLB works with a virtual IP address that is available to all hosts in the cluster. NLB supports up to 32 …

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Sharepoint 2013 foundation: installation and configuration

Introduction In this tutorial, we will see how to set up Sharepoint 2013 foundation on Windows 2012R2. Although this version at the time of writing this article is more than 5 years old, it allows to discover Sharepoint before making its acquisition. SharePoint is a web portal that allows to set up within a structure …

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DHCP server: installation and configuration on Windows Server

In this tutorial, we will see how to install and configure a DHCP server on Windows Server in an Active Directory environment. As a reminder, the DHCP service makes it possible to distribute IP addresses to the hardware connected to a network that requests it. The DHCP request can be received directly from the hardware …

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