Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) is a built-in role in Windows Server, which enables the implementation of a Microsoft Updates distribution system internally. The benefits of WSUS: Monitoring the deployment of updates Reduced internet bandwidth Update Installation Report Ability to uninstall an update in case of problem. Prerequisites A physical or virtual machine dedicated to …
In this tutorial, I will explain how to set up routing with Windows Server. I regularly use this role in the different labs that I put in place under Hyper-V. I isolate the test platform with a private switch and I use a virtual machine with two network interfaces. One card is connected to the …
In this tutorial, we will see how to extend a partition under Windows. In which case extend a partition: The partition does not use all available space on the physical disk Increasing the size of a virtual disk Increasing the size of a LUN on SAN storage. Extend Partition I assume that the space to …
To run a PowerShell script using a scheduled task in Windows, you must set the Action to run a Program and configure it as below: 1 Program / Script: C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe2 Add arguments (optional) : -file folder_and_file.ps1
Problem When opening the SQL Server xxxx Configuration Manager you get the following error message: “Unable to connect to the WMI provider.” You do not have the required permission or the server is not accessible. that you can manage SQL Server 2005 or later with SQL Server Configuration Manager Invalid Class [0x80041010] Cause According to …
Using ARR as a load balancer for Exchange requires special settings for Outlook Anywhere. IIS setting 1. Open the IIS console and click Request Filtering. 2. On the Actions menu, click Change Function Settings … 3. Change the value Maximum allowable length of the content: 2147483648 (2GB) then click OK. Farm configuration 1. Go to …
Presentation When setting up a DNS server on Windows Server, it may be necessary to configure one or more DNS forwarders to public servers to resolve external domain names instead of using root DNS servers. It is possible to use the servers “roots”, the resolution time can be “long”. Configure a DNS forwarder 1. Open …
The namespace of DFS makes it possible to provide shared, which are on different servers under the same name.
Instead of accessing a shared folder with the \\server-file\ computer address, we will use an address of the type \\domain-name\ share\ computer. The user will be redirected transparently on the “server-file” server.
In a simplified way, in the folder \\domain-name\share will be shortcuts to other shares that are several servers and this in a completely transparent way for the user.
Presentation A Certificate Authority (CA) can issue certificates for internal internet sites, RDS connections … The advantage of having a CA is having to deploy a single certificate on the computers, and some Windows services require certificates from a CA to work: RemoteApp Client RDP HTML5 On Windows, there are two types of CAs (summary): …
In this tutorial, we’ll see how to automatically redirect http requests to https under IIS. Prerequisites : Valid configuration of your site with SSL. Have the Rewrite module installed under IIS. The Rewrite module is available with Web App Redirect HTTP to HTTPS 1. Open the IIS console, go to site 1 where the redirection …