Active Directory: Migrate SYSVOL Folder from FRS to DFSR

Since Windows Server 2008 and its 2008 domain functional level, replication of the SYSVOL folder is supported by DFSR, before it was done by FRS. If your domain controllers are running Windows 2012R2, it is advisable to use DFSR for the SYSVOL folder. Since Windows Server 2016 (build 1709), it is no longer possible to …

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Active Directory : increase the functional level of the domain and the forest

The functional level of the domain and forest corresponds to the “version” of your Active Directory environment and allows access to more or fewer features depending on the level of each. Mainly this level change occurs when upgrading to Windows when replacing / migrating domain controllers. The version change may also be necessary for the …

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ISCSI Target Role – Windows Server – SAN

Aperçu du vdisk

The iSCSI target role makes it possible to transform a server into a SAN (bay of disks / storage) by creating virtual disks (vhdx) and by presenting them to other server using the ethernet network (iSCSI). This type of configuration is used with Hyper-V clusters which require a volume shared between all of the nodes. …

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Windows 2016 : Troubleshoot RDS Gateway Connection Issues – April 2019

Symptom You are using an RDS gateway on a Windows 2016 server The connection to the RDS gateway randomly fails depending on the extension with the RDC client The update kb4493470 is installed on the server. Solutions Solution 1 On the server uninstall the bet kb4493470. Solution 2 Install the update kb4493473 which solves the …

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MDT: saving user profiles with USMT

Backup during install

Introduction In this article, we will have how to back up user profiles with MDT during a deployment. Use of this feature is useful in the following cases: Change of computer of a user. Reinstalling the computer Upgrade version of Windows. To save the user profiles of a computer, there are 2 solutions (actually much …

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Starwind: setting up a highly available storage

Starwind console HA

StarWind Virtual SAN is software that turns Windows into an iSCSI target server. The advantage of StarWind is that it can be used to put the storage in high availability by installing two StarWind servers, because this is managed at the software level, it can be used with any type of storage (SAN, DAS) and …

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Setting up a read-only domain controller – RODC

Introduction In this article, we are going to have how to set up a read-only domain controller (RODC). This type of controller, as the name suggests, is read-only, so it can not change user attributes or even add objects. There are several implementation scenarios for this type of domain controller, here are two that I …

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AD FS: installation and configuration of an SSO and directory federation portal

Form login

Introduction In this article, I propose to discover the AD FS and Proxy (WAP) roles. As part of the preparation for the 70-742 certification, I embarked on the mock-up of an infra. What’s this ? ADFS and the proxy that accompanies it can put several things in place: Prerequisites For the realization of this tutorial …

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Apply a GPO to an Active Directory Group

Introduction In this article, I will explain how to apply a Group Policy (GPO) to an Active Directory group that contains multiple users. The tutorial also applies in case you want to apply the policy to a particular user. Prerequisites Have created the Active Directory group Having created the strategy The policy must be correctly …

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