Windows Server

DFS : installation and configuration – Distributed File System

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DFS

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.


Powershell: Automatically decline Itanium Updates on WSUS

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The PowerShell script below allows you to automatically decline Itanium updates in WSUS. The script can be started manually or by a scheduled task. The script must be run on the WSUS server. Works under: Windows 2008 et 2008R2 Windows 2012 et 2010R2 Windows 2016 To enable email notifications: Pass the $EmailLog variable to $True …

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Network Drive Mapping: GPO and Script

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Détail de la GPO

When setting up an Active Directory, one of the first things you want to set up is automatic mapping of network drives to different users. As a reminder, a network drive is a share presented to a workstation / user in the form of a letter like a hard disk / USB stick …. In …

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Redirect HTTP to HTTPS over IIS

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Regle ajoutee

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 …

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Deploy an RDS Farm Windows 2012R2/2016/2019

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This tutorial explains how to deploy an RDS farm with Windows Server 2012R2 / 2016/2019.
An RDS environment makes it possible to offer users a working environment on servers.
An RDS farm is composed of several servers with the following services: broker, web access and remote desktop session host.
This tutorial covers the installation of all of these services and the configuration of the RDS gateway.


Installing a Let’s Encrypt certificate on IIS

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Introducing Let’s Encrypt Let’s Encrypt is a free certificate authority that issues certificates for securing Internet sites. The process is fully automated and instantaneous. The advantage is to be able to pass your site in HTTPS free. Installing a certificate under IIS 1. Download WACS which is a client that allows the generation of your …

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Veeam : Automatically backup virtual machines on Hyper-V

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In this tutorial, I’ll explain how to automatically back up virtual machines (new and existing) with Veeam and Hyper-V. The trick is to use the option to back up the volume in Veeam job sources instead of adding the virtual machines manually to the backup jobs. Prerequisites On Hyper-V servers, you need to organize virtual …

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HTML5 client for Microsoft Remote Desktop Service

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Wordpad en HTML5

“Finally an HTML5 client for Windows RDS farms” Presentation In this tutorial, I explain how to set up the HTML 5 client interface to connect to the RDS farm on Windows. Until now to connect to Remote Desktop or RemoteApp, it was necessary to have a heavy RDP client. To connect without a client, it …

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