Microsoft 365: create an SMTP connector with a fixed IP address

In this tutorial, I will explain how to create an SMTP connector in order to be able to send emails from the Microsoft servers of your Microsoft 365 tenant. As a prerequisite, you must have a fixed IP address. From the Exchange admin center interface, click on Connector 1 located in Mail flow. We arrive …

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Windows Server 2019: installing the Hyper-V role

In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to install the Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2019. If you have already installed the Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2012R2 or 2016, it is the same. Before installing Hyper-V, you must ensure that Bios level virtualization is enabled. In a production environment, you must also …

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Add a DNS zone on Windows Server

In this “how to” tutorial, I will show you how to add a DNS zone on a Windows DNS server. Open the DNS console On a server where the DNS role is installed, open the DNS Manager administrative console. Add a DNS zone in direct lookup zones In the left panel, right-click on Direct search …

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DFS Replication: Installation and Configuration

Presentation DFS Replication allows you to set up a replication of a folder between several servers. There are “two types of replications”. One-way replication This type of replication is mainly used to centralize file server backups on a backup server. Multidirectional replication This type of replication makes it possible to have a folder with the …

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PrintNightmare: secure print configuration

In this “little” tutorial, I will show you how to set up a “secure” configuration. Since the publication of the PrintNightmare flaw, Microsoft has deployed several updates to correct this problem and took the opportunity to modify the behavior of Windows to harden the configuration. In this tutorial, we will see the parameters to use …

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KB5005033: Allow non-administrators to install printer drivers

To fight against the flaws that affect the print spooler on Windows, the KB5005033 of August 2021, modifies the behavior of Windows 10 by requesting the administrator rights for the installation and the update of the print drivers. The changes proposed in this article bypass the KB related blockage, which again exposes your system. It …

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KB5005573 – Error 0x0000011b – Printing

On Windows Server 2016 servers, KB5005573 randomly causes printing error 0x0000011b on computers. As of 9/17/2021, the workaround is to uninstall this update from the print servers. In the case of using WSUS, the update should also be disapproved. Edit 1: Another workaround will be to change the value of the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM \ …

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