Reset Administrator Password in Windows Server 2016

Disclaimer : This step has nothing to do with Hacking and Break into your Server, this is just for educational purposes. I’m not responsible for any damages caused by you.! IT Administrator sometimes just forgot our Window Server password, so in this post, I’ll show you a very easy steps how you can reset your Administrator Password just …

Implementing DNS Security in Windows Server 2016

Since DNS is a critical network service, as a Server Administrator you must protect it as much as possible. A number of options are available for protecting the DNS server, including : • DNS cache locking • DNS socket pool • DNSSEC Before we start the step by step to implement the DNS Security, lets go through a theory behind …

Implementing Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2016

Technology description Storage Spaces enables cost-effective, highly available, scalable, and flexible storage solutions for business-critical (virtual or physical) deployments. Storage Spaces delivers sophisticated storage virtualization capabilities, which empower customers to use industry-standard storage for single computer and scalable multi-node deployments. It is appropriate for a wide range of customers, including enterprise and cloud hosting companies, …

How to use offline Domain join (djoin.exe) Active Directory in Windows Server 2016

Offline domain join scenario overview Offline domain join is a new process that computers that run Windows® 10 or Windows Server® 2016 can use to join a domain without contacting a domain controller. This makes it possible to join computers to a domain in locations where there is no connectivity to a corporate network. For …

Installing & Configuring DirectAccess in Windows Server 2016

How DirectAccess Works When a client provisioned for DirectAccess is outside of the corporate network, it will automatically attempt to establish a secure remote connection to the DirectAccess server over the Internet. The DirectAccess connection takes place at the machine level and requires no user interaction. Most commonly, the DirectAccess client will be on the IPv4 …

Implementing NIC Teaming in Windows Server 2016

What is NIC Teaming? NIC Teaming allows you to combine up to 32 network adapters and then use them as a single network interface. NIC Teaming provides redundancy, allowing network communication to occur over the combined network interface even when one or more of the network adapters fail. The combination of network adapters also increases …

Configuring Scripts with GPOs in Windows Server 2016

Group Policy settings for applying scripts You can use Group Policy scripts to perform a number of tasks. There might be actions that you need to perform every time a computer starts up or shuts down, or when users sign in or sign out. For example, you can use scripts to: • Clean up desktops when …

Configuring Group Policy Preferences Printers and Power Options in Windows Server 2016

What are Group Policy preferences? Group Policy preferences include more than 20 Group Policy extensions that expand the range of configurable settings within a GPO. You now can use Group Policy preferences to apply a number of settings that previously applied to scripts, such as drive mappings and shared printers. Windows operating systems later than …

How to Configuring Authentication-Related Audit Policies in Windows Server 2016

What is Audit Authentication? Auditing is an important security component. Windows Server 2016 domain controllers and other servers log security-related events to the Security log, where you can monitor and identify issues that might warrant further investigation. Auditing can log successful activities to provide documentation of changes. It also can log failed and potentially malicious …

How to Install and Configure Work Folder in Windows Server 2016

simple way to manage files that exist on a bunch of different workstations and personal devices. The work folder will act as a host and synchronize the users’ files to this location so they can access their file from inside or outside the network. This differs from File Server or DFS Namespaces in that these …