Category: Technical
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Configure Network Address Protection w/ DHCP Enforcement
In this article I will show you how to install and configure NAP with Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) enforcement. You may already be familiar with DHCP which is a service used to allocate network parameters automatically and offers a centralized way to manage your network devices. NAP is a security mechanism offered by the […]
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How to Install & Configure Remote Access Servers
VPN or Virtual Private Network has become one of the core components in large enterprises and as a System Administrator you will most certainly stumble upon this technology. There are multiple VPN equipment Vendors, each one with their own features. One of the things that all of these providers must agree on is using the […]
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How to Configure DFSR Replication
We’ve talked in a previous article about DFS namespace and we’ve seen how to install and configure this feature on two Windows Server 2012 machines. Now that we’ve configured our DFS namespace it’s time to enable DFS Replication and allow file transfer between servers. Note that by now you should have two Windows Server 2012 […]
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How to deploy a new VM on Hyper-V
Now that we’ve seen how to install and configure Hyper-V Server role on our Windows Server 2012 machine, it’s time to deploy a new Virtual Machine using our virtualization product. Note that by now you should have a Windows Server 2012 running Hyper-V. If you haven’t read the last article please read it here before […]
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Top 5 Tech Blogs You Should be Reading
The Internet is used for a multitude of tasks, communication, research, and procrastination, to name but a few. At the center of all of these past times is the sharing of information and ideas. There is no argument that this amazing technological leap has made us smarter and helped us connect with the worldwide community. […]
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5 Business Alterations to Dropbox
With the world of media ever careering forward, powered by the continuously changing, improving and updating technological landscape, there is an ever-increasing need for companies to be able to connect their teams instantly, all over the world. Since its initial release in 2008, Dropbox users have been synchronizing their personal data across multiple devices – […]
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Implementing a SDN
Software defined networking (SDN) is a business practice that can be difficult to understand. In fact many businesses may not even fully know the best practices and the best way to implement this emerging network option. The way forward then is for a business to research and get to grips with SDN concepts before considering […]
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How to Remove Your Digital Footprint
The internet has been around for some time now and it’s likely that there’s plenty of information on there that many people would rather be deleted. Plenty of devices connect to the internet these days and with the proliferation of smart devices, everything is generating data about you and your habits. For some people this […]
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Deploying Terminal Services
In this article we will discuss Terminal Services or Remote Desktop Services available with newer versions of Windows Server. I will describe the main components that make up this technology and we will then install and configure this feature. A Terminal Server is a machine which offers RDP clients a way to connect and access […]
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GPMC & Group Policy Store in Server 2008
In this article I will show you how to install Group Policy Management Console and Create a Central Store for storing Group Policy Files. GPMC was first introduced in Windows Server 2003 and it hasn’t changed much with Windows Server 2008. If you are running Active Directory within your organization, it’s most likely that you […]