Differences Between Active Directory and Azure Active Directory

  One thing to note is, Azure Active Directory (AAD) and traditional/on-premises Active Directory (AD) are similar yet two very different things. One thing to note is, Azure Active Directory (AAD) and traditional/on-premises Active Directory (AD) are similar yet two very different things. When you’re focusing

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Add a computer to an Active Directory domain with PowerShell

Active Directory domain join This PowerShell snippet above connects remotely to the computer NAMEHERE, attempts to join it to the domain domain.here and then afterward restarts it. No more logging on computers and clicking around. This method not only speeds up joining

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Install Nano Server with Microsoft’s Nano Server Image Builder

n a nutshell, Nano Server is a new installation option for Windows Server 2016 that is designed and fully optimized for cloud-born applications, containers, or specific services you want to run on a small footprint. You can use it as a host

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Step-by-Step – Installing System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2016

For this installation, I will be installing SCVMM 2016 on Windows Server 2016 (with UI) and on a virtualized machine within a Hyper-V (2016) environment. There is no fancy storage here, so I will omit that for this configuration/blog post. Prerequisites, you

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Microsoft System Center 2016 Management Pack for Hyper-V

Finally, Microsoft/System Center team published the much awaited Management Pack for SCOM 2016 and Hyper-V 2016. Here is the link to download and get Hyper-V 2016 monitored in your environment. LINK.

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What is Storage Replica? – Windows Server 2016

  Storage replica (SR) technology is a little bit different from DFS. As you know DFS uses only asynchronous replication and has usually high latency. DFS has been designed to work for low bandwidth networks as it minimizes a bandwidth usage. But has

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Microsoft Launches Windows Server 2016

Microsoft launches Windows Server 2016 at Ignite conference in Atlanta. This is the newest release of server operating system released by Microsoft. Windows Server 2016 was first released as Tech Preview version where the users could evaluate the OS. The latest release

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Roles of the Active Directory Domain Controllers

Roles of the Active Directory Domain Controllers Active Directory uses a multiple-master model, and usually, domain controllers (DCs) are equal with each other in reading and writing directory information. However, certain roles cannot be distributed across all the DCs, meaning that changes

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Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin & Restore Deleted Objects

Once you have installed Windows 2008 R2 on all Domain Controllers and the Forest Functionality mode is set to Windows 2008 R2, the Recycle Bin is an available option. However, it is not automatically enabled.  In order to use it, it has

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First Domain Controller & Additional Domain Controller

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