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…
Windows Server ebooks
Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2 Mitch Tulloch November 2013 242 pages Get a head start evaluating Windows Server 2012 R2—with technical insights from a Microsoft MVP and members of the Windows…
Free ebook: Introducing Windows 8.1 for IT Professionals
Windows 8.1 is ready for widespread adoption. This book focuses on things that are new, with a special emphasis on topics of interest to IT pros. Instead of tips and tricks on…
Microsoft’s Assessment and Planning Toolkit
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7826 Software usage tracking tools make it easy for your IT staff to manage your organization’s software license management and compliance processes in terms of product coverage. This tool also makes it simple…
Microsoft Baseline SecurityAnalyzer(MBSA)
Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer Tutorial http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7558 MBSA is a free security scanner for Microsoft products which analyzes a computer or a group of computers for missing patches/updates and common security mis‐configurations. When run MBSA provides a checklist of configuration problems and missing updates/patches. The most important part of the security report provided by the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) is the way information given on the lines of “What was scanned”, Result details” and “How to correct this”. Some of the checks that MBSA performs: • Check for missing Windows security updates • Check for missing IE security updates • Check for missing Windows Media Player security updates • Check for missing Office security updates • Check for file system type on hard drives • Check if Auto Logon feature is enabled • Check if Guest account is enabled • Check the number of local Administrator accounts • Check for blank or simple local user account passwords • Check if unnecessary services are running • Check if Internet Connection Firewall is enabled…
Domain and IP Whois Lookup Tool
http://whois.domaintools.com/ Availability Check DomainTools.com supports more Top Level Domains (TLDs) than any other Whois service. In addition to the popular Generic TLDs like .COM, .NET, .ORG, etc., we also support hundreds…
VPN Server Setup in Windows Server 2012
Open Server Manager > Add roles and features > Next > Choose (default) role based or feature based > Next Select the server you would like to install VPN services to >…
MX LOOKUP ( http://mxtoolbox.com )
This useful tool for Mx records,DNS records and More Lookup http://mxtoolbox.com/ All of your MX record, DNS, blacklist and SMTP diagnostics in one integrated tool. Input a domain name or IP Address or Host Name.Links in the results will…
Install the DHCP server role
1. Sign in to SERVR as nkcode\Administrator with the password xxxxxx. 2. On the Taskbar, click the Server Manager icon, then in Server Manager, click Add roles and features. 3. In…
Installing Windows Server 2012
(Insert The Bootable DVD): Choose installation language, currency format, time format, and keyboard input method. Click Install now or choose to repair your computer. Select the operating system you want to…