GPO – make a domain user local administrator of a computer

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make a domain user local administrator of a computer or server using Group Policy (GPO). In a previous tutorial, I explain how to do this using restricted groups, which involved creating an Active Directory group, putting the user in that group and then using the group policy, …

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Active Directory: authentication policy

Presentation of authentication policies With Windows Server 2012R2 and the new ADAC (Active Directory Administration Center) administration console, Microsoft has added authentication policies that provide an additional layer of security. In the summary of authentication policies will allow or not to allow a user logs on to a desktop or server, or vice versa control …

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Hyper-V Cluster: Installation and Configuration

Introduction Through this tutorial, we will see how to set up a Hyper-v cluster under Windows Server (2012R2 / 2016/2019) step by step. Each step requires it, will take you on a tutorial to guide you in setting up a Hyper-V cluster. Prerequisites Be in an Active Directory environment, ideally having a server-side domain controller …

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Enterprise certification authority: installation and configuration with Windows Server

In this tutorial, I will explain how to set up an enterprise CA that is linked to an Active Directory, unlike the stand-alone CA. This type of CA allows you to automate certificate generation with direct submission to the CA. Automatically issue computer and user certificates to, for example, secure VPN access with Windows NPS. …

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Hyper-V : install on Windows Server

Console Hyper-V

In this tutorial, we will have how to install Hyper-V on Windows Server (2012R2/2016/2019). Hyper-V presentation Hyper-V is the Microsoft hypervisor, built into the Windows server since the 2008 64bit version. Hyper-V is a type 1 hypervisor, that is to say that the hardware resources (CPU, RAM, network cards …) are managed directly by it, …

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Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) : installing and Configuring on 2 VMs

In this article, we will see how to set up Storage Spaces Direct under two VMs. S2D is the solution hyperconverged of Microcrost arrival with Windows Server 2016. I also took advantage of this lab to use Admin Center. Prerequisites Due to the use of a cluster with two nodes, the storage pool will be …

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Active directory: How to set up a child domain

Domaine enfant objectif

In this tutorial, we will see how to put a child domain in an Active Directory tree. A child domain is a subdomain of one of the component domains in your Active Directory forest. Subdomain segmentation allows for logical partitioning of the domain. Active Directory and also to apply rights delegations on children.



Deploy an RDS Farm Windows 2012R2/2016/2019

This tutorial explains how to deploy an RDS farm with Windows Server 2012R2 / 2016/2019.
An RDS environment makes it possible to offer users a working environment on servers.
An RDS farm is composed of several servers with the following services: broker, web access and remote desktop session host.
This tutorial covers the installation of all of these services and the configuration of the RDS gateway.