Introduction Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) is a built-in role in Windows Server, which enables the implementation of a Microsoft Updates distribution system internally. The benefits of WSUS: Prerequisites The server does not have to be in a domain. Before you start installing and configuring WSUS, I recommend that you list the Microsoft products you …
In this tutorial, we will see how to set up an Active Directory domain.
In summary, an Active Directory is a database (LDAP) that contains a set of objects (users, computers, etc.) and delivers several services:
Centralization of objects on the network in a single database
User Authentication
Rights management
Policy Application (GPO)
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Presentation When setting up a DNS server on Windows Server, it may be necessary to configure one or more DNS forwarders to public servers to resolve external domain names instead of using root DNS servers. It is possible to use the servers “roots”, the resolution time can be “long”. Configure a DNS forwarder 1. Open …
The namespace of DFS makes it possible to provide shared, which are on different servers under the same name.
Instead of accessing a shared folder with the \\server-file\ computer address, we will use an address of the type \\domain-name\ share\ computer. The user will be redirected transparently on the “server-file” server.
In a simplified way, in the folder \\domain-name\share will be shortcuts to other shares that are several servers and this in a completely transparent way for the user.
Presentation A Certificate Authority (CA) can issue certificates for internal internet sites, RDS connections … The advantage of having a CA is having to deploy a single certificate on the computers, and some Windows services require certificates from a CA to work: On Windows, there are two types of CAs (summary): Role installation 1. From …
