Why DHCP ?
For any host to perform any communication it must have an IP address. When we take a network to each host need to have an ip address to function in network. When the number of hosts increases assigning IP addresses to them...
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How to Setup DFS ?
To start the configuration we need to install Distributed File System (DFS) roles on the servers. There is few reasons why I have choose DFS technology for given scenario. High Availability – DFS provides the high...
Read MoreDFS (Distributed File System)
What is DFS? The Distributed File System (DFS) is introduced by Microsoft Corporation with Windows NT operating system. The product is focused for addressing issues faces in File/Data sharing on networks environment. After...
Read MoreIp routing vs. Ip default-gateway
When we talk about cisco switches the "ip routing" and "default-gateway" is two common commands that we use for configure the routing info. But if you didn't use this 2 carefully it can cause some serious...
Read MoreWindows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 helps keep your PCs and servers on the latest support level. It also provides ongoing improvements to the Windows Operating System (OS), by including previous updates delivered over...
Read MoreStep by Step guide to setup Active Directory on Windows Server 2008
This tutorial will explain how to install AD on server 2008. This will valid for windows 2008 R2 as well. Requirement: Minimum: Single processor with 1.4 GHz (x64 processor) or 1.3GHz (Dual Core) Minimum: 512 MB RAM Minimum: 32...
Read MoreStep by Step Guide to Install Active Directory on Windows Server 2008 Core
Windows 2008 core its great creation of Microsoft. It's basically a light version of windows 2008 and comes without all the GUI stuff. There are tools that you can install in core installation and get the GUI. In here...
Read MoreHow to configure Server 2008 Core in easy way!
When talk about core 2008 the most admin have this issue since that for even easy task like changing hostname it have to everything via command line. When it comes to a task like setup dc with windows core and doing it via...
Read MoreHow to install Cacti on Linux
Cacti is a complete network graphing solution designed to harness the power of RRDTool's data storage and graphing functionality. Cacti provides a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods,...
Read MoreHow to Restore off a mounted slave disk on Redhat + Cpanel (crash/hack/bad kernel)
How to Restore off a mounted slave disk on Redhat + Cpanel (crash/hack/bad kernel) Warning: This is not to be done by the unexperienced admins bad things could happen. Hire someone. Sometimes if you get hacked or boot with a bad...
Read MoreAbout Me
I am Dishan Francis. I’m a Cyber Security Consultant at Microsoft. I’m a dedicated and enthusiastic information technology expert who enjoys professional recognition and accreditation from several respected institutions. I am maintaining this blog for last 11 years. This includes more than 400 articles already. These are mainly about Microsoft Active Directory Service and Azure Active Directory Service. I also blog about different Azure services. If you need further help on subject matters, feel free to contact me on rebeladm@live.com. Also to get latest updates, follow me on twitter @rebeladm
Mastering Active Directory, Third Edition
I am glad to announce the release of my new book “Mastering Active Directory – 3rd Edition”. It is available for purchase worldwide now For more info….