In my previous blog post, I explained how to setup an Azure Traffic Manager. In there, I used GUI method to set it up. In this post I am going to show how we can set up Azure Traffic Manager using Azure PowerShell. In this demo,...
Read MoreIn my previous blog post, I explain how we can use Azure load balancer to distribute network traffic to endpoints in the same Azure region. It can be accessed using...
Read MoreIf we are in an Active Directory environment, we can use windows DNS services to manage DNS records. This allows us to connect to hosts using their FQDN. When a new host added or when host IP address updated, relevant DNS...
Read MoreIn my recent articles I was explaining how to enable Azure Active Directory Domain Service and how to manage its services using domain-joined server. If you not read it yet please check my last post in here. When you manage a...
Read MoreThis is one of the very common question I get from starters, students, admins who follow my blog. They says, the follow my step-by-step guides to install domain controller on the production or demo setup and at the end they...
Read MoreMicrosoft released Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 2 for the public. I am sure most of you already got the news. In this article I am going to demonstrate how we can install AD in Windows server 2016 TP2. You can download...
Read MoreFew of the blog readers asked me on few occasions if they can change the AD domain name to the different domain name. Answer is yes you can, but you need to aware of the issues it can occur as well. Otherwise you will be end up...
Read MoreSRV record is a DNS (Domain Name System) record used to identify the computers, servers which hosts specific servers. It also used to locate domain controllers for Active directory environment. This is very critical in a...
Read MoreIIS is a services introduce by Microsoft which we can used to host internal, external web sites. In this article I will demonstrate the following, • Install IIS in server 02 which is member server of the...
Read MoreLet’s see how we can configure DHCP server in a Windows Server Environment. For the demo I will be using Windows 2008 R2 Server. To start first need to log in to the server with administrator privileges. Then start the...
Read MoreThis 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...
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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
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….