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introduction in previous article we discussed how to install SLES15SP1 without any packages SLES hostname with IP address but NON af any additional tools pr packages installed YET , like : iputils : which include a lot of useful commands like ping text edition Nano : which equivalent to notepad in microsoft windows graphiRead More…
SLES Setup Network diagram SLES installation diagam in this Article , we will see installation process on versionSLES Version 15 with Service Pack 1and How to deal with Shell and in next article we will discuss how to install Graphic driver [X11]desktop manager [gdm]as well as desktop environment [GNOME]let’s go SLESRead More…
SLES Setup Network diagram For Better View > Open Image in different TAB in this Article , we will see installation process on versionSLES Version 12 with Service Pack 2and How Desktop [GNOME] will look like and in next article we will discuss how to install SLES V15 -SP1 with Text Mode [ Shell ] , and will see the difference betweeRead More…
SLES Setup Network diagram below the basic network diagram for SLES installationof course there are many Suse Linux Server SLES will be added later depend on Role that will run For Better View > Open Image in different TAB as you see in network diagram above we will install two SLES servers :SLES121IP address : 172.16.100.121VRead More…
Database Availability Group DAG Articles Exchange DAG Part I : IntroductionExchange DAG Part II : PreparationExchange DAG Part III : Configure DAG Step 04 : Creating the Exchange DAG Now it’s a time to create DAG [ Database Availability Group ] From the ECP, go to servers > availability groups of database > this page appears the list of available DAGs > Press +tRead More…
Database Availability Group DAG Articles Exchange DAG Part I : IntroductionExchange DAG Part II : PreparationExchange DAG Part III : Configure DAG DAG LAB Exchange DAG recommended environment both server [ mail105, and mail106] will have 2 Ethernet first ethernet for network connecnio as normal [Mail105 172.16.100.10Read More…
Database Availability Group DAG Articles Exchange DAG Part I : IntroductionExchange DAG Part II : PreparationExchange DAG Part III : Configure DAG current Exchange Environment For Better View > Open Image in different TAB currently we two exchange server 2016 mail105.pioneers.labmail106.pioneers.lab also we have 4 exchangeRead More…
address list introduction An address list is a collection of recipient and other Active Directory objects. Each address list can contain one or more types of objects (for example, users, contacts, groups, public folders, and room and equipment resources) In Exchange Server 2016, there are some predefined address lists that created with exchange installation An offline address book (OABRead More…
Supported Client version Supported Client VersionsOutlook 2016Outlook 2013 SP1 (with KB3020812) or laterOutlook 2010 SP2 (with KB2956191 and KB2965295) or laterEntourage 2008 for Mac, Web services EditionOutlook for Mac 2011Windows 10 Mail NOT Supported Client VersionsOutlook 2007 is no longer supported as Exchange client software.email clients on the Mac operating systems that require Read More…
Client Access CAS intro In Exchange Server 2016 : the Client Access server role CAS has been removed and Client Access services are now integrated in the Mailbox server roleThe Client Access services layer provides :authentication,redirection, and proxy services, and continues to support the protocols Like : HTTP , POP3, IMAP4 , and SMTP During this article , we will discuss :the arcRead More…
Exchange Mail Flow Introduction Once we have installed Exchange Server 2016 in the organization, it requires configuring mail flow and client access in order to send to Internet and external clients such as Microsoft Office Outlook, and Exchange ActiveSync.Below are the steps involved in Mail flow and CAS server configuration:Create a Send connectorAdd additional accepted domains Configure thRead More…
introduction we have seen in previous article HERE how to create ISCSI target and ISCSI initiator and how to move Exchange Database to local storage . in this article we will see some exchange Database Operation Like : create another DB in ISCSI Storage move client Mailbox from storage to another Create Exchange DB let us to create another Database beside of default eRead More…
Exchange Database introduction All users mailbox are stored in central file in exchange server called [exchange mailbox databaseMailbox Database is a major component of Exchange 2016 . Exchange mailbox database is .edb file that containsdata,data definitions, checksums,Flagsand other information that make up mailboxes Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Exchange uses ExtensiblRead More…
Disclaimer introduction Disclaimers are some legal statements that are added at the bottom of each emails that are coming or going out your organization. In Exchange 2016, disclaimers are configured as transport rules. Transport rule consists of one or moreconditions,exceptions and actions.Transport rules are applied on Hub Transport or Edge Transport servers by transport agentRead More…
SSL introduction when user try to access his email through Outlook Web Access [ OWA ] using URL : https://mail105/owa they will get warring security indicating that certificate on exchange server [mail105 ] is invalid Self signed certificate actually warning above has two partsthe first one is good : which tel us that exchangeRead More…
AD Group introduction as we know : Active Directory has two type of groups security group : which used to provide permission to multi-users and send email to multi-users at once distribution Group : which used to send email to multi-users at once so both group type support send email Use the Exchange admin center (EAC) or the Exchange Management Shell to create a new distribution groRead More…
user mailbox introduction In past three articles ; we learned how to install Exchange 2016The coming articles will discus how to manage exchange serverBefore deep diving inside Exchange management , I just would to bring your attention to the following pointCurrently we have ONLY one exchange administrator which is domain administrator [ pioneersadministrator] , this account will be used for Read More…
open ports between LAN and DMZ as you know : communication traffic between clients in LAN and exchange server in DMZ [servers farm] is controlled by firewall PFsense exchange protocols include the following ProtocolPacket TypePortLDAPTCP389 , 379 , 390 , 3268 , 636 , 3269IMAPTCP143IMAP/SSLTCP993POP3TCP110POP3/SSLTCP995HTTPTCP80HTTP/SSLTCP443SMTPTCP25SMTP/SSLTCP465SMTP/LSATCP691DNSUDP/TCP53Read More…
installation process server [Mail105.pioneers.lab ] is ready to install Exchange server 2016 insert Exchange 2016 in DVD or copy it’s contents to local drive C:Resources double click exchange DVD to tart installation process check for updae Read More…
Exchange installation Intro Exchange Best practice Deployment regardless of Exchange Best practice deployment above currently : we will install one exchange mailbox server with one domain controller later graduallywe will add redundancy to exchange and Domain controller to achieve best practice deployment firstly let us hRead More…
Exchange on-premises Vs Office365 the Advantages of deploying on premise Exchange:Mailbox data is local in your own infrastructure and under your controlUpgrades and configuration changes performed as and when requiredBackup’s performed and controlled in houseUtilizing your own hardware and infrastructureIntegration and co-existence with existing systems such as SharePoint Ability to instaRead More…
introduction Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 is the Microsoft Product of the mailing system and messaging platform Exchange Server 2016 includes a number of advanced features for organizations to have a robust deployment of mailing system across multiple sites.Exchange server is closely integrated into other Microsoft products such asOffice, SharePoint, Skype for Business (formRead More…
ISCSI Storage Articles Par I : Target Part II : VDisk Part III : Initiator Introduction in Previous part I and Part II of ISCSI Storage we learned how to create ISCSI Target and how to Create and Configure Virtual Disk in this article in Pioneers LAB we will discuss how to configure ISCSI Initiator and also discuss some security considerations Read More…
ISCSI Storage Articles Par I : Target Part II : VDisk Part III : Initiator ISCSI Storage Articles Par I : Target Part II : VDisk Part III : Initiator Introduction in previous article : ISCSI Part one : we have discussed ISCSI concepts and how to install windows feature ISCSI Target in this article we will discus : add new HDD to server configure ISCSI tarRead More…
ISCSI introduction ISCSI stand for Internet Small Computer System Interface iSCSI is an industry standard protocol which allows sharing of block storage over Ethernet. It is a protocol for communicating with I/O devices, chiefly storage devices. iSCSI is an IP-based standard for connecting data storage devices over a network and moving data by carrying SCSI commands over IP networks. In sRead More…
Content management System CMS as you have seen from previous aritcle : IIS installed as webserver : and there is ONLY one page for deafult web site it’s time NOW to create many websites in IIS web server Rather than building solution from scratch with HTML page , Now you can start using Content management systemAs per Wikipedia definition: A content management system (CMS) is a sofRead More…
What is web server Web servers is program that enable a computer to present web pages on the Internet or locally All websites need to be hosted on a server from where people access them A web server is a system that handles requests through HTTP protocol [port 80] or HTTPS [port 443 ], you request a file from the server and it responds with the requested file,The primary function of a wRead More…
Delegation Introduction We have seen in previous article [how to open active directory snap-in ]: that once administrator@pioneers.lab open ADUC [Active Directory user and computers ] either by RDP or RSAT , he will have full control over AD , which is good enough , in one man show company where you need ONLY one administrator in your network who can perform ALL IT administrative TasksBRead More…
Organizational Unit introduction Organizational unit is part of domain Physical structure [subdivision] ,which is used to organize Active Directory Object [users , computer , Group , Printer ,,,etc. ] rather than to place all of it in one containerNormally when computer join Active Directory ; it will be placed in container called [ computers]Also when create users and group , it Read More…
LAB Setup For Better View > Open Image in different TAB Our basic LAB setup will include the followingModem for internet connection with local IP address [192.168.100.1] and public OP address from ISP [internet service provider ]Firewall pfsense to control traffic between three networksX0 WAN with IP address 192.168.100.11 /24X1 LAN wRead More…
Work on server [Domain Controller] directly Physically : domain controller is placed in data center either physical server or virtual as [Hyper-V or VMware virtual machine]This first option to access active directory is to work on server directly in data center : which nearly NOT sensejust skip it Work on server remotely RDP The second option to work on server remotely throuRead More…
forest and Trees introduction Active directory is based on hierarchy [actually Microsoft love hierarchy in ALL their products ],SO when start promote server to domain controller in lesson [active directory installation ] , the first question if you remember was what is forest name ?We choose forest name Pioneers.lab specifically at that moment we have created the following structureOne forestRead More…
Table of Contents introduction As you know , we have learned in previous article how to Promote Additional Controller ,SO .. Active Directory Pioneers.lab has two domain controller: DC101 ,DC102 ,and also we learned how to transfer and seize FSMOIn this article, you’ll discuss how to demote a Windows Server 2016 Domain Controller DC102 from a Pioneers Active Directory infraRead More…
Certificate Template Intro in previous article , we have learned how to install ADCS and configure CA , each certificate client [ like web server IIS , or Exchange server OWA ,… etc. ] need to create certificate template ti be used for security communication with that server Create Certificate Template for Workstation and Client Authentication This step is to create a certifRead More…
AD CS introduction Active Directory Certificate Services (referred AD CS) is an Active Directory tool that lets administrators to secure any kind communication traffic through network [ NOT only for http ]ADCS could be installed on any server , BUT most IT administrator prefer to install it on domain controller DC as part of Active Directory Components like : AD domain service ADDS , AD FedeRead More…