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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…
Additional DC intro Pioneers LAB forest Diagram when looking at above Pioneers environment , its nice hierarchical structure but you will find something , each domain has ONLY one domain controller so what could happen if that DC down and hardware failed ? this situation called [ domain controller single point of failure ]this lRead More…
Type of Users Object For Better View > Open Image in different TAB Users and computers are the Primary objects in Active Directory.In Previous article : we have learned how to join computer in Active DirectoryCreating and managing users objects are everyday tasks for most AD DS administrators.There are two types of user accounts runniRead More…
AD group introduction roup is Nothing But logical list , So … it’s a collection of objectsThe group can include users, computers, other groups and other AD objects.Group could have many users or any other object , and user could be Member of many groupEven group itself could be member of other group which called [nested group ] The main purpose of groups isAssign right or permissionRead More…
Active Directory Introduction Hello there , this is Maher islaieh . Our first chapter in MCSA training sessions will be [ active directory domain services ADDS ], since AD DS is the first services should be installed in the local network to administer and manage ALL IT aspects To obtain MCSA 2016 certificate as per Microsoft : you should pass 3 examsExam 70-740/Course 20740 InstallatioRead More…
Setup LAB Diagram For Better View > Open Image in diiferent TAB Our basic LAB setup will include the followingModem for internet connection with local IP address [192.168.100.1] which is X0 and E1 as public IP address from ISP [internet service provider ]Firewall pfsense to control traffic between three networksX0 à WAN with IP adRead More…
introduction The operations master roles, also known as flexible single master operations (FSMO) roles, perform specific tasks within a domain. The five FSMO roles are:Schema MasterDomain naming MasterInfrastructure MasterRelative ID (RID) MasterPDC EmulatorIn every forest, there is a single Schema andDomain naming Master In each domain, there is 1 Infrastructure Master, 1 RID Master,anRead More…