Understanding the concept There are often scenarios that you need to rename your domain controllers, it can be either a primary domain controller or any of secondary controllers. This can be achieved by either through GUI or command line. However the recommended way to achieve this is through the command line using the command
Understanding the concept A superscope is an administrative feature of DHCP servers that you can create and manage for configuring multiple scopes as a single administrative entity or you can say It allows you to add more than one scope (called child scopes, or member scopes) under one umbrella. With this feature a DHCP server can:
Understanding the concept Windows deployment service(WDS) is the later and advanced version of remote installation service (RIS) which is introduced in Windows server 2008 onwards. This service allows PXE BIOS enabled computers to remotely execute boot environment variables and install the various windows operating system. The main advantage of using WDS is, it reduces
I believe the part 1 has helped you to understand more about the remote desktop installation. Now let us see more about the detailed configuration of RDS. 1. Remote desktop web access configuration This is the user interface that the client will interact with. In order to access this at first time you
Understanding the concept The Remote desktop service(RDS) in windows server 2008 R2 is the renamed and advanced version of terminal server service that is available in windows server 2003. This feature enable users to access Windows-based programs that are installed on a terminal server or to access the full Windows desktop. Users can access
Understanding the concept A failover cluster is a group of independent computers that work together to increase the availability of applications and services. The clustered servers (called as nodes) are connected by physical cables and by software. If one of the cluster nodes fails, another node begins to provide service so that users experience
1. Make sure that your current hardware supports Windows server 2012 as per the MS recommendation. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn383626.aspx Important: Make sure that the replication between all your DC are working properly, else you will fails to complete the below operations. 2. Before performing the upgrade, you must prepare your forest and domain for
Understanding the concept In simple words I must say the network load balancing(NLB) technology distributes traffic across TCP/IP network. Hence using NLB increases availability, scalability, and load-balancing performance of your applications on network. Each host runs a separate copy of the desired server applications (such as applications for Web, FTP, and Telnet servers). NLB
Understanding the concept Bare metal recovery(BMR) is a restore option which has introduced in windows server backup 2008 servers. When you are using this restoration method, the backed up data is available in a form which allows one to restore a server from “bare metal”, i.e. without any requirements as to previously installed software
Understanding the concept An authoritative restore is most commonly used when you want to revert the changes that is made within the directory. Consider the scenario you have deleted an organization unit or any of the objects by mistake and you want to get it back. This process restores the DC from the backup