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  • Active Directory vs the Unknown – Part 2

    Active Directory vs the Unknown – Part 2

    Last time we left off having a Cannot Continue error while establishing a domain trust across a WAN link and with some unknown variables involved; but we had to give it a shot in this case. The good news is that we have the power of community and Microsoft to help us discover based on…

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  • Active Directory Trusts vs the Unknown

    Active Directory Trusts vs the Unknown

    While working on a project to get two different versions of Active Directory to talk nicely to each other, there were some good challenges arise. The most interesting has been some investigation around ports, Network Security Groups, Azure Firewall…. Read the full article at the link below….

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  • Promote a Windows Server to a Domain Controller

    Promote a Windows Server to a Domain Controller

    Today, we’re going to promote a domain controller in Windows Server Active Directory from being a member server of the domain into a leadership role — the Domain Controller. If you missed the last article on domain joining a Windows Server you can catch up right here. It’s important to have a domain controller placed…

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  • Domain Join a Windows Server

    Domain Join a Windows Server

    Why join a server to your Windows Server Active Directory domain? You would do this to unify service accounts, apply Group Policies, and unify your administrative accounts and management. There are still many organizations that debate the security advantages and disadvantages of domain memberships, but today we are here to join a server to an…

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