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In most organizations there are several devices or applications that need to use an SMTP service to send email messages. An Exchange 2016 server can provide that service for you, however the configuration required on the server depends on the SMTP relay requirements of your scenario. The steps for how to configure Exchange Server 2016 SMTP relay are: Determining Internal vs External […]
Read moreTo Get all Scopes – Open PowerShell – Run as Administrator Get-DhcpServerv4Scope To Check DNS Servers Option 006 Get-DhcpServerv4Scope| Get-DhcpServerv4OptionValue| Where-Object{$_.OptionID -like6} | FT Value To Check – Whatif Get-DhcpServerv4Scope| Set-DhcpServerv4OptionValue-DnsServer172.21.10.20,172.21.10.21,10.10.11.10,10.10.11.11 –Whatif To Apply Get-DhcpServerv4Scope| Set-DhcpServerv4OptionValue-DnsServer172.21.10.20,172.21.10.21,10.10.11.10,10.10.11.11 To Check if its Applied or Not Get-DhcpServerv4Scope| Get-DhcpServerv4OptionValue| Where-Object{$_.OptionID -like6} | FT Value You can see 006 DNS Servers Updated for all scopes
Read moreOn servers, we use static IP configuration and static DNS configuration. If you have multiple sites in your environment, this list of DNS server IPs will vary from one site’s server to another. Given these, we sometimes end up with incorrect DNS IP entries in some of the servers. The script I am going to discuss will help you query […]
Read moreSince DNS is a critical network service, as a Server Administrator you must protect it as much as possible. A number of options are available for protecting the DNS server, including :• DNS cache locking• DNS socket pool• DNSSEC Before we start the step by step to implement the DNS Security, lets go through a theory behind this technology. DNS Cache Locking Cache locking is […]
Read moreThis is very straight forward process, but make sure you test it 1st in your Test Environment. I’m using 2 Hyper-V Machine, which is my Previous domain Server (Microsoft.lk.com). 1- Login to windows Server 2016 machine with local admin credentials, Open server manager dashboard, click Add Roles and features. 2 – Click Next, Choose “Role-based or feature-based installation” radio button and click Next, Scroll down and choose Active Directory […]
Read moreLets get started.. 1 – For this demo, I will use my existing AD Server with Windows.ae domain and previously created empty OU call Network Branch. My Network Branch OU is now empty without any User in it, so I would like to import 25 users in just 1 shot. 2 – For this step, you need a Notepad with Your Domain user information. This can be done in MS […]
Read moreWhat is NFS Server? Using the NFS protocol, you can transfer files between computers running Windows and other non-Windows operating systems, such as Linux or UNIX. In Windows Server 2016, NFS includes the components, Server for NFS and Client for NFS. Server for NFS enables a computer running Windows Server 2016 to act as a NFS file server for other […]
Read moreOpen a browser tab and go to the PostgreSQL -EnterpriseDB website to download the installer. Select the latest version (version 10.3 at the time of writing of this article). Then select your operating system. Finally click the “download now” link to complete the process. How to Install PostgreSQL 10 Download the Windows version: PostgreSQL – [10.3] –windows – x64.exe and then open it. […]
Read moreOne of the first steps you will need to take during the initial configuration of a WSUS Server is to establish communication between WSUS Server and clients. As clients (endpoints) we assume that they can be either Windows clients or Windows Servers. The most fundamental task is to direct each client to communicate with WSUS Server to check for new updates instead […]
Read moreAfter the WSUS installation has been completed on Windows Server 2016, you are ready to configure the initial WSUS settings. This is a necessary step that you can not skip so that WSUS can be active. Depending on the infrastructure, you may need some further action on your part to ensure WSUS server communication with clients with the upstream server (eg […]
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