Hub & Spoke Architecture on Azure
Microsoft Geek
The standardization and reuse of architectural models is a common practice in software development, which can be inspired in cloud network topologies. The Hub-and-Spoke model is a network topology increasingly…
How to Create and Configure ExpressRoute Circuits
One of the main objectives for an organization moving to a public cloud, in any type of shape or form, is regarding the overall performance experience: It cannot be a…
How to deploy a Domain Controller on Microsoft Azure
Active Directory is the heart of your network. The domain controller of your active directory domain is responsible for a lot of on-premises connectivity (LDAP, DNS, …) and is probably…
Comply your AD password expiration policy with Azure AD
How does EnforceCloudPasswordPolicyForPasswordSyncedUsers policy works? If you have an expiration policy configured in your on-premise environment, this is not synced to Azure AD. This results in the scenario where a…
Domain Name System ( DNS )
PowerShell 101
Windows Server 2012 /R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Get DNS server IP’s using PowerShell
On 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…
Step by Step Implementing DNS Security in Windows Server 2016
Since 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,…
How to Install Hyper-V on Windows Server 2019
The Windows Server 2019 Install Procedure The following steps walk through Windows Server 2019 Installation from media. Aside from the text fields and the license prompt in step 3, installing…
Azure — ExpressRoute Overview
What is Azure ExpressRoute? — Introduction to Azure ExpressRoute Azure ExpressRoute lets you seamlessly extend your on-premises networks into the Microsoft Azure. This connection between your organization and Azure is…
AWS — Direct Connect Overview
Introduction to AWS Direct Connect AWS Direct Connect makes it easy to establish a dedicated connection from an on-premises network to Amazon VPC. Using AWS Direct Connect, you can establish…
WPScan – A Black Box WordPress Vulnerability Scanner
WordPress is all over the web; it’s the most popular and most used content management system (CMS) out there. Is your website or blog is powered by WordPress? Did you…