Setting up a Domain Controller (DC) in a Windows server is crucial in managing a secure and centralized network. A Domain Controller handles authentication, enforces security policies, and enables ...

Update March 22: Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band (OOB) updates to fix this known issue. The March 2024 Windows Server updates are causing some domain controllers to crash and restart, ...

If the hardware behind your domain controllers has become outdated, here's a step-by-step guide to performing a hardware refresh. Although most of the resources on my network are virtual, I have a ...

One of the most helpful native tools for troubleshooting problems with domain controllers is DCDiag. In this article, I will show you the basics of using this helpful tool. DCDiag was introduced early ...

Update March 22: Microsoft has released emergency out-of-band (OOB) updates to fix this known issue. Microsoft confirmed that a memory leak introduced with the March 2024 Windows Server security ...

Although domain controllers can be configured to obtain an IP address from DHCP, it’s best practice to configure a static IP address so that it can be reliably discovered across the network. You may ...

In the first part of this series, I talked about how you could recover your server after a system volume failure. In this article, I want to turn my attention to some special procedures used for ...

How to deploy Samba on Linux as an Active Directory Domain Controller Your email has been sent Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft’s way of making it possible to create and apply policies to machines ...

Microsoft is warning IT administrators that their Windows Server 2025 domain controllers (DC) may lose network connectivity after they are restarted. In a Windows release health dashboard update ...