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IPAM… Certificates… The IP Address Management (IPAM) feature built into Windows Server 2022 is a technology that allows centralized monitoring and management of DHCP and DNS in your environment. IPAM is useful for gathering up all of those differing namespaces and scopes and providing access to them from one interface. NOTEIt is not recommended to…

DNS… TXT record aka text record. Text records are used within DNS for various purposes and they can contain just about any kind of information. SPF (Sender Policy Framework) records. This record pertains to the delivery of emails while an MX record identifies which servers email should flow toward, an SPF record identifies which locations…

DNS and DHCP… If we consider Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to be the most common and central role in making our Microsoft-centric networks function, then the DNS and DHCP roles slide in at numbers two and three. The purpose of DNS Domain Name System (DNS) is similar to Active Directory in that it…

FSMO… Active Directory is like a huge database, sync’d across a potentially huge number of different Domain Controller server in your environment. In an environment with lots of DCs spread across numerous sites, the potential for change conflict is huge.What if DC1 in Redmond receives a change and needs to sync it around the entire…

Fine-Grained Password Policy In AD environment, there are a few different ways that you can enforce password policies that require certain password length, set complexity requirements on that password and defining maximum ages for passwords. The most common and certainly easiest place to define a password policy is by using Group Policy. Fine-grained policy allows…

Active Directory Administrative Center or Centre (American vs British)… The ADAC has much more streamlined interface that looks and feels like the newer Server Manager that we are all becoming more comfortable with.In addition to teaching old dogs new tricks, Active Directory Administrative Center also brings some new functionality to the table that is not…

Active Directory Domains and Trusts… This tool is generally only used in larger environments that have more than one domain within the same network. A company may utilize multiple domain names to segregate resources or services or for better organizational structure of their servers and namespaces within the company. Active Directory Domains and Trusts is…

Domain resides within a forest. You will run across two terms when working with Active Directory – domain and forest. A forest is the top tier in the Active Directory.Any folders that you create for yourself inside AD are going to be OUs (Organizational Units).OUs are structural containers that we use inside Active Directory in…

Continuation of Active Directory… Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)There is no role called Domain Controller. The role that provides all of these capabilities is called Active Directory Domain Services or AD DS. By installing that role, you will have turned your server into a domain controller. The purpose of DC is to create a…