In previous article, we added a new domain in an existing forest using server manager. In this guide, I'll focus on adding a new domain using PowerShell. Prerequisites Static IP is configured Administrator account has strong password Firewall is turned off DNS server settings in TCP/IPv4 are correct and they are pointing to a domain ... Read more
You can create a DHCP failover with two servers in hot standby mode by using a single Add-DhcpServerv4Failover PowerShell cmdlet. This tutorial assumes you have an active scope on primary DHCP server and a DHCP running on standby or partner server. Configure DHCP Failover in Windows Server 2016 using PowerShell Step 1. Open PowerShell on primary ... Read more
You can add a user into a group using active directory users and computer (ADUC) mmc snap in or by executing a single PowerShell cmdlet. In this article, we'll look into adding a member to the AD group using PowerShell. Add User to Group with PowerShell Step 1. Open PowerShell with elevated privileges. Step 2. ... Read more
Windows Server Backup is a feature (not a role) in Windows Server 2016. You need to install it before you can take a backup of your machine. This tutorial is written to show you how to install Windows Server Backup on Windows Server 2016. Prerequisites The administrator account has a strong password. Latest updates are installed. ... Read more
You can remove multiple scopes from your DHCP server by using this simple script which uses the Remove-DhcpServerv4Scope PowerShell cmdlet. The script assumes you have scope IDs in a series (I have scope IDs of 10.0.0.0, 11.0.0.0 and 12.0.0.0). Delete Multiple DHCP Scopes Using PowerShell Step 1. Open notepad and copy/paste the following script and save the file ... Read more
DHCP failover is used to load balance client requests among two DHCP servers and provides fault tolerance. If one of the DHCP servers is down, then the other keeps serving IP addresses to clients. DHCP failover can be configured in the following two ways: Load balance mode (Both DHCP servers are active and the load is shared among the two). ... Read more
A scope is a range of IP addresses that DHCP leases out to clients when they make a DHCP request. You can add a new scope (either IPv4 or IPv6 ) by using the server manager or PowerShell. In this tutorial, we will add an IPv4 scope using server manager. This tutorial assumes you have DHCP installed, configured and ... Read more
The active directory database is stored in a single NTDS.dit file which is logically separated into the following partitions: Schema Partition Configuration Partition Domain Partition Application Partition Schema Partition There is only one schema partition per forest and it is stored in all DCs of the forest. It contains the definition of objects and rules for their ... Read more
You can send an email from your Gmail account using only a single command in PowerShell. There are several ways to achieve that, however, this tutorial uses the Send-MailMessage cmdlet. Send-MailMessage cmdlet has following commonly used paramters: –Attachments string The full path and filenames to be attached with an email. –Bcc string Email addresses that you would like to ... Read more
PDC emulator is one of the five FSMO roles in an active directory domain controller. It is a domain-wide role and it has following major responsibilities: 1. It synchronizes the time across DCs in a domain. All DC member clocks are synched with the clock of the DC having the PDC emulator role. If there are multiple domains in the ... Read more