I just created our first Server 2012 R2 domain controller. It's a domain controller plus DNS server. When I run the DNS BPA one of the things it reports back is that I need to have the loopback ...

I set up a small server 2003 domain with 5 machines. One PC is a domain controller and the remaining 4 are windows XP machines.<BR><BR>I set up DNS on the domain controller. The computer name of the ...

When I first started doing freelance technical writing 10 years ago, I realized pretty quickly that I was going to need to set up a network in my home so that I could experiment with the various ...

It’s called “site coverage.” When domain controller X registers its SRV records in DNS, it checks to see if any poor, neglected Active Directory sites don’t have any domain controllers in the same ...

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 ...

Security researchers report the largest tracked botnet has expanded tenfold to 13.5 million devices, fueling record DDoS attacks over 2Tbps. Meanwhile, DNS practices are evolving, with encrypted DNS ...

You shouldn’t change domain controller network settings, but here’s how to do it if you must Your email has been sent Active Directory domain controllers (DCs) are probably the most change-averse ...

Last week Microsoft patched SIGRed, a critical and wormable vulnerability in the Windows DNS Server that affects Windows Server versions 2013 to 2019. CVE-2020-1350, which has a CVSS base score of ...

Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) updates to fix issues affecting Windows Server systems after installing the April ...