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Best Practices for Installing Active Directory Domain Controllers in a Virtual Machine

Installing Active Directory domain controllers in a virtual machine (VM) can be useful if you want to separate them from the physical network, giving you more flexibility and additional protection for your Active Directory infrastructure. In this guide, we’re going to detail the best practices for installing Active Directory domain controllers (DCs) in a virtual...

Last Update: Feb 01, 2024

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Network Security

Why You Need a Domain Controller Outside of Your Azure Stack HCI Cluster

Failover clustering in Windows Server and Azure Stack HCI can help to reduce disruptions in service within an organization. In this article, I’m going to explain why you need to have a Windows Server Active Directory domain controller outside of your Azure Stack HCI cluster. I will also detail how to deploy this domain controller…

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Enabling Secure LDAP on Windows Server 2008/2012 Domain Controllers: Configuration

Last Update: Feb 13, 2023

We’re back with our two-part series on enabling secure LDAP on Windows Server 2008/2012 DCs! In part 2, we cover LDAPS configuration.

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Network Security

How to Restore Active Directory

After you’ve built a solid, robust, and redundant Active Directory infrastructure, it is critical that you know how to restore Active Directory to prevent any possible interruptions to your environment. As an IT pro, it’s your job to prepare for the unexpected and to know how to get back on your feet. In this guide,…

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Cloud Computing

How to Add a New Domain Controller to an Existing Domain

As an IT Pro, it is highly likely that you’ve needed to add additional domain controllers (DCs) to your Active Directory environment. In this guide, we’ll demonstrate how to add a domain controller to an existing domain. We’ll also detail how to add a new domain controller to create a child domain in your existing…

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Deploy a New Domain from a Microsoft Azure Template

Learn how to quickly deploy a new virtual machine-based Active Directory domain in Azure using a JSON template in Azure Resource Manager (ARM).

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Provision Domain Controllers in Azure using PowerShell

Russell Smith shares a helpful PowerShell script to provision domain controllers in Microsoft Azure.

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