When we set up our domain controllers, we installed the DNS role. DNS is key to how Active Directory works. It is possible to move DNS on to dedicated servers, however it’s common place to leave DNS on the Domain…
Auditing – and a little housework
First of all, I would like to point you at my GitHub repository. The GPOs I create as part of this blog will be backed up and uploaded to the following repository: https://github.com/1800Zeta/ActiveDirectory Feel free to download from here and…
Our first GPO – Time Sync
In Active Directory, time is extremely important. Active Directory is a multi-master system with each writable domain controller able to make changes to the directory. There are however 5 Operations Master roles that are responsible for performing tasks that are not…
Group Policy – Central Store
Deploying Group Policy Central Store for a consistent editing experience.
The Beginning – Create a Forest and Domain
Your first choice will be how you want to provision your domain controllers. Your choices include purchasing physical servers, using a hypervisor such as VMware ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V, or going cloud and using Azure or AWS. As discussed in…