In this Tutorial we will see how to add and configure AD with windows Server 2012 R2 and then create GPOs for some users.
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Microsoft Azure Concepts – Identity & Access
When we talk about Identity and Access what do we really mean? For me, it boils down to who you are and what you are entitled to access.
Simple statement, but it does start to get rather complicated when you think about Identity Management. If you think about your own organisation what directory service does it use? Probably Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Think about how many years it has it been fine tuned with integration with third party solutions such as:
- Remote access via RADIUS servers
- Two factor authentication
- Single sign on into applications
- Synchronization of user accounts and groups into hosted web services for web filtering
- Integration with software that provides corporate wide email signatures
- Integration with software that provides automated provisioning and de-provisioning of users
The list does truly go on and on. Most organisations will treat their on-premises Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) as the one…
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What is new in Hyper-V Windows Server 2016
Hi, folks!
At the recent Ignite 2015 sessions Microsoft officially announced System Center 2016 and Windows Server 2016 new features. Of course, this is not complete list of all features that will be added to WS 2016 RTM. Anyway, we now can say MS has done great work. Here are the some major new improvements.
Note: Windows Server 2016 is already available for evaluation
UPDATE 06/26: added “real” pictures for checkpoints, shared vhdx and hyper-v manager alternate credentials + link to the recently published “Shielded VMs and Guarded Fabric Validation Guide for Windows Server 2016” and videos from Microsoft Storage Team about Storage Replica
Update 09/07:
- Workgroup and multi-domain clusters in TP3
- MS released TP3
- Containers Preview are available
- Affinity for cluster sites (site-aware failover clusters in WS 2016)
- Data deduplication for nano server
Update 10/14:
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Microsoft Azure Stack Single Server POC Deployment part1 #Azure #AzureStack #HybridCloud
Dell Power Edge R710 Server for Microsoft AzureStack TP1 POC
Hardware Requirements
These requirements apply to the Azure Stack POC only and might change for future releases.
| Component | Minimum | Recommended |
| Compute: CPU | Dual-Socket: 12 Physical Cores | Dual-Socket: 16 Physical Cores |
| Compute: Memory | 96 GB RAM | 128 GB RAM |
| Compute: BIOS | Hyper-V Enabled (with SLAT support) | Hyper-V Enabled (with SLAT support) |
| Network: NIC | Windows Server 2012 R2 Certification required for NIC; no specialized features required | Windows Server 2012 R2 Certification required for NIC; no specialized features required |
| Disk drives: Operating System | 1 OS disk with minimum of 200 GB available for system partition (SSD or HDD) | 1 OS disk with minimum of 200 GB available for system partition (SSD or HDD) |
| Disk drives: General Azure Stack POC Data | 4 disks. Each disk provides a minimum of 140 GB of capacity (SSD or HDD). | 4 disks. Each disk provides a minimum of… |
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Taiwan, Hong Kong Also Affected by #FacebookDown, China Apparently Unaffected
Screenshot of Attacks Sept 24
We have an update to our earlier story about the worldwide Facebook outages September 23/24 called #FacebookDown. That attack was attributed to unnamed and as-yet-unidentified hacktivists by Pirate Party activist and Cryptosphere contributor Raymond Johansen, and to an unheard-of collective called #FuckSociety by Jordanian Twitter user Mahmoud Abuttayeb.
While we have been unable to find reports that Facebook was down inside China proper or Russia over the period of #FacebookDown, sources in Hong Kong and Taiwan have confirmed outages in their locales. Other sources confirm outages in Africa and South America, North America, the Middle East, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines, and Europe.
A quick look at the attack map at IPViking/Norse showed that over the period in question, China was, as per usual, the #1 country of origin for online attacks, with the United States as the #1 recipient of attacks. The activity…
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Create a Virtual Network in Azure
Deploy Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server
1-Introduction
Enable Microsoft Azure-consistent experiences and services in your datacenter
Windows Azure Pack is a collection of Microsoft Azure technologies available to Microsoft customers at no additional cost. It integrates with Windows Server, System Center, and SQL Server to offer a self-service portal and cloud services such as virtual machine hosting (IaaS), database as a services (DBaaS), scalable web app hosting (PaaS), and more. Read More »
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