One of the most frequent questions on virtualization forums that deal with server deployments is the question of how should one deploy their Active Directory domain controllers. Should they be deployed on stand-alone separate servers, should they be kept on separate physical servers, or should they be run inside virtual machines that are hosted on [...]
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Using Windows Server as a NAT Router
April 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, How To, How To Setup, Tips & Techniques
This article walks you through the configuration process for using Windows Server as a NAT router for setting up an isolated test network that has Internet connectivity. Introduction Recently I needed to set up a test network in my office which uses a DSL router to connect to the Internet. The test network needed to [...]
Tags: Configuring RRAS·Installing RRAS·NAT·NAT Router·network address translation·Routing and Remote Access Service·RRAS Role
Securing RDP/Terminal Services Communications
April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, How To, How To Keep Secure, How To Setup, Tips & Techniques
When Microsoft Windows 2000 was released many years ago, administrators were blessed with new functionality called Terminal Services which easily allowed remote administration of a server. The functionality or the concept was actually not new. Administrators of Windows operating systems as well as other platforms are plenty familiar with the concept of remote administration. For [...]
Tags: RDP·Remote Desktop Protocol·Securing RDP·Securing Terminal Services·Terminal Services Communications
Using WebDAV with IIS
April 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Advanced Topics, How To, How To Setup, Tips & Techniques
This article walks you through the process of using Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) to publish content to an Internet Information Services (IIS) web server. The article also explains why WebDAV is a more secure and better solution to publishing content than the traditional FTP approach. The traditional method for uploading content to a [...]
Tags: Install WebDAV·Publishing WebDAV Content·Using WebDAV·web server·Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning·WebDAV·WebDAV Client·WebDAV IIS·WebDAV Publishing·WebDAV Server·World Wide Web Service·WWW Service