This is pretty awesome: Routine patching of systems and software is a crucial piece of any business’ information security strategy. Even so, many systems go unnoticed and unpatched for months, even years until an external threat forces the organization into action (e.g. the recent WannaCry ransomware outbreak). When that happens, server administrators need to be prepared for […]
Having just created a new cluster, I noticed Event ID 1257 being logged in the Cluster Events node within Failover Cluster Manager. Cluster network name resource failed registration of one or more associated DNS name(s) because the access to update the secure DNS zone was denied. cluster Network name: 'Cluster Name' DNS Zone: *dns zone* […]
How to view users logon activity in Windows? Do you need to know the time of the last login? In this tutorial we’ll show you how to deploy a GPO in Windows to display information about previous logons during user logon. This feature works on all computers running Windows 10/8/7, Windows Server2008 or later. Method […]
PKIVIEW was first introduced in Windows Server 2003 Resource kit. The tool is installed by default when you install the Windows 2008 Active Directory Certificate Services Role, and had been re-branded as “Enterprise PKI”. The tool is implemented as a snap-in for the Microsoft Management Console. Enterprise PKI gathers information through Active Directory about the […]
Problem Active Directory is built on LDAP, I’ve known this for a long time, but other than it’s a directory protocol that’s about all I did know. Like any directory, if you want information when you query the directory it returns a result. The problem is that information is sent in ‘cleartext’, which is not ideal. […]
Have you ever come into the office to find that your critical line-of-business app fails to connect to your SQL server? After further investigation, you may find that your domain-joined is no longer on a “domain network” but is now on a public network. This will cause problems as a public network profile will also […]
After installing and configuring Certification Authority (CA) server, Next step is use it to generate SSL certificate for LDAPS configuration on Domain Controller. The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is used to read from and write to Active Directory. By default, LDAP traffic is transmitted unsecured. You can make LDAP traffic confidential and secure by using Secure Sockets […]
On the Server ( windows 2012 R2) you are having the issue, make a right click on Windows tile, and select run , type | control | and press enter. From control panel click view and change it to small icons, locate “Internet Options” double click on it to go to properties.Go to advance and […]