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This article serves as an Active Directory tutorial covering installation and setup of a Windows 2012 Domain Controller using Windows Server Manager…
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We have some exciting news for you today! Altaro has launched a great contest in celebration of SysAdmin Day on 27th July! They will be giving away…
Windows Servers
This article describes the new Windows Server 2016 Licensing model (per-core licensing) Microsoft has implemented for its new server-based operating…
Windows Servers
Altaro has released Altaro VM Backup, a faster and lighter upgrade to its flagship Hyper-V and VMware backup solution, which now supports all Windows…

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Linux - Unix
The db.192.168.0 zone data file is the second file we need to create and configure for our BIND DNS server. As outlined in the DNS-BIND Introduction, this…
Linux - Unix
Resource sharing, like file systems and printers, in Microsoft Windows systems, is accomplished using a protocol called the Server Message Block or SMB. F…
Linux - Unix
In the previous articles, we spoke about the Internet Domain Hierarchy and explained how the ROOT servers are the DNS servers, which contain all the infor…
Linux - Unix
For many engineers and administrators,  maintaining a Linux system can be a daunting task, especially if there’s limited time or experience.  Wo…

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