You can use self-signed certificates for internal use or testing of HTTPS web services. This means you don’t need to buy a certificate from a commercial CA or generate a free Let’s Encrypt certificate. This article describes how to use the OpenSSL tool to issue a self-signed certificate in Linux, bind it to the Nginx web server and add it to the trusted certificate list on the user’s computer.
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Split Brain DNS allows you to configure the DNS server to return different responses depending on the request source address (IP subnet). In this post, we will look at how to configure Split DNS on Windows Server using DNS policies (supported on Windows Server 2016 and newer).
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Trust relationships between AD domains allow users from one domain to authenticate to another domain. Trusting relationships are most often configured when merging or migrating multiple organizations.
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Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) allows you to deploy your own PKI infrastructure on a domain network and use it to issue and manage certificates. In this article, we will look at a typical Certification Authority (CA) deployment scenario: installing a root CA and subordinate enterprise AD CS on two Windows Server hosts, and configuring Group Policy to issue certificates in a domain.
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The Active Directory Recycle Bin allows a domain administrator to restore any deleted object (user, computer, security group) in the AD domain. AD Recycle Bin is available in all versions of Active Directory starting with Windows Server 2008 R2. In this article, we will show how to enable the Active Directory Recycle Bin and restore a deleted user.
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Windows lets you mount any shared (SMB) network folder located on a remote computer or server as a local drive. In this way, you can also connect a share on a NAS device or a USB drive that is connected to the network router. The mapped network folder is assigned a separate drive letter that can be accessed in File Explorer and file managers.
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When you try to select a hard disk to install Windows 10/11, Windows Setup may display an error message:
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If you have a large number of network printers connected to your Windows print server, you may find that the print queue gets stuck from time to time. A stuck job in the print queue prevents other documents from printing. In this case, you should try to remove the stuck print job or clear the print queue completely.
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An additional keyboard layout often appears in the RDP session when connecting to a remote Windows host desktop in a multilingual environment.
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Best security practices for Windows domain networks recommend disabling local user accounts on computers and servers in an Active Directory domain. Local users who have administrative permissions on a computer can be a weak point in the security of your network. You can use tools such as Windows LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) to set unique, complex passwords for local administrators, or you can use AD Group Policies to completely disable local administrator and user accounts.
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