Although domain controllers can be configured to obtain an IP address from DHCP, it’s best practice to configure a static IP address so that it can be reliably discovered across the network. You may ...

If the hardware behind your domain controllers has become outdated, here's a step-by-step guide to performing a hardware refresh. Although most of the resources on my network are virtual, I have a ...

I set up a small server 2003 domain with 5 machines. One PC is a domain controller and the remaining 4 are windows XP machines.<BR><BR>I set up DNS on the domain controller. The computer name of the ...

In two previous articles (here and here) I shared some classic Active Directory mistakes people have made that got their companies into serious trouble. Here’s another mistake that on the face of it ...

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Microsoft has resolved a known issue that caused some Windows Server 2025 domain controllers to become unreachable after a restart and triggered app or service failures. As Redmond explained when it ...