When I talk to administrators, network engineers about the active directory issues, errors most of the time they know how to install an active directory and how to work with in active directory environment but when I ask about terms like AD database, SYSVOL, System state most of the time I get wrong answer or incomplete answer. Most of the time engineers will not care about these until they go in…
SRV record is a DNS (Domain Name System) record used to identify the computers, servers which hosts specific servers. It also used to locate domain controllers for Active directory environment.
This is very critical in a multiple site environment. In my last 2 articles I have explained about the multiple sites in a directory service environment. If you not read it yet you can find them in…
In my previous article I explain the use of AD sites, subnets. If you still not read it you can find it here.
In this article let’s look in to sites and subnet setup and configurations.
In demo I am using the following setup.
Server Name
Roles
Operating System
Site
Subnets
DC1.contoso.com
Primary Domain Controller
Windows server standard 2012 R2
Site A…
In any sort of SUCCESFUL NETWORK, there is mainly two topologies. One is called as physical topology which represents the structure of the network including such as network topologies, hardware placements, IP address allocations. The other one is the logical topology which represents the security boundaries of the network, network services etc. In active directory based infrastructure setup…
