Category Archives: Windows

Understanding FSMO Roles – 2: Why we need them?

By | May 15, 2020

I hope from my last post, you got a fair idea about initial things, important to understand FSMO Roles (also called Operation Master). You know that Windows Active Directory structure is a multi-master operation. Means, in an AD, we generally have more than one master, called Domain Controllers. All DCs hold the database of Active… Read More »

Understanding FSMO Roles – 1: Initial things

By | May 6, 2020

I remember when I started working as Windows Admin several years ago, FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operations) was a kind of nightmare for me. I Googled hundred times to find out what exactly it is, but found too theoretical/non-practical information. Now when I actually know what exactly it is, I find it very clear and… Read More »

Install/Uninstall AzureRM Powershell Module

By | April 28, 2020

Now a days we are managing most of the things from Powershell. Many modules come along with latest Powershell version but few things you need to install separately. Like Microsoft Azure Module which is used to managed Office 365 and MS Azure. Follow the steps to install AzureRM Powershell module in any Windows Server or… Read More »

Office 365: Set up federated domain with a third party Identity Provider

By | April 17, 2020

Many of you might have face O365 connection issue in ADFS SSO or trying to setup your federated domain with a third party IDP from scratch. To do that, follow the below steps: Login to your ADFS server. Make sure that your ADFS server has the internet connectivity. If you are using Proxy to access… Read More »

Mandatory settings to do in newly created RODC

By | April 8, 2020

In last few posts, we have understood the concept of RODC. This will be the last post in RODC series where we will know the necessary settings for newly installed RODC. As we saw in last post, that only installing RODC is not sufficient as it has to reach to the writable DC every time… Read More »

RODC Installation (step by step)

By | March 26, 2020

In last post, we have understood the basic concept of Read Only Domain Controller and why we actually use it. In this post, I will take you to the steps to install and configure RODC. In this article, first few steps will be exact the same which we have already discussed in Active Directory Installation… Read More »

What is RODC and why we need it?

By | March 20, 2020

Any of you who knows about Domain Controller, must be aware of Read Only Domain Controller. The concept of Domain Controller is quite straight forward but when we talk about RODCs, it’s not that simple. The concept of RODC is, if not very complex, but surely one of the most confusing topics in Active Directory.… Read More »