A domain controller (DC) provides critical services like authentication and authorization for an Active Directory domain. More accurately, a DC runs on Windows Server operating system and that has Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) installed on it. All these we will see very shortly. In this guide, we will learn how to how to add a new Domain Controller to an Existing Domain. Please see how to Setup a Domain Controller, and how to Raise or Downgrade AD Domain and Forest Functional Level. Note: Adding a new domain to an existing forest and adding a new domain to an existing domain are t ..read more

Keeping your software up to date on Windows is crucial for security, performance, and access to new features. This guide will walk you through various methods to on how to keep Apps up to date on Windows devices. We’ll cover manual updates, automated tools, and leveraging PowerShell and winget for advanced update management. Please see How to install Winget CLI on Windows, and How to add a new Domain Controller to an Existing Domain. Here are other related guides: How to update Windows Applications with Norton Updater, Install Applications with Winget CLI on Windows, How to Troubleshoot Unabl ..read more

In this article, we will learn how to Raise or Downgrade AD Domain and Forest Functional Level. Upon installation of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), basic Active Directory features are automatically enabled, along with domain-wide and forest-wide features. To enable “all domain-wide features” the domain controllers must run the latest Windows Server version. Please see How to Deploy a React Application on Netlify, and Active Directory: How to Setup a Domain Controller. Note: During this DC setup, I deliberately lowered the Forest and Domain Functional level. In this guide, I will ..read more

Install Lets Encrypt Certificate on Windows with Certbot Let’s Encrypt provides free, trusted SSL certificates, widely accepted by many authorities and browsers. The certificates are signed by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) Root X1, ensuring a high level of trust. Certbot, a command-line tool developed in Python, makes it easy to request and renew these certificates from Let’s Encrypt. Although direct support for Windows was discontinued in February 2024, you can still use Certbot on Windows through the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2. Kindly see How to install WSL2 on Windows ..read more

In this article, we shall discuss “AD Recovery: Fix device ran into an issue with error 0xc00002e2”. Recently, my lab environments have been repeatedly restarting due to a faulty switch. After extensive research to solve this issue before performing VM recovery, I discovered that the problem was caused by the Hyper-V host experiencing unplanned restarts. If volumes on virtual hard disks connected to a virtual IDE controller are being used by virtual machines, the virtual hard disks on that server may become inconsistent. Please see How to Reset Services Restore Mode (DSRM) Password, and Activ ..read more

In this article, we shall be discussing extensively the steps on how to integrate ObjectFirst OOTBI Appliance with VBR (Veeam Backup and Replication). Object First Out-of-the-Box Immutability (OOTBI) provides true data immutability and is very simple to deploy, as we will see shortly. It meets security compliance requirements and addresses the issue of slow recovery times that can make ransomware attacks damaging to operations and reputation. Please see Deep Dive into Protecting AWS EC2, RDS Instances and VPC, and how to Integrate Pleasant Password Server with Active Directory. Why should you ..read more

Undoubtedly, Object First Out-of-the-Box Immutability (OOTBI) storage ranks among the best storage appliances on the market today, specifically designed for the Veeam Backup solution. The same brilliant minds who developed and founded Veeam are behind the creation of OOTBI. In this article, we shall discuss how to Configure Object First OOTBI Appliance. Please see Set up Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure, and How to upgrade Veeam Backup and Replication v11 to 12.1. Note: Veeam customers are updating their on-prem backup storage and seeking a secure, cost-effective, and powerful ransomware-proo ..read more

How to Disable device encryption Encryption is a powerful tool for protecting data on your Windows devices. However, there are times when you might need to disable it. Let’s walk through the process of disabling device encryption in Windows 10/11 and understand the difference between Device Encryption and BitLocker Drive Encryption. Kindly see, How to Change BitLocker Password in Windows and how to Force BitLocker Recovery mode: How to unlock BitLocker Protected Drive. Here are other related guides: Perform BitLocker Recovery Password Rotation in Active Directory,  Manage B ..read more

In this article, I will be showing you How to Configure and run Performance Tests in Postman. APIs is the backbone of many businesses today and the quality and reliability of these APIs can have a great impact on how customers feel about a product. If you want to get great feedback from your customers then your APIs must meet the expected functionality and can handle the expected load through the traffic hitting the endpoints. Here is How to Use Postman with the Amazon Pinpoint API, and How to use Command-Line on Git Bash and GitHub Desktop to PUSH local code to GitHub. That is the reaso ..read more

Heroku is one of the best platforms as a service (PaaS) that many developers are using to build, run, and operate their applications fully on the cloud. They have a free and pay-for-service plan. On this platform, you can easily deploy your application for public access in few minutes. In this article, I will be deploying a Next.Js app using the Heroku cloud application platform. You can read further about, How to Deploy a React Application on Netlify, How to Create a React App with Vite, How to Deploy GitHub Repositories to cPanel using GitHub Actions, How to use GitHub as Sou ..read more