Tag: Windows Server 2016

Enable address conflict detection on Windows DHCP Server

IPv4 address conflicts are a common cause of problems with DHCP. No two computers on the network can have the same unicast IP address. If a computer is assigned the same unicast IPv4 address as another, one or both of the computers might become disconnected from the network. In this article, we will enable address […]

Setting up Active Directory in Windows Server 2016 part 2

After installing Active Directory role to the server, there are three options in the promoting a domain controller. First, you can configure the server to add to the existing domain. Second, you configure the server to add to the existing forest. Third, you can configure the server to the new forest. In this post, I […]

Setting up Active Directory in Windows Server 2016 part 1

What is new in Active Directory? Active Directory (AD) is a directory service that Microsoft developed for Windows domain networks. It is included in most Windows Server operating systems as a set of processes and services. A server running Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) is called a domain controller. It authenticates and authorizes all […]

Turn off Windows Update notifications for users on Windows Server RDS

Sometimes, you don’t want the end-users or non-administrator users to be notified there are windows updates that need to be applied. In this post, I will show you how to create a GPO that prevent a non-administrator user to be notified if there are any windows updates. Log in to the Active Directory where the […]

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