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Technical notes and articles on networking, security, and web development.
Step-by-Step: Installing Hyper-V and Creating Your First Virtual Machine
How do you run multiple virtual operating systems at once on a single Windows Server? A complete guide to installing Hyper-V and creating your first virtual machine.
7 min readStep-by-Step: Setting Up a File Server with NTFS & Share Permissions
How do you create a shared network folder that only specific people can access? A complete guide to File Server, Share Permissions, and NTFS Permissions.
7 min readStep-by-Step: Creating and Applying a Group Policy Object (GPO)
How do you apply a security policy or restriction to hundreds of computers on the network at once, with a single setting? A complete guide to Group Policy on Active Directory.
7 min readStep-by-Step: Configuring Port Security on a Cisco Switch
How do you stop an unknown device from being plugged into a switch port? A complete guide to Cisco Port Security with real IOS commands.
6 min readStep-by-Step: Enabling SSH and Telnet on a Cisco Switch
Remote access to a Cisco switch, with secure SSH or plain Telnet — a complete guide with real Cisco IOS commands, and why SSH should always be your choice.
6 min readStep-by-Step: Installing and Setting Up WDS (Windows Deployment Services)
How do you install Windows on dozens of computers at once, over the network, with no USB or DVD? A complete guide to WDS on Windows Server.
7 min readStep-by-Step: Installing and Configuring a DNS Server on Windows Server
How does a DNS Server translate names into IP addresses? A complete guide to installing the role, creating a zone, and adding records on Windows Server.
7 min readStep-by-Step: Installing Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
A complete walkthrough of standing up a brand-new domain with Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server — from installing the role to promoting the server to a Domain Controller.
8 min readStep-by-Step: Setting Up a VLAN on a Cisco Switch
How exactly do you segment a network with VLANs on a Cisco switch? A hands-on tutorial with real Cisco IOS commands.
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