Whilst promoting a Windows 2012R2 server to a domain controller it got as far as 'Replicating the schema directory partition' and then nothing else happened. Now, this server has NetBios over TCPIP disabled which was causing the above problem. The quick answer to this is to use the long version of the username when entering … Continue reading Domain Controller promotion stops responding
Month: July 2016
New Child Domain – Server Core and PowerShell
All of my domain controllers are now server core unless someone can give me a very good reason to install Windows with a GUI, so far no one has given me a good enough reason. When deploying a new child domain this means we can now use some PowerShell goodness to create our new child … Continue reading New Child Domain – Server Core and PowerShell
Let’s Encrypt and Azure Websites
This is awesome. Would still like this to see this made much easier (as the author says towards the end of the article), but anyway this makes using Let's Encrypt with Azure websites possible and relatively easy; https://www.troyhunt.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-loading-a-free-lets-encrypt-certificate-into-an-azure-website/
