Posts by Paul Hill
How to create Active Directory User Accounts
In this lesson you will learn how to create Active Directory user accounts. Step 1. Open Server Manager Open Server Manager by clicking the Windows button and clicking Server Manager or by searching for Server Manager. Step 2. Start Active Directory In server manager, click Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers: Step 3. Create…
Read MorePromote a Server to a Domain Controller
In this lesson you are going to learn how to promote a server to a domain controller. This procedure is something you will complete after successfully installing the AD DS Server role. If you’re interested in learning more about Active Directory, consider creating a free account to get access to our Active Directory Fundamentals course…
Read MoreInstalling the AD DS Server Role
In this lesson you are going to learn how to build an Active Directory domain an by installing the Active Directory Domain Services role. Take your Active Directory skills to the next level with our free Active Directory Fundamentals course. Check it out below! We offer more advanced Active Directory courses as well.. but that…
Read MoreActive Directory Groups Tutorial
Active Directory groups and memberships are one of those things you MUST understand in order to administer Active Directory. At a high level, Active Directory groups are collections of AD Objects. A group’s members can contain users, computers, other groups and more. Let’s get started! Create Active Directory Groups To create a group in Active…
Read MoreHow to Audit the Security of Your Windows Server
Security is an ever-growing concern to companies. One of the most critical security measures you can implement is continuously auditing all your Windows network activities. This will enable you to pinpoint malicious activity early and take relevant action to prevent system downtime, compliance failures, and worse, data breaches. What is Windows Auditing? Your Windows network…
Read MoreInstall and configure DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
DHCP Overview DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a networking service that will automatically assign and manage computer IP addresses on their network. DHCP is commonly used to manage client computers such as laptops and mobile devices. It is less likely to be used to configure server infrastructure (like domain controllers or web servers) because…
Read MoreActive Campaign PHP API Example
Generally at Server Academy we provide training on Windows Server for IT professionals but this time we are writing about using PHP (a server side web programming language) to interact with the Active Campaign (email marketing) API key. We were recently writing PHP code to create new email contacts with Active Campaign and came up…
Read MoreAutomate your IT with the Task Scheduler
In this tutorial we are going to take a look at how you can use the Task Scheduler to run your automation scripts and make your life easier. This means you can spend more time watching cat videos, and less time doing repetitive tasks every day. That’s important! For me, I have a server called…
Read MoreHow to tail logs with Windows PowerShell
Lately I’ve been needing to watch some logs that are creating by my IIS 10 server. The problem is that they are in TXT format and I can’t see live updates unless I close and open the file. I work with Centos 7 (open source Linux OS) and they have a wonder tail command that…
Read MoreActive Directory Tutorial for Beginners
What is Active Directory? Active Directory is a Microsoft Technology for identity management in computer networks. It’s a database that contains users and computer accounts as well as their passwords. When you install the AD DS server role, you will finish the installation by promoting the server to a domain controller. This will install several…
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