Active Directory Replication Types

I find myself quite often trying to keep straight all the different replication activities that can occur within an Active Directory (AD) domain.

There is:

Intrasite Replication
    Urgent Replication
    Intersite Replication
    Intersite Change Notification Replication
    Reciprocal Replication
    Immediate Replication
    Manual Replication

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SYSVOL Folder Structure

About each folder under the SYSVOL share in Domain Controller

SYSVOL folder used to store a copy of the domain’s public files like system policies, Group Policy settings and logon/logoff scripts, which are replicated to all other domain controllers in the Active Directory domain through File Replication Services (FRS), You can find many folders inside the SYSVOL share, I would like to explore and explain each folder by how it’s used in the process of SYSVOL replication.

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vSphere 5.1 What’s New

VMware announced a new version of VMware vSphere 5.1 at VMworld USA. I created a nice summup of all new features to give you nive clean overview

if you are going to upgrade vsphere 5.1 please read this links and notic changes them

 

vSphere 5.1 What’s New

System Center 2012 – VMM networking Poster

I was surfing the web. I found a nice poste about virtualization and its infrastructure. I think it is interesting to see the poster.

The issue of networking in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 SP1 is more complex and offers several features so it is classified first. Microsoft has now released a poster that summarizes the most important information.

This poster for Virtual Machine Manager Networking helps …

  • … In planning the networks with the use of VMM VM Networks, Logical Networks and Logical Switches with different configurations as …

    … When configuring networks in VMM by taking the necessary steps for Fabric Administrator and / or tenant administrator are described;

    • VLAN-based configuration;
    • No insulation;
    • Network Virtualization;
    • Use external networks;
    • No Virtual Networking.
  • To understand the … Network Object Model and the corresponding links between the objects;
  • .. To understand how VMM can be extended with 3rd party plug-ins.

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VMM_Networking_Poster.pdf (1.2 MB)

Compare Hyperv 3.0 & Vsphere 5.0

1) Scalablity

To start the comparison, we would choose scalability and  config maximums as these are the important aspects to look for while choosing the platform for your cloud.

Microsoft Windows 2012 RC’s Hyper-V 3.0 seems to be promising on scalability than VMware vSphere 5.0. The maximum supported clustered nodes increased to 64 with increase in support of running VM’s i.e 4000 VM’s, more logical processors per host and more Physical RAM per host as compared to VMware. Continue reading “Compare Hyperv 3.0 & Vsphere 5.0”

10 most powerful cloud companies

Virtually every vendor has a cloud story to tell. But here are 10 companies that have distinguished themselves as the leaders in cloud computing, either by being first to market, by offering the broadest and deepest set of cloud services or by taking a leadership role in the cloud revolution. Other articles in this issue of Enterprise Cloud Services:

1. Amazon: The IaaS gold standard

The online retailer came out of nowhere in 2006 to offer up idle compute cycles as a service. Since then, it seems like there’s no market Amazon is unwilling to enter and no competitor it’s unwilling to take on. There’s the market setting Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). If you’re a third-party provider of cloud services, that’s the platform you need to be compatible with. Over time, Amazon has added multiple cloud storage offerings and is moving into the PaaS market. The company is also selling tablets (Kindle Fire) and challenging Apple and Google in the cloud-based music arena. Continue reading “10 most powerful cloud companies”

10 things about AD domain trusts

Domain trusts can be complicated to administer, and it’s important to implement changes correctly the first time. Here are some key points to keep in mind to help ensure that your trusts are configured effectively with a minimum of headaches.

1: Determine what kind of trust you should use

Before deploying a domain trust, you should ensure that the type(s) used are correct for the tasks at hand. Consider the following dimensions of a trust: Continue reading “10 things about AD domain trusts”

Active Directory Topology Diagrammer

I need to design a plan for Active directory . in this way visio and Edarw are two software that help me .today i find a new software that automatically generate a diagram like as Visio !

The Microsoft Active Directory Topology Diagrammer reads an Active Directory configuration using LDAP, and then automatically generates a Visio diagram of your Active Directory and /or your Exchange Server topology.

The diagramms may include domains, sites, servers, organizational units, DFS-R, administrative groups, routing groups and connectors and can be changed manually in Visio if needed.

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Top 10 Technology Trends for 2013

What will drive the technology trends for 2013? Analyst firm, Gartner shares their prediction:

Mobile Device Battles
By 2013, mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common Web access device worldwide and that by 2015 over 80 percent of the handsets sold in mature markets will be smartphones. However, only 20 percent of those handsets are likely to be Windows phones. By 2015 media tablet shipments will reach around 50 percent of laptop shipments and Windows 8 will likely be in third place behind Google’s Android and Apple iOS operating systems.

Windows 8 is Microsoft’s big bet and Windows 8 platform styles should be evaluated to get a better idea of how they might perform in real-world environments as well as how users will respond. Consumerization will mean enterprises won’t be able to force users to give up their iPads or prevent the use of Windows 8 to the extent consumers adopt consumer targeted Windows 8 devices.  Continue reading “Top 10 Technology Trends for 2013”

Introducing Windows Server 2012 (Free ebook)

 

A few weeks ago , held an online seminar and i was attended the seminar by bad speed Internet. I ‘m very happy that a book was introduced by Mitch Tulloch .This is the first book about Server 2012. You can download this book immediately  Continue reading “Introducing Windows Server 2012 (Free ebook)”