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Implementing Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Failover Cluster – Part 7 – Installation of the first VM directly into HA
This article is not part of the Building Microsoft System Center Cloud series but we will use the new cluster to host our VMs in the cloud series. The cluster is now configured and we can continue with installation of the virtual machine that will be our the most widely used VM. It will be…
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Building Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual Domain Controller on Hyper-V host – Part 5 – DNS configuration
This article is not part of the Building Microsoft System Center Cloud series but we need these DCs for our Hyper-V cluster that we are using in our Cloud series. DNS Servers Your serves point to your DNS servers (your DCs) so you may change configuration of the DNS servers. Bug in Windows Server 2012 –…
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Building Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual Domain Controller on Hyper-V host – Part 4 – Advanced configuration
This article is not part of the Building Microsoft System Center Cloud series but we need these DCs for our Hyper-V cluster that we are using in our Cloud series. Create a central store for GPO administrative templates You should do this for every domain that you create because it is always easier to do that…
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Building Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual Domain Controller on Hyper-V host – Part 3 – Active Directory – Installation and basic configuration
This article is not part of the Building Microsoft System Center Cloud series but we need these DCs for our Hyper-V cluster that we are using in our Cloud series. Naming domain Naming domain is very important step. It is not a problem to use local TLD in the testing environment but I will rather use the…
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Building Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual Domain Controller on Hyper-V host – Part 2 – Installing DC as a Virtual Machine
This article is not part of the Building Microsoft System Center Cloud series but we need these DCs for our Hyper-V cluster that we are using in our Cloud series. Hyper-V VM installation In the previous article we discussed how to configure hardware for our first virtual machines that will be our Domain Controllers. Now we have to…