Windows-Domain-Controller

Window Domain controller

Athur: Mohanad Aly

Cyber Security Engineering

Page Created: 8 February 2017

‎Last modified: 27 February 2017

Introduction

This article introduces how to install and configure the Windows server domain controller.

What is Windows Domain controller

Nagios Windows Domain Controller

On Microsoft Servers, a domain controller (DC) is a server computer that responds to security authentication requests (logging in, checking permissions, etc.) within a Windows domain. A domain is a concept introduced in Windows NT whereby a user may be granted access to a number of computer resources with the use of a single username and password combination.

What is Active Directory

Windows Active Directory

The following picture shows what is the active directory means or what it does.

• First how the active directory has the manageability and security and interoperability.

Manageability

Manageability

Windows Server 2012 enhances the manageability of data centers through significant improvements in the standards-based infrastructure. It does this by delivering application programming interfaces (APIs) that are easier for developers and IT Pros to use. These APIs provide support for recent standards and add new kinds of Windows Power-Shell cmd lets that make it simpler and more cost-effective to connect to and manage multiple servers and devices in the data center.

Setup of Windows Server and Setup of the Domain controller

The following video tutorial is to make the life easy for people and how to install it correctly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_cd2cjl8iQ

See also

1- http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/definition/domain-controller

References

1 -https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/kevinholman/2012/06/04/windows-server-2012-red-dashboard-right-after-install-run-bpa/