Windows Server
Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy and building a home lab.
Tutorials
Set a static IP address on Windows Server
Give a server a fixed address so drive maps, printers and logins always find it. Click by click, plus the PowerShell way.
Add a reverse lookup zone to Windows DNS
Turn IP addresses back into names, so logs and troubleshooting tools show which machine is which.
Create a DHCP scope on Windows Server
Hand out addresses, gateway and DNS automatically from your own server, without clashing with the router.
Allow ping through Windows Firewall
Why a healthy Windows server ignores ping by default, and the one-line fix for labs and troubleshooting.
Blog posts
DHCP backups: what Windows does for you, and what it doesn't
Windows quietly backs up DHCP every hour. Here's why I still export it nightly, and the short script that does it.
Building a Windows domain at home on Windows 11 Home
No Hyper-V, no problem. How I built a Windows Server 2025 domain controller with DNS and DHCP using free VMware Workstation.
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