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How to deploy DHCP Failover On Windows 2016

Step by step introduction with screenshots how to deploy DHCP Failover On Windows 2016. Sources: How to Deploy DHCP Failover on Windows Server 2016 step by step

Understanding IP Addressing in Microsoft Azure (DIP, VIP, PIP)

Azure introduced new terms and concepts for IP Addressing. Dynamic IP address (DIP) the internal addresses assigned to VMs either come from a private pool assigned by Azure, or if you configure an Azure virtual network (VNET), you can define your own private IP addresses ranges and subnets survive OS reboots and service healing migration events but when stopped, it might be assigned a different DIP when re-provisioned Virtual IP address (VIP) Azure randomly assigns cloud services a VIP released when all VMs in a cloud service are deallocated (stopped) VIP is shared by all VMs in the same cloud service Microsoft allows you to reserve up to five VIPs in an Azure subscription on VMs with multiple NICs, only supported on a VM’s default NIC Instance-level public IP address (PIP) are assigned to a VMs default NIC, and are exposed directly to the Internet, so traffic should be controlled using the W...

History Lesson: NetBIOS, WINS and LMHOSTS file

NetBIOS and WINS can be seen as an old system for what is now DNS. Actually DNS existed back in the 90s, but Microsoft had the idea to build their own competitor system. NetBIOS is the naming scheme. WINS does NetBIOS name to IP address resolution. The LMHOSTS file is then for WINS like the plain hosts file . So, just like DNS does hostname to IP resolution nowadays. In any modern network there should be no WINS server any more. It might only be on extremely old legacy systems (running since mid of the 90s) that a WINS server is still there. Sources: Networking Fundamentals: Part 6 at minute 51. Keywords: Windows, Networking

Defining a DHCP scope

The linked video shows and explains defining a DHCP scope. Sources: Networking Fundamentals: Part 6 at minute 19. Keywords: Windows Server 2012 R2, Networking

Networking Fundamentals: Routing and Remote Access

To turn a Windows Server into a router (that will serve as a default gateway;) the Routing and Remote Access service is used. Sources: Networking Fundamentals: Part 4 Keywords: Windows Server 2012 R2, Networking