98-365 – Microsoft MTA Windows Server 2008 – Bonus videos

1. How to use Windows Server 2012 as a Back up server (NAS)

Hi. Windows Server 2012 essentials I am really impressed by this application, and I want to show you how I set it up here in my network and what you can achieve with it. I was looking for another solution. I wanted to have something that could back up my files and send them to the cloud as well. I was looking at, of course, the Nas service. There are numerous options available. I’m a Microsoft guy. Really? And my main concern was that all these boxes were running Linux, and I have no idea about Linux. It’s Microsoft everywhere, isn’t it? And I decided to look at Microsoft’s solutions. Microsoft used to have a Home Server, but now it’s not there anymore.

However, we are going to give you the essentials. And I decided to go for it and say, “Okay, why not? Let’s give it a try.” I downloaded the Windows Server 2012 R2 essentials, and I am really impressed. I show you what I set up, and it’s still not ready. However, 80% of the work is done, and I can tell you I can recommend this application. First of all, this is Windows Server 2012 R Two. And what Microsoft decided to do was add some dashboard applications and preconfigured features for a home office and small office environment. And that’s the idea. You can achieve all these things that you will see in the next couple of minutes using Windows 7 2012, not just Essentials. It will be more difficult, and you will have to find all these applications. Here it is, preconfigured for you. It’s very similar.

Microsoft has had options like that for small offices for years now. It all started with a small business server. Then, of course, we had our home server. And now it is Windows 7 Essentials. Price is about £250. It’s neither cheap nor expensive. if you buy it with a server. When you Google, you can sometimes find a really good deal. My server is running on my ESX, and that’s how I use it. A few weeks ago, I saw a really nice deal for an HP server, and I think this Windows server was offered for 50% off or something like that. Google it, and you will find a lot of good deals. Microsoft is pushing the server at the moment, and of course they have integrated a lot of Microsoft cloud solutions. I’m sorry, Microsoft; I decided not to do that. I went with a different provider, and we’ll talk about it. Let’s start with my topology and what I wanted to achieve. Let me start a new one. First and foremost, I needed enough space to back up a large number of files. I have my main PC, which is around 600 GB at the moment.

And my fiancé has two laptop computers. It is around 100 GB. Of course, this is more important. Just kidding. And that’s what I wanted to do. And second of all, I wanted to have a backup of my OS as well. I know there is a really nice feature in Windows. On days seven and eight, it can create an image of your system. And that’s what I wanted to have as well. Three, I want to send all these backups to my cloud as well, to a cloud solution. And we’ll talk about it in a second, because I need a lot of space. That was not easy to find. As I said, I was looking at some Nas appliances and devices, and of course there are hundreds of them. And you can go to Google and find a plethora of good applications from devices, queue up dealing technology, and all of these well-known vendors. My main concern was, first of all, to achieve this, and second of all, it is Linux-based. If something goes wrong with this Windows Serverbox, I think I have a very good idea where to start and how to recover it. At least I can try. I have no idea about Linux. If something blows up and I have to recover these hard drives, I don’t know, that’s pretty important for me. And I decided to look for a Microsoft solution. That’s how I discovered the Microsoft Server essentials.

You can try it as well. They will offer you a trial version, and of course you can buy it. What they say is that, of course, you can integrate your server with cloud solutions. Let me zoom it in. You won’t be surprised if I say that wasn’t good, if I say they recommend Microsoft cloud solutions and support integration with Microsoft applications and cloud solutions. It’s expensive, and I need a lot of storage. and that was not an option for me. Sorry, Microsoft. Not this time. Let’s get started with Windows Server Essentials installation. very easy, like a standard server. Next up, finish. No surprises there. When I opened it for the first time, I saw this dashboard and a few things to finish. Of course, I started with updates. It’s always a good idea, and it’s often a link. You have to go and do something from time to time. It’s a link to the website. You should not expect Let me make sure you can see all of that all. You should not expect everything to be done for you. You have to understand what you’re doing. What I started with were updates. I added a user for my fiancé. Of course, readers only have access. She’s not there. She went to a shop.

So I can say that. Don’t tell her that. And I shared some folders. It’s very easy to show you that one. You say, “Okay, what is the name of a share?” You can specify your location. I decided to go with the default one. And then you assign permissions; that’s it test. It will go to this location. I agree with that. And then you say that’s my fiancee. And you say, of course, redomy only. And you add a folder. That’s it. What is really interesting about Windows Server 2012 is the number of connected computers. What you can do is connect your Windows 7 and 8 laptops and PCs to this Nas server, set up backups, and manage it. It’s like having a domain. Microsoft, as you are probably aware, allows you to join PCs to a domain. The issue is that you need Windows 7 Professional to do so, which you cannot do with the home edition. You can do so here. It is very similar. When I did that, it felt like joining a PC to a domain. It’s really great. It is dedicated to small offices and home users. I would be very happy to put that into a small company as well. It is much cheaper, and the domain is much better. It all depends. For two or three users, why not? How do you connect? It’s very easy. You go to Nas and make a connection.

You download a piece of software that you put on your PC. That’s it. When you do that, you will have a nice new icon on your PC and a launchpad like that. From here, you can start a backup. You can have remote web access and see your shared folders. As you can see, I can see all folders. I’m an administrator here. And you have your dashboard as well. It is on the screen as well. We’ll talk about it in a few minutes. I’ll show you how you can recover your files. because that was my main concern. I know Microsoft is really great. My main concern was, “Okay, what if something blows up?” I want to recover my files. I want to make sure it’s not going to be a complicated process, and I don’t have to recover the whole hard drive. And here you can recover individual files as well, which is awesome. I’ll show you that in a few minutes. Let’s look at devices. As you can see, I have three devices connected to my server. That’s my main PC. That’s an old laptop and a new laptop. She’s got two laptops. Life is not fair. As you can see, it will report updates. For instance, I noticed when I joined my five PCs to Windows Server here, It indicated that there was one update. Go and do that. Okay, let’s do it then. As you can see, I started the backup of this laptop. It’s a new laptop, and you can just click here and start a backup.

There is no backup here. I disabled backups for this one. It’s an old one here. You simply say here and begin backup. That’s it. You can decide what to backup. Let me show you that. You can customize. You can add or remove. Let’s do it again. It does it from time to time with my PC. I played with it. That’s why I want to customise it again. Now. It’s better. And as you can see, you can decide. Okay. On the C drive, I want to include these folders. It’s great. It will recognise your local hard drive. I decided not to go for the X drive. and there is a good reason for that. I want to have files on the server. There is nothing in one big file that my server will manage. However, you could do that. You can include all of your hard drives if you want. It’s not a problem. As you can see, it is in  a good reasoIt takes a wireless laptop. The previous one took about an hour and 30 minutes. It was around 100 GB. Not bad. And it’s wireless. And this is my server. Here’s a very simple explanation of your device’s storage. That’s your folder. What you can do—and I’ll show you one folder again. Where did you leave that folder? Properties. Here, you can decide.

Well, that’s only 25 GB only. very easy to set up. and you can add some applications. I have not done it yet. very easy to manage. And now for the most important thing. We know how we can back it up. You can schedule it. Let me show you that as well. Here’s my schedule. I said to do it. I wish it was more flexible here. Not bad. I would like to see more options here. Dear Microsoft, please set the time and date next time. And I say to keep my backups for two days, two weeks, and two months. The default values are, I think, 77. I don’t remember four or something like that. I didn’t like them. You can also create a USB recovery disk. I have not tried that because I was very happy with the idea of backing up my C drive, not creating an image like a snapshot. I can do that on Windows. Seven. I know I can recover it that way. The idea is to backup my files on the C drive, Outlook, Documents, and things like that. I want to make sure everything gets here. Of course, you can recover your whole computer if you want it. You could do that.

And this is a way to create a USB recovery disk. And it’s well described on the Microsoft website. So we know how we can create a backup. Now I know how you can recover it. It’s really interesting and very easy. Let me disconnect my RTP session, and I will show you how it was done and how it can be done. You have this really nice small window. And here you go for the dashboard. and you will see a very similar screen. However, this time, it will allow you to recover files. You cannot do that from the server, which is strange. On the other hand, you can put that on a new PC and recover it. You will see that I will have access to all backups. I can recover my fiance’s backup I’ll show you that. And I tested it on both PCs. I tested my backup on her PC and her backup on my PC. It’s going to load the dashboard, and it feels like it looks the same. One new option will be available. Do you want to recover your files? Yes, I want to do that again. We have devices. Take a look here. It looks the same. However, this time I can say that I can restore this single file. It’s a very simple wizard. And what is really great is that, as you can see, it’s only one backup that I did yesterday. When you click next, it’s going to open this volume, load it, and mount it as a drive on your PC. It’s really awesome. It means what I did to recover a few files and test it. I stopped at this stage; it’s going to load it, and then I think it will be my D drive.

I’ll review all files. It’s really awesome. Drag and drop That’s it. I don’t have to finish this wizard. I can copy them locally. And that’s what Microsoft said. Yeah, you can recover individual files. a question I have seen many times. Yes, it is possible. Of course, you can recover the whole PC. They give you a few options and tools to do that. The idea is to have access to a file that you deleted two weeks ago. And yes, it is possible. It’s going to be pretty slow because of this backup in the background. And it’s a wireless laptop as well. Let me pause the video, and we’ll show you when it’s done. It’s good to read everything. It’s waiting to finish the backup. Let me cancel it. Okay. You cannot recover anything while this backup is in progress. That’s fine. I will pause the video and come back to it later. Now, what I want to show you are two more applications that I use to create a nice Nas server at home. The first one is here. Let me open it. Back up pro I’ve been using this application for three or four years. I decided to go with the best Pro version. and it’s good. I think there is a licence for up to five home PCs. I need that on this one only.

However, if you need more than one PC, you can use it. And this is an application that allows you to make backups locally. And it is a very advanced tool. It’s crazy when you open this one. Let me modify it’s. It’s really crazy when you see how many options are available here. My plan is to copy it from my remote PC to a folder on the server. And the default options are okay. From time to time, you want to tweak it. First of all, you can decide, okay, which directories and files you want to use. And you can include compression and encryption. You can also copy to an SFTP CD cloud, which is now included with the latest version, but there aren’t many options. However, as you can see, it’s only Amazon’s three and the Microsoft option. Maybe they’re going to add more. This is a really advanced tool that allows you to do crazy things here. My suggestion is that you form a group. You group all these objects and schedule them. Can you be so nice and run it twice a week, and then it’s going to do it for you? I know some cloud solutions will give you a tool like that. I prefer to have a separate application for that. It’s not expensive, and I know it is. What I know is reliable. I don’t have to check that every day. This is my new server. I use this application on my old server, and I’ve been using it for two years now. No issues. Every time I wanted to recover a file or check something, it was there. No issues. really nice application.

And then, of course, I wanted to go with a cloud solution to copy my files across. I was considering Idrive, but it’s prohibitively expensive. And I found this guy, who is really good. I have a trial version running. I think they give you 30 days to try it, and we’ll see. I am pretty happy with everything that I have seen so far. It allows you to use your own encryption key, which is great. And it allows you to recover fires in a very easy way, which is great as well. Let me show you a few options here. Here is the simple wizard. create, modify, remove, or copy. You can manage your backups. Let me modify, and we will show you. I have a backup like that. And I say, let me choose what to backup. And here you can specify things in a very standard way. Then schedule. Check the finish ariok. Very touristore. I did test it. It will show you there is a backup here. Next, it’s going to open, and then you can recover whatever you want. You highlight what you want to recover. Let’s say this one next. Where? Here start. and it’s going to recover this file from the cloud. Here we go. I like it. It’s not expensive either. I think it’s something like $5 a month.

Not expensive. and it is unlimited. They do not tell you and do not limit you. A fire, on the other hand, has no bounds. Any size is good, which is really important to me. I have a lot of VMware and HyperV machines running. It’s not acceptable for me. A lot of providers will give you four or five gigs, and that’s not good enough for me. Okay, I will stop the backup here. Yes, I’ll do that in a few minutes. I want to recover the files for you. Let me open my dashboard again. Remember, you have to do that from a PC, not from the server. It looks the same. It feels the same. You must launch it from a PC restore. Next. And now it’s going to open this volume, mount it, and load it on my PC. As you can see here, However, you will see my Kaspersky saying, “Oh, there is a new drive; what do you want to do with it?” Leave it alone; don’t touch it. And now you will see I have a new hard drive. And take a look—that’s the backup. It’s really awesome.

You can browse through these files and recover a single file. And I did test it. If you copy that, it does work. It’s great. It’s really great. And that’s how I did that. I said no. Just cancel. I copied whatever I wanted, and that was absolutely fine. It’s really great, and it works. I have not seen any issues. The only one was with I-5, which you saw. I don’t know why. From time to time, it reports that it cannot connect. That’s the only issue. It’s not a big problem. Probably because I am changing from the dashboard to RDP. Maybe it’s confused. Everything else is really great. I recommend you give it a try. There is a trial version. See if you like it. You can instal it on your ESX server or purchase a dedicated server for it. There are really good deals online. Will it be more expensive than a server from Synology, for example, if you decide to go for it? Yes, it will be about Microsoft; remember, you have a full version of Windows Server. It means that you have all the features. Maybe not all, because this is a Windows Server sensor. You have a Windows server. It’s active directory DNS. Let me RDP to it again. When you minimise this nice dashboard, you’ll see that my antivirus is AVG. I think it’s still a trial version. You choose server manager. You will see all the standard tools that you see in a full version of Windows 7.

Windows Seven. Active Directory will be available when you search for tools. DNS, you will have your task schedule, and you will have all options, all options. For instance, what I added was SNMP to monitor the server in PRTG. I’ll show you how to do that. It is documented, but I don’t believe Microsoft recommends it anymore. However, you can do that, and it’s really easy. You want to add a new role, click Next, and then here you go for this guy. And it will suggest you want to add tools as well. If you don’t, or if it doesn’t, then there are SNMP tools here. It’s very important. If you don’t include them, you might not see them or you might have problems with a security tab. With the security tab in SNMP, that’s it. You click Next, Next, Finish, and then to put your community string, you go to ServicesSNMP Properties, and here is your security tab. I will not open it for you. because there is a community string. I don’t want you to see that. You will see an option to add your string. And remember, below there is an option to add devices that are allowed to use SNMP. Remember to include your monitoring tool in that. Add an IP address or a name. IP addresses are preferred, I think. And that’s it. SNMP is going to work. I tested it. PRTG is running and monitoring my server, CPU, memory, and hard drive. To summarize, I am really impressed with Microsoft. Thank you very much. I think it is a nice option. I wish it was cheaper. I think the price should be below £200. I think 181 is 90. Remember, you have to buy a server and hard drive. It is only a piece of software.

2. Let’s buy a NAS device

General networking: network fundamentals Let’s buy a network-attached storage device. A device like that has become really popular in the last couple of years because of cloud solutions. In this video, I want to show you a few solutions that are available. A few solutions I want to discuss features that you can enable on Nas, how much you have to pay for them, and give you a very good idea about Nas solutions. First of all, what is a device like that?

Well, the main idea is to have something that you can use to copy your files, to make a backup, and to recover your files when something goes wrong and you all go, “Okay, what’s wrong with a USB drive?” Yes, that’s true. A lot of people go for a solution like that. However, the main advantage of a network-attached storage device is that it is a network device. You will have an IP address. You can browse to it, you can share a file, and you will get a lot of interesting features. For instance, you can enable a web server, an FTP server, and cloud solutions. You can make this server download some files from the Internet. You can manage IP cameras. Be careful; sometimes it’s licenced and so on. You can enable a lot of interesting features.

As you can imagine, we have hundreds of devices available to help you decide. I recommend you do three things. First of all, you go to “Let’s start with that one.” You should look into what experts have to say about it. I go to PC Advisor, and here you can see what they have tested in the last couple of months and what they think about Nas solutions. You can click on a device and read what’s inside. The second thing you can do is go and browse. Find any online store that appeals to you. I went to broadbandbuyer.co.uk and did the following. I checked that option. I want to have at least two hard drives. It’s very difficult for me to recommend a NAS device with only one hard drive only. It’s not a good idea, in my opinion. And if I were you, I would avoid devices like that. That’s why I picked an option. The following is a list of all Nasdevices that have at least two hard drives. And I sorted it by price, starting with the lowest one. If I were you again, I would skip the first five or six devices.

A decent, good device will cost you around $100. There are some well-known companies whose devices I have scrolled through in the last two minutes. Synology Omega Buffalo is okay. And Cunap, of course. These are well-known manufacturers of NAS devices. IGATE is not bad. It’s not bad either. However, QNAP will give you more features. The operating system is more sophisticated. It will give you more features than Seagate, in my opinion. Then, when you get down to around £150, you can find a really good device on Amazon. Let’s try to find something. Okay, let’s check something. Okay, that’s a good one. Yeah. What you can do is read what people say about that. Please keep in mind that there are five and four stars, as well as 25 reviews. Yeah. This device is slower because it is smaller.

Please note. Yeah, that’s what you can learn. Of course, you won’t find that information on their website. They will not say, “Oh, by the way, we have some issues with Mac.” Well, of course, they will never mention that. That’s why it makes sense to go online and read what people say. On the other hand, be very careful. Sometimes people don’t know what they’re doing. And of course, it’s pretty easy to blame the device, a company, a feature, whatever, because they don’t know how to enable a feature. They say, “Well, it doesn’t work.” I don’t know how to find it. It is slow. And maybe they connected it to a 15-year-old switch, and they said, “Well, just this device is really slow.” Or they bought really cheap hard drives, and the hard drives are broken, and they blame the device itself. You can now purchase either a device with or without a hard drive. And in most cases, it has to be specified here. There should be an option. Yeah, here, no hard drives. Or you can go for a hard drive. It all depends. Sometimes it is cheaper to buy a computer with no hard drives. Please make sure that you check that the hard drive you want to buy is compatible with the device that you need. In most cases, you will not find any issues.

Still, be very careful. Let’s go for no hard drives. That will give us a new list of devices. Again, you will see Cunap Seagate synology. We have the same device over here. If you know, “Oh, I need a NAS device with two, three, or five hard drives,” whatever you can specify, specify it here. And let’s say I want two terabytes. It will show you a list of devices that you can choose from. That’s a really good hard drive. At this stage, you can try and compare. You can go online and check, “Okay, how much do I have to pay for a hard drive?” Okay, WD 1 needs two hard drives like that. How much do I have to pay? And then go for the Nas device itself and compare. Okay, I’m going to save, like, $5. makes no sense. If you’re going to save £50, Yes, I believe that is a good deal. You know, if I were you, I would go for a solution like that. If the price is very close to the one that you find online without hard drives, and then you buy a hard drive on eBay, you have to wait for it, pay for someone to deliver it to you, and then you have to put all these hard drives.

That’s another thing. In most cases, it is really easy to do that. Still, here you will get hard drives with computers inside. In many cases, they are pre configured. You don’t have to do anything that can make your life easier. The last thing I want to mention is that in my network I use a Windows Server box as a NAS device. I use Windows Server 2012 Essentials. And this is a device that is actually an operating system that was actually designed for small companies. It will be difficult to compete with Nasfeatures such as FTP, Web Server, and cloud solutions. I added, for instance, that I drive to make it happen. You will spend more time doing it. However, if you are an infrastructure engineer and work with Microsoft Services, that might be an option for you as well. In most cases, it will be more expensive. In this video, we talked about network-attached storage devices. I showed you a few examples. We discussed features that you can enable, and I hope that you will go out and buy a device like that for your home or company network. Thank you very much.

3. Remote Support Tools

Network security, CCNA, real-world labs, remote support When I recorded my first series, CCNA Real World Labs, I decided to include a session dedicated to solutions like that. I showed, I think, Radmin VNCteam viewer applications like that. And I remember that people were very happy that I did that because they said, “Well, yeah, it makes sense.” And they don’t mention applications like that during our CCNA studies. Of course they don’t, because it’s not Cisco. And this is a really important topic. I think it will be even more important when we get to CCNA Security. And I decided I would not be lazy, and I could always include the video that I created for the CNA Real World Lab. I decided to record a new one and take a different approach, showing you how you can set up these tools. We’ll start from scratch. I decided to show you two really popular applications. Well, three, but we’ll set up two of them. It’s Radmin and real VNC. Of course, I will mention some other applications and show you how they work. The screen can be seen here. You can see, I think, the most popular applications that are available for you to buy today; some of them are free.

We’ll go through all these things. Now, we’ll have probably two or three sessions here, and I want to start with, okay, why do we need these applications? Why are we talking about them? in the SCNA security course? And the reason for that is because that is our schedule. That’s the Internet, right? and you are over here. You’re a happy guy, right? That is your local area network, and there is, say, an access point that you want to manage. Okay, let’s say you were over here and you received a phone call from your client, and he says—well, I don’t know.

We forgot our password, right? We know the SSID, but we don’t know what the password is. Can you connect and fix it for us, please? Now, to make it happen, of course, you have a VPN connection. You can VPN, of course. That is a Cisco router or an ASA firewall, right? You use any connection, and you are connected to that network. Okay, what do you do next? Well, if this is a Cisco access point, you can just turn it on, right? SSH to it. That’s absolutely fine. What if that’s not an access point but it is a server, right? Or it’s a really secure network, and you’ve got a jump box, a server that only this server is allowed to teleport and SSH to, well, probably only that access point. How do you connect to that server? How do you access it with an access point? It’s not a problem.

You can tell it to do that. You can SSH to it, and it’s secure because it’s a VPN with a server or with a PC. Yeah, imagine that there is a PC. Okay? It’s the same story for an access point, but a user says, “Well, I can’t connect, right?” And you tell him, “Okay, can you take a cable, connect to this guy, and I will check it for you?” To make it happen, you have to see the screen.

You have to have access to his desktop. How can you do that? Well, VPN is not enough because that will give you access to the network but not to that laptop itself, right? Of course, the most popular solution, and that’s what people use, is, of course, the RDP remote desktop protocol and the Remote Desktop Connection application that you can find in Windows. It’s great; it’s fast; but it’s not the most secure application in the world. It’s not bad, particularly in local area networks. It’s awesome. Almost all Microsoft engineers that I know use RDP to connect to their service. Almost all of them use it. It’s great, and it’s fast. But there is one problem with RDP. When you RDP to a PC, to a server, or to a laptop, this guy lets me just remove all these things.

The problem is that this guy will not be able to see what you’re doing when you RDP. He will see nothing. He will see a message saying, “Well, sorry mate, someone else is using your PC at the moment; go away.” That’s not good because you want this user. You need him. I know it sounds weird, but we don’t need users, right? Well, here we do. because he has to show you what the problem is. He says, “Well, I cannot use my wireless connection, and you connect to it.” And let’s say you use RDP, you can connect, and you say, “Okay, what’s the problem?” And this guy says, “Well, can I show you?” And you say, “No, you cannot because it’s RDP,” right? You can’t see what I’m doing at the moment. On a related note, another problem with RDP is that it will not work with home versions of Windows.

A professional is required in a business. In most cases, it’s not a problem because if that’s an Active Directory domain, you need the Pro version anyway. At home, most people will have a home version of Windows XP, 7, 8, and so on. It means that you cannot RDP from the same PC you can RDP from, but you cannot RDP to that PC, okay? That’s why we have all these tools that you can see on the screen. Let me remove all these things here. That’s why we have all these applications. I discovered the website and will show it to you.

There is a list of almost all the available applications. Of course, you can download a trial version and experiment with it. That’s what we’re going to do with RatMin and VNC, and we’ll try and compare how they work. There are two main solutions available here. The first one is a client-server solution. That is, when we return to our topology, let’s say this is our server we want to connect to, and that’s the Internet you’re on. Here’s what you’re going to do. You will have, let’s say, a Radmin or VNC client here, and here you will have a RADMe or VNC server. It’s a client-server solution. And a session will be created between these two sites, right? Client-server, yeah. Of course, it’s not recommended to do it across the Internet anyway. You should use a VPN first.

There are still applications like Radmin, VNC, and this guy, this guy. I skipped these three. There is a reason for that. There is no encryption here. No, there is no encryption here either. They use encryption. They allow it and, in most cases, provide AES encryption, which is extremely strong. Still, it’s not recommended. You should use a VPN first, and then use an application like that to make it even more secure. Because if these guys use some well-known ports, of course you can change the port, but it means you have to open a port, which is not a good thing, and you should avoid doing it. The second solution available is here, and that’s where we come to this application here.

It is a client server. Client. As an example, let’s look at Team Viewer. I really like that application. Team Viewer. You have a TeamViewer server somewhere, You don’t really know where. Let’s say that’s in the USA, right? You are here, and you have the Team Viewer application on your PC, right? Then there is Team Viewer, which is running on the server as well. And how it works is that the team Viewer from your PC connects to a server somewhere in the world. You have no idea where it is; there must be a server somewhere, and this server will connect to that guy.

This session will be encrypted as well, of course. Yeah, but there is, well, a man in the middle, right? There is someone who will send everything on your behalf, if that makes sense. There is a service somewhere. It’s not a client-server connection. It’s not like Redman or VNC. It’s not like that. It is a server-based application. It means that you will connect to this guy, and this guy will forward that message to your server.

That’s why a lot of companies are not happy to use that. Of course, Team Viewer Webex, and all these applications, begin with Cisco; of course, vendors will say, “We will never touch your traffic; we will never do anything.” and it’s encrypted anyway. Still, you’re going through a server that you’re not in control of, right? and a lot of companies will not allow you to do that. Unfortunately, there is a way around it. Some vendors will allow you to have a dedicated server on site, and then you can use that. However, there is one advantage to using applications like Team Viewer, Webex, and so on.

The advantage is that you don’t have to do anything over here, right? Why? You must enter team Viewer here and team Viewer here. That’s it. You don’t have to change anything on the firewall; you don’t have to open any ports; you don’t need VPNs; nothing. What’s more, it will, in a way, bypass your security policies and solutions. Right? because most companies will not allow you to use tools like that. And this is like, yeah, whatever. I will use that.

So please make sure that you check if it is okay to use that in your company. A lot of UTM devices and IPS solutions will have a signature for—well, I know my cyber Rome has a signature for TeamViewer and VNC, for instance. Because you want to block these connections in some situations, right? That’s why we have a VPN connection. We have a jump box, a dedicated server, and some users. Why? because it is faster. Right? Team Viewer is awesome. If you have never used that, I encourage you to try it. It is free for home users. It’s awesome. And it’s so easy to use. In my VPN training, I showed you how you can even create a side-to-side VPN LinkedIn viewer in like five minutes. It’s awesome. Okay, that’s where I want to stop for now. That is like an introduction to remote software. In the next video, we’ll try to download a trial version of Radmin and VNC. We’ll set it up and see how it goes. Thank you very much.

4. Windows 10 – How To Map A Network Drive

In Windows 10, learn how to map a network drive. If you go to Fire Explorer, there is a wizard that allows you to do it. You can map a network drive or add a network location. Next, let’s go with this option. Again, you will have to wait for Windows 10 to discover all devices. Let’s go for yoga. It should ask me for a username and password. Here we go. I will put it here and we will go. And then you go for the folder that you want. Let’s say I want to go for users. It doesn’t really matter. Then you proceed to the next step. You name it. test folder next. Then you can immediately open it. Here we go. And now when you go to this PC, you have it under your network locations.

When you go for this option, you can map a drive and have a drive letter that you want. not a shortcut, but a drive. It’s the same screen. Here we go. Now, when you go to this PC, you have an O drive. You have a drive, not a file folder. You have a network drive. It means that when you go to run, you can literally type “O” and it will take you to your network location. It’s up to you. Both solutions are okay. Most network and systems guys use the second solution. You know how to map a network drive. Again, if you’re interested, please join any course dedicated to networking. If you want to learn a little more about all these options