Security Part 1: The Tiered Fortress — Protecting the Crown Jewels
In our previous series, we built the city and learned how to run it. But in a world of digital sieges, a “Mindful Architect” must realize a hard truth: If …
Administration Part 5: The Robot Workforce — Automating the Boring Stuff
We have built the city, secured the gates, and set up our time machine. But as any busy Architect knows, the most valuable resource we have isn’t hardware or software—it’s …
Administration Part 4: The City’s Time Machine — Backup & Recovery
In our journey so far, we have learned how to check the heartbeat, manage the city council, and delegate power. But even the best-designed cities can face a disaster—a fire, …
Administration Part 3: The Art of Delegation — Sharing Power Safely
As your digital city grows, you will eventually face a common dilemma: You cannot be everywhere at once. The Marketing manager needs to unlock an employee’s account. The Help Desk …
Administration Part 2: The City Council — Understanding FSMO Roles
In our previous post, we learned how to listen to the “heartbeat” of our servers. But even if the heart is beating, the city needs a brain to make decisions. …
Administration Part 1: The Health Check — Listening to the Heartbeat
In our first series, we built a digital city. But any architect will tell you: building the city is the easy part. The real work is maintenance. Imagine you are …
Part 7: The Bridge to the Cloud — Connecting Your City to the World
We have spent this series building a secure, organized, and resilient “Identity City” on our local servers. But in the modern world, your city doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Your …
Part 6: Digital Citizens — Organizing Users and Groups Without the Mess
We have built the city, established the map, and written the laws. Now, it’s time to talk about the people who live there: the Users. In Active Directory, managing users …
Part 5: The City Rules — Managing Thousands with Group Policy
In the previous parts of our series, we built the city, set up the guard towers, and mapped the roads. But a city without laws is just a crowd. To …
Part 4: The Map of the City — Why DNS is Everything
In our last post, we looked at the Guard Towers (Domain Controllers). But how does your computer actually find the Guard Tower in a city of thousands of buildings? It …