Network Today Database Tutorials

Windows Firewall on Windows Server 2008 helps prevent unauthorized access to computer resources. However, if the firewall is configured incorrectly, attempts to connect to an instance of SQL Server may be blocked. To access an instance of SQL Server that is behind the firewall, you must configure the firewall on the computer that is running [...]

Block IP address with Windows Firewall 2008 This procedure helped us when someone wanted to hack our server (taken from original post). If you ever feel that someone may be trying to break into your server or know an IP address that you want to block from accessing your server there is a built in [...]

Since the IIS web server is not installed by default, the first thing we have to do is install IIS as a role for the server we are working on.