Does Linus have a Domain?

[Sir Asvald]

I've always wondered, does Linus have Windows Domain? If he does, which Windows does he use. He's only spoken about Files servers and that's it.

 

 

[tt2468]

Just now, Abdul201588 said:

I've always wondered, does Linus have Windows Domain? If he does, which Windows does he use. He's only spoken about Files servers and that's it.

 

 

In a server video they talked about having a domain in the future, but I haven't seen any updates yet.

[burnttoastnice]

24 minutes ago, Abdul201588 said:

I've always wondered, does Linus have Windows Domain? If he does, which Windows does he use. He's only spoken about Files servers and that's it.

 

 

 

If I'm correct the current setup is most likely standalone computers logged into a fileserver, basically like individual machines logged into a NAS, rather than a domain. I think it makes more sense than a domain setup because then editors can customise as much as they want without worrying about restrictions, as well as network outages preventing people from logging in. GPO can configure all of these parameters but I think they made the right choice not choosing a domain setup.

[Sir Asvald]

31 minutes ago, burnttoastnice said:

 

If I'm correct the current setup is most likely standalone computers logged into a fileserver, basically like individual machines logged into a NAS, rather than a domain. I think it makes more sense than a domain setup because then editors can customise as much as they want without worrying about restrictions, as well as network outages preventing people from logging in. GPO can configure all of these parameters but I think they made the right choice not choosing a domain setup.

Well you can log in into a domain many times once you've logged in for the first time. Also, I'm sure he has a big backup battery for his networking equipment. 

 

[leadeater]

5 hours ago, burnttoastnice said:

If I'm correct the current setup is most likely standalone computers logged into a fileserver, basically like individual machines logged into a NAS, rather than a domain. I think it makes more sense than a domain setup because then editors can customise as much as they want without worrying about restrictions, as well as network outages preventing people from logging in. GPO can configure all of these parameters but I think they made the right choice not choosing a domain setup.

Domains and GPOs don't restrict customization of computers etc unless that has been configured. Creating a Domain (Active Directory) is more about having a central point of control and authentication to ensure consistency, beyond that it's up to the administrators as to what policies or restrictions they do or don't want to implement.

 

Settings configured by GPO and other non controlled customization can live together just fine i.e. if there is no enforced desktop background then you can set it what ever you want.

[dalekphalm]

On 12/13/2017 at 11:07 PM, leadeater said:

Domains and GPOs don't restrict customization of computers etc unless that has been configured. Creating a Domain (Active Directory) is more about having a central point of control and authentication to ensure consistency, beyond that it's up to the administrators as to what policies or restrictions they do or don't want to implement.

 

Settings configured by GPO and other non controlled customization can live together just fine i.e. if there is no enforced desktop background then you can set it what ever you want.

Agreed. If you create a Domain and leave GPO as default, the client computers will effectively be normal computers, in most ways.

 

On 12/13/2017 at 5:14 PM, Abdul201588 said:

I've always wondered, does Linus have Windows Domain? If he does, which Windows does he use. He's only spoken about Files servers and that's it.

 

 

Also, Linus, nor as far as I can tell, anyone at LMG, is a network admin guy. They seem to have no idea what they are doing on the Server Side of things. That's not an insult or anything. It's just that they lack that specific skillset.

 

I'm sure they could stumble through setting up and managing a DC, if they needed to.

[Jarsky]

On 12/14/2017 at 11:14 AM, Abdul201588 said:

 If he does, which Windows does he use. 

 

 

Why would it matter which Windows Linus uses for the Domain? 

Are you trying to get advice on setting up a Domain? 

Currently the latest version for a small business domain would be Windows 2016 Server Standard

 

But nothing i've ever seen would indicate that they use a domain. Probably because they have very little use for it. Theyre a tech company and as such they need fairly unrestricted access to installing what they want on computers, trawling the internet, and other activities. The only real benefit would be in a roaming login, especially to servers - but it seems really just a couple of them manage the servers (predominantly Linus) and most of them just have their own dedicated PC/Desk, so those benefits dont really seem to be a thing either. I guess if they had a Domain then they could actually use WDS and keep gold images of their Windows ISO's so they could just do netboot installs for their test builds which would be considerably easier once configured. They could also setup SCCM to keep their computers properly patched automatically. 

[dalekphalm]

12 hours ago, Jarsky said:

 

Why would it matter which Windows Linus uses for the Domain? 

Are you trying to get advice on setting up a Domain? 

Currently the latest version for a small business domain would be Windows 2016 Server Standard

 

But nothing i've ever seen would indicate that they use a domain. Probably because they have very little use for it. Theyre a tech company and as such they need fairly unrestricted access to installing what they want on computers, trawling the internet, and other activities. The only real benefit would be in a roaming login, especially to servers - but it seems really just a couple of them manage the servers (predominantly Linus) and most of them just have their own dedicated PC/Desk, so those benefits dont really seem to be a thing either. I guess if they had a Domain then they could actually use WDS and keep gold images of their Windows ISO's so they could just do netboot installs for their test builds which would be considerably easier once configured. They could also setup SCCM to keep their computers properly patched automatically. 

They could configure the domain easily to allow Local Admin access to the computer they are signed into. It’s a simple GPO. That would alleviate concerns with installing software, etc. 

 

The main benefit to them would be simplifying management of the drive shares (automatic drive letter mapping, permissions, etc). 

 

Things that are nice, but totally doable manually.

 

Remember that even in a small company like LMG, they are NOT going to want every employee to have access to every share on every server. Does Dennis need access to payroll and HR docs? No.

 

It wouldn’t even be a matter of trust. It’s a precaution against accidents, mistakes, etc, if nothing else. 

 

But as I mentioned, that could still totally be done manually without a Windows DC. 

[Sir Asvald]

19 hours ago, Jarsky said:

Why would it matter which Windows Linus uses for the Domain? 

Are you trying to get advice on setting up a Domain? 

Currently the latest version for a small business domain would be Windows 2016 Server Standard

 

I wanted to know.  Also, I've got my domain network at home, consists of 3 servers. 1 DC and on-premise Exchange Server and I've got a DAG between it and my cloud Exchange server and a plex server