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Published inMay 2023
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Jordan Krause
Jordan Krause
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Jordan Krause

Jordan Krause has been an IT professional for more than 20 years and has received 9 Microsoft MVP awards for his work with Microsoft server and networking technologies. One of the world's first experts on Microsoft DirectAccess, he has a passion for helping companies find the best ways to enable a remote workforce. Committed to continuous learning, Jordan holds certifications as an MCSE, MCSA, and MCITP Enterprise Administrator, and has authored numerous books on Microsoft technologies. Jordan lives in beautiful West Michigan (USA), but works daily with companies around the world.
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Configuring a load-balanced website

Enough talk; it’s time to set this up for ourselves and give it a try. I have two web servers running on my lab network, WEB1 and WEB2. They both use IIS to host an intranet website. My goal is to provide my users with a single DNS record for them to access, but have all of that traffic split between the two servers with some real load balancing. Follow along as we set up this scenario.

Enabling NLB

First things first, we need to make sure that WEB1 and WEB2 are prepared to do NLB because it is not installed by default. NLB is a feature available in Windows Server 2022, and you add it just like any other role or feature, by running through the Add roles and features wizard. Add this feature on all of the servers that you want to be part of the NLB array:

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Figure 12.1: Adding NLB to your servers

Enabling MAC address spoofing on VMs

Remember when we talked about unicast NLB and how the physical MAC address of the NIC...

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Published in: May 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781837634507

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Jordan Krause

Jordan Krause has been an IT professional for more than 20 years and has received 9 Microsoft MVP awards for his work with Microsoft server and networking technologies. One of the world's first experts on Microsoft DirectAccess, he has a passion for helping companies find the best ways to enable a remote workforce. Committed to continuous learning, Jordan holds certifications as an MCSE, MCSA, and MCITP Enterprise Administrator, and has authored numerous books on Microsoft technologies. Jordan lives in beautiful West Michigan (USA), but works daily with companies around the world.
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