Web Hosting

Question 1

Whats the difference between Domain-Validated (DV) SSL certificates and Extended Validity (EV) SSL Certificates?

Answer 1

DV’s are issued by the domain or a free-be 3rd party SSL provider, while EV’s are issued by paid 3rd Party providers, and come with Guarantees, insurance, support etc.

DV’s are recommended for blogs etc, while EV’s for eCommerce sites

Question 2

What does TLD stand for?

Answer 2

Third Level Domain, or .com, com.au, .world etc

Question 3

Where do you find 0365 info in the Microsoft Admin Portal?

Answer 3

Settings, Domains, Click on Domain to Edit

Question 4

whats the address for 0365 Admin Centre?

Answer 4

admin.microsoft.com

Question 5

Whats the simplest way to move a customer’s hosting to a new hosting provider while they are also using 0365?

Answer 5

1. Migrate website
2. Copy 0365 DNS from Admin Centre & configure at new Hosting Provider
3. Change DNS on Registra

Question 6

Where is the hosts file found on Windows 10?

Answer 6

C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc

Question 7

Whats the simplest way to transfer a domain registration and Hosting? Do you start with the Registration or the Hosting?

Answer 7

Transfer the Registration first as the DNS will copy over, still pointing to their current hosting. Then update NameServers etc