Microsoft Server Technologies
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Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of Microsoft Server Technologies, focusing on the installation, configuration, and management of modern Windows Server environments. Students will gain practical skills in server deployment, Active Directory administration, group policy management, file and storage solutions, virtualization with Hyper-V, and network services integration. Emphasis is placed on security best practices, troubleshooting techniques, and automation using PowerShell, preparing students for industry certifications and real-world enterprise scenarios. Through hands-on labs and case studies, learners will develop the competencies necessary to effectively support and maintain Microsoft-based server infrastructures.
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MCITP Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administration 1st Edition by Darril Gibson
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Chapter 1: Designing Active Directory Domain Services
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Q1) In a ____, users in each domain can be granted access to resources in both domains.
A) one-way trust
B) two-way trust
C) foreign trust
D) restricted trust
Answer: B
Q2) A ____ is a group of well-connected computers or well-connected subnets.
A) domain
B) site
C) forest
D) trust
Answer: B
Q3) Discuss the difference between domain controllers and servers when raising the level to Windows Server 2008.
Answer: One might mistakenly think that all servers must run Windows Server 2008 to raise the level to Windows Server 2008. This is not true. Only the domain controllers must meet the required level. You can run Windows Server 2000 member servers in a domain at the domain functional level of Windows Server 2008.
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Chapter 2: Designing Physical Topology
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Q1) The ____ manages time synchronization and password changes in the domain.
A) RID master
B) PC master
C) infrastructure master
D) PDC emulator
Answer: D
Q2) Describe DFS namespace.
Answer: A DFS namespace is used to group shared folders from different servers into a logically structured namespace. This namespace appears to the user as a single shared folder with nested subfolders. The user can access the namespace and easily access all of the shared folders without knowing (or needing to know) that the folders are located on multiple servers.
Q3) To promote a server running Server Core to a domain controller and to an RODC, you'll have to create a(n) ____.
A) answer file
B) proxy file
C) license file
D) dcdiag file
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Designing and Implementing DNS
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Q1) List and describe three improvements available if DNS is hosted on Windows Server 2008.
Answer: GlobalNames zones. DNS can be configured to resolve single-label names that have historically been resolved by Windows Internet Name Services (WINS) servers. WINS servers are used to resolve NetBIOS names, but if your organization is eliminating WINS, a GlobalNames zone (GNZ) can be implemented to resolve names for legacy clients or applications. This is especially important if an organization is migrating to an IPv6 network because IPv6 does not support WINS. IPv6 support. DNS now fully supports the 128 bit IPv6 addresses. RODC support. It's possible to host a read-only zone on a read-only domain controller. Background zone loading. Windows Server 2003 DNS servers could sometimes take up to an hour to reboot when it had to load a significant number of zones. Windows Server 2008 DNS servers load the zone data in the background, allowing the DNS servers to reboot quickly.
Q2) What are the three records frequently called the glue record?
Answer: The three records frequently called the glue record are the SOA, NS, and A records.
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Chapter 4: Designing and Implementing Group Policy
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Q1) Normally, only the ____ group is in the Security Filtering area.
A) Security Policy Administrators
B) Domain Users
C) Domain Administrators
D) Authenticated Users
Q2) Sometimes, you might not want inherited Group Policies to apply to an OU; this can be achieved by setting the ____.
A) Block Settings
B) Restrict Inheritance
C) Block Inheritance
D) Disable Inheritance
Q3) Discuss what printer location policies can be used for.
Q4) The acceptable values for the PSO "mustHave" attribute msDS-PasswordSettingsPrecedence are ____.
A) 0 through 65,535 (values of 3 and 5 commonly used)
B) 0 through 1024 (24 commonly used)
C) Anything greater than 0 (only used if more than one PSO applies)
D) 0 through 255 values of 8 to 15 often used
Q5) Describe the Kerberos policy within Group Policy.
Q6) List and describe the three default policies of IPSec.
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Chapter 5: Designing Remote Access and Terminal
Services Strategies
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Q1) When the ____ scope is selected, other TS servers in the domain can locate the TS licensing server as long as the server is in the same domain and the licensing server is on a domain controller.
A) network discovery
B) branch discovery
C) domain hosted
D) domain discovery
Q2) The ____ service can be used to balance the load when multiple TS servers are used.
A) TS Gateway service
B) TS Web Access service
C) TS Session Broker service
D) TS Licensing service
Q3) In organizations that use several RADIUS servers, a RADIUS ____________________ server can be implemented as a central switching or routing point.
Q4) Explain the meaning of the term "client" with respect to RADIUS servers.
Q5) TS CALs are managed and maintained on a(n) ____________________ licensing server.
Q6) Explain what is meant by a remediation server group. Page 7
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Chapter 6: Designing and Implementing a PKI
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Q1) A PKI may appear complex on the surface but is actually rather simple.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A(n) ___________________ provides authentication, integrity, and non-repudiation.
Q3) You can use the ____ to view and manage all of the certificate stores used by the computer, users, or services on a computer.
A) Policies MMC
B) Computer Management MMC
C) System MMC
D) Certificates MMC
Q4) List two purposes for which certificates are used.
Q5) AD CS publishes the full CRL once a ____ by default.
A) day
B) week
C) month
D) year
Q6) Explain how you can view certificates in the Trusted Root Certification Authority.
Q7) List and describe two permissions that can be granted to enterprise admins.
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Chapter 7: Securing Windows Server 2008 Servers
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Q1) Discuss using WSUS with branch offices.
Q2) The SCW GUI version can be used to perform compliance auditing on a system. A)True
B)False
Q3) When hardening a system, start by making sure that only the needed services and protocols are installed and enabled.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List and describe a primary benefit provided by WSUS.
Q5) List and explain the three parts to the Microsoft SD³+C approach.
Q6) List and explain one concern when considering adding WSUS to a network.
Q7) ____ provides updates for all supported versions of Windows operating systems.
A) Windows Update
B) Microsoft Update
C) Windows Control
D) Software Update
Q8) Describe the purpose of the WSUS statistics server.
Q9) Name and describe a primary tool used for compliance auditing.
Q10) ____________________ identify resources in one network that can communicate with resources in another network. Page 10
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Chapter 8: Designing High Availability and Business
Continuity
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Q1) Discuss the hardware and shared storage requirements of a failover cluster.
Q2) Explain how and why a failover clusters should be removed.
Q3) Identify a limitation of using the native backup tools for Active Directory.
Q4) Servers within a failover cluster are referred to as ____.
A) units
B) nodes
C) components
D) hosts
Q5) Failover clusters can be used to provide fault tolerance at the disk level.
A)True
B)False
Q6) ____ includes all the methods and technologies used to ensure that a business can continue to operate even after a failure occurs.
A) Disaster recovery
B) Business recovery
C) Business continuity
D) Operations continuity
Q7) Explain the results of pausing, stopping and evicting a node.
Q8) ___________________ rules are used to identify the traffic that will be balanced by the NLB cluster. Page 12
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Chapter 9: Designing Supporting Services
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Q1) The command-line tool ____ shows statistics for calls or requests to the Server for NFS component in a UNIX system.
A) Nfsstat
B) Nfsadmin
C) Nfscfg
D) Nfslist
Q2) Microsoft ____________________ is a full range of supporting server products designed to enhance and automate the administration of large networks within an enterprise.
Q3) List and describe two benefits SCCM provides for an organization.
Q4) ____ is an add-on server product that can assess, deploy, and update large numbers of client computers or servers in an enterprise.
A) Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007
B) Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007
C) Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007
D) Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2007
Q5) Identify and describe a method of providing user-level security for UNIX users with Services for NFS.
Q6) List and describe a method of configuring DFS namespaces.
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Chapter 10: Designing Virtualization Strategies
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Q1) With application virtualization, terminal services can be used to host entire desktops or applications.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In application streaming, the entire application is eventually streamed to the client.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe Microsoft Application Virtualization for Terminal Services.
Q4) Virtual disks are configured as ___________________ expanding disks.
Q5) The ____ setting in the Virtual Network Manager allows the virtual machines to have full connectivity on the network using the selected network adapter.
A) internal only
B) host only
C) external
D) NAT
Q6) What are the two components needed for hardware virtualization in Windows XP Mode?
Q7) Discuss how a VPC machine can be used to provide access to a legacy application.
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