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1.WhatisActiveDirectory?
2.WhatisLDAP?
3.CanyouconnectActiveDirectorytoother3rdpartyDirectoryServices?Nameafewoptions.
4.WhereistheADdatabaseheld?WhatotherfoldersarerelatedtoAD?
5.WhatistheSYSVOLfolder?
6.NametheADNCsandreplicationissuesforeachNC
7.Whatareapplicationpartitions?WhendoIusethem
8.Howdoyoucreateanewapplicationpartition
9.HowdoyouviewreplicationpropertiesforADpartitionsandDCs?
10.WhatistheGlobalCatalog?
11.HowdoyouviewalltheGCsintheforest?
12.WhynotmakeallDCsinalargeforestasGCs?
13.TryingtolookattheSchema,howcanIdothat?
14.WhataretheSupportTools?WhydoIneedthem?
15.WhatisLDP?WhatisREPLMON?WhatisADSIEDIT?WhatisNETDOM?WhatisREPADMIN?
16.Whataresites?Whataretheyusedfor?
17.Whatsthedifferencebetweenasitelinksscheduleandinterval?
18.WhatistheKCC?
19.WhatistheISTG?Whohasthatrolebydefault?
20.WhataretherequirementsforinstallingADonanewserver?
21.WhatcanyoudotopromoteaservertoDCifyoureinaremotelocationwithslowWANlink?
22.HowcanyouforciblyremoveADfromaserver,andwhatdoyoudolater?CanIgetuserpasswords
fromtheADdatabase?
23.WhattoolwouldIusetotrytograbsecurityrelatedpacketsfromthewire?
24.NamesomeOUdesignconsiderations.
25.Whatistombstonelifetimeattribute?
26.WhatdoyoudotoinstallanewWindows2003DCinaWindows2000AD?
27.WhatdoyoudotoinstallanewWindows2003R2DCinaWindows2003AD?
28.Howwouldyoufindallusersthathavenotloggedonsincelastmonth?
29.WhataretheDS*commands?
30.WhatsthedifferencebetweenLDIFDEandCSVDE?Usageconsiderations?

WhataretheFSMOroles?Whohasthembydefault?Whathappenswheneachonefails?
WhatFSMOplacementconsiderationsdoyouknowof?
IwanttolookattheRIDallocationtableforaDC.WhatdoIdo?
WhatsthedifferencebetweentransferringaFSMOroleandseizingone?WhichoneshouldyouNOTseize?Why?
Howdoyouconfigureastandbyoperationmasterforanyoftheroles?
HowdoyoubackupAD?
HowdoyourestoreAD?
HowdoyouchangetheDSRestoreadminpassword?

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WhycantyourestoreaDCthatwasbackedup4monthsago?
WhatareGPOs?
WhatistheorderinwhichGPOsareapplied?
NameafewbenefitsofusingGPMC.
WhataretheGPCandtheGPT?WherecanIfindthem?
WhatareGPOlinks?WhatspecialthingscanIdotothem?
WhatcanIdotopreventinheritancefromabove?
HowcanIoverrideblockingofinheritance?
HowcanyoudeterminewhatGPOwasandwasnotappliedforauser?Nameafewwaystodothat.

AuserclaimshedidnotreceiveaGPO,yethisuserandcomputeraccountsareintherightOU,andeveryoneelse
theregetstheGPO.Whatwillyoulookfor?
NameafewdifferencesinVistaGPOs
NamesomeGPOsettingsinthecomputeranduserparts.
Whatareadministrativetemplates?
Whatsthedifferencebetweensoftwarepublishingandassigning?
CanIdeploynonMSIsoftwarewithGPO?
Youwanttostandardizethedesktopenvironments(wallpaper,MyDocuments,Startmenu,printersetc.)onthe
computersinonedepartment.Howwouldyoudothat?

WhatistheSYSVOLfolder?
ThesysVOLfolderstorestheserverscopyofthedomainspublicfiles.Thecontentssuchasgrouppolicy,usersetc
ofthesysvolfolderarereplicatedtoalldomaincontrollersinthedomain.
ThesysvolfoldermustbelocatedonanNTFSvolume.

Que.:WhatisActiveDirectory?
Ans.ActiveDirectoryisaMetaData.ActiveDirectoryisadatabasewhichstoreadatabaselikeyouruser
information,computerinformationandalsoothernetworkobjectinfo.Ithascapabilitiestomanageandadministorthe
compliteNetworkwhichconnectwithAD.
Que.:WhatistheGlobalCatalog?
Ans.:GlobalCatalogisaserverwhichmaintainstheinformationaboutmultipledomainwithtrustrelationship
agreement..
Que:WhatisActiveDirectory?
Ans:ActiveDirectorydirectoryserviceisanextensibleandscalabledirectoryservicethatenablesyoutomanage
networkresourcesefficiently.
Q01:WhatisActiveDirectory?
Ans:ActiveDirectoryisdirectoryservicethatstoresinformationaboutobjectsonanetworkandmakesthis
informationavailabletousersandnetworkadministrators.
ActiveDirectorygivesnetworkusersaccesstopermittedresourcesanywhereonthenetworkusingasinglelogon
process.
Itprovidesnetworkadministratorswithanintuitive,hierarchicalviewofthenetworkandasinglepointof
administration
3forallnetworkobjects.
QWhatisactivedirectory?
Ans:activedirectoryisadomaincontrollerwhichisusetoauthenticateandadministratethegroupof
computer,user,serveretc.remotely.allthepoliciesandsecuritywillbeapplicableontheclientmachinewhichoneis
jointhedomain.andallthispoliciesandsecurityisdefinedinactivedirectory.
Q2:WhatisLDAP?
Ans2:LDAP(lightweightdirectoryaccerssprotocol)isaninternetprotocolwhichEmailandotherservicesisusedto
lookupinformationfromtheserver.

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Q18:WhatisKCC?
Ans18:KCC(knowledgeconsistencychecker)isusedtogeneratereplicationtopologyforintersitereplicationand
forintrasitereplication.withinasitereplicationtrafficisdoneviaremoteprocedurecallsoverip,whilebetweensiteit
isdonethrougheitherRPCorSMTP.

Q10:WhatisGlobalCatalogServer?
Ans10:GlobalCatalogServerisbasicallyacontainerwhereyouputthesametypeofmember,computeretcand
appliedthepoliciesandsecurityonthecatalogserverinplaceofindividualuserorcomputer.
QWhatisactivedirectory?
activedirectoryisadomaincontrollerwhichisusetoauthenticateandadministratethegroupofcomputer,user,server
etc.remotely.allthepoliciesandsecuritywillbeapplicableontheclientmachinewhichoneisjointhedomain.andall
thispoliciesandsecurityisdefinedinactivedirectory.
Q10:whatisGlobalcatalogserverGC?
Ans:imsorryiwasgivenwrongansofthisquestionabovebutnowimgivingtheexactansofthisquestion,andth
answhichiwasgivenpreviouslyistheansofOrganisatinalUnitnotofGC..andtheansis
Theglobalcatalogisadistributeddatarepositorythatcontainsasearchable,partialrepresentationofeveryobjectin
everydomaininamultidomainActiveDirectoryforest.Theglobalcatalogisstoredondomaincontrollersthathave
beendesignatedasglobalcatalogserversandisdistributedthroughmultimasterreplication.Searchesthatare
directedtotheglobalcatalogarefasterbecausetheydonotinvolvereferralstodifferentdomaincontrollers.
Q4:WhereistheADdatabaseheld?WhatotherfoldersarerelatedtoAD?
A4:TheADdatabaseisstoreinNTDS.DIT.
Q5:WhatistheSYSVOLfolder?
A5ThesysVOLfolderstorestheserverscopyofthedomainspublicfiles.Thecontentssuchasgrouppolicy,
usersetcofthesysvolfolderarereplicatedtoalldomaincontrollersinthedomain.
Q19:WhatistheISTG?Whohasthatrolebydefault?
A19:Windows2000DomaincontrollerseachcreateActiveDirectoryReplicationconnectionobjectsrepresenting
inboundreplicationfromintrasitereplicationpartners.Forintersitereplication,onedomaincontrollerpersitehasthe
responsibilityofevaluatingtheintersitereplicationtopologyandcreatingActiveDirectoryReplicationConnection
objectsforappropriatebridgeheadserverswithinitssite.Thedomaincontrollerineachsitethatownsthisroleis
referredtoastheInterSiteTopologyGenerator(ISTG).
Q:15WhatisLDP?WhatisREPLMON?WhatisADSIEDIT?WhatisNETDOM?WhatisREPADMIN?

A15:LDP:LabelDistributionProtocol(LDP)isoftenusedtoestablishMPLSLSPswhentrafficengineeringisnot
required.ItestablishesLSPsthatfollowtheexistingIProuting,andisparticularlywellsuitedforestablishingafull
meshofLSPsbetweenalloftheroutersonthenetwork.
Replmon:ReplmondisplaysinformationaboutActiveDirectoryReplication.
ADSIEDIT:ADSIEditisaMicrosoftManagementConsole(MMC)snapinthatactsasalowleveleditorforActive
Directory.ItisaGraphicalUserInterface(GUI)tool.Networkadministratorscanuseitforcommonadministrative
taskssuchasadding,deleting,andmovingobjectswithadirectoryservice.Theattributesforeachobjectcanbe
editedordeletedbyusingthistool.ADSIEditusestheADSIapplicationprogramminginterfaces(APIs)toaccess
ActiveDirectory.Thefollowingaretherequiredfilesforusingthistool:ADSIEDIT.DLL
ADSIEDIT.MSCNETDOM:NETDOMisacommandlinetoolthatallowsmanagementofWindowsdomainsand
trustrelationships.Itisusedforbatchmanagementoftrusts,joiningcomputerstodomains,verifyingtrusts,and
securechannels.
REPADMIN:
ThiscommandlinetoolassistsadministratorsindiagnosingreplicationproblemsbetweenWindowsdomain
controllers.AdministratorscanuseRepadmintoviewthereplicationtopology(sometimesreferredtoasRepsFrom
andRepsTo)asseenfromtheperspectiveofeachdomaincontroller.Inaddition,Repadmincanbeusedtomanually
createthereplicationtopology(althoughinnormalpracticethisshouldnotbenecessary),toforcereplicationevents
betweendomaincontrollers,andtoviewboththereplicationmetadataanduptodatenessvectors.
Q36:howtotakebackupofAD?
A36:fortakingbackupofactivedirectoryyouhavetodothis:
firstgotoSTART>PROGRAM>ACCESORIES>SYSTEMTOOLS>BACKUP
whenthebackupscreenisflashthentakethebackupofSYSTEMSTATEitwilltakethebackupofallthenecessary
informationaboutthesyatemincludingADbackup,DNSETC.
Q37:howtorestoretheAD?
a37:Forthsdothesameasaboveinthequestion36butinplaceofbackupyouselecttherestoreoptionand
restorethesystemstate.
Q19:WhatistheISTG?Whohasthatrolebydefault?
A19:InterSiteTopologyGenerator(istg)isresponsibleformanagingtheinboundreplicationconnectionobjectsforall
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Generator(ISTG).Thedomaincontrollerholdingthisrolemaynotnecessarilyalsobeabridgeheadserver.
Q29:WhataretheDS*commands
A29:YoureallyarespoiltforchoicewhenitcomestoscriptingtoolsforcreatingActiveDirectoryobjects.In
additiontoCSVDE,LDIFDEandVBScript,wenowhavethefollowingDScommands:thedafamilybuiltin
utilityDSmodmodifyActiveDirectoryattributesDSrmtodeleteActiveDirectoryobjectsDSmovetorelocate
objectsDSaddcreatenewaccountsDSquerytofindobjectsthatmatchyourqueryattributesDSgetlistthe
propertiesofanobject
Q30:WhatsthedifferencebetweenLDIFDEandCSVDE?Usageconsiderations?
A30:CSVDEisacommandthatcanbeusedtoimportandexportobjectstoandfromtheADintoaCSVformatted
file.ACSV(CommaSeparatedValue)fileisafileeasilyreadableinExcel.Iwillnotgotolengthintothispowerful
command,butIwillshowyousomebasicsamplesofhowtoimportalargenumberofusersintoyourAD.Ofcourse,
aswiththeDSADDcommand,CSVDEcandomorethanjustimportusers.Consultyourhelpfileformoreinfo.
LikeCSVDE,LDIFDEisacommandthatcanbeusedtoimportandexportobjectstoandfromtheADintoaLDIF
formattedfile.ALDIF(LDAPDataInterchangeFormat)fileisafileeasilyreadableinanytexteditor,howeveritis
notreadableinprogramslikeExcel.ThemajordifferencebetweenCSVDEandLDIFDE(besidesthefileformat)is
thefactthatLDIFDEcanbeusedtoeditanddeleteexistingADobjects(notjustusers),whileCSVDEcanonly
importandexportobjects.
Q25:Whatistombstonelifetimeattribute?
A25:Thenumberofdaysbeforeadeletedobjectisremovedfromthedirectoryservices.Thisassistsinremoving
objectsfromreplicatedserversandpreventingrestoresfromreintroducingadeletedobject.Thisvalueisinthe
DirectoryServiceobjectintheconfigurationNIC.
Youwanttostandardizethedesktopenvironments(wallpaper,MyDocuments,Startmenu,printersetc.)onthe
computersinonedepartment.Howwouldyoudothat?Howitispossibal
(20)WhataretherequirementsforinstallingADonanewserver?
Ans:1)TheDomainstructure2)TheDomainName3)storagelocationofthedatabaseandlogfile4)Locationofthe
sharedsystemvolumefolder5)DNSconfigMethode6)DNSconfiguration

7.Whatareapplicationpartitions?WhendoIusethem.
Ans:ANapplicationdiretcorypartitionisadirectorypartitionthatisreplicatedonlytospecificdomaincontroller.Only
domaincontrollerrunningwindowsServer2003canhostareplicaofapplicationdirectorypartition.
Usinganapplicationdirectorypartitionprovidesredundany,availabiltiyorfaulttolerancebyreplicatingdatatospecific
domaincontrollerpranysetofdomaincontrollersanywhereintheforest
Q:Youwanttostandardizethedesktopenvironments(wallpaper,MyDocuments,Startmenu,printersetc.)on
thecomputersinonedepartment.Howwouldyoudothat?Howitispossibal.
Ans:LoginonclientasDomainAdminuserchangewhateveryouneedaddprintersetcgotosystemUserprofiles
copythisuserprofiletoanylocationbyselectEveryoneinpermittedtouseaftercopychangentuser.datto
ntuser.manandassginthispathunderuserprofile
Q.8.Howdoyoucreateanewapplicationpartition
ANS:
UsetheDnsCmdcommandtocreateanapplicationdirectorypartition.Todothis,usethefollowingsyntax:
DnsCmdServerName/CreateDirectoryPartitionFQDNofpartition
Globalcatalogprovidesacentralrepositoryofdomaininformationfortheforestbystoringpartialreplicasofall
domaindirectorypartitions.Thesepartialreplicasaredistributedbymultimasterreplicationtoallglobalcatalog
serversinaforest.

HowdoyouviewalltheGCsintheforest?
Ans
C:\>repadmin/showreps
domain_controller
wheredomain_controlleristheDCyouwanttoquerytodeterminewhetheritsaGC.Theoutputwillincludethetext
DSAOptions:IS_GCiftheDCisaGC....
TryingtolookattheSchema,howcanIdothat
Ans:
typeadsiedit.mscinrunorcommandprompt
Q.CanyouconnectActiveDirectorytoother3rdpartyDirectoryServices?Nameafewoptions.
Ans.Yes,youcanusedirXMLorLDAPtoconnecttootherdirectories
InNovellyoucanuseEdirectory
Q38:HowdoyouchangetheDSRestoreadminpassword?
Ans38:A.InWindows2000Server,youusedtohavetobootthecomputerwhosepasswordyouwantedtochange
inDirectoryRestoremode,thenuseeithertheMicrosoftManagementConsole(MMC)LocalUserandGroupssnap

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inorthecommand
netuseradministrator*
tochangetheAdministratorpassword.Win2KServerServicePack2(SP2)introducedtheSetpwdutility,whichlets
youresettheDirectoryServiceRestoreModepasswordwithouthavingtorebootthecomputer.(Microsoftrefreshed
SetpwdinSP4toimprovetheutilitysscriptingoptions.)
InWindowsServer2003,youusetheNtdsutilutilitytomodifytheDirectoryServiceRestoreModeAdministrator
password.Todoso,followthesesteps:
1.StartNtdsutil(clickStart,Runentercmd.exethenenterntdsutil.exe).
2.StarttheDirectoryServiceRestoreModeAdministratorpasswordresetutilitybyenteringtheargumentsetdsrm
passwordatthentdsutilprompt:
ntdsutil:setdsrmpassword
3.RuntheResetPasswordcommand,passingthenameoftheserveronwhichtochangethepassword,orusethe
nullargumenttospecifythelocalmachine.Forexample,toresetthepasswordonserverthanos,enterthefollowing
argumentattheResetDSRMAdministratorPasswordprompt:
ResetDSRMAdministratorPassword:resetpasswordonserverthanos
Toresetthepasswordonthelocalmachine,specifynullastheservername:
ResetDSRMAdministratorPassword:resetpasswordonservernull
4.Youllbepromptedtwicetoenterthenewpassword.Youllseethefollowingmessages:
5.PleasetypepasswordforDSRestoreModeAdministratorAccount:
6.Pleaseconfirmnewpassword:
Passwordhasbeensetsuccessfully.
7.Exitthepasswordresetutilitybytypingquitatthefollowingprompts:
8.ResetDSRMAdministratorPassword:quit
ntdsutil:quit
Q.40:WhatareGroupPolicyobjects(GPOs)?
A.40:GroupPolicyobjects,otherthanthelocalGroupPolicyobject,arevirtualobjects.Thepolicysettinginformation
ofaGPOisactuallystoredintwolocations:theGroupPolicycontainerandtheGroupPolicytemplate.TheGroup
PolicycontainerisanActiveDirectorycontainerthatstoresGPOproperties,includinginformationonversion,GPO
status,andalistofcomponentsthathavesettingsintheGPO.TheGroupPolicytemplateisafolderstructurewithin
thefilesystemthatstoresAdministrativeTemplatebasedpolicies,securitysettings,scriptfiles,andinformation
regardingapplicationsthatareavailableforGroupPolicySoftwareInstallation.TheGroupPolicytemplateislocated
inthesystemvolumefolder(Sysvol)inthe\Policiessubfolderforitsdomain.
Q41:WhatistheorderinwhichGPOsareapplied?
A41:GroupPolicysettingsareprocessedinthefollowingorder:
1.
LocalGroupPolicyobjectEachcomputerhasexactlyoneGroupPolicyobjectthatisstoredlocally.Thisprocesses
forbothcomputeranduserGroupPolicyprocessing.
2.
SiteAnyGPOsthathavebeenlinkedtothesitethatthecomputerbelongstoareprocessednext.Processingisin
theorderthatisspecifiedbytheadministrator,ontheLinkedGroupPolicyObjectstabforthesiteinGroupPolicy
ManagementConsole(GPMC).TheGPOwiththelowestlinkorderisprocessedlast,andthereforehasthehighest
precedence.
3.
DomainProcessingofmultipledomainlinkedGPOsisintheorderspecifiedbytheadministrator,ontheLinked
GroupPolicyObjectstabforthedomaininGPMC.TheGPOwiththelowestlinkorderisprocessedlast,and
thereforehasthehighestprecedence.
4.
OrganizationalunitsGPOsthatarelinkedtotheorganizationalunitthatishighestintheActiveDirectoryhierarchy
areprocessedfirst,thenGPOsthatarelinkedtoitschildorganizationalunit,andsoon.Finally,theGPOsthatare
linkedtotheorganizationalunitthatcontainstheuserorcomputerareprocessed.
AtthelevelofeachorganizationalunitintheActiveDirectoryhierarchy,one,many,ornoGPOscanbelinked.If
severalGPOsarelinkedtoanorganizationalunit,theirprocessingisintheorderthatisspecifiedbythe
administrator,ontheLinkedGroupPolicyObjectstabfortheorganizationalunitinGPMC.TheGPOwiththelowest
linkorderisprocessedlast,andthereforehasthehighestprecedence.
ThisordermeansthatthelocalGPOisprocessedfirst,andGPOsthatarelinkedtotheorganizationalunitofwhich
thecomputeroruserisadirectmemberareprocessedlast,whichoverwritessettingsintheearlierGPOsifthereare
conflicts.(Iftherearenoconflicts,thentheearlierandlatersettingsaremerelyaggregated.)
WhatisLDAP?
LightweightDirectoryAccessProtocol
ThisarticlewilltellyouhowtoaddyourfirstWindows2003DCtoanexistingWindows2000domain.Thisarticleis
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2003.
ThefirststepistoinstallWindows2003onyournewDC.Thisisastraighforwardprocess,sowearentgoingto
discussthathere.
BecausesignificantchangeshavebeenmadetotheActiveDirectoryschemainWindows2003,weneedtomake
ourWindows2000ActiveDirectorycompatiblewiththenewversion.IfyoualreadyhaveWindows2003DCsrunning
withWindows2000DCs,thenyoucanskipdowntothepartaboutDNS.
Beforeyouattemptthisstep,youshouldmakesurethatyouhaveservicepack4installedonyourWindows2000
DC.Next,makesurethatyouareloggedinasauserthatisamemberoftheSchemaAdminandEnterpriseAdmin
groups.Next,inserttheWindows2003ServerinstallationCDintotheWindows2000Server.Bringupacommand
lineandchangedirectoriestotheI386directoryontheinstallationCD.Atthecommandprompt,type:
Code:
adprep/forestprep
Afterrunningthiscommand,makesurethattheupdateshavebeenreplicatedtoallexistingWindows2000DCsin
theforest.
Next,weneedtorunthefollowingcommand:
Code:
adprep/domainprep
TheabovecommandmustberunontheInfrastructureMasterofthedomainbysomeonewhoisamemberofthe
DomainAdminsgroup.
Oncethisiscomplete,wemovebacktotheWindows2003Server.Clickstartthenruntypeindcpromoandclick
OK.Duringtheensuingwizard,makesurethatyouselectthatyouareaddingthisDCtoanexistingdomain.
Afterthisprocessiscomplete,theserverwillreboot.Whenitcomesbackonline,checkandmakesurethattheAD
databasehasbeenreplicatedtoyournewserver.
Next,youwillwanttocheckandmakesurethatDNSwasinstalledonyournewserver.Ifnot,gotothecontrol
panel,clickonAddorRemovePrograms,andclicktheAdd/RemoveWindowsComponentsbutton.Inthe
WindowsComponentsscreen,clickonNetworkingServicesandclickthedetailsbutton.Inthenewwindowcheck
DomainNameSystem(DNS)andthenclicktheOKbutton.ClickNextintheWindowsComponentsscreen.This
willinstallDNSandtheserverwillreboot.Afterreboot,pulluptheDNSManagementwindowandmakesurethat
yourDNSsettingshavereplicatedfromtheWindows2000Server.Youwillneedtoreenteranyforwardersorother
propertiesyouhadsetup,buttheDNSrecordsshouldreplicateontheirown.
Thenext2items,globalcatalogandFSMOroles,areimportantifyouplanondecomissioningyourWindows2000
server(s).Ifthisisthecase,youneedtotransfertheglobalcatalogfromtheoldservertothenewone.
First,letscreateaglobalcatalogonournewserver.Herearethesteps:
1.Onthedomaincontrollerwhereyouwantthenewglobalcatalog,starttheActiveDirectorySitesandServices
snapin.Tostartthesnapin,clickStart,pointtoPrograms,pointtoAdministrativeTools,andthenclickActive
DirectorySitesandServices.
2.Intheconsoletree,doubleclickSites,andthendoubleclicksitename.
3.DoubleclickServers,clickyourdomaincontroller,rightclickNTDSSettings,andthenclickProperties.
4.OntheGeneraltab,clicktoselecttheGlobalcatalogcheckboxtoassigntheroleofglobalcatalogtothisserver.
5.Restartthedomaincontroller.
Makesureyouallowsufficienttimefortheaccountandtheschemainformationtoreplicatetothenewglobalcatalog
serverbeforeyouremovetheglobalcatalogfromtheoriginalDCortaketheDCoffline.
Afterthisiscomplete,youwillwanttotransferorseizetheFSMOrolesforyournewserver.Forinstructions,read
UsingNtdsutil.exetotransferorseizeFSMOrolestoadomaincontroller.
Afterthisstepiscomplete,wecannowrunDCPROMOontheWindows2000Serversinordertodemotethem.
Oncethisiscomplete,copyoveranyfilesyouneedtoyournewserverandyoushouldhavesuccessfullyreplaced
yourWindows2000server(s)withanewWindows2003server(s
GlobalCatalystistheonewheretheauthenticationhappens,bydefaultprimarydomaincontrollerisGlobalCatalyst,
wecanaddglobalcatalysttoimprovetheNetwrkPerformance
WhatisActiveDirectory?
ItsaDirectoryServicewhichstoresandmanagestheinformationofObjects(User,computer,printersharedfolderetc)
WhataretherequirementsforinstallingADonanewserver?
Win2K3CD
DNS
StaticIP
Youwanttostandardizethedesktopenvironments(wallpaper,MyDocuments,Startmenu,printersetc.)onthe
computersinonedepartment.Howwouldyoudothat?
gotoStart>programs>Administrativetools>ActiveDirectoryUsersandComputers
RightClickonDomain>clickonpreoperties
OnNewwindowsClickonGroupPolicy
SelectDefaultPolicy>clickonEdit

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ongroupPolicyconsole
gotoUserConfiguration>AdministrativeTemplate>StartmenuandTaskbar
Selecteachpropertyyouwanttomodifyanddothesame

1.WhataretherequiredcomponentsofWindowsServer2003forinstallingExchange2003?ASP.NET,
SMTP,NNTP,W3SVC
2.WhatmustbedonetoanADforestbeforeExchangecanbedeployed?Setup/forestprep
3.WhatExchangeprocessisresponsibleforcommunicationwithAD?DSACCESS
4.What3typesofdomaincontrollerdoesExchangeaccess?NormalDomainController,GlobalCatalog,
ConfigurationDomainController
5.WhatconnectortypewouldyouusetoconnecttotheInternet,andwhatarethetwomethodsof
sendingmailoverthatconnector?SMTPConnector:ForwardtosmarthostoruseDNStoroutetoeach
address
6.HowwouldyouoptimiseExchange2003memoryusageonaWindowsServer2003serverwithmore
than1Gbofmemory?Add/3Gbswitchtoboot.ini
7.Whatwouldariseinremotequeuelengthgenerallyindicate?Thismeansmailisnotbeingsenttoother
servers.Thiscanbeexplainedbyoutagesorperformanceissueswiththenetworkorremoteservers.
8.WhatwouldariseintheLocalDeliveryqueuegenerallymean?Thisindicatesaperformanceissueor
outageonthelocalserver.ReasonscouldbeslownessinconsultingAD,slownessinhandingmessages
offtolocaldeliveryorSMTPdelivery.Itcouldalsobedatabasesbeingdismountedoralackofdiskspace.
9.WhatarethestandardportnumbersforSMTP,POP3,IMAP4,RPC,LDAPandGlobalCatalog?SMTP
25,POP3110,IMAP4143,RPC135,LDAP389,GlobalCatalog3268
10.Nametheprocessnamesforthefollowing:SystemAttendant?MAD.EXE,InformationStore
STORE.EXE,SMTP/POP/IMAP/OWAINETINFO.EXE
11.WhatisthemaximumamountofdatabasesthatcanbehostedonExchange2003Enterprise?20
databases.4SGsx5DBs.
12.Whatarethedisadvantagesofcircularlogging?Intheeventofacorruptdatabase,datacanonlybe
restoredtothelastbackup.

19ResponsestoWindowssysadmininterviewquestions
1)Howwindowsserverwillconfigure?
Tellthemthatyouhave400pcbasednetwork,andyouconfigureaActiveDirectorydomainonwindowsserversto
centralizeadministrationtasks.
1)Howwindowsserverwillconfigure?
Itsdependsontheroleoftheserver.IfyouinstallingActiveDirectory,youhavetorunDCPROMOoncommond
prompt,andfollowedinstructions.
Overallitsdependsontherole.
SimplyyoucansaythereisanoptioninwindowsManageServeronceyoufollowtheinstructionsitwillguideyou
toconfigureyourserver.
2)Howmanytypesofservers?
IftheyareconcernwithHardwareserver,tellthemthehardwareconfigurationandvendoroftheserver.
Iftheyareaskingaboutthetypesofwindowsserver,tellthemStandard,enterprise,orSmallbusinessserveretc.
start>Run>Cmd>
Type
netsendComputernametypeurmsg
Question2:WhatmustbedonetoanADforestbeforeExchangecanbedeployed?Setup/forestprep
question2isincorrect,inorderformsexchange2kor2003tobesucessfullydeployedbothforestprepanddomain
prepmustsuccessfulycompletefirst,beforethesetup.exeoftheactualexchangeinstall,ortheinstallandwillerror
outifattempted.
.Howwindowsserverwillconfigure?.
2.Howmanytypesofserver?.
3.Whatistheserverevnverment?.
Ifacedoneinterviewtheyaskedhowmanytypesofserverinyourcompany,howuconfigured.
Pleaseguidemeinthismater
1)Howtomigratefromwindows2000to2003withoutdistrubingtheexistingDomain?????????
2)HowtomigragefromMs.Exchange2000to2003andhowtoconfigureOutlookWebAccess????????
3)WhatrtheportstorequiredtoconfiguretoExchangeServer????????
4)WhatisIISandhowtomigratefromIIS5.0toIIS6.0??

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1.

1)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonADS2003.andwhatrthemaindifferencesbetweenADS2000and2003
????????
2)WhataremaindifferencesbetweenWINSandDNS???
3)WhywehavetogotoDNSwhatrtheadvantagesinDNS???????
4)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonDNS????
5)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonDHCP????
6)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsFTP????
7)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonDFS????
8)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonFileServer??????????
9)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonPrintServer?????????

2.

1.Inwindows2000perfosonalorwinxppcperfomanceisverylowwhatisthesolutionyouwillgive?
2.whatisdiffrentbetweenAD2000&AD2003?
3.whatisdifferentbetweenwindows2000&NT&winxp?

3.

WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonADS2003.andwhatrthemaindifferencesbetweenADS2000and2003
????????
2)WhataremaindifferencesbetweenWINSandDNS???
3)WhywehavetogotoDNSwhatrtheadvantagesinDNS???????
4)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonDNS????
5)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonDHCP????
6)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsFTP????
7)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonDFS????
8)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonFileServer??????????
9)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonPrintServer?????????

4.

XP
1.Firewall
2.Automaticupdate
3.MediaPlayer9issupporttoDVD
4.Visualstyle
5.RemoteDesktop
6.OnScreenBoard
7.ProgramCapabilitywizard
8etc..

5.

Questionasked@interview
whatisuseofNTLDRfile
whereitslocation
whatwillyoudoiferroroccurentldrmissing
whatwouldbetheporoblemifmymailsnotoutgoing.
whataretheprotocolsusebyoutlook.
whatarediffbetweenoutlook&outlookexpress.

6.

mostoftheseareterriblequestionsforageneralwindows/ADsysadmin.Theyrebookish,notrealisticthekindof
thingonelooksupifonedoesntuseeveryday.
Also,toomanyofthequestionsarefocusedonexchange.Forexample,weoutsourceexchange,soawindows
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sysadminherewouldntbeaskedanyofthosequestions

WhataremaindifferencesbetweenWINSandDNS???
WINS:ItisusedtoresolveIPaddressintonetbiosViceversaitisusedpriorversionofwin2000
DNS:ItisusedtoresolveIPaddressintohostname.Viceversaitisusedin2000,XP,2003server

whatarediffbetweenoutlook&outlookexpress????
OutlookExpress
OutlookExpressistheemailclientthatisincludedwithMicrosoftInternetExplorer4.x,MicrosoftInternetExplorer
5.x,theMicrosoftWindows98operatingsystem,theMicrosoftWindowsMillenniumEdition(Me)operatingsystem,
theMicrosoftWindows2000operatingsystems,andMicrosoftOffice98fortheMacintosh.OutlookExpressis
designedforhomeuserswhogainaccesstotheiremailmessagesbydialingintoanInternetserviceprovider(ISP).
Outlook
OutlookisMicrosoftspremiermessagingandcollaborationclient.Itisastandaloneapplicationthatisintegratedinto
MicrosoftOfficeandExchangeServer.OutlookalsoprovidesperformanceandintegrationwithInternetExplorer5.5.
Completeintegrationofemail,calendaring,andcontactmanagement,makesOutlooktheperfectclientformany
businessusers.

9.

AdvantagesofWINS:WINSwillbereallyhelofullinamultidomainenvironmentwhereinuserswouldneedto
accessmanyoftheresourcesindifferentdomains,ratherethanaddingdifferentDNSsuffixesofeachdomainonthe
localmachine.WINSisthebestoption.ButicouldalsosayWINSisnotasstableasDNS.

Windowssysadmininterviewquestions

1.WhatisActiveDirectoryschema?
2.WhatarethedomainfunctionallevelinWindowsServer2003?
3.WhataretheforestfunctionallevelinWindowsServer2003?
4.Whatisglobalcatalogserver?
5.Howwecanraisedomainfunctional&forestfunctionallevelinWindowsServer2003?
6.Whichisthedeafultprotocolusedindirectoryservices?
7.WhatisIPv6?
8.WhatisthedefaultdomainfunctionallevelinWindowsServer2003?
9.Whatarethephysical&logicalcomponentsofADS
10.Inwhichdomainfunctionallevel,wecanrenamedomainname?
11.Whatismultimasterreplication?
12.Whatisasite?
13.Whichisthecommandusedtoremoveactivedirectoryfromadomaincontroler?
14.Howwecancreateconsole,whichcontainschema?
15.Whatistrust?
16.WhatisthefilethatsresponsibleforkeepallActiveDirectorydatabase?

WindowsServerandMSExchangeinterviewquestions

1.WhatisDHCP?HowweconfigureDHCP?
2.WhatarethewaystoconfigureDNS&Zones?
3.Whatarethetypesofbackup?Explaineach?
4.WhatareLevelsofRAID0,1,5?Whichoneisbetter&why?
5.WhatareFMSORoles?Listthem.
6.DescribetheleaseprocessoftheDHCPserver.
7.DisasterRecoveryPlan?
8.Whatisscope&superscope?

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9.DifferencesbetweenWin2000Server&AdvancedServer?
10.LogicalDiagramofActiveDirectory?Whatisthedifferencebetweenchilddomain&additionaldomainserver?
11.FTP,NNTP,SMTP,KERBEROS,DNS,DHCP,POP3portnumbers?
12.WhatisKerberos?WhichversioniscurrentlyusedbyWindows?HowdoesKerberoswork?

MicrosoftExchangeServerinterviewquestions

1.DistributionList?
2.GAL,RoutingGroup,Stmfiles,Eseutil&inintegwhataretheyusedfor?
3.WhatisMIME&MAPI?
4.ListtheservicesofExchangeServer2000?
5.HowwouldyourecoverExchangeserverwhenthelogfileiscorrupted?

Sysadmininterviewquestions

1.Whatisalevel0backup?
2.Whatisanincrementalbackup?
3.Whatstepsarerequiredtoperformabaremetalrecovery?
4.NamekeyfilesordirectoriesonaUNIXsystemthatshouldalwaysbebackedup.
5.NamekeyfilesordirectoriesonaWindowssystemthatshouldalwaysbebackedup.
6.WhatisRAID0?
7.WhatisRAID0+1?Whyisitbetterthan0?
8.WhatisRAID5?
9.WhywouldyouNOTwanttoencapsulatearootdirectorywithVeritas?
10.Whatisconcatenation?
11.Whatisstriping?
12.Whatisaspindle?

Networkingquestions

1.Whatisadefaultgateway?Theexitpointfromonenetworkandentrywayintoanothernetwork,oftenthe
routerofthenetwork.
2.HowdoyousetadefaultrouteonanIOSCiscorouter?iproute0.0.0.00.0.0.0x.x.x.x[wherex.x.x.x
representsthedestinationaddress]
3.Whatisthedifferencebetweenadomainlocalgroupandaglobalgroup?Domainlocalgroupsgrant
permissionstoobjectswithinthedomaininwhichthereside.Globalgroupscontaingrantpermissionstreeor
forestwideforanyobjectswithintheActiveDirectory.
4.WhatisLDAPusedfor?LDAPisasetofprotocolusedforprovidingaccesstoinformationdirectories.
5.Whattoolhaveyouusedtocreateandanalyzepacketcaptures?NetworkMonitorinWin2K/Win2K3,
EtherealinLinux,OptiViewSeriesII(byFlukeNetworks).
6.HowdoesHSRPwork?
7.WhatisthesignificanceoftheIPaddress255.255.255.255?Thelimitedbroadcastaddressisutilized
whenanIPnodemustperformaonetoeveryonedeliveryonthelocalnetworkbutthenetworkIDisunknown.

12generalquestionsfromaninternationalcompany
ATechInterviewsreadersentinthequestionshefacedatamajorglobalcompany.Thequestionsarefairlygeneric:

1.Tellmeaboutyouranalyticalskills,citesomeexamplesofhowyouhaveusedyourskillsinthepast.
2.Whataresomeofyourlongtermgoals?
3.Whatareyourshorttermgoals?
4.Wheredoyouseeyourselffiveyearsfromnow?
5.TellmewhyIshouldhireyou?
6.Whatdoescustomerservicemeantoyou?

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7.Whydidyouleaveyourlastjob?
8.Describeyourdefinitionofateamplayer?
9.Sightexamplesofwheninthepastyouhaveproventobeateamplayer?
10.Howwouldyouhandleaconflictwithanotheremployee?
11.Whatdoyoubelieveyoucangainbyworkingatthiscompany?
12.Givemesomeexamplesoftimesinthepast,whenyouwereabletoavoidaconflict,bythinkingonyourfeet.
Tellwhatyouknowaboutthiscompany.

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