7.3 Active Directory Domain Services

Question 1

What is Active Directory Domain Services (AD)? (Win def)

Answer 1

A directory service, such as Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), provides the methods for storing directory data and making this data available to network users and administrators.

For example, AD DS stores information about user accounts, such as names, passwords, phone numbers, and so on, and enables other authorized users on the same network to access this information.

Question 2

What is Active Directory Domain Services (AD)? (slide def)

Answer 2

Active Directory is all the services that work together to manage authentication and authorization within a Windows Server network.

• Authentication allows users to prove their identity using a password, token, or biometric key.
• Authorization provides or denies users permission to material.

Question 3

What is the most used authentication protocol?

Answer 3

Kerberos

A ticket-based authentication protocol, now the default
authentication protocol for Windows Server domains. Provides direct encrypted sessions between users and networked resources.

Question 4

________________ are packages of policy settings that contain one or more group policy.

Answer 4

Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are packages of policy settings that contain one or more group policy.