Active Directory Flashcards
What is the Active Directory?
A Database of everything on a Network:
-file shares
-user accounts
-groups
-printers and other networked devices
-authentication
It also acts as a centralised access control center for managing user access/permissions to specified resources on the Network Directory. Require user logins - done via servers called Domain Controllers.
What’s a Windows Domain? What’s a Domain Controller?
A group of related/centrally managed devices, resources or users.
They use Domain Controllers - that are servers that authenticate and allow users/systems to access the Domain (group of networked devices).
What are Organisational Units (OU’s) within a Active Directory domain?
OU’s are customisable user/device groupings that allow you to split up your Domain by whatever hierarchical system you chose to make it more manageable.
E.g. split devices by what country they’re in.
You can then assign access/permissions/policies based on groupings/OU’s. So you can then have sub-groups of the groups and sub-groups of those (nested OU’s/hierarchical structuring).
What are login scripts?
A script/simple automated task that automatically executes/runs when a user logs in to a system.
E.g. may have a pop up saying “Hello!” or map a particular drive.
How would you associate a login script with an OU’s Group Policy?
User Configuration>Policies>Windows Settings>Scripts
Where would you manage and update group policies (GP’s) on Windows?
Group Policy Management (gpmc)/Group Policy Editor (gpedit) allow you to create/edit and link Group Policies and manage OUs/Organisational Units (sub groups).
How would you force a client to update it’s Windows Group Policys (Active Directory)?
gpupdate /force
How to redirect user folders (like Documents, Pictures, etc) to a Network share?
User Configuration>Policies>Windows Settings>Folder Redirection
Folder redirection is often twinned with Offline Files feature so that users can access their files when disconnected from the network/are offline.
