Chapter 1

Question 1

Server operating systems

Answer 1

OS designed to emphasize network access performance and run background processes rather than desktop applications

Question 2

Server role

Answer 2

A major function or service that a server performs

Question 3

Role services

Answer 3

Services that can be installed in Server Manager to add functions to the main role.

Question 4

server features

Answer 4

Components you can install that provide functions to enhance or support an installed role or add a standalone feature.

Question 5

NT File System (NTFS)

Answer 5

A file system used on Windows OSs that supports compression, encryption, and file and folder permissions

Question 6

Windows workgroup

Answer 6

A small collection of Windows computers whose users typically have something in common, such as the need to share files or printers with each other. No computer has authority or control over another. Logons, security, and resource sharing are decentralized. - Peer to peer network

Question 7

standalone server

Answer 7

A Windows server that isn’t a domain controller or a member of a domain.

Question 8

Windows domain

Answer 8

a group of Windows computers that share common management and are subject to rules and policies that an administrator defines.

Question 9

domain controller

Answer 9

A windows server that has Active Directory installed and is responsible for allowing client computers to access domain resources.

Question 10

member server

Answer 10

a windows server that’s in the management scope of a Windows domain but doesn’t have Active Directory installed.

Question 11

network connection

Answer 11

the network interface, network protocol, and network client and server software working together on a windows computer.

Question 12

network interface

Answer 12

the network interface card and the devices driver software working together.

Question 13

network protocol

Answer 13

Software that specifies the rules and format of communication between devices on a network.

Question 14

network client

Answer 14

the part of the OS that sends request to a server to access network resources.

Question 15

Network server software

Answer 15

The part of the OS that receives request for shared network resources and makes these resources available to a network client.

Question 16

Active Directory

Answer 16

The windows directory service that enables administrators to create and manage users and groups, set network wide user and computer policies, manage security, and organize network resources.

Question 17

parameter

Answer 17

an input to a command or powershell cmdlet

Question 18

variable

Answer 18

a temporary storage location that holds values, whether numeric, strings, or objects

Question 19

Cloud comuting

Answer 19

A collection of technologies for abstracting the details of how applications, storage, network, and other computing resources are delivered to users.

Question 20

public cloud

Answer 20

a cloud computing service provided by a third party

Question 21

private cloud

Answer 21

a cloud computing service provided by a company’s internal IT department.

Question 22

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)

Answer 22

a sector of private cloud computing whereby users access their desktops through a private cloud; the OS and applications run on servers in a corporate data center rather than on the local computer

Question 23

Nested virtualization

Answer 23

The ability to run a virtual machine on a virtual machine