Deploy and manage identity infrastructure - Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)

Question 1

What is AD DS

Answer 1

Central store of all the domain objects

Question 2

What does AD DS provide

Answer 2

Searchable, hierarchical directory and a method for applying configuration and security settings for objects in an enterprise

Question 3

What actions can be performed with AD DS

Answer 3

Installing, configuring, and updating apps.
Managing the security infrastructure.
Enabling Remote Access Service and DirectAccess.
Issuing and managing digital certificates

Question 4

What are the types of logical components an AD DS database contains

Answer 4

Partition
Schema
Domain
Domain tree
Forest
OU
Container

Question 5

What is partition in AD DS

Answer 5

Portion of the AD DS database

Question 6

What is the name of the database in AD DS

Answer 6

Ntds.dit

Question 7

What does the schema, configuration and domain partitions contain respectively

Answer 7

Schema partition - Active Directory schema
Configuration partition - Configuration objects for the forest
Domain partition - Users, computers, groups, and other objects specific to the domain

Question 8

What is the schema

Answer 8

Set of definitions of the object types and attributes that you use to define the objects created in AD DS

Question 9

What is a domain

Answer 9

Logical administrative container for objects

Maps to a specific partition and you can organize the domain with parent-child relationships to other domains

Question 10

What is a domain tree

Answer 10

Hierarchical collection of domains that share a common root domain and a contiguous Domain Name System (DNS) namespace

Question 11

What is a forest

Answer 11

Collection of one or more domains that have a common AD DS root, a common schema, and a common global catalog

Question 12

What is an OU

Answer 12

Container object for users, groups, and computers that provides a framework for delegating administrative rights and administration by linking Group Policy Objects (GPOs)

Question 13

What is a container

Answer 13

Object that provides an organizational framework for use in AD DS

Question 14

What are the physical components in AD DS

Answer 14

Objects that are tangible or describe tangible components in the real world

Question 15

What are the physical components of AD DS

Answer 15

Domain controller
Data store
Global catalog server
Read-only domain controller (RODC)
Site
Subnet

Question 16

Describe a domain controller

Answer 16

Contains a copy of the AD DS database

Can process changes and replicate the changes to all the other domain controllers in the domain

Question 17

Describe the data store in AD DS

Answer 17

Copy of the data store exists on each domain controller
AD DS database uses Microsoft Jet database technology and stores the directory information in the Ntds.dit file and associated log files
C:\Windows\NTDS folder stores these files by default

Question 18

What is a global catalog server

Answer 18

Domain controller that hosts the global catalog, which is a partial, read-only copy of all the objects in a multiple-domain forest
Speeds up searches for objects that might be stored on domain controllers in a different domain in the forest

Question 19

What is a Read-only domain controller (RODC)

Answer 19

Read only installation of AD DS

Question 20

What is a site

Answer 20

Container for AD DS objects, such as computers and services that are specific to a physical location

Question 21

What is a subnet

Answer 21

Container for AD DS objects, such as computers and services that are specific to a physical location