Lesson 9 - Chapter 3: Active Directory Flashcards
What is a Windows domain controller?
a type of server
What is Active Directory? What is it on?
a centralized networking database on a Windows domain controller (a type of server) that manages and maintains information about everything on the network
(user accounts, passwords, access to resources on a network)
Can a PC be part of a workgroup and a Active Directory domain?
No, it has to be one or the other
Active Directory is an integral part of what?
Windows server, it provides directory services to a Windows Server domain
What is single-sign on? (SSO)
valid domain accounts sign in once and have access to all domain resources
What type of businesses use a domain?
those with more than a dozen or so hosts
What is a domain?
a server running Windows Server controls access to network resources
How do you create a domain?
An admin creates a domain on the Windows Server system and makes it the domain controller (DC)
What is a domain controller? What is it used for?
a domain (server) that is created/assigned by an admin and used to create domain accounts for users in Active Directory
When a system joins a domain when it’s already part of a workgroup, what happens?
It automatically is removed from its workgroup
How do you log into a domain?
You enter your username when logging into a computer on a domain
Where are user accounts stored? What does it also function as?
User accounts are stored on the domain controller, which functions as the authentication server
What functions as the authentication server?
domain controller
What’s the text you input to log into a domain? (username)
(domain)backslash(domain username)
example:
totalhome\Vanessa
What’s one way to see the Active Directory?
log on directly to the domain controller and run the Active Directory Users and Computers utility
What is the Active Directory Users and Computers utility?
it’s a tool that provides basic Active Directory functions
What are organizational units? How do they appear?
they’re the domain’s organization. They show up as “folders” (not folders) under the domain name tree
In the Active Directory Users and Computers utility, what is the “Built-in” organizational unit?
stores all the built-in domain groups such as Domain Administrators and Users
In the Active Directory Users and Computers utility, what is the “Computers” organizational unit?
lists every system (from servers to workstations)