Windows Server only Part-2

1) How to enable telnet in Windows ?
2) What are the different types of Terminal Services ?
3) What is the diff between Application mode and Administration mode ?
4) What is Licensing in Terminal Services?
5) What is FSMO roles and explain ?
6) I have a Global Catalog server in Server1, and want to make the same server as a Infrasture Master. Can i go ahead with that ? Explain.
7) How to publish a web site in IIS?
8) How to deploy a patches to the systems ?
9) What are the tools available for Patch Deployments ?
10) Difference between Differential and Incremental Backup ?
11) What is DHCP Option, Server Options?
12) How to take backup in Group Policy?
13) Which component is used for replication between the sites?
14) How to take the backup DHCP data while DHCP SERVER is running?
15) What is new features in Windows 2003 DNS?
16) What are new ADS features in 2003 ?
17) You are having high configuration server SERVER1 and additional domain controller with less configuration serv2, serv3. When the 1000 users login into their computer, all login traffic goes to serv2 and serv3. so the server serv2 and serv3 get hung. How do you redirect the logon traffic to SERVER1?
18) What is the procedure to restore the data in ADS?
19) What is the use of ntdsutil command ?
20) Which command helps to find the server for FSMO roles ?
21) What are the protocol supports for Replication ?
22) What is the expantion of .Dit ? Scalable size of NTDS in 2k3?
23) What are the partitions available in AD?
24) What are the two types of replications?
25) What is KCC ? What is the function of the KCC?
26) What are the two trust protocols 2k3 using ?
27) What are the trust relations available in 2k3?
28)What are the protocols used on replication?
29) What is the default time delay on replication?
30) What Different tables available in NTDS database?
31) Where is the FRS logs stored in and what is the database engine name?
32) What is tombstone object in AD? What is it’s life time?
33) What are the functions of GC?
34) What is Global catalog and GC server?
35) What are the domain functional levels in 2k3?
36) What is the hierarchy of applying Gpo in 2k3?

Windows Server Only Part-1

1 what is the difrences btwen 2k , 2k3 and xp?

2. WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF DHCP?

3. HOW DHCP CONFIGURE?

4. What is the new major feature introduced in Exchange 2003, which was not included in Exchange 2000?

5. How can you recover a deleted mail box ?

6. what is the use of ESUtil.exe ?

7. What are the port Numbers for pop3, imap, smtp port, smtp over ssl, pop3 over ssl, imap over ssl ?

8. Difference between Exchance 2003 and 2007?

9. what is RPC over Http ?

10. What is required for using RPC over Https with MS Outlook ?

11. If you have deleted the user, after you recreated the same user. How you will give the access of previous mail box ?

12. What are the prequisite for installation of Exchange Server ?

13. What is the use of NNTP with exchange ?

14. If NNTP service get stoped, what features of exchange will be effected ?

15. Which protocol is used for Public Folder ?

16. How will take backup of Active Directory ?

17. What are the content of System State backup ?

18. 1.boot process in windows nt/xp/2000/2003

19. 2.how do you configure memory dump if c:,d:,e: & paging file is configured so and so way?

20. 3.backups ? which is better, why and which to use when?

21. 4.disaster recovery plan?

22. 5.DHCP lease process

23. 6.DNS zones, chronicle records what are they?

24. 7.DHCP relay agent where to place it?

25. 8.what is active directory compared to SAM?

26. 9.what is GC? how many required for A Tree?

27. 10.what is forest?

28. 11.Group policies?

29. 12.FSMO Roles?

30. When you use ping command, how do you recognise DNS/WINS is working ?

31. What is the difference between DNS/WINS ?

32. Do you require WINS in Windows 2000 ? Explain how ?

33. What is Active Directory ?

34 You have parentdomain xyzhq.com and the childdomains INxyz and UKxyz. When you apply a group policy in parent domain zHQ as a domain level, does it applies to its child domain INxyz and UKxyz ?

35. You take a backup on Monday as FULL and Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday as Differential Backup. If your Server Crashes on Friday. Then what are the media tape required to restore the date ? Explain how ?

36. What is Global Catalog Server ?

37. Can GC Server and Infrastructure place in single server ? ifnot explain why ?

38. What is the size of log file which created before updating into ntds.dit and the total number of files ?

39. What does SYSVOL contains ?

40. Which is service in your windows is responsible for replication of Domain controller to another domain controller.

41. How data will travel between sites in ADS replication?

42. What is the port number for SMTP, Kerberos, LDAP, GC Server. ?

43. What Intrasite and Intersite Replication ?

44. What is lost & found folder in ADS ?

45. What is Garbage collection ?

46. What System State data contains ?

47. How do you restore a particular OU which deleted by accidently ?

48. What is IPSec Policy ?

49. What are different types of Group Policy ?

50. What is the order of applying Group Policy ?

51. What are the new features in Windows 2003 related to ADS, Repllication, Trust ?

52. How to edit the Schma in ADS ?

53. What is Domain Local, Global Group, Universal group ?

54. Diff between Global & Universal group ?

55. What are the different types of Terminal Services ?

56. What does mean by root DNS servers?

57. What are the different records in DNS ?

58. What is SOA records ?

59. How does the downlevel clients register it names with DNS server ?

60. What is RsOP ?

61. What is default lease period for DHCP Server?

62. What is the process of DHCP clients for getting the ip address?

63. What is multicaste ?

64. What is superscope ?

65. What is the System Startup process ?

66. What is WINS hybrid & mixed mode?

67. What is Disk Quota ?

68 .What is Active Directory?

69. What is LDAP?

70. Can you connect Active Directory to other 3rd-party Directory Services? Name a few options.

71. Where is the AD database held? What other folders are related to AD?

72. What is the SYSVOL folder?

73. Name the AD NCs and replication issues for each NC

74. What are application partitions? When do I use them

75. How do you create a new application partition

76. How do you view replication properties for AD partitions and DCs?

77. What is the Global Catalog?

78. How do you view all the GCs in the forest?

79. Why not make all DCs in a large forest as GCs?

80. Trying to look at the Schema, how can I do that?

81. What are the Support Tools? Why do I need them?

82. What is LDP? What is REPLMON? What is ADSIEDIT? What is NETDOM? What is REPADMIN?

What are sites? What are they used for?

83. What's the difference between a site link's schedule and interval?

84. What is the KCC?

85. What is the ISTG? Who has that role by default?

86. What are the requirements for installing AD on a new server?

87. What can you do to promote a server to DC if you're in a remote location with slow WAN link?

How can you forcibly remove AD from a server, and what do you do later? • Can I get user passwords from the AD database?

88. What tool would I use to try to grab security related packets from the wire?

Name some OU design considerations.

89. What is tombstone lifetime attribute?

90. What do you do to install a new Windows 2003 DC in a Windows 2000 AD?

91. What do you do to install a new Windows 2003 R2 DC in a Windows 2003 AD?

92. How would you find all users that have not logged on since last month?

What are the DS* commands?

93. What's the difference between LDIFDE and CSVDE? Usage considerations?

94. What are the FSMO roles? Who has them by default? What happens when each one fails?

95. What FSMO placement considerations do you know of?

96. I want to look at the RID allocation table for a DC. What do I do?

97. What's the difference between transferring a FSMO role and seizing one? Which one should you NOT seize? Why?

98. How do you configure a "stand-by operation master" for any of the roles?

99. How do you backup AD?

100. How do you restore AD?

101. How do you change the DS Restore admin password?

102. Why can't you restore a DC that was backed up 4 months ago?

103. What are GPOs?

104. What is the order in which GPOs are applied?

105 Name a few benefits of using GPMC.

106. What are the GPC and the GPT? Where can I find them?

107. What are GPO links? What special things can I do to them?

108. What can I do to prevent inheritance from above?

109. How can you determine what GPO was and was not applied for a user? Name a few ways to do that.

110. A user claims he did not receive a GPO, yet his user and computer accounts are in the right OU, and everyone else there gets the GPO. What will you look for?

111. Name some GPO settings in the computer and user parts.

112. What are administrative templates?

113. What's the difference between software publishing and assigning?

114. Can I deploy non-MSI software with GPO?

115.You want to standardize the desktop environments (wallpaper, My Documents, Start menu, printers etc.) on the computers in one department. How would you do that?

IIS and Scripting Interview Questions

1.What is presentation layer responsible for in the OSI model?

The presentation layer establishes the data format prior to passing it along to the network application’s interface. TCP/IP networks perform this task at the application layer.

2.Does Windows Server 2003 support IPv6?

Yes, run ipv6.exe from command line to disable it.

3.Can Windows Server 2003 function as a bridge?

Yes, and it’s a new feature for the 2003 product. You can combine several networks and devices connected via several adapters by enabling IP routing.

4.What’s the difference between the basic disk and dynamic disk?

The basic type contains partitions, extended partitions, logical drivers, and an assortment of static volumes; the dynamic type does not use partitions but dynamically manages volumes and provides advanced storage options

5.What’s a media pool?

It is any compilation of disks or tapes with the same administrative properties.

6.How do you install recovery console?

C:\i386\win32 /cmdcons, assuming that your Win server installation is on drive C.

7.What’s new in Terminal Services for Windows 2003 Server? Supports audio transmissions as well, although prepare for heavy network load.

8.What scripts ship with IIS 6.0?

iisweb.vsb to create, delete, start, stop, and list Web sites, iisftp.vsb to create, delete, start, stop, and list FTP sites, iisdir.vsb to create, delete, start, stop, and display virtual directories, iisftpdr.vsb to create, delete, start, stop, and display virtual directories under an FTP root, iiscnfg.vbs to export and import IIS configuration to an XML file.

9.What’s the name of the user who connects to the Web site anonymously?

IUSR_computername

10.What secure authentication and encryption mechanisms are supported by IIS 6.0?

Basic authentication, Digest authentication, Advanced digest authentication, Certificate-based Web transactions that use PKCS #7/PKCS #10, Fortezza, SSL, Server-Gated Cryptography, Transport Layer Security

11.What’s the relation between SSL and TLS?

Transport Layer Security (TLS) extends SSL by providing cryptographic authentication.

12.What’s the role of http.sys in IIS?

It is the point of contact for all incoming HTTP requests. It listens for requests and queues them until they are all processed, no more queues are available, or the Web server is shut down.

13.Where’s ASP cache located on IIS 6.0?

On disk, as opposed to memory, as it used to be in IIS 5.

14.What is socket pooling? Non-blocking socket usage, introduced in IIS 6.0. More than one application can use a given socket.

15.Describe the process of clustering with Windows 2003 Server?

when a new node is added. As a node goes online, it searches for other nodes to join by polling the designated internal network. In this way, all nodes are notified of the new node’s existence. If other nodes cannot be found on a preexisting cluster, the new node takes control of the quorum resources residing on the shared disk that contains state and configuration data.

16.What applications are not capable of performing in Windows 2003 Server clusters?

The ones written exclusively for NetBEUI and IPX.

17.What’s a heartbeat?

Communication processes between the nodes designed to ensure node’s health.

18.What’s a threshold in clustered environment?

The number of times a restart is attempted, when the node fails.

19.You need to change and admin password on a clustered Windows box, but that requires rebooting the cluster, doesn’t it? No, it doesn’t. In 2003 environment you can do that via cluster.exe utility which does not require rebooting the entire cluster.

20.For the document of size 1 MB, what size would you expect the index to be with Indexing Service?

150-300 KB, 15-30% is a reasonable expectation.

21.Doesn’t the Indexing Service introduce a security flaw when allowing access to the index?

No, because users can only view the indices of documents and folders that they have permissions for.

22.What’s the typical size of the index?

Less then 100K documents - up to 128 MB. More than that - 256+ MB.

23.Which characters should be enclosed in quotes when searching the index?

&, @, $, #, ^, ( ), and |.

24.How would you search for C++?

Just enter C++, since + is not a special character (and neither is C).

25.What about Barnes&Noble? Should be searched for as Barnes’&’Noble.

26.Are the searches case-sensitive?

No.

27.What’s the order of precedence of Boolean operators in Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Indexing Service?

NOT, AND, NEAR, OR.

28.What’s a vector space query?

A multiple-word query where the weight can be assigned to each of the search words. For example, if you want to fight information on ‘black hole’, but would prefer to give more weight to the word hole, you can enter black[1] hole[20] into the search window.

29.What’s a response queue?

It’s the message queue that holds response messages sent from the receiving application to the sender.

30.What’s MQPing used for? Testing Microsoft Message Queue services between the nodes on a network.

31.Which add-on package for Windows 2003 Server would you use to monitor the installed software and license compliance? SMS (System Management Server).

32.Which service do you use to set up various alerts?

MOM (Microsoft Operations Manager).

33.What languages does Windows Scripting Host support?

VB, VBScript, JScript.

Windows Server 2003 Interview Question Part 1

1.How do you double-boot a Win 2003 server box?

The Boot.ini file is set as read-only, system, and hidden to prevent unwanted editing. To change the Boot.ini timeout and default settings, use the System option in Control Panel from the Advanced tab Go-to select Startup & Recovery and Settings.

2.What do you do if earlier application doesn’t run on Windows Server 2003?

When an application that ran on an earlier legacy version of Windows cannot be loaded during the setup function or if it later malfunctions, you must run the compatibility mode function. This is accomplished by right-clicking the application or setup program and selecting Properties –> Compatibility –> selecting the previously supported operating system.

3.If you uninstall Windows Server 2003, which operating systems can you revert to? Win ME, Win 98, 2000, XP. Note, however, that you cannot upgrade from ME and 98 to Windows Server 2003.

4.How do you get to Internet Firewall settings?

Start –> Control Panel –> Network and Internet Connections –> Network Connections.

5.What are the Windows Server 2003 keyboard shortcuts?

Winkey opens or closes the Start menu. Winkey + BREAK displays the System Properties dialog box. Winkey + TAB moves the focus to the next application in the taskbar. Winkey + SHIFT + TAB moves the focus to the previous application in the taskbar. Winkey + B moves the focus to the notification area. Winkey + D shows the desktop. Winkey + E opens Windows Explorer showing My Computer. Winkey + F opens the Search panel. Winkey + CTRL + F opens the Search panel with Search for Computers module selected. Winkey + F1 opens Help. Winkey + M minimizes all. Winkey + SHIFT+ M undoes minimization. Winkey + R opens Run dialog. Winkey + U opens the Utility Manager. Winkey + L locks the computer.

6.What is Active Directory?

Active Directory is a network-based object store and service that locates and manages resources, and makes these resources available to authorized users and groups. An underlying principle of the Active Directory is that everything is considered an object—people, servers, workstations, printers, documents, and devices. Each object has certain attributes and its own security access control list (ACL).

7.Where are the Windows NT Primary Domain Controller (PDC) and its Backup Domain Controller (BDC) in Server 2003?

The Active Directory replaces them. Now all domain controllers share a multimaster peer-to-peer read and write relationship that hosts copies of the Active Directory.

8.How long does it take for security changes to be replicated among the domain controllers?

Security-related modifications are replicated within a site immediately. These changes include account and individual user lockout policies, changes to password policies, changes to computer account passwords, and modifications to the Local Security Authority (LSA).

9.What’s new in Windows Server 2003 regarding the DNS management?

When DC promotion occurs with an existing forest, the Active Directory Installation Wizard contacts an existing DC to update the directory and replicate from the DC the required portions of the directory. If the wizard fails to locate a DC, it performs debugging and reports what caused the failure and how to fix the problem. In order to be located on a network, every DC must register in DNS DC locator DNS records. The Active Directory Installation Wizard verifies a proper configuration of the DNS infrastructure. All DNS configuration debugging and reporting activity is done with the Active Directory Installation Wizard.

10.When should you create a forest?

Organizations that operate on radically different bases may require separate trees with distinct namespaces. Unique trade or brand names often give rise to separate DNS identities. Organizations merge or are acquired and naming continuity is desired. Organizations form partnerships and joint ventures. While access to common resources is desired, a separately defined tree can enforce more direct administrative and security restrictions.

11.How can you authenticate between forests?

Four types of authentication are used across forests: (1) Kerberos and NTLM network logon for remote access to a server in another forest; (2) Kerberos and NTLM interactive logon for physical logon outside the user’s home forest; (3) Kerberos delegation to N-tier application in another forest; and (4) user principal name (UPN) credentials.

12.What snap-in administrative tools are available for Active Directory?

Active Directory Domains and Trusts Manager, Active Directory Sites and Services Manager, Active Directory Users and Group Manager, Active Directory Replication (optional, available from the Resource Kit), Active Directory Schema Manager (optional, available from adminpak)

13.What types of classes exist in Windows Server 2003 Active Directory?

* Structural class. The structural class is important to the system administrator in that it is the only type from which new Active Directory objects are created. Structural classes are developed from either the modification of an existing structural type or the use of one or more abstract classes.

* Abstract class. Abstract classes are so named because they take the form of templates that actually create other templates (abstracts) and structural and auxiliary classes. Think of abstract classes as frameworks for the defining objects.

* Auxiliary class. The auxiliary class is a list of attributes. Rather than apply numerous attributes when creating a structural class, it provides a streamlined alternative by applying a combination of attributes with a single include action.

* 88 class. The 88 class includes object classes defined prior to 1993, when the 1988 X.500 specification was adopted. This type does not use the structural, abstract, and auxiliary definitions, nor is it in common use for the development of objects in Windows Server 2003 environments.

14.How do you delete a lingering object?

Windows Server 2003 provides a command called Repadmin that provides the ability to delete lingering objects in the Active Directory.

15.What is Global Catalog?

The Global Catalog authenticates network user logons and fields inquiries about objects across a forest or tree. Every domain has at least one GC that is hosted on a domain controller. In Windows 2000, there was typically one GC on every site in order to prevent user logon failures across the network.

16.How is user account security established in Windows Server 2003?

When an account is created, it is given a unique access number known as a security identifier (SID). Every group to which the user belongs has an associated SID. The user and related group SIDs together form the user account’s security token, which determines access levels to objects throughout the system and network. SIDs from the security token are mapped to the access control list (ACL) of any object the user attempts to access.

17.If I delete a user and then create a new account with the same username and password, would the SID and permissions stay the same?

No. If you delete a user account and attempt to recreate it with the same user name and password, the SID will be different.

18.What do you do with secure sign-ons in an organization with many roaming users? Credential Management feature of Windows Server 2003 provides a consistent single sign-on experience for users. This can be useful for roaming users who move between computer systems. The Credential Management feature provides a secure store of user credentials that includes passwords and X.509 certificates.

19.Anything special you should do when adding a user that has a Mac?

"Save password as encrypted clear text" must be selected on User Properties Account Tab Options, since the Macs only store their passwords that way.

20.What remote access options does Windows Server 2003 support?

Dial-in, VPN, dial-in with callback.

21.Where are the documents and settings for the roaming profile stored?

All the documents and environmental settings for the roaming user are stored locally on the system, and, when the user logs off, all changes to the locally stored profile are copied to the shared server folder. Therefore, the first time a roaming user logs on to a new system the logon process may take some time, depending on how large his profile folder is.

22.Where are the settings for all the users stored on a given machine?

\Document and Settings\All Users

23.What languages can you use for log-on scripts?

JavaScipt, VBScript, DOS batch files (.com, .bat, or even .exe)

Active directory and security settings Questions with answer

1.What’s the difference between local, global and universal groups?
Domain local groups assign access permissions to global domain groups for local domain resources. Global groups provide access to resources in other trusted domains. Universal groups grant access to resources in all trusted domains.

2.I am trying to create a new universal user group. Why can’t I?
Universal groups are allowed only in native-mode Windows Server 2003 environments. Native mode requires that all domain controllers be promoted to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory.

3. What is LSDOU?
It’s group policy inheritance model, where the policies are applied to Local machines, Sites, Domains and Organizational Units.

4.Why doesn’t LSDOU work under Windows NT?
If the NTConfig.pol file exist, it has the highest priority among the numerous policies.

5. Where are group policies stored?
%SystemRoot%System32\GroupPolicy

6.What is GPT and GPC?
Group policy template and group policy container.

7. Where is GPT stored?
%SystemRoot%\SYSVOL\sysvol\domainname\Policies\GUID

8.You change the group policies, and now the computer and user settings are in conflict. Which one has the highest priority? The computer settings take priority.

9.You want to set up remote installation procedure, but do not want the user to gain access over it. What do you do? gponame–> User Configuration–> Windows Settings–> Remote Installation Services–> Choice Options is your friend.

10.What’s contained in administrative template conf.adm? Microsoft NetMeeting policies

11.How can you restrict running certain applications on a machine?
Via group policy, security settings for the group, then Software Restriction Policies.

12.You need to automatically install an app, but MSI file is not available. What do you do?
A .zap text file can be used to add applications using the Software Installer, rather than the Windows Installer.

13.What’s the difference between Software Installer and Windows Installer?
The former has fewer privileges and will probably require user intervention. Plus, it uses .zap files.

14.What can be restricted on Windows Server 2003 that wasn’t there in previous products?
Group Policy in Windows Server 2003 determines a users right to modify network and dial-up TCP/IP properties. Users may be selectively restricted from modifying their IP address and other network configuration parameters.

15.How frequently is the client policy refreshed?
90 minutes give or take.

16.Where is secedit?
It’s now gpupdate.

17.You want to create a new group policy but do not wish to inherit.
Make sure you check Block inheritance among the options when creating the policy.

18.What is "tattooing" the Registry?
The user can view and modify user preferences that are not stored in maintained portions of the Registry. If the group policy is removed or changed, the user preference will persist in the Registry.

19.How do you fight tattooing in NT/2000 installations?
You can’t.

20.How do you fight tattooing in 2003 installations?
User Configuration - Administrative Templates
- System - Group Policy - enable - Enforce Show Policies Only.

21.What does IntelliMirror do?
It helps to reconcile desktop settings, applications, and stored files for users, particularly those who move between workstations or those who must periodically work offline.

22.What’s the major difference between FAT and NTFS on a local machine?
FAT and FAT32 provide no security over locally logged-on users. Only native NTFS provides extensive permission control on both remote and local files.

23.How do FAT and NTFS differ in approach to user shares?
They don’t, both have support for sharing.

24.Explan the List Folder Contents permission on the folder in NTFS. Same as Read & Execute, but not inherited by files within a folder. However, newly created subfolders will inherit this permission.

25.I have a file to which the user has access, but he has no folder permission to read it. Can he access it?
It is possible for a user to navigate to a file for which he does not have folder permission. This involves simply knowing the path of the file object. Even if the user can’t drill down the file/folder tree using My Computer, he can still gain access to the file using the Universal Naming Convention (UNC). The best way to start would be to type the full path of a file into Run… window.

26.For a user in several groups, are Allow permissions restrictive or permissive?
Permissive, if at least one group has Allow permission for the file/folder, user will have the same permission.

27. For a user in several groups, are Deny permissions restrictive or permissive?
Restrictive, if at least one group has Deny permission for the file/folder, user will be denied access, regardless of other group permissions.

28. What hidden shares exist on Windows Server 2003 installation?
Admin$, Drive$, IPC$, NETLOGON, print$ and SYSVOL.

29.What’s the difference between standalone and fault-tolerant DFS (Distributed File System) installations?
The standalone server stores the Dfs directory tree structure or topology locally. Thus, if a shared folder is inaccessible or if the Dfs root server is down, users are left with no link to the shared resources. A fault-tolerant root node stores the Dfs topology in the Active Directory, which is replicated to other domain controllers. Thus, redundant root nodes may include multiple connections to the same data residing in different shared folders.

30.We’re using the DFS fault-tolerant installation, but cannot access it from a Win98 box.
Use the UNC path, not client, only 2000 and 2003 clients can access Server 2003 fault-tolerant shares.

31.Where exactly do fault-tolerant DFS shares store information in Active Directory?
In Partition Knowledge Table, which is then replicated to other domain controllers.

32.Can you use Start->Search with DFS shares?
Yes.

33.What problems can you have with DFS installed?
Two users opening the redundant copies of the file at the same time, with no file-locking involved in DFS, changing the contents and then saving. Only one file will be propagated through DFS.

34.I run Microsoft Cluster Server and cannot install fault-tolerant DFS.
Yeah, you can’t. Install a standalone one.

35.Is Kerberos encryption symmetric or asymmetric?
Symmetric.

36.How does Windows 2003 Server try to prevent a middle-man attack on encrypted line? Time
stamp is attached to the initial client request, encrypted with the shared key.

37.What hashing algorithms are used in Windows 2003 Server?
RSA Data Security’s Message Digest 5 (MD5), produces a 128-bit hash, and the Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1), produces a 160-bit hash.

38.What third-party certificate exchange protocols are used by Windows 2003 Server?
Windows Server 2003 uses the industry standard PKCS-10 certificate request and PKCS-7 certificate response to exchange CA certificates with third-party certificate authorities.

39.What’s the number of permitted unsuccessful logons on Administrator account?
Unlimited. Remember, though, that it’s the Administrator account, not any account that’s part of the Administrators group.

40.If hashing is one-way function and Windows Server uses hashing for storing passwords, how is it possible to attack the password lists, specifically the ones using NTLMv1?
A cracker would launch a dictionary attack by hashing every imaginable term used for password and then compare the hashes.

42.What’s the difference between guest accounts in Server 2003 and other editions?
More restrictive in Windows Server 2003.

43.How many passwords by default are remembered when you check "Enforce Password History Remembered"?
User’s last 6 passwords

MCITP Syllabus

1. 70-620 -Windows Vista, Configuring:

Installing and Upgrading Windows Vista

-Identify hardware requirements

-Perform a clean installation

-Upgrade to Windows Vista from previous versions

-Upgrade from one edition of Windows Vista to another edition

-Troubleshoot Windows Vista installation issues

-Install and Configure Windows Vista drivers

Configuring and troubleshooting Post-installation system settings

-Troubleshoot post-installation configuration issues

-Configure and troubleshoot Windows Aero

-Configure and troubleshoot parental control

-Configure Microsoft Internet Explorer

-Configuring Windows Security features

-Configure and troubleshoot User account Control

-Configure Windows Defender

-Configure Dynamic Security for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7

-Configure Security settings in Windows Firewall

Configuring Network Connectivity

-Configuring networking by using the Network and Sharing Center

-Troubleshoot connectivity issues

-Configure remote access

-Configuring applications included with Windows Vista

-Configure and troubleshoot media applications

-Configure Windows mail

-Configure Windows Meeting space

-Configure Windows Calendar

-Configure Windows Fax and Scan

-Configure Windows Sidebar

Maintaining and optimizing systems that run Windows Vista

-Troubleshoot performance issues

-Troubleshoot reliability issues by using built-in diagnostic tools

-Configure Windows update

-Configure data protection

-Configuring and troubleshooting mobile computing

-Configure mobile display settings

-Configure mobile devices

-Configure Tablet PC software

-Configure power options

2. 70 – 640 -Windows Server 2008 Active Directory,

Configuring:

Configuring DNS for Active Directory

-Configuring zones

-Configuring DNS server settings

-Configuring zone transfer and Replication

-Configuring the AD infrastructure

-Configuring a forest or a domain

-Configuring trusts

-Configuring sites

-Configuring AD replication

-Configuring the global catalog

-Configuring operation masters

-Configuring additional AD server roles

-Configuring AD Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)

-Configuring AD Rights Management Service (AD RMS)

-Configuring read-only domain controller (RODC)

-Configuring AD Federation Services (AD FS)

Configuring and maintaining AD objects

-Automate creation of AD accounts

-Maintain AD accounts

-Create and apply Group Policy objects (GPOs)

-Configure GPO templates

-Configure software deployment GPOs

-Configure account polices

-Configure audit policy by using GPOs

Maintaining the AD environment

-Configuring backup and recovery

-Perform offline maintenance

-Monitor AD

Configuring AD Certificate Services

-Install AD Certificate Services

-Configure CA server settings

-Manage certificate templates

-Manage Enrollments

-Manage Certificate revocations

3. 70-642 -Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring:

Configuring IP Addressing and Services

-Configuring IPv4 and IPv6 addressing

-Configuring Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

-Configuring routing

-Configuring IPsec

Configuring Name Resolution

-Configuring DNS Server

-Configuring DNS zones

-Configuring DNS records

-Configuring DNS replication

-Configuring name resolution for client computers

Configuring Network Access

-Configure remote access

-Configure Network Access Protection (NAP)

-Configure network authentication

-Configure wireless access

-Configure firewall settings

Configuring File and Print Services

-Configure a file server

-Configure Distributed File System (DFS)

-Configure shadow copy services

-Configure backup and restore

-Manage Disk Quotas

-Configure and monitor print services

Monitoring and Managing a Network Infrastructure

-Configure Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server settings

-Capture performance data

-Monitor event logs

-Gather network data

4. 70-643 -Windows Server 2008 Application Infrastructure, Configuring:

Deploy Servers

-Deploy images by using Windows Deployment Services

-Configure Microsoft Windows Activation

-Configure high availability

-Configure storage

Configuring Terminal Services

-Configure Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services RemoteApp (TS RemoteApp)

-Configure Terminal Services Gateway

-Configure Terminal Services load balancing

-Configure and monitor Terminal Services resources

-Configure Terminal Services Licensing

-Configure Terminal Services client connections

-Configure Terminal Services server options

Configuring a Web Services Infrastructure

-Configure Web applications

-Manage Web sites

-Configure a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server

-Configure Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).

-Manager Internet Information Services (IIS)

-Configure SSL security

-Configure Web site authentication and permissions

Configuring Network Application Services

-Configure Windows Media Server

-Configure Digital Rights Management (DRM)

-Configure Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services server options

-Configure Windows SharePoint Services e-mail integration.

5. 70-647 -Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator:

Planning Network and Application Services

-Plan for name resolution and IP addressing

-Design for network access

-Plan for Terminal Services

Design Core Identity and Access Management Components

-Design AD forests and domains

-Design the AD physical topology

-Design the AD administrative model

-Design the enterprise-level group policy strategy

Designing Support Identity and Access Management Components

-Plan for domain or forest migration, upgrade and restructuring

-Design the branch office deployment

-Design and implement public key infrastructure

-Plan for interoperability

Design for Business Continuity and Data Availability

-Plan for business continuity

-Design for software updates and compliance management

-Design the operating system virtualization strategy

-Design for data management and data access

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Configuring Network Access

-Configure remote access

-Configure Network Access Protection (NAP) components

-Configure network authentication

-Configure data transmission protocols

-Configure wireless access

-Configure certificate services

-Configure DHCP

-Configure IPv4 and IPv6

-Configure routing

Configuring the Domain Name System (DNS)

-Configure DNS

-Configure zone resolution

-Configure DNS client settings

-Configure DHCP and WINS for DNS

Deploying Servers

-Configure Windows Deployment Services (WDS)

-Capture WDS images

-Deploy WDS images

-Configure Windows Activation

-Create virtual computers

-Configure virtual server settings

-Install Windows Server Enterprise

-Install Server core

Configuring Server roles

-Implement server roles by using server manager

-Configure AD LDS

-Configure AD RMS

-Configure the AD server role

-Configure the read-only domain controller (RODC)

-Configure AD certificates services and PKI

-Configure AD Federation Services (AD FS)

Maintaining the Active Directory Environment

-Configure backup and recovery

-Perform offline maintenance

-Configure custom application directory partitions

-Configure AD DS auditing

-Configure audit policy by using Group Policy objects (GPOs)

-Monitor Active Directory

Configuring the Active Directory Infrastructure

-Configure communication security for AD

-Configure authentication