Active Directory

Question 1

The server that runs the Active Directory services

Answer 1

Domain Controller

Question 2

What does the AD DS do?

Answer 2

Active Directory Domain Service: Acts as a catalog for the objects on the network

Question 3

What are some common objects? (5)

Answer 3

1. Users
2. Groups
3. Machines
4. Printers
5. Shares

Question 4

What types of entities can Users represent?

Answer 4

People

Services: All services require a User to run

Question 5

What is a security principal

Answer 5

An object that can be:
1. Authenticated by the domain.
2. Can be assigned priviliges over resources like files or printers

Question 6

What are some qualities of machine objects?

Answer 6

1. They are security principals
2. Machines have their own accounts and are local admins
3. Their naming convention is the computers name followed by a $

Question 7

What is an organizational unit?

Answer 7

A container object used to classify other objects and assign shared policy settings

Question 8

What is the difference between security groups and organizational units?

Answer 8

OUs: useful for applying specific policy configurations
SGs: used to grant permissions over resources

Question 9

What is a GPO?

Answer 9

Group Policy Object
A collection of setting that can be applied to an OU

Question 10

How are GPOs distributed to the network?

Answer 10

Via a network share called SYSVOL