Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Structure and Components of Active Directory
DNS, Trees, and Forests—The Hierarchy of Active Directory
Domain Controllers and Operations Masters
Trust Relationships and Active Directory Federation Services
Active Directory Application Mode
Answers to Exam Cram Questions
Chapter 2. Planning and Implementing Forests and Domains
The Windows Server 2003 Domain
Deciding Which Type of DNS to Use
The Lesser-Known Roles of the Wizard
Troubleshooting Your AD Installation
Verifying Your AD Installation
Creating an Application Data Partition
Answers to Exam Cram Questions
Chapter 3. Planning and Implementing an OU Structure
Implementing an Organizational Unit (OU) Structure
Analyzing the Administrative Requirements for an OU
Moving Objects Within an OU Hierarchy
Delegating Permissions for an OU to a User or to a Security Group
Planning an OU Structure Based on Delegation Requirements
Answers to Exam Cram Questions
Chapter 4. User and Group Administration
Planning a User Authentication Strategy
Directory Service Command Line Tools
Creating a Password Policy for Domain Users
Planning a Smartcard Authentication Strategy
From Passwords to Smartcards, and Back Again
Planning a Security Group Strategy
Planning a Security Group Hierarchy Based on Delegation Requirements
User and Group Recommendations
Answers to Exam Cram Questions
Chapter 5. Planning a Group Policy Implementation
Creating and Linking Group Policy Objects
Delegating Administrative Control of Group Policy
Specifying a Domain Controller for Managing Group Policy Objects
Using Loopback Processing When Applying Group Policy
Configuring Group Policy Refresh Rates
Controlling User Environments with Administrative Templates
Common Administrative Templates Categories
Policy Application Scenario #1
Policy Application Scenario #2
Managing Security Configurations
Assigning Script Policies to Users and Computers
Assigning Scripts Through Group Policy
Automatically Enrolling Certificates with Group Policy
Copying, Backing Up, and Restoring GPOs
Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP)/Group Policy Modeling Wizard
Answers to Exam Cram Questions
Chapter 6. Software Distribution with Group Policy
Software Installation and Maintenance Overview
Requirements for Software Installation
Deploying Software with Group Policy and Software Installation
Software Deployment to Users and Computers
Configuring Software Installation Properties
Configuring Package Properties
Assigned Versus Published Applications
Troubleshooting Software Deployment Problems
General Troubleshooting Guidelines
Various Installation Error Messages
Answers to Exam Cram Questions
Chapter 7. Implementing and Managing Active Directory Sites
Moving Domain Controllers Between Sites
Creating and Configuring a Site Link
Configuring Preferred Bridgehead Servers
Optimizing Active Directory Replication with Sites
Replication Within a Site and Between Sites
Protocols That Support Replication
Answers to Exam Cram Questions
Chapter 8. Operations Masters and Global Catalog Servers
Introducing Operations Masters
Identifying Operations Master Role Dependencies
Planning for Business Continuity of Operations Master Roles
Determining and Transferring Operations Master Roles
Permissions for Changing an Operations Master Server
Recommendations for Operations Masters
Planning a Strategy for Placing Global Catalog Servers
Evaluating Network Traffic Considerations When Placing Global Catalog Servers
Evaluating the Need to Enable Universal Group Membership Caching
User Principal Names and Logon Validation
Answers to Exam Cram Questions
Chapter 9. Active Directory Maintenance
Recommendations for Backing Up Data
Recommendations for AD Database Maintenance
Monitoring Active Directory Replication
Answers to Exam Cram Questions
Chapter 11. Practice Exam 1 Answer Key
Chapter 13. Practice Exam 2 Answer Key
Appendix A. Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Resources
Appendix B. Accessing Your Free MeasureUp Practice Test
Appendix C. MeasureUp’s Product Features
Random Questions and Order of Answers