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1.WhatisActiveDirectory?
2.WhatisLDAP? RelatedPages
3.CanyouconnectActiveDirectorytoother3rdpartyDirectoryServices?Nameafewoptions.
4.WhereistheADdatabaseheld?WhatotherfoldersarerelatedtoAD? BeforeGoingToInterview
5.WhatistheSYSVOLfolder?
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6.NametheADNCsandreplicationissuesforeachNC Answers.
7.Whatareapplicationpartitions?WhendoIusethem
8.Howdoyoucreateanewapplicationpartition WindowsAdminInterviewQuestions&
9.HowdoyouviewreplicationpropertiesforADpartitionsandDCs? Answer
10.WhatistheGlobalCatalog?
11.HowdoyouviewalltheGCsintheforest? NetworkAdminInterviewQuestions&
Answers.
12.WhynotmakeallDCsinalargeforestasGCs?
13.TryingtolookattheSchema,howcanIdothat? DatabaseAdminInterviewQuestions
14.WhataretheSupportTools?WhydoIneedthem? &Answers.
15.WhatisLDP?WhatisREPLMON?WhatisADSIEDIT?WhatisNETDOM?WhatisREPADMIN?
16.Whataresites?Whataretheyusedfor? LinuxadminInterviewQuestions&
17.Whatsthedifferencebetweenasitelinksscheduleandinterval? Answers.
18.WhatistheKCC?
StorageAdminInterviewQuestions&
19.WhatistheISTG?Whohasthatrolebydefault?
Answers.
20.WhataretherequirementsforinstallingADonanewserver?
21.WhatcanyoudotopromoteaservertoDCifyoureinaremotelocationwithslowWANlink? LinuxAdminInterviewQuestions&
22.HowcanyouforciblyremoveADfromaserver,andwhatdoyoudolater?CanIgetuserpasswordsfromtheAD Answers.
database?
23.WhattoolwouldIusetotrytograbsecurityrelatedpacketsfromthewire?
24.NamesomeOUdesignconsiderations.
25.Whatistombstonelifetimeattribute?
26.WhatdoyoudotoinstallanewWindows2003DCinaWindows2000AD?
27.WhatdoyoudotoinstallanewWindows2003R2DCinaWindows2003AD?
28.Howwouldyoufindallusersthathavenotloggedonsincelastmonth?
29.WhataretheDS*commands?
30.WhatsthedifferencebetweenLDIFDEandCSVDE?Usageconsiderations?

WhataretheFSMOroles?Whohasthembydefault?Whathappenswheneachonefails?
WhatFSMOplacementconsiderationsdoyouknowof?
IwanttolookattheRIDallocationtableforaDC.WhatdoIdo?
WhatsthedifferencebetweentransferringaFSMOroleandseizingone?WhichoneshouldyouNOTseize?Why?
Howdoyouconfigureastandbyoperationmasterforanyoftheroles?
HowdoyoubackupAD?
HowdoyourestoreAD?
HowdoyouchangetheDSRestoreadminpassword?
WhycantyourestoreaDCthatwasbackedup4monthsago?
WhatareGPOs?
WhatistheorderinwhichGPOsareapplied?
NameafewbenefitsofusingGPMC.
WhataretheGPCandtheGPT?WherecanIfindthem?
WhatareGPOlinks?WhatspecialthingscanIdotothem?
WhatcanIdotopreventinheritancefromabove?
HowcanIoverrideblockingofinheritance?
HowcanyoudeterminewhatGPOwasandwasnotappliedforauser?Nameafewwaystodothat.

AuserclaimshedidnotreceiveaGPO,yethisuserandcomputeraccountsareintherightOU,andeveryoneelsetheregets
theGPO.Whatwillyoulookfor?
NameafewdifferencesinVistaGPOs

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NamesomeGPOsettingsinthecomputeranduserparts.
Whatareadministrativetemplates?
Whatsthedifferencebetweensoftwarepublishingandassigning?
CanIdeploynonMSIsoftwarewithGPO?
Youwanttostandardizethedesktopenvironments(wallpaper,MyDocuments,Startmenu,printersetc.)onthecomputersin
onedepartment.Howwouldyoudothat?

WhatistheSYSVOLfolder?
ThesysVOLfolderstorestheserverscopyofthedomainspublicfiles.Thecontentssuchasgrouppolicy,usersetcofthesysvol
folderarereplicatedtoalldomaincontrollersinthedomain.
ThesysvolfoldermustbelocatedonanNTFSvolume.

Que.:WhatisActiveDirectory?
Ans.ActiveDirectoryisaMetaData.ActiveDirectoryisadatabasewhichstoreadatabaselikeyouruserinformation,computer
informationandalsoothernetworkobjectinfo.IthascapabilitiestomanageandadministorthecompliteNetworkwhichconnect
withAD.
Que.:WhatistheGlobalCatalog?
Ans.:GlobalCatalogisaserverwhichmaintainstheinformationaboutmultipledomainwithtrustrelationshipagreement..
Que:WhatisActiveDirectory?
Ans:ActiveDirectorydirectoryserviceisanextensibleandscalabledirectoryservicethatenablesyoutomanagenetwork
resourcesefficiently.
Q01:WhatisActiveDirectory?
Ans:ActiveDirectoryisdirectoryservicethatstoresinformationaboutobjectsonanetworkandmakesthisinformationavailableto
usersandnetworkadministrators.
ActiveDirectorygivesnetworkusersaccesstopermittedresourcesanywhereonthenetworkusingasinglelogonprocess.
Itprovidesnetworkadministratorswithanintuitive,hierarchicalviewofthenetworkandasinglepointofadministration
3forallnetworkobjects.
QWhatisactivedirectory?
Ans:activedirectoryisadomaincontrollerwhichisusetoauthenticateandadministratethegroupofcomputer,user,serveretc.
remotely.allthepoliciesandsecuritywillbeapplicableontheclientmachinewhichoneisjointhedomain.andallthispoliciesand
securityisdefinedinactivedirectory.
Q2:WhatisLDAP?
Ans2:LDAP(lightweightdirectoryaccerssprotocol)isaninternetprotocolwhichEmailandotherservicesisusedtolookup
informationfromtheserver.
Q18:WhatisKCC?
Ans18:KCC(knowledgeconsistencychecker)isusedtogeneratereplicationtopologyforintersitereplicationandforintrasite
replication.withinasitereplicationtrafficisdoneviaremoteprocedurecallsoverip,whilebetweensiteitisdonethrougheither
RPCorSMTP.

Q10:WhatisGlobalCatalogServer?
Ans10:GlobalCatalogServerisbasicallyacontainerwhereyouputthesametypeofmember,computeretcandappliedthe
policiesandsecurityonthecatalogserverinplaceofindividualuserorcomputer.
QWhatisactivedirectory?
activedirectoryisadomaincontrollerwhichisusetoauthenticateandadministratethegroupofcomputer,user,serveretc.remotely.
allthepoliciesandsecuritywillbeapplicableontheclientmachinewhichoneisjointhedomain.andallthispoliciesandsecurityis
definedinactivedirectory.
Q10:whatisGlobalcatalogserverGC?
Ans:imsorryiwasgivenwrongansofthisquestionabovebutnowimgivingtheexactansofthisquestion,andthanswhich
iwasgivenpreviouslyistheansofOrganisatinalUnitnotofGC..andtheansis
Theglobalcatalogisadistributeddatarepositorythatcontainsasearchable,partialrepresentationofeveryobjectineverydomain
inamultidomainActiveDirectoryforest.Theglobalcatalogisstoredondomaincontrollersthathavebeendesignatedasglobal
catalogserversandisdistributedthroughmultimasterreplication.Searchesthataredirectedtotheglobalcatalogarefaster
becausetheydonotinvolvereferralstodifferentdomaincontrollers.
Q4:WhereistheADdatabaseheld?WhatotherfoldersarerelatedtoAD?
A4:TheADdatabaseisstoreinNTDS.DIT.
Q5:WhatistheSYSVOLfolder?
A5ThesysVOLfolderstorestheserverscopyofthedomainspublicfiles.Thecontentssuchasgrouppolicy,usersetcofthe
sysvolfolderarereplicatedtoalldomaincontrollersinthedomain.
Q19:WhatistheISTG?Whohasthatrolebydefault?
A19:Windows2000DomaincontrollerseachcreateActiveDirectoryReplicationconnectionobjectsrepresentinginbound
replicationfromintrasitereplicationpartners.Forintersitereplication,onedomaincontrollerpersitehastheresponsibilityof
evaluatingtheintersitereplicationtopologyandcreatingActiveDirectoryReplicationConnectionobjectsforappropriatebridgehead
serverswithinitssite.ThedomaincontrollerineachsitethatownsthisroleisreferredtoastheInterSiteTopologyGenerator
(ISTG).
Q:15WhatisLDP?WhatisREPLMON?WhatisADSIEDIT?WhatisNETDOM?WhatisREPADMIN?

A15:LDP:LabelDistributionProtocol(LDP)isoftenusedtoestablishMPLSLSPswhentrafficengineeringisnotrequired.It
establishesLSPsthatfollowtheexistingIProuting,andisparticularlywellsuitedforestablishingafullmeshofLSPsbetweenall
oftheroutersonthenetwork.
Replmon:ReplmondisplaysinformationaboutActiveDirectoryReplication.
ADSIEDIT:ADSIEditisaMicrosoftManagementConsole(MMC)snapinthatactsasalowleveleditorforActiveDirectory.Itisa
GraphicalUserInterface(GUI)tool.Networkadministratorscanuseitforcommonadministrativetaskssuchasadding,deleting,
andmovingobjectswithadirectoryservice.Theattributesforeachobjectcanbeeditedordeletedbyusingthistool.ADSIEdit
usestheADSIapplicationprogramminginterfaces(APIs)toaccessActiveDirectory.Thefollowingaretherequiredfilesforusing
thistool:ADSIEDIT.DLL
ADSIEDIT.MSCNETDOM:NETDOMisacommandlinetoolthatallowsmanagementofWindowsdomainsandtrust
relationships.Itisusedforbatchmanagementoftrusts,joiningcomputerstodomains,verifyingtrusts,andsecurechannels.
REPADMIN:
ThiscommandlinetoolassistsadministratorsindiagnosingreplicationproblemsbetweenWindowsdomain
controllers.AdministratorscanuseRepadmintoviewthereplicationtopology(sometimesreferredtoasRepsFromandRepsTo)as
seenfromtheperspectiveofeachdomaincontroller.Inaddition,Repadmincanbeusedtomanuallycreatethereplicationtopology
(althoughinnormalpracticethisshouldnotbenecessary),toforcereplicationeventsbetweendomaincontrollers,andtoviewboth
thereplicationmetadataanduptodatenessvectors.
Q36:howtotakebackupofAD?
A36:fortakingbackupofactivedirectoryyouhavetodothis:
firstgotoSTART>PROGRAM>ACCESORIES>SYSTEMTOOLS>BACKUP
whenthebackupscreenisflashthentakethebackupofSYSTEMSTATEitwilltakethebackupofallthenecessaryinformation
aboutthesyatemincludingADbackup,DNSETC.
Q37:howtorestoretheAD?
a37:Forthsdothesameasaboveinthequestion36butinplaceofbackupyouselecttherestoreoptionandrestorethesystem
state.
Q19:WhatistheISTG?Whohasthatrolebydefault?
A19:InterSiteTopologyGenerator(istg)isresponsibleformanagingtheinboundreplicationconnectionobjectsforallbridgehead

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serversinthesiteinwhichitislocated.ThisdomaincontrollerisknownastheInterSiteTopologyGenerator(ISTG).Thedomain
controllerholdingthisrolemaynotnecessarilyalsobeabridgeheadserver.
Q29:WhataretheDS*commands
A29:YoureallyarespoiltforchoicewhenitcomestoscriptingtoolsforcreatingActiveDirectoryobjects.InadditiontoCSVDE,
LDIFDEandVBScript,wenowhavethefollowingDScommands:thedafamilybuiltinutilityDSmodmodifyActiveDirectory
attributesDSrmtodeleteActiveDirectoryobjectsDSmovetorelocateobjectsDSaddcreatenewaccountsDSquerytofind
objectsthatmatchyourqueryattributesDSgetlistthepropertiesofanobject
Q30:WhatsthedifferencebetweenLDIFDEandCSVDE?Usageconsiderations?
A30:CSVDEisacommandthatcanbeusedtoimportandexportobjectstoandfromtheADintoaCSVformattedfile.ACSV
(CommaSeparatedValue)fileisafileeasilyreadableinExcel.Iwillnotgotolengthintothispowerfulcommand,butIwillshow
yousomebasicsamplesofhowtoimportalargenumberofusersintoyourAD.Ofcourse,aswiththeDSADDcommand,CSVDE
candomorethanjustimportusers.Consultyourhelpfileformoreinfo.
LikeCSVDE,LDIFDEisacommandthatcanbeusedtoimportandexportobjectstoandfromtheADintoaLDIFformattedfile.A
LDIF(LDAPDataInterchangeFormat)fileisafileeasilyreadableinanytexteditor,howeveritisnotreadableinprogramslike
Excel.ThemajordifferencebetweenCSVDEandLDIFDE(besidesthefileformat)isthefactthatLDIFDEcanbeusedtoeditand
deleteexistingADobjects(notjustusers),whileCSVDEcanonlyimportandexportobjects.
Q25:Whatistombstonelifetimeattribute?
A25:Thenumberofdaysbeforeadeletedobjectisremovedfromthedirectoryservices.Thisassistsinremovingobjectsfrom
replicatedserversandpreventingrestoresfromreintroducingadeletedobject.ThisvalueisintheDirectoryServiceobjectinthe
configurationNIC.
Youwanttostandardizethedesktopenvironments(wallpaper,MyDocuments,Startmenu,printersetc.)onthecomputersinone
department.Howwouldyoudothat?Howitispossibal
(20)WhataretherequirementsforinstallingADonanewserver?
Ans:1)TheDomainstructure2)TheDomainName3)storagelocationofthedatabaseandlogfile4)Locationofthesharedsystem
volumefolder5)DNSconfigMethode6)DNSconfiguration

7.Whatareapplicationpartitions?WhendoIusethem.
Ans:ANapplicationdiretcorypartitionisadirectorypartitionthatisreplicatedonlytospecificdomaincontroller.Onlydomain
controllerrunningwindowsServer2003canhostareplicaofapplicationdirectorypartition.
Usinganapplicationdirectorypartitionprovidesredundany,availabiltiyorfaulttolerancebyreplicatingdatatospecificdomain
controllerpranysetofdomaincontrollersanywhereintheforest
Q:Youwanttostandardizethedesktopenvironments(wallpaper,MyDocuments,Startmenu,printersetc.)onthe
computersinonedepartment.Howwouldyoudothat?Howitispossibal.
Ans:LoginonclientasDomainAdminuserchangewhateveryouneedaddprintersetcgotosystemUserprofilescopythisuser
profiletoanylocationbyselectEveryoneinpermittedtouseaftercopychangentuser.dattontuser.manandassginthispathunder
userprofile
Q.8.Howdoyoucreateanewapplicationpartition
ANS:
UsetheDnsCmdcommandtocreateanapplicationdirectorypartition.Todothis,usethefollowingsyntax:
DnsCmdServerName/CreateDirectoryPartitionFQDNofpartition
Globalcatalogprovidesacentralrepositoryofdomaininformationfortheforestbystoringpartialreplicasofalldomaindirectory
partitions.Thesepartialreplicasaredistributedbymultimasterreplicationtoallglobalcatalogserversinaforest.

HowdoyouviewalltheGCsintheforest?
Ans
C:\>repadmin/showreps
domain_controller
wheredomain_controlleristheDCyouwanttoquerytodeterminewhetheritsaGC.TheoutputwillincludethetextDSAOptions:
IS_GCiftheDCisaGC....
TryingtolookattheSchema,howcanIdothat
Ans:
typeadsiedit.mscinrunorcommandprompt
Q.CanyouconnectActiveDirectorytoother3rdpartyDirectoryServices?Nameafewoptions.
Ans.Yes,youcanusedirXMLorLDAPtoconnecttootherdirectories
InNovellyoucanuseEdirectory
Q38:HowdoyouchangetheDSRestoreadminpassword?
Ans38:A.InWindows2000Server,youusedtohavetobootthecomputerwhosepasswordyouwantedtochangeinDirectory
Restoremode,thenuseeithertheMicrosoftManagementConsole(MMC)LocalUserandGroupssnapinorthecommand
netuseradministrator*
tochangetheAdministratorpassword.Win2KServerServicePack2(SP2)introducedtheSetpwdutility,whichletsyouresetthe
DirectoryServiceRestoreModepasswordwithouthavingtorebootthecomputer.(MicrosoftrefreshedSetpwdinSP4toimprove
theutilitysscriptingoptions.)
InWindowsServer2003,youusetheNtdsutilutilitytomodifytheDirectoryServiceRestoreModeAdministratorpassword.Todo
so,followthesesteps:
1.StartNtdsutil(clickStart,Runentercmd.exethenenterntdsutil.exe).
2.StarttheDirectoryServiceRestoreModeAdministratorpasswordresetutilitybyenteringtheargumentsetdsrmpasswordat
thentdsutilprompt:
ntdsutil:setdsrmpassword
3.RuntheResetPasswordcommand,passingthenameoftheserveronwhichtochangethepassword,orusethenullargument
tospecifythelocalmachine.Forexample,toresetthepasswordonserverthanos,enterthefollowingargumentattheReset
DSRMAdministratorPasswordprompt:
ResetDSRMAdministratorPassword:resetpasswordonserverthanos
Toresetthepasswordonthelocalmachine,specifynullastheservername:
ResetDSRMAdministratorPassword:resetpasswordonservernull
4.Youllbepromptedtwicetoenterthenewpassword.Youllseethefollowingmessages:
5.PleasetypepasswordforDSRestoreModeAdministratorAccount:
6.Pleaseconfirmnewpassword:
Passwordhasbeensetsuccessfully.
7.Exitthepasswordresetutilitybytypingquitatthefollowingprompts:
8.ResetDSRMAdministratorPassword:quit
ntdsutil:quit
Q.40:WhatareGroupPolicyobjects(GPOs)?
A.40:GroupPolicyobjects,otherthanthelocalGroupPolicyobject,arevirtualobjects.ThepolicysettinginformationofaGPOis
actuallystoredintwolocations:theGroupPolicycontainerandtheGroupPolicytemplate.TheGroupPolicycontainerisanActive
DirectorycontainerthatstoresGPOproperties,includinginformationonversion,GPOstatus,andalistofcomponentsthathave
settingsintheGPO.TheGroupPolicytemplateisafolderstructurewithinthefilesystemthatstoresAdministrativeTemplate
basedpolicies,securitysettings,scriptfiles,andinformationregardingapplicationsthatareavailableforGroupPolicySoftware
Installation.TheGroupPolicytemplateislocatedinthesystemvolumefolder(Sysvol)inthe\Policiessubfolderforitsdomain.
Q41:WhatistheorderinwhichGPOsareapplied?
A41:GroupPolicysettingsareprocessedinthefollowingorder:
1.
LocalGroupPolicyobjectEachcomputerhasexactlyoneGroupPolicyobjectthatisstoredlocally.Thisprocessesforboth
computeranduserGroupPolicyprocessing.
2.
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isspecifiedbytheadministrator,ontheLinkedGroupPolicyObjectstabforthesiteinGroupPolicyManagementConsole
(GPMC).TheGPOwiththelowestlinkorderisprocessedlast,andthereforehasthehighestprecedence.
3.
DomainProcessingofmultipledomainlinkedGPOsisintheorderspecifiedbytheadministrator,ontheLinkedGroupPolicy
ObjectstabforthedomaininGPMC.TheGPOwiththelowestlinkorderisprocessedlast,andthereforehasthehighest
precedence.
4.
OrganizationalunitsGPOsthatarelinkedtotheorganizationalunitthatishighestintheActiveDirectoryhierarchyareprocessed
first,thenGPOsthatarelinkedtoitschildorganizationalunit,andsoon.Finally,theGPOsthatarelinkedtotheorganizationalunit
thatcontainstheuserorcomputerareprocessed.
AtthelevelofeachorganizationalunitintheActiveDirectoryhierarchy,one,many,ornoGPOscanbelinked.IfseveralGPOsare
linkedtoanorganizationalunit,theirprocessingisintheorderthatisspecifiedbytheadministrator,ontheLinkedGroupPolicy
ObjectstabfortheorganizationalunitinGPMC.TheGPOwiththelowestlinkorderisprocessedlast,andthereforehasthe
highestprecedence.
ThisordermeansthatthelocalGPOisprocessedfirst,andGPOsthatarelinkedtotheorganizationalunitofwhichthecomputeror
userisadirectmemberareprocessedlast,whichoverwritessettingsintheearlierGPOsifthereareconflicts.(Ifthereareno
conflicts,thentheearlierandlatersettingsaremerelyaggregated.)
WhatisLDAP?
LightweightDirectoryAccessProtocol
ThisarticlewilltellyouhowtoaddyourfirstWindows2003DCtoanexistingWindows2000domain.Thisarticleisparticularly
usefulifyouhaveWindows2000serversthatwillbereplacedbynewhardwarerunningWindowsServer2003.
ThefirststepistoinstallWindows2003onyournewDC.Thisisastraighforwardprocess,sowearentgoingtodiscussthathere.
BecausesignificantchangeshavebeenmadetotheActiveDirectoryschemainWindows2003,weneedtomakeourWindows
2000ActiveDirectorycompatiblewiththenewversion.IfyoualreadyhaveWindows2003DCsrunningwithWindows2000DCs,
thenyoucanskipdowntothepartaboutDNS.
Beforeyouattemptthisstep,youshouldmakesurethatyouhaveservicepack4installedonyourWindows2000DC.Next,make
surethatyouareloggedinasauserthatisamemberoftheSchemaAdminandEnterpriseAdmingroups.Next,insertthe
Windows2003ServerinstallationCDintotheWindows2000Server.BringupacommandlineandchangedirectoriestotheI386
directoryontheinstallationCD.Atthecommandprompt,type:
Code:
adprep/forestprep
Afterrunningthiscommand,makesurethattheupdateshavebeenreplicatedtoallexistingWindows2000DCsintheforest.
Next,weneedtorunthefollowingcommand:
Code:
adprep/domainprep
TheabovecommandmustberunontheInfrastructureMasterofthedomainbysomeonewhoisamemberoftheDomainAdmins
group.
Oncethisiscomplete,wemovebacktotheWindows2003Server.ClickstartthenruntypeindcpromoandclickOK.During
theensuingwizard,makesurethatyouselectthatyouareaddingthisDCtoanexistingdomain.
Afterthisprocessiscomplete,theserverwillreboot.Whenitcomesbackonline,checkandmakesurethattheADdatabasehas
beenreplicatedtoyournewserver.
Next,youwillwanttocheckandmakesurethatDNSwasinstalledonyournewserver.Ifnot,gotothecontrolpanel,clickon
AddorRemovePrograms,andclicktheAdd/RemoveWindowsComponentsbutton.IntheWindowsComponentsscreen,click
onNetworkingServicesandclickthedetailsbutton.InthenewwindowcheckDomainNameSystem(DNS)andthenclickthe
OKbutton.ClickNextintheWindowsComponentsscreen.ThiswillinstallDNSandtheserverwillreboot.Afterreboot,pullup
theDNSManagementwindowandmakesurethatyourDNSsettingshavereplicatedfromtheWindows2000Server.Youwill
needtoreenteranyforwardersorotherpropertiesyouhadsetup,buttheDNSrecordsshouldreplicateontheirown.
Thenext2items,globalcatalogandFSMOroles,areimportantifyouplanondecomissioningyourWindows2000server(s).Ifthis
isthecase,youneedtotransfertheglobalcatalogfromtheoldservertothenewone.
First,letscreateaglobalcatalogonournewserver.Herearethesteps:
1.Onthedomaincontrollerwhereyouwantthenewglobalcatalog,starttheActiveDirectorySitesandServicessnapin.Tostart
thesnapin,clickStart,pointtoPrograms,pointtoAdministrativeTools,andthenclickActiveDirectorySitesandServices.
2.Intheconsoletree,doubleclickSites,andthendoubleclicksitename.
3.DoubleclickServers,clickyourdomaincontroller,rightclickNTDSSettings,andthenclickProperties.
4.OntheGeneraltab,clicktoselecttheGlobalcatalogcheckboxtoassigntheroleofglobalcatalogtothisserver.
5.Restartthedomaincontroller.
Makesureyouallowsufficienttimefortheaccountandtheschemainformationtoreplicatetothenewglobalcatalogserverbefore
youremovetheglobalcatalogfromtheoriginalDCortaketheDCoffline.
Afterthisiscomplete,youwillwanttotransferorseizetheFSMOrolesforyournewserver.Forinstructions,readUsing
Ntdsutil.exetotransferorseizeFSMOrolestoadomaincontroller.
Afterthisstepiscomplete,wecannowrunDCPROMOontheWindows2000Serversinordertodemotethem.Oncethisis
complete,copyoveranyfilesyouneedtoyournewserverandyoushouldhavesuccessfullyreplacedyourWindows2000
server(s)withanewWindows2003server(s
GlobalCatalystistheonewheretheauthenticationhappens,bydefaultprimarydomaincontrollerisGlobalCatalyst,wecanadd
globalcatalysttoimprovetheNetwrkPerformance
WhatisActiveDirectory?
ItsaDirectoryServicewhichstoresandmanagestheinformationofObjects(User,computer,printersharedfolderetc)
WhataretherequirementsforinstallingADonanewserver?
Win2K3CD
DNS
StaticIP
Youwanttostandardizethedesktopenvironments(wallpaper,MyDocuments,Startmenu,printersetc.)onthecomputersinone
department.Howwouldyoudothat?
gotoStart>programs>Administrativetools>ActiveDirectoryUsersandComputers
RightClickonDomain>clickonpreoperties
OnNewwindowsClickonGroupPolicy
SelectDefaultPolicy>clickonEdit
ongroupPolicyconsole
gotoUserConfiguration>AdministrativeTemplate>StartmenuandTaskbar
Selecteachpropertyyouwanttomodifyanddothesame

1.WhataretherequiredcomponentsofWindowsServer2003forinstallingExchange2003?ASP.NET,SMTP,NNTP,
W3SVC
2.WhatmustbedonetoanADforestbeforeExchangecanbedeployed?Setup/forestprep
3.WhatExchangeprocessisresponsibleforcommunicationwithAD?DSACCESS
4.What3typesofdomaincontrollerdoesExchangeaccess?NormalDomainController,GlobalCatalog,Configuration
DomainController
5.WhatconnectortypewouldyouusetoconnecttotheInternet,andwhatarethetwomethodsofsendingmailover
thatconnector?SMTPConnector:ForwardtosmarthostoruseDNStoroutetoeachaddress
6.HowwouldyouoptimiseExchange2003memoryusageonaWindowsServer2003serverwithmorethan1Gbof
memory?Add/3Gbswitchtoboot.ini
7.Whatwouldariseinremotequeuelengthgenerallyindicate?Thismeansmailisnotbeingsenttootherservers.This
canbeexplainedbyoutagesorperformanceissueswiththenetworkorremoteservers.
8.WhatwouldariseintheLocalDeliveryqueuegenerallymean?Thisindicatesaperformanceissueoroutageonthe
localserver.ReasonscouldbeslownessinconsultingAD,slownessinhandingmessagesofftolocaldeliveryorSMTP

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delivery.Itcouldalsobedatabasesbeingdismountedoralackofdiskspace.
9.WhatarethestandardportnumbersforSMTP,POP3,IMAP4,RPC,LDAPandGlobalCatalog?SMTP25,POP3
110,IMAP4143,RPC135,LDAP389,GlobalCatalog3268
10.Nametheprocessnamesforthefollowing:SystemAttendant?MAD.EXE,InformationStoreSTORE.EXE,
SMTP/POP/IMAP/OWAINETINFO.EXE
11.WhatisthemaximumamountofdatabasesthatcanbehostedonExchange2003Enterprise?20databases.4SGsx
5DBs.
12.Whatarethedisadvantagesofcircularlogging?Intheeventofacorruptdatabase,datacanonlyberestoredtothelast
backup.

19ResponsestoWindowssysadmininterviewquestions
1)Howwindowsserverwillconfigure?
Tellthemthatyouhave400pcbasednetwork,andyouconfigureaActiveDirectorydomainonwindowsserverstocentralize
administrationtasks.
1)Howwindowsserverwillconfigure?
Itsdependsontheroleoftheserver.IfyouinstallingActiveDirectory,youhavetorunDCPROMOoncommondprompt,and
followedinstructions.
Overallitsdependsontherole.
SimplyyoucansaythereisanoptioninwindowsManageServeronceyoufollowtheinstructionsitwillguideyoutoconfigure
yourserver.
2)Howmanytypesofservers?
IftheyareconcernwithHardwareserver,tellthemthehardwareconfigurationandvendoroftheserver.
Iftheyareaskingaboutthetypesofwindowsserver,tellthemStandard,enterprise,orSmallbusinessserveretc.
start>Run>Cmd>
Type
netsendComputernametypeurmsg
Question2:WhatmustbedonetoanADforestbeforeExchangecanbedeployed?Setup/forestprep
question2isincorrect,inorderformsexchange2kor2003tobesucessfullydeployedbothforestprepanddomainprepmust
successfulycompletefirst,beforethesetup.exeoftheactualexchangeinstall,ortheinstallandwillerroroutifattempted.
.Howwindowsserverwillconfigure?.
2.Howmanytypesofserver?.
3.Whatistheserverevnverment?.
Ifacedoneinterviewtheyaskedhowmanytypesofserverinyourcompany,howuconfigured.
Pleaseguidemeinthismater
1)Howtomigratefromwindows2000to2003withoutdistrubingtheexistingDomain?????????
2)HowtomigragefromMs.Exchange2000to2003andhowtoconfigureOutlookWebAccess????????
3)WhatrtheportstorequiredtoconfiguretoExchangeServer????????
4)WhatisIISandhowtomigratefromIIS5.0toIIS6.0??

1.

1)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonADS2003.andwhatrthemaindifferencesbetweenADS2000and2003????????
2)WhataremaindifferencesbetweenWINSandDNS???
3)WhywehavetogotoDNSwhatrtheadvantagesinDNS???????
4)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonDNS????
5)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonDHCP????
6)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsFTP????
7)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonDFS????
8)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonFileServer??????????
9)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonPrintServer?????????

2.

1.Inwindows2000perfosonalorwinxppcperfomanceisverylowwhatisthesolutionyouwillgive?
2.whatisdiffrentbetweenAD2000&AD2003?
3.whatisdifferentbetweenwindows2000&NT&winxp?

3.

WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonADS2003.andwhatrthemaindifferencesbetweenADS2000and2003????????
2)WhataremaindifferencesbetweenWINSandDNS???
3)WhywehavetogotoDNSwhatrtheadvantagesinDNS???????
4)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonDNS????
5)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonDHCP????
6)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsFTP????
7)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonDFS????
8)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonFileServer??????????
9)WhatrthefrequentlyaskedquestionsonPrintServer?????????

4.

XP
1.Firewall
2.Automaticupdate
3.MediaPlayer9issupporttoDVD
4.Visualstyle
5.RemoteDesktop
6.OnScreenBoard
7.ProgramCapabilitywizard
8etc..

5.

Questionasked@interview
whatisuseofNTLDRfile
whereitslocation
whatwillyoudoiferroroccurentldrmissing
whatwouldbetheporoblemifmymailsnotoutgoing.
whataretheprotocolsusebyoutlook.
whatarediffbetweenoutlook&outlookexpress.

6.

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mostoftheseareterriblequestionsforageneralwindows/ADsysadmin.Theyrebookish,notrealisticthekindofthingonelooks
upifonedoesntuseeveryday.
Also,toomanyofthequestionsarefocusedonexchange.Forexample,weoutsourceexchange,soawindowssysadminhere
wouldntbeaskedanyofthosequestions

WhataremaindifferencesbetweenWINSandDNS???
WINS:ItisusedtoresolveIPaddressintonetbiosViceversaitisusedpriorversionofwin2000
DNS:ItisusedtoresolveIPaddressintohostname.Viceversaitisusedin2000,XP,2003server

whatarediffbetweenoutlook&outlookexpress????
OutlookExpress
OutlookExpressistheemailclientthatisincludedwithMicrosoftInternetExplorer4.x,MicrosoftInternetExplorer5.x,the
MicrosoftWindows98operatingsystem,theMicrosoftWindowsMillenniumEdition(Me)operatingsystem,theMicrosoftWindows
2000operatingsystems,andMicrosoftOffice98fortheMacintosh.OutlookExpressisdesignedforhomeuserswhogainaccess
totheiremailmessagesbydialingintoanInternetserviceprovider(ISP).
Outlook
OutlookisMicrosoftspremiermessagingandcollaborationclient.ItisastandaloneapplicationthatisintegratedintoMicrosoft
OfficeandExchangeServer.OutlookalsoprovidesperformanceandintegrationwithInternetExplorer5.5.Completeintegrationof
email,calendaring,andcontactmanagement,makesOutlooktheperfectclientformanybusinessusers.

9.

AdvantagesofWINS:WINSwillbereallyhelofullinamultidomainenvironmentwhereinuserswouldneedtoaccessmanyofthe
resourcesindifferentdomains,ratherethanaddingdifferentDNSsuffixesofeachdomainonthelocalmachine.WINSisthebest
option.ButicouldalsosayWINSisnotasstableasDNS.

Windowssysadmininterviewquestions

1.WhatisActiveDirectoryschema?
2.WhatarethedomainfunctionallevelinWindowsServer2003?
3.WhataretheforestfunctionallevelinWindowsServer2003?
4.Whatisglobalcatalogserver?
5.Howwecanraisedomainfunctional&forestfunctionallevelinWindowsServer2003?
6.Whichisthedeafultprotocolusedindirectoryservices?
7.WhatisIPv6?
8.WhatisthedefaultdomainfunctionallevelinWindowsServer2003?
9.Whatarethephysical&logicalcomponentsofADS
10.Inwhichdomainfunctionallevel,wecanrenamedomainname?
11.Whatismultimasterreplication?
12.Whatisasite?
13.Whichisthecommandusedtoremoveactivedirectoryfromadomaincontroler?
14.Howwecancreateconsole,whichcontainschema?
15.Whatistrust?
16.WhatisthefilethatsresponsibleforkeepallActiveDirectorydatabase?

WindowsServerandMSExchangeinterviewquestions

1.WhatisDHCP?HowweconfigureDHCP?
2.WhatarethewaystoconfigureDNS&Zones?
3.Whatarethetypesofbackup?Explaineach?
4.WhatareLevelsofRAID0,1,5?Whichoneisbetter&why?
5.WhatareFMSORoles?Listthem.
6.DescribetheleaseprocessoftheDHCPserver.
7.DisasterRecoveryPlan?
8.Whatisscope&superscope?
9.DifferencesbetweenWin2000Server&AdvancedServer?
10.LogicalDiagramofActiveDirectory?Whatisthedifferencebetweenchilddomain&additionaldomainserver?
11.FTP,NNTP,SMTP,KERBEROS,DNS,DHCP,POP3portnumbers?
12.WhatisKerberos?WhichversioniscurrentlyusedbyWindows?HowdoesKerberoswork?

MicrosoftExchangeServerinterviewquestions

1.DistributionList?
2.GAL,RoutingGroup,Stmfiles,Eseutil&inintegwhataretheyusedfor?
3.WhatisMIME&MAPI?
4.ListtheservicesofExchangeServer2000?
5.HowwouldyourecoverExchangeserverwhenthelogfileiscorrupted?

Sysadmininterviewquestions

1.Whatisalevel0backup?
2.Whatisanincrementalbackup?
3.Whatstepsarerequiredtoperformabaremetalrecovery?
4.NamekeyfilesordirectoriesonaUNIXsystemthatshouldalwaysbebackedup.
5.NamekeyfilesordirectoriesonaWindowssystemthatshouldalwaysbebackedup.
6.WhatisRAID0?
7.WhatisRAID0+1?Whyisitbetterthan0?
8.WhatisRAID5?
9.WhywouldyouNOTwanttoencapsulatearootdirectorywithVeritas?
10.Whatisconcatenation?
11.Whatisstriping?
12.Whatisaspindle?

Networkingquestions

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1.Whatisadefaultgateway?Theexitpointfromonenetworkandentrywayintoanothernetwork,oftentherouterofthe
network.
2.HowdoyousetadefaultrouteonanIOSCiscorouter?iproute0.0.0.00.0.0.0x.x.x.x[wherex.x.x.xrepresentsthe
destinationaddress]
3.Whatisthedifferencebetweenadomainlocalgroupandaglobalgroup?Domainlocalgroupsgrantpermissionsto
objectswithinthedomaininwhichthereside.Globalgroupscontaingrantpermissionstreeorforestwideforanyobjects
withintheActiveDirectory.
4.WhatisLDAPusedfor?LDAPisasetofprotocolusedforprovidingaccesstoinformationdirectories.
5.Whattoolhaveyouusedtocreateandanalyzepacketcaptures?NetworkMonitorinWin2K/Win2K3,Etherealin
Linux,OptiViewSeriesII(byFlukeNetworks).
6.HowdoesHSRPwork?
7.WhatisthesignificanceoftheIPaddress255.255.255.255?ThelimitedbroadcastaddressisutilizedwhenanIPnode
mustperformaonetoeveryonedeliveryonthelocalnetworkbutthenetworkIDisunknown.

12generalquestionsfromaninternationalcompany
ATechInterviewsreadersentinthequestionshefacedatamajorglobalcompany.Thequestionsarefairlygeneric:

1.Tellmeaboutyouranalyticalskills,citesomeexamplesofhowyouhaveusedyourskillsinthepast.
2.Whataresomeofyourlongtermgoals?
3.Whatareyourshorttermgoals?
4.Wheredoyouseeyourselffiveyearsfromnow?
5.TellmewhyIshouldhireyou?
6.Whatdoescustomerservicemeantoyou?
7.Whydidyouleaveyourlastjob?
8.Describeyourdefinitionofateamplayer?
9.Sightexamplesofwheninthepastyouhaveproventobeateamplayer?
10.Howwouldyouhandleaconflictwithanotheremployee?
11.Whatdoyoubelieveyoucangainbyworkingatthiscompany?
12.Givemesomeexamplesoftimesinthepast,whenyouwereabletoavoidaconflict,bythinkingonyourfeet.Tellwhatyou
knowaboutthiscompany.

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RahimShaikh June21,2016at4:38PM

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Unknown June21,2016at2:16PM

Ihave1branchofficeinbangalore.andmainofficeisinHyderabad.InmainofficeihaveinstalledADDC,andbranchofficei
AndbranchofficeiinstalledRODC..INBRANCHOFFICERODCISFAILEDWHATCANIDO.PLZTELLMETHEanswer

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Answer restore RODC from backup & it will take all the updates from Main office DC if you are backing up
serverdaily/weekly/monthly.
ifthereisnobackupjustdothemetadatacleanupfortheRODCandreinstallfreshRODC.

hopeanswersthequestions.

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Venkatrcp June21,2016at2:19PM

Venkat

Ihave1branchofficeinbangalore.andmainofficeisinHyderabad.InmainofficeihaveinstalledADDC,andbranchofficei
AndbranchofficeiinstalledRODC..INBRANCHOFFICERODCISFAILEDWHATCANIDO.PLZTELLMETHEanswer

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RahimShaikh June21,2016at4:37PM
Answer restore RODC from backup & it will take all the updates from Main office DC if you are backing up server daily /
weekly/monthly.
ifthereisnobackupjustdothemetadatacleanupfortheRODCandreinstallfreshRODC.

hopeanswersthequestions.

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Anonymous February2,2017at7:53PM

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