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What Is Domain Controler

A domain controller (DC) is a server that authenticates users on a Windows domain network. It contains Active Directory (AD), which manages users, computers, groups and other objects, and Group Policy (GP), which sets configuration policies for those objects. Multiple redundant DCs maintain the same AD database for fault tolerance. DCs respond to authentication requests and apply GPs across client PCs on the domain.

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What Is Domain Controler

A domain controller (DC) is a server that authenticates users on a Windows domain network. It contains Active Directory (AD), which manages users, computers, groups and other objects, and Group Policy (GP), which sets configuration policies for those objects. Multiple redundant DCs maintain the same AD database for fault tolerance. DCs respond to authentication requests and apply GPs across client PCs on the domain.

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What is a Domain Controller

Section Overview
Windows Domains
• Windows Domains have been around since Windows NT (1993)
• Allows administrators to manage large computer networks
• Generally contain a large number of computers on the same network
Windows Domain Controller
• Often referred to as a “DC”
• Any Server with AD DS role
• Responds to security authentication request
DC
• Contains Active Directory & Group Policy

PC PC PC PC
Windows Domain Controller
• Often referred to as a “DC”
• Any Server with AD DS role
• Responds to security authentication request Replicated
DC2 DC1
• Contains Active Directory & Group Policy
• Multiple Domain Controllers (one primary)
• Fault tolerance
PC PC PC PC
Windows Domain Controller
• Often referred to as a “DC”
• Any Server with AD DS role
• Responds to security authentication request Replicated
DC2 DC1
• Contains Active Directory & Group Policy
• Multiple Domain Controllers (one primary)
• Fault tolerance
• Critical Data is replicated between the DCs PC PC PC PC
Windows Domain Controller
• Directory Service called “Active Directory Users and Computers”
• Users Account (usernames and passwords)
• Computers DC
• Printers
• File Shares
DC – Active Directory
• Contains objects
• Users
• Computers
• Printers
• File Shares Active Directory
• Groups
Organizational Unit Organizational Unit Organizational Unit
• Groups Object Group Group Group
• Domain Admins
• Domain Users
• Many more…
• OUs (Organizational Units) are used
to group objects
DC - Group Policy Management
• Used to manage all domain user and computer Group Policy
Domain Admins Domain Users
settings remotely GPO GPO GPO GPO

• Uses Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to manage DC GPO GPO Computers OU


GPO GPO
client settings
• Target specific users, computers, groups or OUs
• Install software remotely Domain Admins Domain Users Computers OU

• Configure desktop background


• Manage what website they can visit
• Manage and configure security settings
Conclusion
• A Windows Domain allows management of large computer networks
• Use at least ONE Windows Serve called a DC (Domain Controller)
• A DC is any server with the AD DS role
• DCs respond to authentication requests across the domain
• DCs have the tools AD (Active Directory) and GP (Group Policy)
• AD contains Objects and OUs’ (Organizational Units)
• GP contains GPOs (Group Policy Objects) that mange AD objects

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