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| Active Directory Domain Service (ADDS) |
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| Provides the full fledged directory service that was referred to as Active Directory in Windows Server 2003 and 2000 |
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| allows bussinesses to define,manage, access and secure network resources including files, printers, people and applications. |
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| Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) |
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| Provides a lightweight, flexible directory platform directory that can be used by Active Directory developers without incuring the overhead of the full-fledged Active Directory DS directory service |
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| Windows Server 2008 computer that has been configured with the Active Directory DS role |
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| The process of keeping each domain controller in sync with changes that have been made else where on the network |
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| When a domain controller transmits replication information to other domain controllers on the network |
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| When a domain controller receives updates to the Active Directory database from other domain controllers on the network |
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| Interoperabilty with prior versions of Microsoft Windows is available in Windows Server 2008 with the use |
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| Capable of responding gracefully to a software or hardware failure |
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| Read-Only Domain Controller |
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| domain controller that contains a copy of the ntds.dit file that cannot be modified and that does not replicate its changes to other domain controllers within Active Directory |
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| Object allows users to acces network resources by searching the Active Directory database for the desired resources |
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| Can have other objects housed within it |
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| cannot contain other objects and usually refers to a resource such as a printer, folder, user or group |
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| Active Directory divides information |
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| each domain controller copy of the ntds.nit database file will contain a minumum of three NCs |
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| conatins the rules and defintions that are used for creating and modifying object classes and attributes within active directory |
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| contains information regarding the physical topology of the network as well as other configuration data that must be replicated throughout the forest |
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| Consist of user, computer, and other resource information for a particular Active Directory domain |
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| logical grouping of network resources and devices that contain one or more domains configured in a parent child relationship |
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| conatiner that represents a logical grouping of resources that have similar security or administrative guidelines |
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| Administrastion OU's also can be delegated to a departmental supervisor or manager and thus can allow that person to manage day to day resource or more mundane tasks such as resetting passwords |
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| provide fune control Administrators can direct where information is replicated to a domain or forest |
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| Every resource in Active Directory |
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| Is a master database that conatins definitions of all objects in Active Directory |
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| Identifies the object in the database it is given when it is first created |
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| Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) |
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| 128 bit hexadecimal number that is assigned to every object in the Active Directory forest upon its creation |
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| Required object Attributes |
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| required for the object to function |
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| Optional Object Attributes |
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| Information that is not critical to know but good to know |
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| Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) |
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| automatically contains and maintains the replication topology |
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| references an object to Active Directory directory structure using its entire hierachal path starting with the object itself and including all parent objects up to the root of the domain |
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| four octets long and are commonly expressed in dotted decimal notation |
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| provides direction for clients that need to know which server does what function |
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| locator records within the DNS that allow clients to locate an Active Directory Domain Controller or Global Catalog |
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| time, budget and application compatibilty |
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| allows backward compatability with Microsoft Windows 2000 |
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| function level allows Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008 domain controllers only |
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| To allow access between multiple domains and/or forests either within a single forest or across multiple enterprise networks |
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| If the domains within a forest are seperated by slow WAN links and this tree walking process takes an exceedingly long time to allow user authentication across domains |
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| are one way non-transitive trusts |
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| When you create a trust path between two or more forests |
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