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| A text or XML file containing respones to the user prompts that typically appear during a Windows operating system installation. |
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| A single file with .wim extension that contains all of the files needed to boot the computer and initiate an operating system installiation. |
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| In Windows Deployment Services, a collection of images that use a single set of files and the same security settings. |
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| A command line program, included in the Windows Automated Installation Kit, which can capture, transfer, modify, and deploy file-based images from the Windows PE environment. |
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| A single file with a .wim extension that contains all of the files needed to install an operating system on a computer. |
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| In Windows Automated Installation Kit, a fully installed and configured computer that serves as the model from which you will create answer files and images. |
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| Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator (MAP) |
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| A free tool that can perform hardware inventories on computers with no agent software required on the client side. |
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| Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2008 |
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| A free set of scripts, tools, and documentation that can help administrators to plan and perform large-scale deployments of operating systems and applications to new and existing computers on an enterprise network. |
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| Preboot execution environment (PXE) |
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| A network adapter feature that enables a computer to connect to a server on the network and download the boot files it needs to run, rather than booting from a local drive. |
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| A Windows Server 2008 installation option that creates a stripped-down version of the operating system that relies primarily on the command prompt for user inputs. |
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| A Windows teachnology that enables an image file to maintain a single copy of a particular operating system file and yet use it in multiple operating system images. |
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| In Windows Automated Installation Kit, the computer on which you install Windows Automated Installation Kit, create answer files, and manage the image deployment process. |
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| A text file or XML file contatining responses to the user prompts that typically appear during Windows operating system installation. |
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| Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) |
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| A free set of tools and documents that enable network administrators to plan, create, and deploy operating system image files to new computers on the network. |
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| Windows Deployment Services (WDS) |
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| A role included with Windows Server 2008, which enables you to perform unattended installations of Windows Server 2008 and other operating systems on remote computers, using network-based boot and installation media. |
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| Windows PE (Preinstallation Environment) 2.1 |
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| A subnet of Windows Server 2008 that provides basic access to the computer's network and disk drives, making it possible to perform an in-place or network installation. |
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| Windows RE (Recovery Environment) |
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| A command line operating system. |
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| Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM) |
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| A graphical utility that creates and modifies the answer files you can use to perform unattended operating system installations on remote computers. |
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| In Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a method for splitting scopes between two DHCP servers, to provide fault tolerance. |
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| In Dynamtic Host Configuration Protocol, a method by which a DHCP server permanently assigns an IP address to a client computer from a scope. |
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| A Domain Name System server that has the ability to process incoming queries from resolvers and send its own queries to other DNS servers on the Internet. |
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| Centralized DHCP infrastructure |
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| A deployment model in which all of the DHCP servers are all placed in a single location, such as a server closet or data center. |
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| Is a variation included in Windows Server 2008 that enables you to forward requests for names in certain domains to specific DNS servers. |
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| A software component that receives the DHCP broadcast traffic on a subnet and then sends it on to particular DHCP servers on one or more other subnets. |
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| A set of network resources available for a group of users who can authenticate to the network to gain access to those resources. |
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| A method by which DHCP server assigns an IP address to a client computer from a scope, or range of IP addresses, for a specified length of time. |
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| Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) |
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| A service that automatically configures the Internet Protocol (IP) address and other TCP/IP settings on network computers by assigning addresses from a pool (called scope) and reclaiming them when they are no longer in use. |
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| A Domain Name System server that is configured to send the name resolution requests it receives from clients to another DNS server specified by an administrator using recursive, not iterative, queries. |
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| Full zone transfer (AXFR) |
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| A type of zone transfer in which the server hosting the primary zone copies the entirety of the porimary master zone database file to the secondary zone so that their resource records are identical. |
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| Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) |
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| The complete DNS name for a particular computer, consisting at minimum of a host name, a second-level domain name, and a top-level domain name, written in that order seperated by protocols. |
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| In TCP/IP, the network interface inside a computer or other device on a network. |
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| In TCP/IP, a list of host names and their equivalent IP addresses, used for name resolutionin early days of the Internet. |
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| Incremental zone transfer |
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| A type of zone transfer in which the server hosting the primary zone copies only records needed to synchronize the primary master zone database file with the secondary zone. |
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| Software components that provide support functions for network clients. |
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| A name resolution request in which the DNS server immediately responds with the best information it possesses at the time. |
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| A method by which DHCP server permanently assigns a specific IP address to a specific computer on the network. |
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| The process by which a Domain Name System server or other mechanism converts a host name into an IP address |
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| A name resolution request in which the DNS server takes full responsibility for resolving the name. |
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| The process by which one Domain Name System server sends a name resolution request to another DNS server. |
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| A client program that generates DNS queries and sends them to a DNS server for fulfillment. |
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| A unit of information that can contain host names, IP addresses, and other data. |
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| The process by which a server converts an IP address into a DNS name. |
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| They maintain information about the top-level domains. |
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| A pool of IP addresses that DHCP servers assign to clients. |
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| An administrative entity created on a DNS server to represent a discrete portion of the DNS namespace. |
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| The process by which the server hosting the primary master zone database file to the secondary zone so that their resource recods are identical. |
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| Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 directory service thsat automates network management, such as user data, resources, and security. |
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| The individual properties that combine to form an object. |
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| The process in which Windows Server 2008 verifies that the user matches the user account employed to gain access. |
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| The process of determining whether an identified user or process is permitted access to a resource and the user's appropriate level of access. |
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| An object, such as a domain or organizational unit, that has leaf objects or other container objects as its subordinates. |
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| Directory Access Protocol (DAP) |
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| A communications protocol specified in the X.500 standard. |
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| An Active Directory component that specifies the attributes each type of object can process, the type of data that can be stored in each attribute, and the object's place in the directory tree. |
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| A Windows server Active directory service installed. Each workstation computer joins the domain and is represented by a computer object. |
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| An architectual element that consists of one or more domains that are part of the same contiguous namespace. |
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| An architectual element that consists of one or more domain trees. |
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| The first domain created in forest. |
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| A list of all the objects in an Active Directory forest and a subset of each object's attributes, used by domain controllers to locate and access the resources of other domains in the same forest. |
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| An object such as a user or computer, that is incapable of containing any other object. |
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| Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) |
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| The standard communications protocol for directory service products, including Active Directory. |
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| Multiple-master replication |
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| A technique in which duplicate copies of a file are updated on a regular basis, no matter which copy changes. |
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| A container object that functions in a subordinate capacity to a domain, but without the complete seperation of security policies. |
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| Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) |
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| A domain controller that supports only incoming replication traffic. |
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| A domain-naming strategy in which an organization uses its registered domain name for its Active Directory tree root domain. |
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| Single-master replication |
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| A technique in which duplicate copies of a file are updated on a regular basis from one master copy. |
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| A object that represents the group of subnets at a single location, with good connectivity. |
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| A domain-naming strategy in which an organization creates a subdomain beneath its registered Internet domain and uses that for its Active Directory tree root. |
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| Distribution DHCP infrastructure |
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| A deployment model in which at least one DHCP server is installed on each of the network's subnets. |
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