Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory

3. Administering Active Directory Exam Objectives in this Chapter: Set an Active Directory forest and domain functional level based upon requirements. Manage schema modifications. Add or remove a UPN suffix. Restore Active Directory di...

Why This Chapter Matters The information in this chapter shows you how to use various tools to administer Active Directory. Both graphical and command-line tools are available. The graphical tools are typically easier to use, especially for simp...

Before You Begin To complete the lessons in this chapter, you must Prepare your test environment according to the descriptions given in the "Getting Started" section of "About This Book"Complete the practices for installing an...

Lesson 1. Using Active Directory Administration Tools The powerful and flexible Active Directory administration tools that are included with Windows Server 2003 simplify directory service administration. The Active Directory administrative con...

Lesson 2. Customizing MMCs In the previous lesson, you learned how to use the standard administrative consoles provided when you install Active Directory. You can also create custom consoles that focus on management tasks you specify by using ...

Lesson 3. Backing Up Active Directory This lesson guides you through the steps required to back up Active Directory data. When you create a backup, you need to conduct several preliminary tasks, and then perform a number of tasks using the Bac...

Lesson 4. Restoring Active Directory There are two ways to restore Active Directory: nonauthoritatively and authoritatively. This lesson shows you how to perform both methods of restoring Active Directory. After this lesson, you will be abl...

Case Scenario Exercise You are a network consultant. You are consulting for an educational institution called Graphic Design Institute as described in Chapter 2. You've just finished installing the Research department's forest root domain controll...

Troubleshooting Lab You are a network administrator for Contoso Pharmaceuticals. You recently lost one of your domain controllers, named Server2, due to a hardware failure. This domain controller cannot be repaired and there was no recent backup. ...

Chapter Summary The Active Directory administration tools include the Active Directory Domains And Trusts console, the Active Directory Sites And Services console, the Active Directory Users And Computers console, the Active Directory Schema snap-...

Exam Highlights Before taking the exam, review the key points and terms that are presented in this chapter. You need to know this information. Key Points The Active Directory Domains And Trusts console provides the interface for setting the do...

Questions and Answers Lesson 1 Review Page 3-15 1.What is the purpose of the Active Directory Domains And Trusts console? A1: The Active Directory Domains And Trusts console provides the interface to manage domains and ma...