Exam 98-365: Windows Server Administration Fundamentals/Understanding Active Directory

This lesson covers Understanding Active Directory. It looks at accounts and groups, organizational units and containers, Active Directory infrastructure, and Group Policy.

Activity 1 - Understand Accounts and Groups

This objective may include but is not limited to: domain accounts; local accounts; user profiles; group types; group scopes; group nesting; AGDLP.

1. Read Security Account Manager (SAM).
2. Read Naming Conventions in Active Directory.

Activity 2 - Understand Organizational Units and Containers

This objective may include but is not limited to: purpose of organizational units; purpose of containers; delegation; default.

1. Read Organizational Units.
2. Read Delegate Control of an Organizational Unit.

Activity 3 - Understand Active Directory Infrastructure

This objective may include but is not limited to: domain controllers; forests; operation masters roles; domain vs. workgroup; child domains; trusts; functional levels; namespace; sites; replication.

1. Read Domains.
2. Read Creating a New Forest.

Activity 4 - Understand Group Policy

This objective may include but is not limited to: group policy processing; Group Policy Management Console; computer policies; user policies; local policies.

1. Read Group Policy Collection.
2. Read New Group Policy Preferences in Windows Server 2008.
3. Read Group Policy Settings Reference.

References

• Exam 98-365 Windows Server Administration Fundamentals Student Study Guide
• Microsoft: Windows Server Administration Fundamentals Exam Details