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A company needs to deploy Windows Server 2012 to 50 branch offices with minimal bandwidth usage. Each office has identical hardware. Which deployment method is MOST efficient?
Answer: Use Windows Deployment Services with multicast transmission
WDS multicast transmission sends the image once to all clients simultaneously, drastically reducing bandwidth consumption across branch offices.
A server running Windows Server 2012 must host both a web application and a file server role. After adding the File Services role, web performance degrades. What is the MOST likely cause?
Answer: SMB traffic is competing with HTTP traffic on the same NIC
SMB and HTTP traffic sharing a single network adapter causes resource contention, degrading web performance; NIC teaming or separate NICs resolves this.
You need to ensure a Windows Server 2012 Core installation can be managed remotely via Server Manager from another server. Which command enables this?
Answer: sconfig and select option 4
In Server Core, running sconfig and selecting option 4 (Configure Remote Management) enables remote management through Server Manager.
A Hyper-V host running Windows Server 2012 needs to allow a VM to access the physical network at the same level as the host. Which virtual switch type should be configured?
Answer: External
An External virtual switch binds to a physical network adapter, allowing VMs to communicate with the physical network and external hosts.
A company's Windows Server 2012 DHCP server is handing out incorrect IP addresses after a network redesign. Administrators want to prevent rogue DHCP servers on the network. What should they do?
Answer: Authorize the DHCP server in Active Directory
Authorizing the DHCP server in Active Directory prevents unauthorized DHCP servers from responding to client requests on the domain network.
An administrator needs to migrate a Windows Server 2008 R2 DNS server configuration to a new Windows Server 2012 DNS server with no downtime. What is the BEST approach?
Answer: Enable Active Directory-integrated zones and replicate via AD
Converting DNS zones to AD-integrated zones enables automatic replication to new DNS servers through Active Directory with no manual record migration.
A server's system volume is running low on space. An administrator wants to use Disk Management to extend the C: volume. The Extend Volume option is greyed out. What is the MOST likely reason?
Answer: There is no unallocated space immediately following the partition
The Extend Volume option requires contiguous unallocated space immediately following the partition on the same disk; without it, the option is unavailable.