Windows Server Administration Fundamentals Flashcards
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What is the purpose of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)?
Answer: Centralizing and controlling distribution of Microsoft updates
WSUS allows administrators to centrally manage and approve Microsoft updates, controlling which updates are deployed to computers in the organization.
What type of account in Active Directory is used to run services and applications with specific permissions?
Answer: Service account
Service accounts are dedicated AD accounts used to run services, scheduled tasks, or applications with only the permissions needed for that specific function.
What is the Global Catalog in Active Directory?
Answer: A partial replica of all objects in all domains in a forest
The Global Catalog is a distributed data repository that stores a partial replica of all objects in every domain in the Active Directory forest, enabling forest-wide searches.
Which Windows Server feature provides network load balancing for web servers?
Answer: Network Load Balancing (NLB)
NLB distributes incoming network traffic across multiple servers, improving availability and scalability of services like web applications.
What is the default port used by Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)?
Answer: 3389
RDP uses TCP/UDP port 3389 by default, and administrators often change this port as a basic security measure to reduce automated attack attempts.
What Windows Server command-line tool is used to join a computer to a domain?
Answer: netdom
The netdom command-line tool can join computers to domains, manage trust relationships, and perform other domain operations from the command line.