Active Directory Groups Quiz

This quiz covers the the training module “Users”. This module contains five lessons. Group Types and Scopes Creating and Managing Groups Automating the Creation and Management of Groups Administering Groups in an Enterprise Default Groups [mtouchquiz 19]

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Default User Groups in Windows Server 2008

A number of groups are created automatically on a server running Windows Server 2008. These are called default local groups, and they include well-known groups such as Administrators, Backup Operators, and Remote Desktop Users. Additional groups are created in a domain, in both the Builtin and Users containers, including Domain Admins, Enterprise Admins, and Schema…

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Administering Groups in an Enterprise

Previous lessons prepared you to perform daily administrative tasks related to groups in Active Directory. You have learned to create, modify, and delete groups, using a variety of tools and procedures. This lesson rounds out your exploration of groups by preparing you to take advantage of useful group attributes for documenting groups, to delegate the…

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Automating the Creation and Management of Groups

Creating Groups with Dsadd. The Dsadd command, introduced earlier, enables you to add objects to Active Directory. To add a group, type the command dsadd group GroupDN, where GroupDN is the DN of the group, such as “CN=SalesManagers,OU=Managers,DC=es-net,DC=co,DC=uk.” Use the buttons below to navigate through the lesson Creating Groups with Dsadd Be certain to surround…

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Creating and Managing Active Directory Groups

Groups are security principals with a security identifier (SID) that, through their member attribute, collect other security principals (users, computers, contacts, and other groups) to facilitate management. Use the buttons below to navigate through the lesson Imagine that all 100 users in the sales department require read-level access to a shared folder on a server:…

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Group Types and Scopes

There are three types of groups in Active Directory: Universal, Global, and Domain Local. Use the buttons below to navigate through the lesson There are two main functions of groups in Active Directory: Gathering together objects for ease of administration. Assigning permissions to  objects or resources within the Directory. A user – Tom – would…

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