Coc 3 Handout

COC 3:
Set-up Computer Servers

ACTIVE DIRECTORY
What is Active Directory and Why Should I care?
• Active Directory is the brain of a Window Server Network.
• It is a database that keeps track of a huge amount of stuff and gives us a centralized way to
manage all our network machine, users, and resources.
Type of that active directory provides

• Users and groups
• Services (i.e. Email, etc.)
• Resources (Printer, Shared Folders, etc.)
These items are objects in the active directory database
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
What is Domain Controller?
• A domain controller is a machine that runs Active Directory Services.
• Think of it as a boss of your network.
• You may have multiple domain controller that all have copies of the same
active directory database
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
What is Domain?
• It is a logical group of computers that share a central directory database. The
machine is all named with part of domain name like itsmeismael.com (also
called a “suffix”) and registered in the active directory database so they can
be managed.
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
What is Server Role?
• Server role is a major job that a server can perform.
• It’s recommended that a server not have too many roles.
A domain controller usually has only two roles:

a) Active directory domain services
b)Domain name services
ACTIVE DIRECTORY
Domain Name Service
• It is a service provided by a server that allows you to find other computers in your
network
• Allows you to type a friendly name of a machine instead of its IP address, allowing
your client to get the IP address from the DNS server and go find the resources.
• Note: Without DNS, Active Directory will not work. In Windows Sever 2008
R2, it’s recommended that you integrate DNS with active directory
Active Directory Objects (OU and Users)
• Active directory (AD) is not going to work solely without its objects.
• Objects are everything live under AD. Objects are the following, Users and
groups, services (i.e. Emails), resources such printers, shared folders.
What is an OU?
• An organization Unit is a container that holds AD Object like User
Accounts, Computer Accounts, and Groups.
• OUs help to keep your objects organized, but also are used to control what your Users can
and can’t do (among the other things)
Computer accounts
• Allow AD to keep track and control the computers in your network. A computer without an
Account in AD can’t access the network –it’s security measure.
• It resides in OU’s which allow you to install software to all machines in OU at once
• When you are going to join a computer in your domain (you’ll need Admin level credentials)
• A computer account is automatically created in AD.
Remote Desktop Connection (RDC)
• Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) is a Microsoft technology that allows a
local computer to connect to and control a remote PC over a network or the
Internet. It is done through a Remote Desktop Service (RDS) or a terminal
service that uses the company's proprietary Remote Desktop Protocol
(RDP).
• Remote Desktop Connection is also known simply as Remote Desktop.
Group Policy
• Group Policy is a hierarchical infrastructure that allows a network administrator
in charge of Microsoft's Active Directory to implement specific configurations
for users and computers.
• Group Policy is primarily a security tool, and can be used to apply security
settings to users and computers.
• Group Policy allows administrators to define security policies for users and for
computers. These policies, which are collectively referred to as Group Policy
Objects (GPOs), are based on a collection of individual Group Policy settings.
Folder Redirection
• Folder Redirection allows you as an administrator to point a number of
special folders, such as Documents, Music and Downloads, to locations of
your choice.
• Is used together to redirect the path of local folders (such as the Documents
folder) to a network location, while caching the contents locally for increased
speed and availability.
Folder Redirection
• As of Windows Server 2008 R2, the folders you can redirect are as follow
Folder Redirection
• One of the most useful things you can do is redirecting the Documents
folder (or My Documents for Windows XP and earlier). This allows you to
store a user’s files on a network share, rather than in their local user profile.
This has a number of advantages, including allowing you to back up these
files centrally, and giving users access to their files even if they log on to a
number of different computers. You can couple Folder Redirection with
Offline Files to ensure that people can continue to work on their files even
when they are not connected to your network.
Print server management
• Print server management is the process of managing servers that

were set up to handle print jobs in a distributed network. It is used
in a network that offers remote printing options.

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