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Things to practice for Microsoft exam 70-292.
The Microsoft exam 70-292 measures an individual's ability to manage and maintain a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment. Before taking the 70-292 exam, you should practice the following:
Identify and modify the scope of a group. Find domain groups in which a user is a member. Create...
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Things to practice for Microsoft exam 70-296.
The Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Windows Server 2003 upgrade exam (70-296) is available for those candidates only who are currently certified as MCSEs on Windows 2000. The MCSE on Windows Server 2003 credential is meant for IT professionals who work in the complex computing...
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Clustering
A cluster is a group of two or more computers (servers) connected to provide fault tolerance and load balancing. It is dedicated to run a specific application. Each server in a cluster is known as a node. The failover and failback capabilities of a cluster bring the application downtime to zero....
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Group Policy and Group Policy Object (GPO)
What are group policies?
Group policies specify how programs, network resources, and the operating system work for users and computers in an organization. They are collections of user and computer configuration settings that are applied on the users and computers (not on groups). For better...
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Group types and Scopes in Windows 2003.
A group is used as a container that contains user and computer objects within the group. The user and computer objects are stored in the group known as group members. Working with groups instead of individual users helps simplify network maintenance and the administration task. Assigning the...
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Name resolution and Domain Name System in a Microsoft TCP/IP-based network
Name Resolution
In a TCP/IP network, communications are based on IP addresses. All devices in a network use IP addresses to communicate with each other. Computers or network devices (such as routers) process IP addresses easily and work accordingly, whereas human beings (or users) find it...
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Planning a backup and restoration of files for disaster recovery.
Planning a backup and restoration of files is the most important step to protect data from accidental loss in the event of data deletion or a hard disk failure. The backup copy can be used to restore lost or damaged data. For taking backups and restoring files, Microsoft has provided a utility...
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RSoP
Resultant Set of Policy (RSoP) is the sum of the group policies applied to a user or computer. RSoP includes the application of filters and exceptions. Sometimes it is difficult for administrators to understand the cumulative effect of Group Policy objects (GPOs) applied on any given computer or...
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Site and Replication
What is a Site?
A site is a collection of one or more well-connected (usually a local area network) TCP/IP subnets. The network between the subnets must be highly reliable and fast (512 Kbps and higher). Although the sites are generally defined on the basis of location, they can be spanned...
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Trust Relationships
Trust is a logical relationship between two domains, which allows the sharing of resources between them. The trust relationship involves two entities, i.e., a trusting domain and a trusted domain. The trusted domain can use the resources of the trusting domain. The trust relationship in Windows...
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