$1.$ Explain Active Directory $($Chapter $1-4$f$).$

Active Directory $($AD$)$ is a proprietary directory service developed by Microsoft$$ to manage the authentication and authorization of users and machines on a Windows domain network. Active Directory was first released in $2000$ and runs on Windows Server.

$2.$ Identify Active Directory$$s main purposes and features $($Chapter $1-4$f$).$

The main purpose of Active Directory is to enable administrators to manage permissions and control access to network resources. In Active Directory, data is stored as objects, which include users, groups, applications, and devices, and these objects are categorized according to their name and attributes.

$3.$ What is the acronym, meaning short abbreviation, Microsoft Management Console referred to$?($Chapter $1-4$g$).$

The acronym that the Microsoft Management Console is referred to is MMC$.$

$4.$ Explain the Microsoft Management Console $($Chapter $1-4$g$).$

A framework that provides administrators and users with an interface for management, administration and configuration of a system. It is a component of the Microsoft Windows $2000$ OS and all its successors. It is also known as tools host. The MMC console can also be used for monitoring or configuring other computers on the local area network $($LAN$)$ to which the user has access.

$5.$ Identify the Disk Management snap$-$in $($Chapter $1-4$g$,$ Figure $1-10).$

The Disk Management console, or snap$-$in$,$ can be used to initialize and configure new disks; import previously configured disks; convert basic disks to dynamic disks; create, extend, and shrink disk volumes; format disk volumes; enable shadow copies; and many more disk$-$related tasks.

$6.$ Identify the decisions to consider when naming a Windows $2012/$R$2$ server $($Chapter $2-1$a$).$

$$ Although the computer name can contain up to $63$ characters, workstations and servers that are pre$-$Windows $2000$ recognize only the first $15$ characters.

$$ It is widely considered a best practice to use only Internet standard characters in your computer name. This includes the letters A$$Z $($uppercase and lowercase$),$ the numbers $09,$ and the hyphen $(-).$

$7.$ Discuss assigning an IP address to a Windows $2012/$R$2$ server during installation, Static vs$.$ Dynamic $($Chapter $2-1$a$).$

By default Dynamic IP is set for windows server $2012,$ for static IP assign one of the first or last addresses in the address range

$8.$ Explain a clean installation $($Chapter$2-1$b$).$

A clean install refers to the installation of a software package where the previous version is completely deleted. This means that all partition data will be lost, and all data must be backed up to an external device. The process is to then to do the install, reinstall all applications and copy back all data.

$9.$ Identify the tasks you should perform immediately on the first server in a network $($Chapter$2-1$d$)$

Rename the server

Join a domain

Enable Remote Desktop

Configure the server$$s IP settings

Configure Windows Update

Configure time zone settings

$10.$ Explain how Windows Server $2012/$R$2$ secures access to files using permissions $($Chapter $5-2)$

$11.$ Explain the $$least privileges principle$($Chapter $5-2)$

An information security concept in which a user is given the minimum levels of access

$12.$ Explain FAT volumes and permissions $($Chapter $5-2)$

$13.$ Explain share permissions $($Chapter $5-2$b$)$

$14.$ Identify share permissions $($Chapter $5-2$b$)$

$15.$ Describe difference between Read, Change, Full Control share permissions $($Chapter $5-2$b$)$

$16.$ Explain NTFS permissions $($Chapter $5-2$c$)$

$17.$ Identify NTFS permissions $($Chapter $5-2$c$)$

$18.$ Describe difference between NTFS permissions $($Chapter $5-2$c$),$ Review Figure $5-2$

$19.$ Identify Windows Active Directory Service features $($Chapter $6-1$a$)$

$20.$ Identify the four components of the Active Directory$$s Logical Structure $($Chapter $6-1$b$)$

$21.$ Describe organizational units $($Chapter $6-1$b$,$ Figure $6-1)$

$22.$ Describe Active Directory Leaf Objects $($user accounts, groups, computer accounts$)($Chapter $6-3$d$)$

$23.$ Explain considerations when creating and modifying Active Directory User Accounts $($Chapter $7-2$a$)$