By admin | June 15, 2006

1. What are the required components of Windows Server 2003 for installing Exchange
2003? - ASP.NET, SMTP, NNTP, W3SVC
2. What must be done to an AD forest before Exchange can be deployed? - Setup
/forestprep
3. What Exchange process is responsible for communication with AD? - DSACCESS
4. What 3 types of domain controller does Exchange access? - Normal Domain Controller,
Global Catalog, Configuration Domain Controller
5. What connector type would you use to connect to the Internet, and what are the two
methods of sending mail over that connector? - SMTP Connector: Forward to smart host or
use DNS to route to each address
6. How would you optimise Exchange 2003 memory usage on a Windows Server 2003
server with more than 1Gb of memory? - Add /3Gb switch to boot.ini
7. What would a rise in remote queue length generally indicate? - This means mail is not
being sent to other servers. This can be explained by outages or performance issues with the
network or remote servers.
8. What would a rise in the Local Delivery queue generally mean? - This indicates a
performance issue or outage on the local server. Reasons could be slowness in consulting AD,
slowness in handing messages off to local delivery or SMTP delivery. It could also be databases
being dismounted or a lack of disk space.
9. What are the standard port numbers for SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, RPC, LDAP and Global
Catalog? - SMTP -25, POP3 ¬ 110, IMAP4 ¬ 143, RPC ¬ 135, LDAP ¬ 389, Global Catalog - 3268
10. Name the process names for the following: System Attendant--- MAD.EXE, Information
Store ‚ STORE.EXE, SMTP/POP/IMAP/OWA INETINFO.EXE
11. What is the maximum amount of databases that can be hosted on Exchange 2003
Enterprise? - 20 databases. 4 SGs x 5 DBs.
12. What are the disadvantages of circular logging? - In the event of a corrupt database, data
can only be restored to the last backup.

1. them that you have 400 pc based network, and you configure a Active Directory domain on
windows servers to centralize administration tasks.
1) How windows server will configure?
Its depends on the role of the server. If you installing Active Directory, you have to run DCPROMO
on commond prompt, and followed instructions.
Over all its depends on the role.
Simply you can say– there is an option in windows “Manage Server” once you follow the instructions
it will guide you to configure your server.
2) How many types of servers?
If they are concern with Hardware server, tell them the hardware configuration and vendor of the
server.
If they are asking about the types of windows server, tell them Standard, enterprise, or Small
business server etc.
1. What are main differences between WINS and DNS ???
WINS:- It is used to resolve IP address into netbios Viceversa it is used prior version of win 2000
DNS:-It is used to resolve IP address into host name.Viceversa it is used in 2000, XP, 2003 server
 1. what are diff between outlook & outlook express ????
Outlook Express
Outlook Express is the e-mail client that is included with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x, Microsoft
Internet Explorer 5.x, the Microsoft Windows 98 operating system, the Microsoft Windows
Millennium Edition (Me) operating system, the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating systems, and
Microsoft Office 98 for the Macintosh. Outlook Express is designed for home users who gain access
to their e-mail messages by dialing in to an Internet service provider (ISP).
Outlook
Outlook is Microsoft’s premier messaging and collaboration client. It is a stand-alone application
that is integrated into Microsoft Office and Exchange Server. Outlook also provides performance and
integration with Internet Explorer 5.5. Complete integration of e-mail, calendaring, and contact
management, makes Outlook the perfect client for many business users.

Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and

Security questions
By admin | December 7, 2003

1. What’s the difference between local, global and universal groups? Domain local groups
assign access permissions to global domain groups for local domain resources. Global groups
provide access to resources in other trusted domains. Universal groups grant access to resources in
all trusted domains.
2. I am trying to create a new universal user group. Why can’t I? Universal groups are
allowed only in native-mode Windows Server 2003 environments. Native mode requires that all
domain controllers be promoted to Windows Server 2003 Active Directory.
3. What is LSDOU? It’s group policy inheritance model, where the policies are applied to Local
machines, Sites, Domains and Organizational Units.
4. Why doesn’t LSDOU work under Windows NT? If the NTConfig.pol file exist, it has the
highest priority among the numerous policies.
5. Where are group policies stored? %SystemRoot%System32\GroupPolicy
6. What is GPT and GPC? Group policy template and group policy container.
7. Where is GPT stored? %SystemRoot%\SYSVOL\sysvol\domainname\Policies\GUID
8. You change the group policies, and now the computer and user settings are in
conflict. Which one has the highest priority? The computer settings take priority.
9. You want to set up remote installation procedure, but do not want the user to gain
access over it. What do you do? gponame–> User Configuration–> Windows Settings–>
Remote Installation Services–> Choice Options is your friend.
10. What’s contained in administrative template conf.adm? Microsoft NetMeeting policies
11. How can you restrict running certain applications on a machine? Via group policy,
security settings for the group, then Software Restriction Policies.
12. You need to automatically install an app, but MSI file is not available. What do you
do? A .zap text file can be used to add applications using the Software Installer, rather than the
Windows Installer.
13. What’s the difference between Software Installer and Windows Installer? The former
has fewer privileges and will probably require user intervention. Plus, it uses .zap files.
14. What can be restricted on Windows Server 2003 that wasn’t there in previous
products? Group Policy in Windows Server 2003 determines a users right to modify network and
 dial-up TCP/IP properties. Users may be selectively restricted from modifying their IP address and
other network configuration parameters.
15. How frequently is the client policy refreshed? 90 minutes give or take.
16. Where is secedit? It’s now gpupdate.
17. You want to create a new group policy but do not wish to inherit. Make sure you check
Block inheritance among the options when creating the policy.
18. What is "tattooing" the Registry? The user can view and modify user preferences that are not
stored in maintained portions of the Registry. If the group policy is removed or changed, the user
preference will persist in the Registry.
19. How do you fight tattooing in NT/2000 installations? You can’t.
20. How do you fight tattooing in 2003 installations? User Configuration - Administrative
Templates - System - Group Policy - enable - Enforce Show Policies Only.
21. What does IntelliMirror do? It helps to reconcile desktop settings, applications, and stored
files for users, particularly those who move between workstations or those who must periodically
work offline.
22. What’s the major difference between FAT and NTFS on a local machine? FAT and
FAT32 provide no security over locally logged-on users. Only native NTFS provides extensive
permission control on both remote and local files.
23. How do FAT and NTFS differ in approach to user shares? They don’t, both have support
for sharing.
24. Explan the List Folder Contents permission on the folder in NTFS. Same as Read &
Execute, but not inherited by files within a folder. However, newly created subfolders will inherit
this permission.
25. I have a file to which the user has access, but he has no folder permission to read it.
Can he access it? It is possible for a user to navigate to a file for which he does not have folder
permission. This involves simply knowing the path of the file object. Even if the user can’t drill
down the file/folder tree using My Computer, he can still gain access to the file using the Universal
Naming Convention (UNC). The best way to start would be to type the full path of a file into Run…
window.
26. For a user in several groups, are Allow permissions restrictive or permissive?
Permissive, if at least one group has Allow permission for the file/folder, user will have the same
permission.
27. For a user in several groups, are Deny permissions restrictive or permissive?
Restrictive, if at least one group has Deny permission for the file/folder, user will be denied access,
regardless of other group permissions.
28. What hidden shares exist on Windows Server 2003 installation? Admin$, Drive$, IPC$,
NETLOGON, print$ and SYSVOL.
29. What’s the difference between standalone and fault-tolerant DFS (Distributed File
System) installations? The standalone server stores the Dfs directory tree structure or topology
locally. Thus, if a shared folder is inaccessible or if the Dfs root server is down, users are left with no
link to the shared resources. A fault-tolerant root node stores the Dfs topology in the Active
Directory, which is replicated to other domain controllers. Thus, redundant root nodes may include
multiple connections to the same data residing in different shared folders.
30. We’re using the DFS fault-tolerant installation, but cannot access it from a Win98
box. Use the UNC path, not client, only 2000 and 2003 clients can access Server 2003 fault-
tolerant shares.
31. Where exactly do fault-tolerant DFS shares store information in Active Directory? In
Partition Knowledge Table, which is then replicated to other domain controllers.
32. Can you use Start->Search with DFS shares? Yes.
33. What problems can you have with DFS installed? Two users opening the redundant copies
of the file at the same time, with no file-locking involved in DFS, changing the contents and then
saving. Only one file will be propagated through DFS.
34. I run Microsoft Cluster Server and cannot install fault-tolerant DFS. Yeah, you can’t.
Install a standalone one.
35. Is Kerberos encryption symmetric or asymmetric? Symmetric.
36. How does Windows 2003 Server try to prevent a middle-man attack on encrypted
line? Time stamp is attached to the initial client request, encrypted with the shared key.
37. What hashing algorithms are used in Windows 2003 Server? RSA Data Security’s
Message Digest 5 (MD5), produces a 128-bit hash, and the Secure Hash Algorithm 1 (SHA-1),
produces a 160-bit hash.
38. What third-party certificate exchange protocols are used by Windows 2003 Server?
Windows Server 2003 uses the industry standard PKCS-10 certificate request and PKCS-7
certificate response to exchange CA certificates with third-party certificate authorities.
39. What’s the number of permitted unsuccessful logons on Administrator account?
Unlimited. Remember, though, that it’s the Administrator account, not any account that’s part of
the Administrators group.
40. If hashing is one-way function and Windows Server uses hashing for storing
passwords, how is it possible to attack the password lists, specifically the ones using
NTLMv1? A cracker would launch a dictionary attack by hashing every imaginable term used for
password and then compare the hashes.
41. What’s the difference between guest accounts in Server 2003 and other editions?
More restrictive in Windows Server 2003.
42. How many passwords by default are remembered when you check "Enforce Password
History Remembered"? User’s last 6 passwords.
43. What is active directory? How it works?
What is dns? How it works?
What is dhcp? How it works?
What is ias? How it works?

Active is a centralize directory database it's provide single point of

administration
what is DHCP
dynamic host configuration protocol
it is one of the network service which is provides the ip address
dynamically to the DHCP client
it give ip address automatically to the client
WHAT IS DNS
do mine naming service
it provide ip to host and host to ip

1. Requirement for Active Directory

1)NTFS partition with enough Free space

2)Administrator's username and password
3)Correct Operatiing system version
4)Nic
5)Properly configured TCP/IP (IP address subnet mask and - optional -default gateway)
6) Net Work Connection(Through Switch or Via Another Computer with Crossover
cable)
7) DNS Server
8)Domain name that you want to use
9)The Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 CD media
 2. Work Of Active Directory: Active Directory store information and data about networks
and domains Network Users.

Active Directory is a centralized database where it contains information about objects like
users groups computers printers OUs contacts and shared folders.

LDAP - Light Weight Directory Access Protocol

DN-(Distinguished Name) RDN-(Relastive Distinguished Name) UPN-(User Principal Name)
GUID-(Golbal Unique Identifier) are the naming convention used by LDAP.

NTDS.DIT is AD database
stored in WindowsSystem32NTDSntds.dit