Configuring an Active Directory Domain Controller

Assessment Worksheet

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Configure an Active Directory Domain Controller
Course Name and Number:

Configure an Active Directory
Domain Controller

LAB – ASSESSMENT WORKSHEET

Student Name:
Jeremy Cox

Instructor Name:
Badawi

Lab Due Date:

Overview
In this lab, you used the Microsoft® Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit to conduct an inventory of a
Windows server and analyze the results in preparation for installing the R2 upgrade. You also configured a
Windows domain controller, which controls the Active Directory. These are both critical steps in enabling the centralized control of authentication and security policies on Windows systems and form the foundation for future labs.

Lab Assessment Questions & Answers
1. Why would an administrator want to use the Microsoft® Assessment and Planning Toolkit?

to see if there is any compatability issues

2. From the results of your use of the MAP Toolkit, what operating system is running on the server

scanned?
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard

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3. From the results of your use of the MAP Toolkit, what software is running on the server scanned?

Map toolkit

4. Is the machine ready to run Windows Server 2008 R2? What steps might you need to take before fully

running the server?
No. add more memory

5. What tasks other than the ones performed in this exercise may administrators use the MAP Toolkit to

perform? run server consolidation wizard create hardware configuration collect performance data

6. What utility is used to transform a standalone Windows Server 2008 R2 system into an Active Directory

Domain Controller? dcpromo 7. What considerations should you take into account when choosing a domain name?

you want to make it unique. Make it something relevant to the purpose of it.

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