Lab 14
LAB 14
REMOTE WINDOWS 7 ADMINISTRATION
This lab contains the following exercises and activities:
Exercise 14.1 Creating a Custom MMC Console
Exercise 14.2 Configuring Remote Desktop Access
Exercise 14.3 Connecting to a Remote Workstation
Exercise 14.4 Creating an RDP File
Lab Challenge 14.1 Using Windows Remote Management
SCENARIO
You are a newly hired desktop technician for Contoso, Ltd., working on a long- term test deployment of new Windows 7 workstations. You have been given the task of testing the various remote administration technologies included with Windows 7.
Estimated lab time: 60 minutes
| | | Exercise 14.1 Creating a Custom MMC Console | | | | | | Overview | Rather than evaluate the system events on each workstation | | | individually, you can create a customized Microsoft Management | | | Console interface containing the Event Viewer snap-in for multiple | | | computers. | | | | | | | Completion time | 20 minutes | | | | | | |
1. Turn on the NYC-CL1 workstation and log on using the contoso\Administrator account and the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. Click Start. Then, in the Search programs and files box, type mmc and press Enter, click yes on warming box, A blank MMC console appears, as shown in Figure 14-1.
Figure 14-1
A blank MMC console
3. Click File > Add/Remove Snap-in. The Add or Remove Snap-ins dialog box appears.
4. In the Available snap-ins list, select Event Viewer and click Add. The Select Computer dialog box appears.
5. Leave the Local computer option selected and click OK. The Event Viewer (Local) snap-in appears in the Selected snap-ins list.
6. In the Available snap-ins list, select Event Viewer again and click Add. The Select Computer dialog box appears again.
7. Select the Another computer option and click Browse. Another Select Computer dialog box appears.
8. In the Enter the object name to select box, type
REMOTE WINDOWS 7 ADMINISTRATION
This lab contains the following exercises and activities:
Exercise 14.1 Creating a Custom MMC Console
Exercise 14.2 Configuring Remote Desktop Access
Exercise 14.3 Connecting to a Remote Workstation
Exercise 14.4 Creating an RDP File
Lab Challenge 14.1 Using Windows Remote Management
SCENARIO
You are a newly hired desktop technician for Contoso, Ltd., working on a long- term test deployment of new Windows 7 workstations. You have been given the task of testing the various remote administration technologies included with Windows 7.
Estimated lab time: 60 minutes
| | | Exercise 14.1 Creating a Custom MMC Console | | | | | | Overview | Rather than evaluate the system events on each workstation | | | individually, you can create a customized Microsoft Management | | | Console interface containing the Event Viewer snap-in for multiple | | | computers. | | | | | | | Completion time | 20 minutes | | | | | | |
1. Turn on the NYC-CL1 workstation and log on using the contoso\Administrator account and the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. Click Start. Then, in the Search programs and files box, type mmc and press Enter, click yes on warming box, A blank MMC console appears, as shown in Figure 14-1.
Figure 14-1
A blank MMC console
3. Click File > Add/Remove Snap-in. The Add or Remove Snap-ins dialog box appears.
4. In the Available snap-ins list, select Event Viewer and click Add. The Select Computer dialog box appears.
5. Leave the Local computer option selected and click OK. The Event Viewer (Local) snap-in appears in the Selected snap-ins list.
6. In the Available snap-ins list, select Event Viewer again and click Add. The Select Computer dialog box appears again.
7. Select the Another computer option and click Browse. Another Select Computer dialog box appears.
8. In the Enter the object name to select box, type