Week 3

2.4 Understand the application of service functions in creating a domain within a networked environment

Active directory domain services (AD DS):

o active directory – provides functionality to centrally manage and organise user and device accounts, security groups and distribution lists, contained in organisational units (OUs)-

Investigate using the link below the steps to create an Organisational Unit in Active Directory using the simulation
Windows Server 2019 Style Group Policy Simulation

o group policy – provides functionality to create group policy objects (GPOs) which can be applied to OUs. GPOs can be applied to deploy settings and files to users’ profiles and devices, based on their OU.

• Dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) – a network management protocol to assign IP addresses and network configuration to a network client device.

• Domain name system (DNS) – for the translation of hostnames to IP addresses.

• File server and distributed file system (DFS) – to provide shared disk access and manage permissions.

• Print server – to provide shared printer access.

• Mail servers – manage emails to/from client mailboxes.

• Certificate authorities – application of digital certificates to certify the ownership of a public key for use in encryption.

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