Top 20 active directory interview

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Tell me about yourself?

This is probably the most asked
question in active directory interview.
It breaks the ice and gets you to talk
about something you should be fairly
comfortable with. Have something
prepared that doesn't sound rehearsed.
It's not about you telling your life story
and quite frankly, the interviewer just
isn't interested. Unless asked to do so,
stick to your education, career and
current situation. Work through it
chronologically from the furthest back
to the present.

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What is Active Directory?

Active Directory is a Meta Data. Active
Directory is a data base which stores a data
base like your user information, computer
information and also other network object
info. It has capabilities to manage and
administer the complete Network which
connect with AD.

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What Can You Do for Us That Other Candidates

Can't?
What makes you unique? This
will take an assessment of
your experiences, skills and
traits. Summarize concisely:
"I have a unique combination
of strong technical skills, and
the ability to build strong
customer relationships. This
allows me to use my
knowledge and break down
information to be more userfriendly."

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What is LDAP?
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
LDAP is the industry standard directory
access protocol, making Active
Directory widely accessible to
management and query applications.
Active Directory supports LDAPv3 and
LDAPv2.

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How do I determine if user accounts have local

administrative access?
You can use the net local group
administrators command on each
workstation (probably in a login
script so that it records its
information to a central file for later
review). This command will
enumerate the members of the
Administrators group on each
machine you run it on. Alternately,
you can use the Restricted Groups
feature of Group Policy to restrict
the membership of Administrators to
only those users you want to belong.

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Why am I having trouble printing with XP domain

users?
In most cases, the inability to print or
access resources in situations like this
one will boil down to an issue with
name resolution, either DNS or
WINS/NetBIOS. Be sure that your
Windows XP clients wireless
connections are configured with the
correct DNS and WINS name servers,
as well as with the
appropriate NetBIOS over
TCP/IP settings. Compare your
wireless settings to your wired LAN
settings and look for any
discrepancies that may indicate where
the functional difference may lie.

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What is the ISTG? Who has that role by default?

Windows 2000 Domain controllers
each create Active Directory
Replication connection objects
representing inbound replication from
intra-site replication partners. For
inter-site replication, one domain
controller per site has the
responsibility of evaluating the intersite replication topology and creating
Active Directory Replication
Connection objects for appropriate
bridgehead servers within its site. The
domain controller in each site that
owns this role is referred to as the
Inter-Site Topology Generator
(ISTG).

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What is LSDOU, LDP?

Its group policy inheritance model,
where the policies are applied to Local
machines, Sites, Domains
and Organizational Units.
LDP: Label Distribution Protocol (LDP)
is often used to establish MPLS LSPs
when traffic engineering is not required.
It establishes LSPs that follow the
existing IP routing, and is particularly
well suited for establishing a full mesh
of LSPs between all of the routers on
the network.

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What are the Groups types available in active

directory ?
Security groups: Use Security groups
for granting permissions to gain access
to resources. Sending an e-mail
message to a group sends the message
to all members of the group. Therefore
security groups share the capabilities
of distribution groups.
Distribution groups: Distribution
groups are used for sending e-main
messages to groups of users. You
cannot grant permissions to security
groups. Even though security groups
have all the capabilities of distribution
groups, distribution groups still
requires, because some applications
can only read distribution groups.
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What is REPLMON?
The Microsoft definition of the Replmon
tool is as follows; This GUI tool enables
administrators to view the low-level
status of Active Directory replication,
force synchronization between domain
controllers, view the topology in a
graphical format, and monitor the status
and performance of domain controller
replication.

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What is ADSIEDIT ?
ADSIEDIT :ADSIEdit is a Microsoft
Management Console (MMC) snap-in that
acts as a low-level editor for Active
Directory. It is a Graphical User Interface
(GUI) tool. Network administrators can
use it for common administrative tasks
such as adding, deleting, and moving
objects with a directory service. The
attributes for each object can be edited or
deleted by using this tool. ADSIEdit uses
the ADSI application programming
interfaces (APIs) to access Active
Directory. The following are the required
files for using this tool: ADSIEDIT.DLL
ADSIEDIT.

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What is REPADMIN?
This command-line tool assists
administrators in diagnosing
replication problems between
Windows domain
controllers.Administrators can use
Repadmin to view the replication
topology (sometimes referred to as
RepsFrom and RepsTo) as seen from
the perspective of each domain
controller. In addition, Repadmin can
be used to manually create the
replication topology (although in
normal practice this should not be
necessary), to force replication events
between domain controllers, and to
view both the replication metadata and
up-to-dateness vectors.

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What are the requirements for installing AD on a

new server?
An NTFS partition with enough free space.
An Administrators username and
password.
The correct operating system version.
A NIC Properly configured TCP/IP (IP
address, subnet mask and optional
default gateway).
A network connection (to a hub or to
another computer via a crossover cable) .
An operational DNS server (which can be
installed on the DC itself) .
A Domain name that you want to use .
The Windows 2000 or Windows Server
2003 CD media (or at least the i386
folder) .

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How to take backup of AD ?

For taking backup of active directory you have to do
this : first go START -> PROGRAM ->ACCESORIES ->
SYSTEM TOOLS -> BACKUP OR Open run window
and ntbackup and take systemstate backup when the
backup screen is flash then take the backup of SYSTEM
STATE it will take the backup of all the necessary
information about the syatem including AD backup ,
DNS ETC.

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What are application partitions? When do I use

them ?
AN application diretcory partition is a
directory partition that is replicated only to
specific domain controller.Only domain
controller running windows Server 2003 can
host a replica of application directory
partition.
Using an application directory partition
provides redundany,availability or fault
tolerance by replicating data to specific
domain controller pr any set of domain
controllers anywhere in the forest.

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How do I use Registry keys to remove a user from a

group?
In Windows Server 2003, you can use the
dsmod command-line utility with the
-delmbr switch to remove a group member
from the command line. You should also
look into the freeware utilities available from
www.joeware.net . ADFind and ADMod are
indispensable tools in my arsenal when it
comes to searching and modifying Active
Directory.

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Different modes of AD restore ?

A nonauthoritative restore is the default method
for restoring Active Directory. To perform a
nonauthoritative restore, you must be able to start
the domain controller in Directory Services
Restore Mode. After you restore the domain
controller from backup, replication partners use
the standard replication protocols to update
Active Directory and associated information on
the restored domain controller.
An authoritative restore brings a domain or a
container back to the state it was in at the time of
backup and overwrites all changes made since the
backup. If you do not want to replicate the
changes that have been made subsequent to the
last backup operation, you must perform an
authoritative restore. In this one needs to stop the
inbound replication first before performing the An
authoritative restore.

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Whats the difference between transferring a FSMO

role and seizing ?
Seizing an FSMO can be a destructive process
and should only be attempted if the existing
server with the FSMO is no longer available.
If you perform a seizure of the FSMO roles from
a DC, you need to ensure two things:
the current holder is actually dead and offline, and
that the old DC will NEVER return to the
network. If you do an FSMO role Seize and then
bring the previous holder back online, youll have
a problem.
An FSMO role TRANSFER is the graceful
movement of the roles from a live, working DC to
another live DC During the process, the current
DC holding the role(s) is updated, so it becomes
aware it is no longer the role holder

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What is sites ? What are they used for ?

One or more well-connected (highly reliable and
fast) TCP/IP subnets.
A site allows administrators to configure Active
Directory access and replication topology to take
advantage of the physical network.
A Site object in Active Directory represents a
physical geographic location that hosts networks.
Sites contain objects called Subnets.
Sites can be used to Assign Group Policy Objects,
facilitate the discovery of resources, manage
active directory replication, and manage network
link traffic.
Sites can be linked to other Sites. Site-linked
objects may be assigned a cost value that
represents the speed, reliability, availability, or
other real property of a physical resource. Site
Links may also be assigned a schedule.

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Explain Active Directory Schema ?

Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003
Active Directory uses a database set of rules
called Schema. The Schema is defines as
the formal definition of all object classes,
and the attributes that make up those object
classes, that can be stored in the directory.
As mentioned earlier, the Active Directory
database includes a default Schema, which
defines many object classes, such as users,
groups, computers, domains, organizational
units, and so on.
These objects are also known as Classes.
The Active Directory Schema can be
dynamically extensible, meaning that you
can modify the schema by defining new
object types and their attributes and by
defining new attributes for existing objects.
You can do this either with the Schema
Manager snap-in tool included with
Windows 2000/2003 Server, or
programmatically.
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Top 6 tips for job interview

Tip 1: Do your homework

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You'll likely be asked difficult questions

during the interview. Preparing the list of
likely questions in advance will help you
easily transition from question to question.
Spend time researching the company. Look
at its site to understand its mission statement,
product offerings, and management team. A
few hours spent researching before your
interview can impress the hiring manager
greatly. Read the company's annual report
(often posted on the site), review the
employee's LinkedIn profiles, and search the
company on Google News, to see if they've
been mentioned in the media lately. The
more you know about a company, the more
you'll know how you'll fit in to it.
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Tip 2: First impressions

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When meeting someone for the first time, we

instantaneously make our minds about various aspects of
their personality.
Prepare and plan that first impression long before you
walk in the door. Continue that excellent impression in
the days following, and that job could be yours.
Therefore:
Never arrive late.
Use positive body language and turn on your
charm right from the start.
Switch off your mobile before you step into the
room.
Look fabulous; dress sharp and make sure you look
your best.
Start the interview with a handshake; give a nice
firm press and then some up and down movement.
Determine to establish a rapport with the
interviewer right from the start.
Always let the interviewer finish speaking before
giving your response.
Express yourself fluently with clarity and
precision.
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Tip 3: The Hidden Job Market

Many of us dont recognize that hidden job
market is a huge one and accounts for 2/3
of total job demand from enterprises. This
means that if you know how to exploit a
hidden job market, you can increase your
chance of getting the job up to 300%.
In this section, the author shares his
experience and useful tips to exploit hidden
job market.
Here are some sources to get penetrating
into a hidden job market: Friends; Family;
Ex-coworkers; Referral; HR communities;
Field communities; Social networks such
as Facebook, Twitter; Last recruitment
ads from recruiters; HR emails of potential
recruiters

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Tip 4: Do-It-Yourself Interviewing Practice

There are a number of ways to prepare
for an interview at home without the
help of a professional career counselor
or coach or a fee-based service.
You can practice interviews all by
yourself or recruit friends and family to
assist you.
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Tip 5: Ask questions

Do not leave the interview without
ensuring that you know all that you
want to know about the position. Once
the interview is over, your chance to
have important questions answered has
ended. Asking questions also can show
that you are interested in the job. Be
specific with your questions. Ask about
the company and the industry. Avoid
asking personal questions of the
interviewer and avoid asking questions
pertaining to politics, religion and the
like.
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Tip 6: Follow up and send a thank-you note

Following up after an interview can
help you make a lasting impression and
set you apart from the crowd.
Philip Farina, CPP, a security career
expert at Manta Security Management
Recruiters, says: "Send both an email as
well as a hard-copy thank-you note,
expressing excitement, qualifications
and further interest in the position.
Invite the hiring manager to contact you
for additional information. This is also
an excellent time to send a strategic
follow-up letter of interest."
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