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True or false: Joining a computer to Active Directory involves joining the computer to aworkgroup.false;Joining a computer to Active Directory means binding it, or joining it, to thedomain. An AD computer account is then created for it. A workgroup is a collection ofstandalone computers, not joined to an AD domain.Joining a computer to an AD domain provides which of the following advantages? Check all thatapply. centralized authentication; Active Directory can be used to centrally manage computersthat are joined to it by pushing Group Policy Objects. Computers joined to a domain will alsoauthenticate, using Active Directory user accounts instead of local accounts, providingcentralized authentication, too.centralized management with GPOsWhat are Group Policy Objects?Settings for computers and user accounts in AD; GPOs areobjects in AD that hold settings and preferences, which can be applied to user accounts orcomputer accounts. GPOs allow for centralized management of accounts and computers.What's the difference between a policy and a preference?A policy is enforced by AD, while apreference can be modified by a local user; Policies are settings that are enforced and reappliedregularly by AD, while preferences are defaults for various settings, but can be modified byusers.With a brand new AD domain, what do you need to change before you can target groups of usersand machines with GPOs?You need to place users and computers into new OUs; Since GPOscan only be applied to sites, domains, and OUs, and because the default users and computersgroups in AD are not OUs, GPOs cannot target these groups directly. In order to target specificgroups of users or computers, new OUs need to be created, and users or accounts need to beadded to them.

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What is the difference between a group policy and Group Policy preference?

Preference settings differ from policy settings because users have a choice to alter the administrative configuration. Policy settings administratively enforce setting, which restricts user choice. Group Policy Preferences are distributed to domain-joined computers using the Group Policy.

What are the three ways to authenticate to an LDAP Server?

The LDAP v2 defines three types of authentication: anonymous, simple [clear-text password], and Kerberos v4. The LDAP v3 supports anonymous, simple, and SASL authentication.

What way are security groups different from distribution groups?

Distribution groups are used for sending email notifications to a group of people. Security groups are used for granting access to resources such as SharePoint sites. Mail-enabled security groups are used for granting access to resources such as SharePoint, and emailing notifications to those users.

What can we use to determine what policy will be applied for a given machine?

What can we use to determine what policies will be applied for a given machine? test domain; Not quite. A test domain could be useful for testing the outcome and behavior of group policy configuration options; it wouldn't be a good way to figure out the overall list of policies that would be applied, though.