Study Notes for Microsoft exam 70-218

 

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Publishing printers

 

ü       By default, a printer that has been connected to a Windows 2000 computer participating in Active Directory is published in the Active Directory catalog, so long as it is shared.

ü       Printers that are connected to legacy clients, such as Windows NT or Windows 95, can be published in Active Directory from the Active Directory Users and Computers console.  Select the location you want to place the printer object, right-click and select New | Printer.  Enter the UNC location of the printer, click OK and you are done.

 

Publishing file shares

 

ü       To publish a file share in Active Directory, open the Active Directory Users and Computers console, select the location to place the object, right-click and select New | File Share.  Supply the UNC path to the file share and click OK.

 

File systems

 

ü       You can run Windows 2000 on FAT16, FAT32 or NTFS.

ü       You can convert FAT16 or FAT32 to NTFS by using the convert.exe command.

ü       Existing NTFS 4.0 (Windows NT 4.0) volumes will be upgraded to NTFS 5.0 during the installation of Windows 2000.  Make sure you have applied SP4 or higher to the Windows NT 4.0 installation before installing Windows 2000.

ü       Windows NT 4.0 SP4 and higher can read and write NTFS 5.0 volumes, but cannot make use of advanced features such as EFS and Disk Quotas.

 

File and folder permissions

 

ü       Explicit permissions are those directly assigned, whereas implicit permissions are those that have been inherited.

ü       By default, all child objects inherit the permissions assigned to their parent object.  Turn off file permission inheritance from the Advanced Security Settings window by unselecting the Inherit from parent the permission entries that apply to child objects checkbox.

ü       Permissions are cumulative, except for Deny, which overrides all other permissions. 

ü       To determine users permissions on a specific object, add all Allow permissions from the volume root to the object in question and then subtract all permissions Denied from the volume root to the object.  This is the cumulative object permission the user possesses.

ü       Share permissions only apply when the resource is accessed across the network.  NTFS permissions apply during both local and remote access.

 

Disk Quotas

 

ü       Disk quotas can only be implemented on a per-volume basis; they cannot be implemented on a folder directly.

ü       Disk quotas are based on uncompressed file sizes.

ü       Disk quotas can be used basic and dynamic disks.

ü       Disk quotas automatically apply only to users whose accounts were created after the quota was implemented.  You can manually assign quotas to pre-existing users.  (This changed in Windows XP).

 

Configuring printer shares

 

ü       Printer shares are created by enabling sharing from the printer properties page.

ü       Printer pooling allows multiple print devices to be combined so that a job sent to a printer will print on the first available print device.

ü       Printers can be configured with availability times and priorities to help control printing.  Additionally, printers can be configured to allow specific users or groups to use them.

ü       TCP/IP printing is supported only for Windows and UNIX clients and requires the printer be attached to a Windows 2000 Server running IIS or a Windows 2000 Professional computer running PWS.

ü       You can access printers at http://servername/printers/.

 

Configuring file shares

 

ü       File shares are created from Windows Explorer or the Computer Management snap-in.

ü       Windows 2000 Professional supports a maximum of ten concurrent connections to it from other clients.  Host file shares on a Windows 2000 Server computer.

ü       File shares ending the dollar symbol ($) are special shares and will be hidden from those browsing the network.  The shares can, however, still be accessed by users who know their path.

 

Web folders

 

ü       Web folders are shortcuts to file locations on web servers.  If you have read and write access on that server, you can create a web folder.

ü       Before you can manage files and folders on a Web server, the Web server must support Web folders, which require the Web Extender Client (WEC) protocol and FrontPage extensions, or the WebDAV protocol and IIS.

ü       Web folders can be created from My Network Places or from within Internet Explorer.

 

Internet Information Services (IIS)

 

ü       IIS runs on both Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional, although it's referred to as Peer Web Services (PWS) on Windows 2000 Professional machines.

ü       From within IIS, you can create Virtual Servers and Virtual Directories.

ü       All Unassigned refers to IP addresses that are assigned to a computer but not assigned to a specific site. The default Web site uses all of the IP addresses that are not assigned to other sites. Only one site can be set to use unassigned IP addresses.

 

Virtual Servers

 

ü       To create a Virtual Server (Web Site, FTP Site, SMTP Server or NNTP Server) perform the following set of actions:  In the Internet Services Manager console, select the computer or a site and click the Action button.  Click New and then the type of site or server you want to launch the site wizard.  Follow the on-screen directions to assign identification information to your new site. You must provide the port address and the home directory path. If you are adding additional sites to a single IP address by using host headers, you must assign a host header name.

ü       You can set performing tuning (how many connections you expect to have daily to the Web site), bandwidth throttling for the Web site and also process throttling for the Web site from the Performance tab of your virtual server.

ü       You control authentication and access control features, including Directory Service mapping and SSL from the Directory Security tab.  To use DS mapping, you will need to have a CA enabled and issuing certificates.

 

Virtual Directories

 

ü       To create a Virtual Directory open the Internet Information Services console and perform the following sequence of actions:  Right-click on your default Web site, select New and then select Virtual Directory.  Dismiss the Wizard opening window by clicking Next.  In the Alias text box, enter a description name for the new Virtual Directory.  Browse to or enter the directory that contains the content and click Next.  Select the applicable access permissions you wish to enable on the Virtual Directory from the following choices:  Read, Run Scripts, Execute, Write and Browse.  After making your selections, click Next and then click Finish to complete the Wizard.

ü       Virtual Directories are created for HTTP or FTP Virtual Servers only.

ü       Virtual Directories are configured in the same fashion as Virtual Servers.

 

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