SAM

PRELIM

System Administrator

is IT professional who handles core responsibilities such as managing ang securing servers

Network Attached Server

a dedicated file storage device connected to a local network that allows multiple users and devices to store and share data.

Uninterruptible Power Supply

not a server. It is a battery backup device that keeps a server running safely during a power outage.

Cisco Layer 3

combines traditional high-speed switching with built-in routing functions

SYNOLOGY

It connects to your home or office network and runs its own operating system called DiskStation Manager (DSM) to manage files, run apps, and share data.

Windows Server

Shares files, runs websites, hosts databases, and manages user accounts across a network

Windows Workstation

Runs personal productivity apps, games, and creative tools for one person at a time.

Active Directory

is a specialized server that runs Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to authenticate and authorize users, computers, and devices within a network domain.

Active Directory

It manages security policies, directory database records, and login requests

Active Directory

Acts as a centralized database structure for storing network information like users, groups, computers, and permissions.

Domain Controller

The physical or virtual server that hosts the AD DS database and handles authentication requests.

Domain Controller

Handles real-time user logons, processes authentication requests, and enforces group security policies.

TRUE

TRUE OR FALSE

A server officially becomes a Domain Controller only after you install the AD DS role and promote that server to manage a domain.

Active Directory Domain Services

is a core role in Windows Server that stores network data and manages user identities, computers, and security permissions.

Active Directory Domain Services

Provides the actual directory database engine (NTDS.dit), schema definitions, and replication services across the network.

TRUE

TRUE OR FALSE

A server running AD DS acts as a domain controller to authenticate logins and enforce company-wide security rules.

Active Directory Domain Services

It is the specific feature you select in Windows Server Manager to turn a generic operating system into an active directory participant.

Virtualization Host

The foundational hardware layer that carves one physical server into multiple isolated virtual machines (VMs).

File Server

A centralized storage hub where users share, store, and collaborate on files and folders.

Database Platform

The specialized software system built entirely to store, organize, query, and retrieve structured data.

Application Server

The middleman framework that hosts business software, processes logic, and connects the user to the database.

Systems Administration

what is ongoing practice of setting up, managing, securing, supporting and organization servers and network so they ran safety and without interuption

Group Policy

The centralized management and security enforcement tool inside Active Directory.

Group Policy

You can use a ____ to instantly force everyone in the company to use complex passwords, disable USB thumb drives, or turn on Windows Firewalls.

Gateway

is a network node that acts as an "entry and exit point" connecting two completely different networks together.

Gateway

Its primary job is to serve as a translator. When data needs to move from your private internal network (like your office or home) out to an external network (like the internet)

Internet Protocol

address is a unique numerical label assigned to every device connected to a computer network.