Interview Questions for System Administrator

1: What is Active Directory?

Its the core of the system and resides in NTDS.

2: What is LDAP?

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. It's a command line interface to edit the directory services in active directory.

3: Can u connect Active directory to the third party directory services? Name few options?

Yes! you can connect Active directory to other third party directory services using MIIS ( Microsoft Identity Integration Server), eg. used with SAP, Domino servers.

4: Where is AD folder held? What other folders related to AD?

AD folder held inside NTDS. Other related folders are NTDS, Sysvol

5: What is Sysvol folder?

Its a server copy of domain public files. Group policy template will be inside this folder and its replicated in the DC inside the domain.