Why would an administrator want to use the map toolkit?

IT 530 Unit 3 Lab: Configuring an Active Directory Domain Controller

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Overview

In this Lab, you used the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) toolkit to conduct an inventory of the Windows server and analyzed the results to ensure it was clean and had no other applications installed on it, and that it was suitable for use as a domain controller. There are two ways to promote a Windows server to a domain controller: through the PowerShell command line or through the graphical user interface of the Server Manager’s Roles and Features wizard. You used the PowerShell command line to configure the lab’s server as a domain controller.

Lab Assessment Questions & Answers

1. Why would an administrator want to use the MAP Toolkit?

2. Based on the results of the MAP inventory you performed in the lab, which operating system was installed on the TargetWindows01 server?

3. Based on the results of the MAP inventory you performed in the lab, which desktop and server software were installed on the TargetWindows01 server?

4. Which tasks, other than the ones performed in this exercise, can administrators use the MAP Toolkit to perform?

5. Which utility is used to transform a standalone Windows Server 2012 R2 system into an Active Directory domain controller?

6. What is the importance of SafeModeAdministratorPassword when using PowerShell to install and configure Active Directory?

7. What considerations should you take into account when choosing a domain name?