MCSE Exam 70-294: Planning, Implementing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Study Guide

The following Frequently Asked Questions, answered by the authors of this book, are designed to both measure your understanding of the Exam Objectives presented in this chapter, and to assist you with real-life implementation of these concepts. You will also gain access to thousands of other FAQs at ITFAQnet.com.
| 1. | What is the big deal about raising the functional levels of my domains and forests? Shouldn t I raise the levels as soon as they meet the prerequisites? |
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| 2. | Now that cross-forest trusts are available, wouldn t it be easier to create a different forest for each division of the company instead of putting them in different domains within a single forest? |
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| 3. | The differences between functional levels of domains and forests are complicated and detailed. Couldn t I skip this section and focus on the larger issues and concepts when studying for the test, since I can always look up the information on the job? |
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| 4. | How much of the Active Directory design stage should be complete before I install my first DC? |
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| 5. | If my DNS is already integrated with the Active Directory, why would I go through the trouble of converting it to an application directory? |
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| 6. | If every FSMO role can be seized by another DC upon failure, why would I want to spread the roles out between different machines? |
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| 7. | I read a lot about the concept of namespaces. Isn t this just an abstract concept that has no practical meaning to the real world? |
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