Windows Server and MS Exchange interview questions

What are the prequisite for installation of Exchange Server 2003? * IIS * SMTP services * NNTP services * ASP.NET * www services * .net framework What are the port Numbers for pop3, imap, smtp port, smtp over ssl, pop3 over ssl, imap over ssl ? POP3 : 110 Standard IMAP4 : 143 SMTP : 25 pop3 over ssl : 992 imap over ssl : 993 What is the new major feature introduced in Exchange 2003, which was not included in Exchange 2000? 1) RPC over HTTPS. 2) Volume Shadow Copy for backup. 3) Super upgrade tools like ExDeploy. 4) Improved security, including all those of IIS v 6.0. Describe the lease process of the DHCP server. DHCP Server leases the IP addresses to the clients as follows : DORA D (Discover) : DHCP Client sends a broadcast packets to identify the dhcp server, this packet will contain the source MAC. O (Offer) : Once the packet is recieved by the DHCP server, the server will send the packet containing Source IP and Source MAC. R (Request) : Client will now contact the DHCP server directly and request for the IP address. A (Acknowledge) : DHCP server will send an ack packet which

contains the IP address. The default lease period is 8 days. What is difference between scope and superscope ? Scope in dhcp, where u can specify a range of IP Address which will be leased to the dhcp clients. Superscope is the combination of multiple scopes. How Can i Deploy the Latest Patched in Pc through G.P. wihtout having the Admin Right in Pc. If you create a script and assign it to the STARTUP script in a GPO applied to the COMPUTER and not the USER, then it runs as a local administrator on the computer. How will take backup of Active Directory ? Ans: Take the system state data backup. This will backup the active directory database. Microsoft recomend only Full backup of system state database What are the content of System State backup ? The cotents are Boot fles,system files Active directory (if its done on DC) Sysvol folder(if it done on DC) Cerficate service ( on a CA server) Cluster database ( on a clsture server) registry Performance couter configuration inormation Coponet services class registration database Which protocol is used for Public Folder ? ANS: SMTP What is the use of NNTP with exchange ?

ANS: This protocol is used the news group in exchange 7. Disaster Recovery Plan? Ans: Deals with the restoration of computer system with all attendent software and connections to full functionality under a variety of damaging or interfering external condtions. Describe the lease process of the DHCP server. Ans : A DHCP lease is the amount of time that the DHCP server grants to the DHCP client permission to use a particular IP address. A typical server allows its administrator to set the lease time. *** What is Kerberos? Which version is currently used by Windows? How does Kerberos work? Kerberos is the user uthentication used in Win2000 and Win2003 Active Directory servers Kerberos version in 5.0 Port is : 88 Its more secure and encrypted than NTLM (NT authentication) *** FTP, NNTP, SMTP, KERBEROS, DNS, DHCP, POP3 port numbers? FTP : 20, 21 (20 is for controlling, 21 is Transmitting) NNTP : 119 SMTP : 25 Kerberos : 88 DNS : 53 DHCP : 67, 68

Pop3 : 110 FSMO Roles? Flexible Single Master Operation Roles 1. Domain Naming Master Forest Wide Roles 2. Schema Master Forest Wide Roles 3. RID Master Domain Wide Roles 4. PDC Emulator Domain Wide Roles 5. Infrastructure Master Domain Wide Roles RID Master It assigns RID and SID to the newly created object like Users and computers. If RID master is down (u can create security objects upto RID pools are avialable in DCs) else u cant create any object one its down PDC emulator : It works as a PDC to any NT Bdcs in your environment It works as Time Server (to maintain same time in your network) It works to change the passwords, lockout etc., Infrastructure Master: This works when we are renaming any group member ship object this role takes care. Domain Naming Master : Adding / Changing / Deleting any Domain in a forest it takes care Schema Master : It maintains structure of the Active Directory in a forest. *** DNS zones, chronicle records what are they? In Windows 2000 there are mainly 3 zones Standard Primary zone information writes in Txt file Standard Secondary copy of Primary Active Directory Integrated Information stores in Active Directory in win2k3 one more zone is added that is Stub zone

Stub is like secondary but it contains only copy of SOA records, copy of NS records, copy of A records for that zone. No copy of MX, SRV records etc., With this Stub zone DNS traffic will be low what is GC? how many required for A Tree? Global Catalog server is a Searchable Index book. With this we can find out any object in the Active Directory. Also it works as logon authentication for Group memberships. We can have each domain controller in domain or only first domain controller in a domain.. what is forest? Is a collection of trees. Tree is nothing but collection domains which is having same name space. domain contains domain controllers.. forest Tree Domain *** What is DHCP? To assign ip addresses automatically. *** DHCP relay agent where to place it? DHCP Relay agent u need to place in Software Router ***TELL ME WHY WE R USEING EXCHANGE SERVER? This is a mail server.. we can use this Server to send mails in Intranet as well as outside. *WHICH PROTOCOL USED FOR SENDING MAIL? SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocal is used to Sending mails. What is the difference between Win2k Server and Win2k3? 1. We cant rename domain in Win2k,u can rename in Win2k3

2. IIS 5.0 in Win2k and IIS 6.0 in Win2k3 3. No Volume Shadow Copying in Win2k, its available in Win2k3 4. Active Directory Federation Systems in Win2k3 Like that some other security features added in Win2k3, main features are above what is hotfrix. It is hotfix, which microsoft realese whenever there is a bug or for updation of Operating system. (3)what is the difrences btwen 2k , 2k3 and xp? Xp is a client operating system it cannot act as a server, 2k domain name cannot be renamed, no shadow copying, 2k3 domain name can be renamed, shadow copying is possible (4)how many types DNS I think there are about 7 types (1)WHAT IS T-VOLI. Tivoli is montiroing tool (7) WHICH PROTOCOL USED FOR SENDING MESSAGE. SNMP (9) WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF DHCP? for providing ip address dynamically Q) How Can i Resolve the Svr name through Nslookup A) what exactly u want to do, nslookup command will let u know through which server u r getting routed, (eg- c:\nslookup then u will get ur domain name to which u r getting routed. and if u want to get the name of the pc/server with the ip address then u have to give the command c:\nbtstat -a ip xx-xx-xx-xx) Exchange 2000 Server Standard Edition limits the database size to
16 gigabytes.