Saturday, November 2, 2013

Managing Client and Server Computers

Q1. What is device driver?
  • Device driver is a software component that provides an interface between the hardware of a computer and its operating system. Hardware, such as keyboards, graphic cards etc, requires device drivers so that the operating system can detect the devices and handle them effectively and efficiently.
Q2. What do you mean by client and server?
  • Client and server are two different machines (physical or virtual) connected in such a manner that whenever a client posts some request to a server, the server provides an appropriate response to the client.
Q3. What are the new networking features in Windows server 2008 R2?
  • Direct Access
  • VPN Reconnect
  • Branchcache
  • URL-based Quality of Service (QoS)
  • Mobile broadband device support
  • Multiple active firewall profiles
  • NDF, Network tracing, and Netsh trace
Q4. What is the role of Direct Access?
  • Direct Access enables users to access an enterprise network without the extra setup of initializing a VPN connection
Q5. What is the role of VPN reconnect?
  • VPN reconnect automatically re-establishes a VPN connection as soon as Internet connectivity is restored, saving users from re-entering their credentials and recreating the VPN connection.
Q6. What is the role of BranchCache?
  • BranchCache enables updated content from file and Web servers on a Wide Area Network(WAN) to be cached on computers at a local branch office, improving application response time and reducing WAN traffic.
Q7. What is the role of URL-based QoS?
  • It enables administrator to assign a priority level to traffic based on the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) from which the traffic originates.
Q8. What is the role of mobile broadband device support?
  • Mobile broadband device provides a driver-based model for devices that are used to access a mobile broadband network
Q9. What is the role of multiple active firewall profiles?
  • It enables the firewall rules most appropriate for each network adapter based on the network to which it is connected.
Q10. What is the role of NDF, Network tracing and Netsh trace?
  • NDF, Network Training and Netsh trace integrate the network Diagnostics Framework with Network Tracing and a new Netsh context, Netsh trace, to simplify and consolidate network connectivity troubleshooting processes.
Q11. What is Netsh?
Netsh is a command-line scripting utility that is used to display or modify the network configuration of a computer that is currently running. Both remote computers and local computers can be configured by using the netsh command. Netsh also provides a scripting feature that allows you to run a group of commands in batch mode against a specified computer 
Q12. What is the role of live migration in Windows 2008 R2?
  • Live migration enables customers to move virtual machines from one host to another with no perceivable downtime. It facilitates hardware maintenance, and upgrades manual failover and the consolidation of workloads on fewer servers.
Q13. What is File Classification Infrastructure (FCI)?
  • FCI provides a built-in solution to classify and manage files to users and help them to save time and money. Administrators can automatically classify files based on content and location, generate reports, and schedule file management tasks to manage data.
Q14. Explain the difference between Windows server 2008 R2 license and Windows server 2008 CAL?
  • The Windows server 2008 CAL grants the right to a device or user to access the server software; whereas, the Windows server 2008 R2 license gives the license holder the right to create, copy, store and run the server software.
 Q15. Is Windows Server 2008 a prerequisite for Windows server 2008 R2?
  • No, Windows server 2008 or Windows server 2003 R2 can be upgraded to Windows server 2008 R2.
 Q16. What is volume licensing?
  • When you acquire licenses from Microsoft and its partners in certain quantities or volumes, they offer discounts from their retail product prices. Volume licensing programs offer companies of all sizes an economical way to buy and manage multiple software licenses for as few as five desktops.
  Q17. What is Software Assurance (SA)?
  • SA is a way for volume licensing customers to keep up to date with the latest and most innovative Microsoft products. Customers acquire the right to install any new release of a product covered in the agreement during the term of coverage.

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