Websites for candidates to refer for Better Understanding:

Technet.microsoft.com
Channel9.msdn.com

Basic Server understanding

1. What is Server? Difference between mail server, file server and web server?
a. Server is a computer or software which provide the information to client software or
computer
i. Email server : It works on the SMTP, IMAP etc protocols to transfer the
information. It usually send the emails
ii. File server : It works on FTP protocols and works as repository to share the
files to client software
iii. Web server : A collection of the web pages and providing the information
containing the HTML, CSS, Javascript pages on network
2. Difference between server operating system and client operating system
a. Server Operating system means the OS which manage the resources of server and
provide the information as required by client.
b. Client OS is for the single user environment such as laptop desktop and manage the
resources of client in the device.
Active Directory
1. What is Active Directory?
a. Active directory is a repository of Microsoft which provide centralized user and
resource management
2. Database of AD :
a. Database of AD is NTDS.DIT which refers to the centralized database, it is the
centralized service which categories the data and allows the modification done as
per requirement
3. How do you promote a server to DC?
a. First You need to create the Server
i. Open server manager
ii. Installation -> role bases
iii. Add roles
iv. Server selection
v. Add server roles
vi. Group policy
vii. Confirm server installation
viii. Now promote the server
1. Add forest name
2. Enter root domain name
3. Select forest level and domain level
4. And it becomes the first DNS and after that be stick to default
settings
4. FSMO roles and function of each role? forest wide and domain wide roles? best role and
why?
5. Tree Vs Forest
6. Difference between member server and domain controller?
7. What is Global Catalogue?
8. Forest architecture? Domain architecture?
9. What to not have infrastructure master on Global catalog server?
10. What is LDAP and its port number?
11. Physical and logical components of AD
12. AD backup
13. SYSVOL
14. GROUP POLICIES and their hierarchy
15. AD restores
16. Directory services restore mode
17. What are Group Policies
18. What is the difference between a Domain and a Workgroup
19. Proxy Server
20. What is firewall, how to change the settings for windows firewall, 3 rd party firewalls

Networking
1. Public IP Vs private IP
2. Static Vs dynamic IP
3. What is PING- protocol behind ping
4. Class A/B/C network
5. What is Subnet mask
6. OSI layers
7. Hub Vs switch Vs router
8. Unicast Vs multicast
9. LAN Vs WAN
10. TCP handshake
11. Sub netting
12. TCP Vs UDP
13. Socket
14. Ports used by DHCP, DNS, SMTP, Kerberos, LDAP. FTP, telnet, GC
DNS
15. What is DNS? DNS server?
16. What are DNS zones?
17. Forward Vs reverse lookup zone
18. Iterative Vs recursive query
19. Resolver
20. Primary Vs secondary server
21. Stubs zone Vs forwarders
22. Caching only server
23. Root hints
DHCP

24. Define DHCP and its working? DHCP Server?

a. DHCP is the protocol which is used to assign IP address automatically
 i. It is based on client server model and the port number for server is 67 and
client is 68
ii.
25. DORA process? And on what protocol it works? Port number for DHCP?
a. Dora, discover, offer , request , acknowledge
b. Port number 67 for server and 68 for client
c. It works on the DHCP protocol
26. Is Dora process is Broadcast or Unicast process? What message is broadcasted when a new
client joining the network?
a. For the Discover process it broadcast and for others it is broadcast in network layer
and unicast in data link layer
27. What offer is made when any DHCP clients offer?
a. It offers the IP address and the time frame for which host can use that specific IP
address
28. Lease process
a. Lease process is the process in which the time frame is mentioned that for which
client can use the IP address and after expiration there is requirement of renewable
29. Default period for which IP gets leased
a. One day or 24 hours
30. What is APIPA?
a. If DHCP server is not available due to any circumstances, Client can assign IP
automatically by itself
31. Scope
32. Exclusion list

Basic System topics

33. Knowledge of BIOS, Boot process and Booting Sequence for windows 7, 8 and 10?
34. Advance boot options
35. Clean boot Vs advance clean boot
a. Open msconfig and select the all services and disable them and open the click on the
startup and open task manager and close the service for the application which you
think is causing the issue in booting up of the system
b.
36. Latest version of Client operating system and server operating system.
37. What is print spooler service?
a. It is the service which handles the printer services in computer
b. It it is responsible to run all the printing services
38. How to check an IP address through command prompt?
a. IPCONFIG
39. What is telnet?
a. Used to connect to the another machine virtually.
40. What is PING command used for?
a. Ping is used to establish a connection between host to server using ICMP(internet
control messaging protocol
b. It can make connections and let us know about the activity status
41. What is MS-configuration?
42. IF PC is working slow? What is the basic troubleshooting you would do? Explain?
43. What is virtual memory in windows servers?
44. Difference between 32bit Operating system and 64bit operating system
45. Difference between temp command and %temp% command
46. Print spooler service
47. What is IPCMP PROTOCOL?
a. It is the messaging protocol responsible for the establishing the connection between
client and sever
b. Ping command use this protocol
48. Windows OS Services and commands.
O365

1. What is Exchange and various exchange servers? In depth understanding

2. How to set up an outlook account? In depth understanding
3. What is O365 and its web support? In depth understanding
4. What are various services one can get with O365 package? In depth understanding
5. Troubleshooting steps and knowhow of Outlook. In depth understanding
6. How to troubleshoot for a slow pc and computer issues. In depth understanding
7. Exchange protocol IMAP, POP3 and SMTP, Mapi? In depth understanding
8. Difference between OST and PST file? In depth understanding
9. What port numbers for IMAP, POP3 and SMTP with SSL and without SSL?
10. What is SharePoint? In depth understanding
11. What is Yammer? In depth understanding
12. What is Skype for Business? In depth understanding
13. How to create any outlook profile? In depth understanding
14. If outlook is not working? What is the basic troubleshooting step? In depth understanding