You work as a desktop support technician at Domain.com. The Domain.com network consists of a single Active Directory domain named Domain.com. All servers on the Domain.com network run Windows 2000 Server and all client computers run Windows XP Professional. Half the client computers are portable computers and the rest are desktop computers. The portable computers are configured to support offline files.
The Domain.com users that have been issued with portable computers often work from home. When they work from home, the users dial up to a Domain.com Routing and Remote Access Services (RRAS) server named Certkiller -SR16 and access data on the Domain.com network. Several users with portable computers inform you that their offline files become unavailable when they loose connectivity to Certkiller -SR16. You need to ensure that the offline files remain available at all times.
What should you do?
A.
Enable the Notify me and begin working offline option on each portable computer.
B.
Disable the Encrypt offline files to secure data option on each portable computer.
C.
Enable the Notify me and begin working offline option on Certkiller -SR16.
D.
Select the Automatic Caching for Documents option for shared folders on each portable computer.
Explanation:
Enabling the Notify me and begin working offline option for offline files will ensure that offline files remain available even when access to the server is interrupted.
Incorrect Answers:
B: Disabling the Encrypt offline files to secure data option will not ensure that users have access to the offline files when they loose connectivity to the RRAS server. You need to enable the Notify me and begin working offline option.
C: You need to enable the Notify me and begin working offline option on the portable computers and not on the RRAS server.
D: Selecting the Automatic Caching for Documents option for shared folders will ensure that the files in those folders are available as offline files. However, this will not ensure that users have access to the offline files when they loose connectivity to the RRAS server. You need to enable the Notify me and begin working offline option.
Reference:
Lisa Donald & James Chellis, MCSA/MCSE: Windows XP Professional Study Guide, Third Edition, Sybex, Alameda, 2005, p. 350.