Microsoft Exam Questions

Which tool should you use?

Your network contains an Active Directory forest named contoso.com. All servers run Windows Server
2012 R2.
You need to create a custom Active Directory application partition.
Which tool should you use?

A.
Eseutil

B.
Dsadd

C.
Dsmod

D.
Ntdsutil

Explanation:
* To create or delete an application directory partition
1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Type:
ntdsutil
3. At the ntdsutil command prompt, type:
domain management
4. At the domain management command prompt, type:
connection
5. At the server connections command prompt, type:
connect to server ServerName6. At the server connections command prompt, type:
quit
7. At the domain management command prompt, do one of the following:
o To create an application directory partition, type:
create ncApplicationDirectoryPartitionDomainController
o To delete an application directory partition, type:
delete ncApplicationDirectoryPartition
* partition management
Manages directory partitions for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) or Active Directory
Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS).
This is a subcommand of Ntdsutil and Dsmgmt. Ntdsutil and Dsmgmt are command-line tools that are
built into Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
/ partition management create nc %s1 %s2
Creates the application directory partition with distinguished name %s1, on the Active Directory domain
controller or AD LDS instance with full DNS name %s2. If you specify “NULL” for %s2, this command uses
the currently connected Active Directory domain controller.
Use this command only with AD DS. For AD LDS, use createnc %s1 %s2 %s3.
Note:
* An application directory partition is a directory partition that is replicated only to specific domain
controllers. A domain controller that participates in the replication of a particular application directory
partition hosts a replica of that partition.