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Assignment: Lab Server Core & Remote Administrator Tools

Objectives:

  • Setup a Windows 2019 Server Core machine to act as a file server. Use the command line to perform usual local tasks (change the IP, change the server name, etc).

  • Connect to the new server FS01 from AD02 using RSAT and add File Services.

Configuring Windows Server Core:

Network:

sconfig

This command will allow you to change domain, network, etc... Go through setup using this menu. A domain can also be joined through this screen.

RSAT:

RSAT or Remote Server Administration Tools allows remote management of servers of computers running windows server

  • RSAT feature as well as File Service Tools and File Server Resource Manager Tools.
  • Add the given server

File Share:

  • Under server roles select File Server Resource Manager Make sure this role gets added on the managed server, NOT the Domain Controller
  • Make a new SMB share.
  • Map the share path
  • Apply access controls to the share

Group policy:

  • Create a group policy for user in the OU
  • Map the share to letter of choosing
  • Update group policy on domain systems

Testing Permissions:

Test if a user can write to a file:

echo "test" > <file_path>\<file_name>
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