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1Here’s a detailed step-by-step guide for each scenario to help you complete and document your practical tasks for submission.
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5### ✅ **Scenario 1: Group Policy for Sales Dept**
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7**Goal**: Restrict Control Panel, Windows Updates, and desktop background changes.
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9**Steps**:
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111. Open **Group Policy Management Console (GPMC)**.
122. Create a new GPO: `SalesDept_Restrictions`.
133. Edit the GPO:
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15 * **Control Panel**:
16 `User Config > Admin Templates > Control Panel > Prohibit access to Control Panel and PC settings` → Enable.
17 * **Windows Updates**:
18 `User Config > Admin Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Remove access to use all Windows Update features` → Enable.
19 * **Desktop Background**:
20 `User Config > Admin Templates > Control Panel > Personalization > Prevent changing desktop background` → Enable.
214. Link this GPO to the **Sales OU**.
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23**Evidence**: Screenshot of GPO settings + linked OU.
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27### ✅ **Scenario 2: FSRM Configuration for “Design” Folder**
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29**Goal**: 200MB quota, restrict image files, alert at 80%, 90%, and 100%.
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31**Steps**:
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331. Open **FSRM** via `Server Manager > File Server Resource Manager`.
342. Create folder: `C:\Shares\Design`.
353. **Quota Template**:
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37 * Name: `200MB Limit Custom`
38 * Size: `200MB`
39 * Notification: Set email event or log warning at 80%, 90%, and 100%.
404. Apply quota to `C:\Shares\Design` using the template.
415. **File Screen**:
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43 * Create file screen on `C:\Shares\Design`
44 * Block image files (`*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.png, *.bmp, *.gif`)
456. Generate report:
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47 * Go to **Storage Reports** > Run report for that folder.
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49**Evidence**: Screenshots of quota settings, file screen, and report.
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53### ✅ **Scenario 3: Active Directory OU, Users & Group**
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55**EMPID Placeholder**: Replace with your ID (e.g., XCEEDOU\_1234)
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57**Steps**:
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591. Open **Active Directory Users and Computers**.
602. Create OU: `XCEEDOU_YourEMPID`.
613. Under `FinanceOU_YourEMPID`, create:
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63 * Users: `David_YourEMPID`, `Michael_YourEMPID`, `Jhon_YourEMPID`
644. Create group:
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66 * Name: `FinanceGRP_YourEMPID`
67 * Display Name: *Finance department group*
68 * Description: *Finance Group created for lab assessment*
695. Add all 3 users to the group.
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71**Evidence**: Screenshot of the OU, users, group properties, and group membership.
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75### ✅ **Scenario 4: Convert VM to Template & Deploy**
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77**Goal**: Convert `TinyLinux` to template and deploy `TinyLinux50`, `TinyLinux60`.
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79**Steps**:
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811. Open **vSphere/ESXi client**.
822. Right-click `TinyLinux` → Convert to Template.
833. Deploy VM from template twice:
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85 * Name them: `TinyLinux50`, `TinyLinux60`
86 * Use default settings or clone with customization.
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88**Evidence**: Screenshot of template status + both deployed VMs.
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92### ✅ **Scenario 5: Convert Thin to Thick Provisioning**
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94**Goal**: Convert TinyLinux disk from thin to thick provisioning.
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96**Steps** (via vSphere Web Client):
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981. Power off TinyLinux VM.
992. Right-click → Clone → Clone to VM.
1003. During the clone wizard, choose **Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed**.
1014. Replace old VM or keep both.
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103**Alternate (CLI)**:
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105* Use `vmkfstools -i` to clone and convert format.
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107**Evidence**: Disk provisioning screenshot in VM settings.
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111### ✅ **Scenario 6: Shrink C: and Create D: Using DiskPart**
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113**Goal**: Shrink C: by 512MB and create a 512MB D: drive.
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115**Steps**:
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1171. Run `cmd` as Administrator → `diskpart`.
1182. Commands:
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120 ```
121 list volume
122 select volume C
123 shrink desired=512
124 create partition primary size=512
125 assign letter=D
126 format fs=ntfs quick
127 ```
1283. Exit diskpart.
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130**Evidence**: Screenshot of diskpart commands and volume list.
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134Once you complete all tasks:
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136* Take **screenshots** showing configuration windows, outputs, or before/after states.
137* Compile each scenario in **separate folders** or a document (PDF/Word).
138* Upload the final files as required.
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140If you'd like, I can help you generate sample screenshots, document templates (like `.docx` or `.pdf`), or step-by-step Word instructions. Just let me know!
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