Here’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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### ✅ **Scenario 1: Group Policy for Sales Dept**

**Goal**: Restrict Control Panel, Windows Updates, and desktop background changes.

**Steps**:

1. Open **Group Policy Management Console (GPMC)**.
2. Create a new GPO: `SalesDept_Restrictions`.
3. Edit the GPO:

   * **Control Panel**:
     `User Config > Admin Templates > Control Panel > Prohibit access to Control Panel and PC settings` → Enable.
   * **Windows Updates**:
     `User Config > Admin Templates > Windows Components > Windows Update > Remove access to use all Windows Update features` → Enable.
   * **Desktop Background**:
     `User Config > Admin Templates > Control Panel > Personalization > Prevent changing desktop background` → Enable.
4. Link this GPO to the **Sales OU**.

**Evidence**: Screenshot of GPO settings + linked OU.

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### ✅ **Scenario 2: FSRM Configuration for “Design” Folder**

**Goal**: 200MB quota, restrict image files, alert at 80%, 90%, and 100%.

**Steps**:

1. Open **FSRM** via `Server Manager > File Server Resource Manager`.
2. Create folder: `C:\Shares\Design`.
3. **Quota Template**:

   * Name: `200MB Limit Custom`
   * Size: `200MB`
   * Notification: Set email event or log warning at 80%, 90%, and 100%.
4. Apply quota to `C:\Shares\Design` using the template.
5. **File Screen**:

   * Create file screen on `C:\Shares\Design`
   * Block image files (`*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.png, *.bmp, *.gif`)
6. Generate report:

   * Go to **Storage Reports** > Run report for that folder.

**Evidence**: Screenshots of quota settings, file screen, and report.

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### ✅ **Scenario 3: Active Directory OU, Users & Group**

**EMPID Placeholder**: Replace with your ID (e.g., XCEEDOU\_1234)

**Steps**:

1. Open **Active Directory Users and Computers**.
2. Create OU: `XCEEDOU_YourEMPID`.
3. Under `FinanceOU_YourEMPID`, create:

   * Users: `David_YourEMPID`, `Michael_YourEMPID`, `Jhon_YourEMPID`
4. Create group:

   * Name: `FinanceGRP_YourEMPID`
   * Display Name: *Finance department group*
   * Description: *Finance Group created for lab assessment*
5. Add all 3 users to the group.

**Evidence**: Screenshot of the OU, users, group properties, and group membership.

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### ✅ **Scenario 4: Convert VM to Template & Deploy**

**Goal**: Convert `TinyLinux` to template and deploy `TinyLinux50`, `TinyLinux60`.

**Steps**:

1. Open **vSphere/ESXi client**.
2. Right-click `TinyLinux` → Convert to Template.
3. Deploy VM from template twice:

   * Name them: `TinyLinux50`, `TinyLinux60`
   * Use default settings or clone with customization.

**Evidence**: Screenshot of template status + both deployed VMs.

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### ✅ **Scenario 5: Convert Thin to Thick Provisioning**

**Goal**: Convert TinyLinux disk from thin to thick provisioning.

**Steps** (via vSphere Web Client):

1. Power off TinyLinux VM.
2. Right-click → Clone → Clone to VM.
3. During the clone wizard, choose **Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed**.
4. Replace old VM or keep both.

**Alternate (CLI)**:

* Use `vmkfstools -i` to clone and convert format.

**Evidence**: Disk provisioning screenshot in VM settings.

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### ✅ **Scenario 6: Shrink C: and Create D: Using DiskPart**

**Goal**: Shrink C: by 512MB and create a 512MB D: drive.

**Steps**:

1. Run `cmd` as Administrator → `diskpart`.
2. Commands:

   ```
   list volume
   select volume C
   shrink desired=512
   create partition primary size=512
   assign letter=D
   format fs=ntfs quick
   ```
3. Exit diskpart.

**Evidence**: Screenshot of diskpart commands and volume list.

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Once you complete all tasks:

* Take **screenshots** showing configuration windows, outputs, or before/after states.
* Compile each scenario in **separate folders** or a document (PDF/Word).
* Upload the final files as required.

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