Administer Active Directory - MCSA Windows Server 2012 R2: Installation and Configuration Study Guide - page 282

domain controller that performs the operation is specified as StellaDC1.Stellacon.com .
To execute this PowerShell command, you must run this command on the local computer:
Test-ComputerSecureChannel -Repair -Server StellaDC1.Stellacon.com
Publishing Active Directory Objects
One of the main goals of Active Directory is to make resources easy to find. Two of the
most commonly used resources in a networked environment are server file shares and print-
ers. These are so common, in fact, that most organizations have dedicated file and print
servers. When it comes to managing these types of resources, Active Directory makes it
easy to determine which files and printers are available to users.
With that being said, take a look at how Active Directory manages to publish shared
folders and printers.
Making Active Directory Objects Available to Users
An important aspect of managing Active Directory objects is that a system administra-
tor can control which objects users can see. The act of making an Active Directory object
available is known as publishing . The two main types of publishable objects are Printer
objects and Shared Folder objects.
The general process for creating server shares and shared printers has remained
unchanged from previous versions of Windows: you create the various objects (a printer
or a file system folder) and then enable them for sharing. To make these resources available
via Active Directory, however, there's an additional step: you must publish the resources.
Once an object has been published in Active Directory, clients will be able to use it.
When you publish objects in Active Directory, you should know the server name and
share name of the resource. When system administrators use Active Directory objects, they
can change the resource to which the object points, without having to reconfigure or even
notify clients. For example, if you move a share from one server to another, all you need
to do is to update the Shared Folder object's properties to point to the new location. Active
Directory clients still refer to the resource with the same path and name that they used
before.
Publishing Printers
Printers can be published easily within Active Directory. This makes them available to
users in your domain.
Exercise 5.10 walks you through the steps you need to take to share and publish a
Printer object by having you create and share a printer. To complete the printer installation,
you need access to the Windows Server 2012 R2 installation media (via the hard disk,
a network share, or the CD-ROM drive).