Explain to a Jr. SysAdmin what happens when a PC joins a Windows 2008 Domain

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Published on 2011-01-14T18:44:56Z Indexed on 2011/01/14 18:54 UTC
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An ideal answer would at least include:

Critical configuration of the PC before it could join
How the PC finds the Domain servers
What happens when the PC cannot find any domain servers
What connections are made from the PC to the domain
How the AD records the connection
How the PC drops the connection/AD monitors for stale connections
Difference in this process between Windows 2008 R2 and previous versions of Windows Server

That is all I could think of for now but I'm sure, as answers come in, I'll think of more.

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