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Domain Controller - AD and GP tools, ways of remote connecti

Aug 10, 2018 5:30AM PDT

I'd like to get it right with some highly used terms. I look at it as following:

In every DC I can find a tool named Active Directory that contains objects (users, computers, groups) and organizational units which "organize" those objects. Then, I can find there another tool named Group Policy Management which uses GPOs' for managing AD objects and other stuff such as desktop background config for machines. Right?

When I want to connect to a laptop or a server elsewhere, I use either AD - writing domain\user or I can use local (admin?) and write for example winpc\user (where I write this, what do I need to set up for it?) or .\user (again where and when would I use it?) and where would I use \\winpc? Which in RDP, Splashtop, elsewhere?
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