POS 421 Empower Learning/ indigohelp

1. POS 421 Empower Learning/ indigohelp

2. POS 421 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp POS 421 Entire Course POS 421 Week 1 DQ 1 For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Based on the Kercher (2009) article, how can Microsoft's Virtual Server 2005 R2, which is designed to facilitate server consolidation, improve the management of the network? • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • POS 421 Week 1 DQ 1 • POS 421 Week 1 DQ 2 • POS 421 Week 2 Individual Assignment Riordan Manufacturing Active Directory Design

3. POS 421 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp POS 421 Week 1 DQ 2 POS 421 Week 2 DQ 1 For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Based on the Kercher (2010) article, how can management tools for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 automate user account administration? • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Based on the Kercher (2011) article, how can Windows Server network management tools simplify the automation of essential network operations?

4. POS 421 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp POS 421 Week 2 DQ 2 POS 421 Week 2 Individual Assignment Riordan Manufacturing Active Directory Design For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Navigate to the Riordan Manufacturing Virtual Organization by clicking the Virtual Organizations link. Select Riordan Manufacturing, and explore the company’s website. • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Based on the Kercher (2011) article, how can management tools for Microsoft Windows 7 automate user account administration?

5. POS 421 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp POS 421 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Service Request SR-rm-006 POS 421 Week 3 DQ 1 For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Based on the Greiner (2011) article, how can Microsoft Windows Azure™ manage file services? • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Begin work on Service Request SR-rm-006 by researching and outlining the features and benefits of Windows XP Professional

6. POS 421 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp POS 421 Week 3 DQ 2 POS 421 Week 3 Individual Assignment Riordan Manufacturing Active Directory Design 2 Nesting Strategies For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Based on the Active Directory Implementation Plan completed in Week Two, develop a plan to incorporate nesting strategies (techniques) to classify users into groups, using the scopes available in Windows. Explain how you might incorporate nesting as part of your plan. Submit a 1–2 page paper that outlines your implementation plan to the CIO of Riordan Manufacturing. • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Based on the Lombardi (2011) article, how can Windows Server 2003 manage file services?

7. POS 421 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp POS 421 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment SR-rm-006 Windows OS Upgrade POS 421 Week 4 DQ 1 For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Based on the Barr (2011) article, how can the Google® model of principal cloud computing services—similar in function to Windows Azure cloud computing infrastructure—be used as a substitute for on-premises disk management? • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • As you continue to work on Service Request SR-rm-006, research and outline the features and benefits of Windows 2003. Compare and contrast Windows 2003 with Windows XP Professional, discussed in the previous week’s service request assignment.

8. POS 421 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp POS 421 Week 4 DQ 2 POS 421 Week 4 Individual Assignment Microsoft Windows File Systems A Comparison For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Submit a 2–3 page paper comparing and contrasting the various file systems used by the different versions of Microsoft Windows. • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • There are two types of hard drive configurations in Windows: Basic Disks and Dynamic Disks. Do a web search to find sources that help explain the differences. What are some of the advantages and reasons that Dynamic disks would be used versus Basic disk configurations? In what particular scenario(s) would you want to use one versus the other?

9. POS 421 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp POS 421 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment SR-rm-006 Windows OS Upgrade POS 421 Week 5 DQ 1 For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Based on the Barr (2011) article, how does IBM’s Cloud Computing Services compare with those provided by Azure?  Based on the Barr (2011) article, how does HP’s Cloud Computing Services compare with those provided by Azure? • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • As you continue to work on Service Request SR-rm-006, begin researching and outlining the features and benefits of Windows Vista. Compare and contrast Windows Vista with Windows 2003 and Windows XP, discussed in the previous week’s service request assignment.

10. POS 421 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp POS 421 Week 5 DQ 2 POS 421 Week 5 Team Assignment Service Request SR-rm-006 Paper and Presentation For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Combine each part of Service Request SR-rm-006 and finalize your 10–12 page Learning Team paper. Prepare a 10–12 slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation with presenter’s notes detailing how each service request was completed. • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Microsoft has released Windows Server 2008. As with Windows 2003, there are several versions of the server software. What are these versions, and what are the criteria that determine which version of the software should be used?

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