Windows 2008 Configuring Server Roles and Services

1. Windows 2008Configuring Server Roles and Services

2. Configuring Server Roles and Services • Determine your server role or roles • A single server can hold different roles • Roles depend on computing power, users need, resources, size of network and network traffic experiences • Before roles are created you need a domain that defines your network infrastructure • Therefore, network map and implementation plan in critical • Microsoft Visio software enables you to create diagrams of the network

3. Domains and Organizational Units • Domain • Has a unique name • Is organized in hierarchical levels • Has an Active Directory replicated across its domain controllers • Organizational unit (OU) • A logical container used to organize domain objects • Makes it easy to locate and manage objects • Allows you to apply Group Policy settings • Allows delegation of administrative control

4. An Active Directory Domain and OU Structure

5. Trees and Forests • Sometimes necessary to create multiple domains within an organization • First Active Directory domain is the forest root domain • A tree is a hierarchical collection of domains that share a contiguous DNS naming structure • A forest is a collection of trees that do not share a contiguous DNS naming structure • Transitive trust relationships exist among domains in trees and, optionally, in and across forests

6. Determining Server Roles • Domain Controllers - Authenticates users to the Active Directory (AD) - Provides Global Catalog - Depending on network you can have one or more domain controllers - Windows 2008 allows Read Only Domain Controller (RODC). Ideal where network security is an issue or limited user access to AD

7. Determining Server Roles • File Server - Serve as a file repository needed by users on the network. Typically public folder or specific user - Windows 2008 provides you to package file resources for other servers, Distributed File System (DFS) • Print Server - Used to host a network printer. Control conduit for printer - Queues up all print jobs being directed to the printer

8. Determining Server Roles • Web Server - Provides users to create website - Provides private web intranet that enables employees to use web browsers to access internal company information - Windows 2008 provides Internet Information Services (IIS 7.0), a full-featured web server - Provides FTP sites - Provide NNTP newsgroups

9. Determining Server Roles • Application Server - Holds various applications such as a specialized databases, word processor and spreadsheet software - Application server makes updating software easier • Messaging Server - Enable users on the network to communicate and collaborate - Provides electronic mail such as Microsoft Exchange

10. Server Roles and Features • Think of Roles as major functions of the server and Features as smaller add-on packages. Whether it is a role or a feature, these are all Microsoft Windows 2008 add-ons • What you roles or feature you want depends on the size of your network Features .NET, Bitlocker Encryption, BITS, Remote Assistance,SMTP, Server, SNMP, telnet server & client, failover, NLB, TFTP, Windows Server Backup,WINS, Powershell

11. Server Roles and Features • Initial Configuration Tasks Utility allows you to add roles • It also shows roles and features that have been configured • Add Feature Wizard tool allows adding features • Server Manager is a consolidation of all various wizards and tools for server management – function as “a portal”