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This set of presentations covers the objectives found in each chapter of the MCTS Guide to Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration. Customizable and includes figures from the book.

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  1. About the Presentations • The presentations cover the objectives found in the opening of each chapter. • All chapter objectives are listed in the beginning of each presentation. • You may customize the presentations to fit your class needs. • Some figures from the chapters are included. A complete set of images from the book can be found on the Instructor Resources disc.

  2. MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration Chapter 1 Introductionto Windows Server 2008

  3. Objectives • Discuss clients, servers, and Windows network models • Differentiate among the editions of Windows Server 2008 • Identify Windows Server 2008 hardware requirements MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  4. Objectives (continued) • Discuss the new Windows Server 2008 technologies • Describe the new roles and features in Windows Server 2008 • Navigate the Windows Server 2008 interface MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  5. Clients, Servers, and Windows Network Models • Workgroup • Network of computers that allow each other access to their files, printers, or Internet connection • By default, all Windows Server 2008 computers are placed in a workgroup named WORKGROUP • Membership status • Either a single workgroup or a domain MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  6. Domain Model with Active Directory • Domain • Group of users and computers managed by the same security database • Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) • Technology that runs the domain security database • Domain controllers (DCs) • Servers that hosts domain security database • Domain Name System (DNS) • TCP/IP-based standard for resolving computer names with IP addresses MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  7. Domain Model with Active Directory (continued) • Group Policy • A way to set up specific configurations for users and computers within an Active Directory domain • Forest • A network of domains related to each other by relationships known as trusts • Transitive trusts • Trusts between Active Directory domains in a tree are created automatically when you create domains MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  8. Windows Server 2008 Editions • General editions of Windows Server 2008 • Enterprise, Datacenter, and Standard • Editions designed for special-purpose server applications • Web Server and HPC Server MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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  10. Windows Server 2008, Standard Edition • Designed for smaller environments and single-purpose installations • Works as a single domain server for a small business or • A single file/application server in larger environments MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  11. Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition • Features not available with SE • Significant increase in maximum allowable memory • Active Directory Federation Services (discussed later in this chapter) • Failover clustering • Installation of up to four virtual machines on each physical host • Hot-add memory MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  12. Windows Server 2008, Datacenter Edition • Additional features • Ability to run up to 32 processors • Ability to hot-add and replace processors • Installation of unlimited virtual machines on each physical host MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  13. Windows Web Server 2008 • Server roles not available • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) • DNS, file server • Does not require client access licenses (CAL) for users MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  14. Windows HPC Server 2008 • Designed for high-performance computing (HPC) applications • Accommodates up to thousands of processing cores because it is built on the Server 2008 64-bit architecture model MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  15. Windows Server 2008, Without Hyper-V • Hyper-V • Consolidates multiple server roles as separate virtual machines running on a single physical machine • Lets you efficiently run different operating systems in parallel on a single server MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  16. Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems • Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions • Available for servers using Intel Itanium Processors • Itanium processors • Use a different architecture from other 32-bit and 64-bit processors MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  17. Windows Server 2008 Hardware Requirements • Microsoft provides minimum and recommended hardware requirements for installing its operating systems • Minimum requirements • Let you install and run a system using minimal resources and services MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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  19. 32-Bit and 64-Bit Processors • 64-bit architectures • Have greater theoretical limit for processing data • Can handle twice the amount of data of a comparable 32-bit product MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  20. New Technologies in Windows Server 2008 • This section introduces the following technologies and enhancements • Improved installation process • Hyper-V • Server Core • TCP/IP improvements • Network Access Protection • Server Manager • Windows Remote Management • PowerShell • Group Policy preferences MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  21. New Technologies in Windows Server 2008 (continued) • Activity 1-1: Installing Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Edition • Time Required: 30 to 60 minutes (depending on hardware configuration of lab environment) • Objective: Install a working version of Windows Server 2008 MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  22. Improved Installation Process • Requires minimal user input • You no longer have to wait for the installation program to ask for information • Networking information, regional settings, and other settings MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  23. Improved Installation Process (continued) • Activity 1-2: Completing Initial Configuration Tasks • Time Required: 20 minutes • Objective: Perform system configuration tasks after installation of Windows Server 2008 MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  24. Hyper-V • Virtualization • Allows you to run one or more separate instances of an OS within a single host OS • Allows organizations to consolidate these physical systems onto high-powered servers MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  25. Server Core • A stripped-down installation of Windows Server 2008 with a set of available roles and services more limited than in the Full version • Attack surface • Areas of the system that could expose it to security breaches • Can be installed on Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions of Windows Server 2008 • But only during initial installation of the operating system MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  26. Network Access Protection • Helps to protect networks, both public and private, from malware such as viruses and spyware • Threat sources • Employees accessing the Internet from work and inadvertently install Trojan horses • Remote access to connections from external networks that create a gateway for viruses • Guest computers accessing an internal network that introduce malware to the network MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  27. TCP/IP Improvements • Next-Generation TCP/IP stack • New implementation of the TCP/IP protocol stack • Contains full support for IPv4 and IPv6 • Teredo • IPv6 technology that can encapsulate IPv6 packets as IPv4 packets to allow them to traverse IPv4 networks • Receive Window Auto-tuning • Optimizes the size of data packets a server can accept MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  28. Server Manager • Centralizes commands to configuration tools • Allows you to easily manage your server and network MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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  30. Server Manager (continued) • Activity 1-3: Exploring Server Manager • Time Required: 10 minutes • Objective: Review the features of Server Manager MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  31. PowerShell • Now becoming the de facto CLI and scripting language for Microsoft products • Allows you to string together commands, passing the result of one command into the next, in a process known as pipelining • Passes results as .NET objects MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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  33. Windows Remote Management • Lets administrators manage servers remotely by running management scripts and managing data on remote machines • WS-Management protocol • Public standard for exchanging management data remotely by any device implementing the protocol MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  34. Group Policy Preferences • New feature of the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) • Applied but not enforced • Helps to implement Group Policies within your Active Directory environments MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  35. New Roles and Features in Windows Server 2008 • Role • Major function or service that a server performs • File Services role • Allows the server to share files on a network MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  36. New Roles in Server 2008 • Server role • Defines the specific task that a server is responsible for performing • Roles can be organized into three groups • Active Directory • Infrastructure • Network roles MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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  39. Active Directory Roles • Windows Server 2008 includes five Active Directory roles • Active Directory Certificate Services • Active Directory Domain Services • Active Directory Federation Services • Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services • Active Directory Rights Management Services MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  40. Network Roles • DHCP • Network standard protocol used to dynamically allocate and track IP addresses for clients on a network • DNS • Main goal is to match a domain name to an IP address based on a client query for information MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  41. Network Roles (continued) • Network Policy and Access Services (NPAS) • Allows you to implement • Network Policy Server • Routing and Remote Access Service • Health Registration Authority • Host Credential Authorization Protocol MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  42. Infrastructure Roles • Active Directory roles that can be installed in Server 2008 • Terminal Services • Fax Services • Print Services • File Services • Hyper-V • UDDI Services • Web Server (IIS 7) • Windows Deployment Services MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  43. Infrastructure Roles (continued) • Activity 1-4: Exploring the Available Roles in Server Manager • Time Required: 15 minutes • Objective: Identify the roles that can be installed in Server Manager using the Add Roles Wizard MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  44. New Features • Feature • Similar to a job responsibility performed by a specific role • Features available in Server 2008 • .NET 3.0 Framework • Windows Desktop Experience • Network Load Balancing • Group Policy Management • Remote Server Administration Tools • Windows PowerShell • Windows Server Backup Features MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  45. Roles and Features Management • Server Manager console and Server Manager command-line utility • Used to manage roles and features • Major areas of information within Server Manager • Server Summary • Roles • Features • Diagnostics • Configuration • Storage MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  46. Roles and Features Management (continued) • Activity 1-5: Adding the File Services Role and Windows Server Backup Feature • Time Required: 15 minutes • Objective: Install the File Services role and the Windows Server Backup feature using Server Manager MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  47. Server Manager Command • A new CLI-based management tool that allows you to effectively • Install, configure, and remove roles and features in Server 2008 MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  48. Server Manager Command (continued) • Activity 1-6: Adding the Print Services Role and PowerShell Feature using Server Manager Command • Time Required: 15 minutes • Objective: Install the Print Services role and the PowerShell feature using Server Manager Command MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  49. Windows Server 2008 User Interface • New or improved features in Windows Server 2008 • Start menu • Network and Sharing Center • Help and Support • Windows Desktop Experience MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

  50. Start Menu • Windows Server 2008 • Incorporates the redesigned Start menu into its UI • Most efficient way to use the Windows Server 2008 Start menu • Use the Start Search text box MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration

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