Windows Proposal

Windows Server Deployment Proposal

Professor Zhongrui Deng

CMIT 369 Installing and Configuring Windows Server

Dawit Cherenet

CONTENTS

New Features of Windows Server 2012…………............................................…...4

Deployment and Server Editions…………………………………………………..4

* How many total servers are needed?

* What edition of Windows will be used for each server?

* Will Server Core be used on any servers?

* Where are each of the servers located?

* How will the servers be deployed?

Active Directory……………………………………………………………………..6

* Number of AD domains?

* Will there be any Read-Only Domain Controllers?

* How will AD sites be configured?

* How will AD organizational units be organized?

DNS and DHCP………………………………………………………………………8

* DHCP scope design

* DNS namespace

Application Services………………………………………………………………….9

* How will applications be deployed?

* Which software applications will likely be needed?

File and Printer Sharing……………………………………………………………..9

* What shares might be needed?

* DFS Needed?

* How will quotas/FSRM be configured?

Man Power/Scheduling estimates…………………………………………………...11

Conclusion………………..…......................................................................................11

References……………………………...………..........................................................12

New Features of Windows Server 2012

Server management: system administrators will be able to to have centralized control of WAI servers from a console in one location. In addition, they will be able to manage the servers easily because they will gain access to vital management tools that are needed for day to day activities. This will greatly improve the amount of work required by system administrators.

Server Core: Windows server 2012 provides the ability of using both server core installation and Graphical User Interface installation. Since, server Core uses a command line interface...