Windows Server Deployment Proposal

Win" rel="nofollow">indows Server Deployment Proposal Each student will create a detailed, organized, unified technical solution given the scenario described below. The submission will be in" rel="nofollow">in a written format, with at least one diagram, and may in" rel="nofollow">include additional diagrams, charts or tables. The assignment is meant for students to enhance their mastery of the material and to provide a creative and realistic way in" rel="nofollow">in which to apply knowledge from this course Win" rel="nofollow">indows Server Deployment Proposal Overview Each student will create a detailed, organized, unified technical solution given the scenario described below. The submission will be in" rel="nofollow">in a written format, with at least one diagram, and may in" rel="nofollow">include additional diagrams, charts or tables. The assignment is meant for students to enhance their mastery of the material and to provide a creative and realistic way in" rel="nofollow">in which to apply knowledge from this course. Scenario Global Advertisin" rel="nofollow">ing, Inc. (referred to as “GAI”) has hired you as an IT consultant for implementin" rel="nofollow">ing their Win" rel="nofollow">indows network in" rel="nofollow">infrastructure. GAI is a new advertisin" rel="nofollow">ing firm, and they are currently hirin" rel="nofollow">ing staff, establishin" rel="nofollow">ing two locations, and have a need to get their in" rel="nofollow">internal IT services configured. They do not yet have an IT staff, but when they do, the IT staff will take over all aspects of IT admin" rel="nofollow">inistration. You are required to supply GAI with a solution which describes the implementation and configuration of their core IT services. Cost is not a significant concern – GAI wishes to implement the “right” solution to fit their needs now and for the next 2-3 years. There are several details about GAI which will have an impact on your choices: • GAI will start with 90 employees, in" rel="nofollow">in the followin" rel="nofollow">ing departments: o Executives (9 employees) – manage and run the company o Accounts and Sales Department (15 employees) – perform market research and main" rel="nofollow">intain" rel="nofollow">in accounts o Creative, Media and Production Department (49 employees) – advertisin" rel="nofollow">ing o Human Resources and Fin" rel="nofollow">inances (12 employees) – perform HR and fin" rel="nofollow">inancial duties o IT (5 employees) – manage IT for the company o GAI will have two sites, one in" rel="nofollow">in Los Angeles and one in" rel="nofollow">in New York. Most staff will be located in" rel="nofollow">in LA, with at least 1 person from each of the departments above located in" rel="nofollow">in NY. • Networkin" rel="nofollow">ing equipment is already in" rel="nofollow">in place for both sites. A secure tunnel (usin" rel="nofollow">ing IPSec) will be established between the two sites so that in" rel="nofollow">inter-site traffic will be securely tunneled over the Internet. You may make whatever other assumptions you wish about in" rel="nofollow">intra-and in" rel="nofollow">inter-site connectivity. • Security mechanisms (e.g., firewalls, in" rel="nofollow">intrusion detection) will be handled separately, and there is no need to describe them. • Some departments will want their data to remain" rel="nofollow">in private from other departments (e.g., Fin" rel="nofollow">inances personnel will not want Production staff to see the company’s fin" rel="nofollow">inancial details). Your team may make assumptions about how data should be shared or kept private. • Assumptions can be made regardin" rel="nofollow">ing any in" rel="nofollow">information not in" rel="nofollow">included here; all assumptions should be identified, however. Topics to Cover Your document should cover the content presented in" rel="nofollow">in the course. The outlin" rel="nofollow">ine below contain" rel="nofollow">ins recommended poin" rel="nofollow">ints to cover. You are free to add other related in" rel="nofollow">information. Describe the technical and busin" rel="nofollow">iness reasons for each choice, citin" rel="nofollow">ing other resources as appropriate. The Win" rel="nofollow">indows Server 2012 operatin" rel="nofollow">ing system should be used for all aspects of the solution. The topics in" rel="nofollow">include: New Features of Win" rel="nofollow">indows Server 2012 • Describe new features of Win" rel="nofollow">indows Server 2012 that GAI can take advantages of. Deployment and Server Editions • How many total servers are needed? Which roles will be combin" rel="nofollow">ined? • What edition of Win" rel="nofollow">indows will be used for each server (e.g., Standard, Datacenter)? • Will Server Core be used on any servers? • Where are each of the servers located (which of the two sites)? • How will the servers be deployed? Manual or automated? Active Directory • Number of AD domain" rel="nofollow">ins? • Will there be any Read-Only Domain" rel="nofollow">in Controllers? • How will the second site factor in" rel="nofollow">into domain" rel="nofollow">in controller placement? How will AD sites be configured? • How will AD organizational units be organized (considerin" rel="nofollow">ing how group policy will be used and users will be organized)? DNS and DHCP • DHCP scope design (e.g., lease times, number of scopes, address range) • Will a form of DHCP fault tolerance be implemented? • Will DHCP reservations be used for servers? • DNS namespace design (e.g., domain" rel="nofollow">in name(s) chosen, split DNS for Internet/in" rel="nofollow">intranet, zones) • How will DNS be handled for the second site? Application Services • How will applications be deployed? If usin" rel="nofollow">ing Group Policy, what are the details on how Group Policy will be used to deploy the software? Which software applications will likely be needed? File and Prin" rel="nofollow">inter Sharin" rel="nofollow">ing • What shares might be needed? • DFS Needed? • How will quotas/FSRM be configures? Assignment Requirements There are specific requirements for the assignment: The fin" rel="nofollow">inal submission should contain" rel="nofollow">in at least 6 pages’ worth of text written by the student (not countin" rel="nofollow">ing title page, images, diagrams, tables, or quotations), but may be longer, not to exceed approximately 10 pages’ worth of student-supplied text. (With the required diagram, and other images, title page, etc., the fin" rel="nofollow">inal submission may end up bein" rel="nofollow">ing more than 10 pages in" rel="nofollow">in length.) It must be double-spaced, have 1-in" rel="nofollow">inch margin" rel="nofollow">ins, and use 12-poin" rel="nofollow">int Times New Roman or 10-poin" rel="nofollow">int Arial/Helvetica font. A title page is required; APA format for the title page is optional. • At least one diagram must be in" rel="nofollow">included (not counted towards the min" rel="nofollow">inimum length described above); this could be a diagram describin" rel="nofollow">ing Active Directory components, DHCP/DNS design, file share hierarchy, or anythin" rel="nofollow">ing else that is worth displayin" rel="nofollow">ing graphically to enhance the reader’s understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the proposal. Additional diagrams, images, or tables are welcome. • The submission must cover all of the 6 major topics outlin" rel="nofollow">ined above. Each choice should be explain" rel="nofollow">ined with technical and busin" rel="nofollow">iness reasonin" rel="nofollow">ing. The solution should be reasonably detailed. Additional topics may be covered as desired. • The structure of the fin" rel="nofollow">inal submission is flexible. There is no specific format required, although it should be organized logically and represent a sin" rel="nofollow">ingle, unified solution. It is likely that the format will in" rel="nofollow">include separate sections for each of the 6 topics required, as well as a summary. • At least two non-textbook, non-LabSim, non-Wikipedia reference is required; preferably, this would be a “best practice” guide or similar content from Microsoft or an experienced provider of Microsoft solutions. • Be sure to properly quote or cite any sources used. APA format is required for in" rel="nofollow">in-text citations and the list of works cited at the end. It is expected that you are already familiar with UMUC's "Policy on Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism." It is available in" rel="nofollow">in the Academic Policies section of the Syllabus; there are also lin" rel="nofollow">inks in" rel="nofollow">in the Webliography. In its simplest form, if you are usin" rel="nofollow">ing text from a source, you must cite and/or quote it. If plagiarism is found, then there will be a penalty to the grade.