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• The presentations cover the objectives found in the
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• All chapter objectives are listed in the beginning of
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MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 Network Infrastructure
Configuration
Chapter 1
Introduction to Windows Server 2008
Objectives
• Discuss clients, servers, and Windows network
models
• Differentiate among the editions of Windows Server
2008
• Identify Windows Server 2008 hardware
requirements
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Windows Server 2008, Standard
Edition
• Designed for smaller environments and singlepurpose installations
• Works as a single domain server for a small
business or
– A single file/application server in larger environments
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Windows Server 2008 for ItaniumBased Systems
• Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions
– Available for servers using Intel Itanium Processors
• Itanium processors
– Use a different architecture from other 32-bit and 64bit processors
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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
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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
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New Technologies in Windows Server
2008
• This section introduces the following technologies
and enhancements
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Improved installation process
Hyper-V
Server Core
TCP/IP improvements
Network Access Protection
Server Manager
Windows Remote Management
PowerShell
Group Policy preferences
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Server Manager
• Centralizes commands to configuration tools
• Allows you to easily manage your server and
network
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Server Manager (continued)
• Activity 1-3: Exploring Server Manager
• Time Required: 10 minutes
• Objective: Review the features of Server Manager
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Active Directory Roles
• Windows Server 2008 includes five Active Directory
roles
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Active Directory Certificate Services
Active Directory Domain Services
Active Directory Federation Services
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Active Directory Rights Management Services
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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
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Network Roles (continued)
• Network Policy and Access Services (NPAS)
– Allows you to implement
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Routing and Remote Access Service
Health Registration Authority
Host Credential Authorization Protocol
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Infrastructure Roles
• Active Directory roles that can be installed in Server
2008
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Terminal Services
Fax Services
Print Services
File Services
Hyper-V
UDDI Services
Web Server (IIS 7)
Windows Deployment Services
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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
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New Features
• Feature
– Similar to a job responsibility performed by a specific
role
• Features available in Server 2008
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.NET 3.0 Framework
Windows Desktop Experience
Network Load Balancing
Group Policy Management
Remote Server Administration Tools
Windows PowerShell
Windows Server Backup Features
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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
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Server Summary
Roles
Features
Diagnostics
Configuration
Storage
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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
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Server Manager Command
• A new CLI-based management tool that allows you
to effectively
– Install, configure, and remove roles and features in
Server 2008
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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
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Windows Server 2008 User Interface
• New or improved features in Windows Server 2008
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Start menu
Network and Sharing Center
Help and Support
Windows Desktop Experience
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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
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Start Menu (continued)
• Activity 1-7: Using the Start Menu and Start Search
Text Box
• Time Required: 15 minutes
• Objective: Use the Start Search text box to find and
open a program
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Network and Sharing Center
• Provides a central location for administering many
network tasks in Windows Server 2008, including:
– Network connections
– Sharing settings
– Network discovery options
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Windows Desktop Experience
• Applications
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Windows Mail
Windows Media Player
Windows Aero and other desktop themes
Video for Windows (AVI support)
Windows Photo Gallery
Windows SideShow
Windows Defender
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Summary
• Most modern networks are based on client-server
computing
• Windows Server 2008 offers three general editions
and two special-purpose editions
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Windows Server 2008 Standard
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter
Windows Web Server 2008
Windows HPC Server 2008
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Summary (continued)
• Windows Server 2008
– Available for both 32-bit and 64-bit hardware
architectures
• New technologies in Windows Server 2008
– Focus on improving the performance, manageability,
and security of networks
• Windows Server 2008
– Lets you organize server services into roles and
features
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Summary (continued)
• Server Manager
– Provides administrators with a GUI console for
managing roles and features
• Windows Server 2008
– Has a look and feel similar to Windows Vista
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