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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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2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration
 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

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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 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

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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
– 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
– 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
• Network Policy Server
• 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
– 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
– .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
– 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

– 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
– 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
– 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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