Windows Server Deployment Proposal

Windows
Server Deployment Proposal

Overview
Each student will create a detailed, organized, unified technical solution
given the scenario described below. The submission will be in a written format,
with at least one diagram, and may 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 which to apply
knowledge from this course.

Scenario
Worldwide Advertising, Inc. (referred to as “WAI”) has hired you as an IT
consultant for implementing their Windows network infrastructure. WAI is a new
advertising firm, and they are currently hiring staff, establishing two
locations, and have a need to get their 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 administration. You are required to supply WAI with a solution
which describes the implementation and configuration of their core IT services.
Cost is not a significant concern – WAI wishes to implement the “right”
solution to fit their needs now and for the next 2-3 years.

There are several details about WAI
which will have an impact on your choices:
·
WAI will start with 90
employees, in the following departments:
o Executives (9 employees) – manage and run the company
o Accounts and Sales Department (15 employees) – perform market
research and maintain accounts
o Creative, Media and Production Department (49 employees) –
advertising
o Human Resources and Finances (12 employees) – perform HR and
financial duties
o IT (5 employees) – manage IT for the company
o WAI will have two sites, one in Los Angeles and one in New York.
Most staff will be located in LA, with at least 1 person from each of the
departments above located in NY.
·
Networking equipment is already
in place for both sites. A secure tunnel (using IPSec) will be established
between the two sites so that inter-site traffic will be securely tunneled over
the Internet. You may make whatever other assumptions you wish about intra-and
inter-site connectivity.
·
Security mechanisms (e.g.,
firewalls, intrusion detection) will be handled separately, and there is no
need to describe them.
·
Some departments will want
their data to remain private from other departments (e.g., Finances personnel
will not want Production staff to see the company’s financial details). Your
team may make assumptions about how data should be shared or kept private.
·
Assumptions can be made
regarding any information not included here; all assumptions should be identified,
however.

Topics to Cover
Your document should cover the content
presented in the course. The outline below contains recommended points to
cover. You are free to add other related information.

Describe the technical and business
reasons for each choice, citing other resources as appropriate.

The Windows Server 2012 operating system
should be used for all aspects of the solution.

The topics include:

New
Features of Windows Server 2012
·
Describe new features of
Windows Server 2012 that WAI can take advantages of.

Deployment
and Server Editions
·
How many total servers are
needed? Which roles will be combined?
·
What edition of Windows 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 domains?
·
Will there be any Read-Only
Domain Controllers?
·
How will the second site factor
into domain controller placement? How will AD sites be configured?
·
How will AD organizational
units be organized (considering 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 name(s) chosen, split DNS for Internet/intranet, zones)
·
How will DNS be handled for the
second site?

Application
Services
·
How will applications be
deployed? If using 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 Printer Sharing
·
What shares might be needed?
·
DFS Needed?
·
How will quotas/FSRM be
configures?

Assignment Requirements
There are specific requirements for the
assignment: The final submission should contain at least 6 pages’ worth of text
written by the student (not counting 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 final submission may end up being more than 10 pages in
length.) It must be double-spaced, have 1-inch margins, and use 12-point Times
New Roman or 10-point Arial/Helvetica font. A title page is required; APA
format for the title page is optional.
·
At least one diagram must be
included (not counted towards the minimum length described above); this could
be a diagram describing Active Directory components, DHCP/DNS design, file
share hierarchy, or anything else that is worth displaying graphically to
enhance the reader’s understanding of the proposal. Additional diagrams,
images, or tables are welcome.
·
The submission must cover all
of the 6 major topics outlined above. Each choice should be explained with
technical and business reasoning. The solution should be reasonably detailed.
Additional topics may be covered as desired.
·
The structure of the final
submission is flexible. There is no specific format required, although it
should be organized logically and represent a single, unified solution. It is
likely that the format will 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-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 the Academic Policies section of the Syllabus; there are also
links in the Webliography. In its simplest form, if you are using text from a
source, you must cite and/or quote it. If plagiarism is found, then there will
be a penalty to the grade.