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Chapter 1

INTRODUCING MICROSOFT WINDOWS SERVER 2003

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CHAPTER OVERVIEW
Identify the key differences among the

Windows Server 2003 editions.

Install Windows Server 2003. Create a domain controller. Identify the key structures and concepts of

Active Directory.

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WINDOWS SERVER 2003 EDITIONS

Web Edition Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Datacenter Edition

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Minimum processor speed Minimum processor speed Minimum RAM Recommended minimum RAM Maximum RAM Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) support Minimum disk space Web Edition 133 MHz 550 MHz 128 MB 256 MB 2 GB Up to 2 processors 1.5 GB Standard Edition 133 MHz 550 MHz 128 MB 256 MB 4 GB Up to 4 processors 1.5 GB Enterprise Edition 133 MHz 733 MHz 128 MB 256 MB 32 GB Up to 8 processors 1.5 GB Datacenter Edition 400 MHz 733 MHz 512 MB 1 GB 64 GB Up to 32 processors 1.5 GB

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WEB EDITION
Single-purpose Web server platform Limit of 10 inbound SMB connections Support for up to two processors and up to

2 GB of RAM

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STANDARD EDITION
Designed as a departmental server or for

smaller organizations

Multipurpose server platform Supports up to four processors and 4 GB of

RAM

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ENTERPRISE EDITION
Server platform for medium- to large-sized

businesses of RAM

Supports up to eight processors and 32 GB Eight-node clustering support through

Microsoft Clustering Services

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DATACENTER EDITION
Designed for high-end, high-traffic

application servers RAM

Supports up to 32 processors and 64 GB of Does not include ICF or ICS

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64-BIT EDITIONS
Enterprise Edition Minimum processor 733 MHz speed Maximum RAM 64 GB Symmetric Up to 8 multiprocessing processors (SMP) support Minimum disk 2 GB space Datacenter Edition 733 MHz 512 GB Up to 64 processors 2 GB

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INSTALLING WINDOWS SERVER 2003

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ACTIVATING WINDOWS SERVER 2003

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CONFIGURING WINDOWS SERVER 2003

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SERVER ROLES
File server Print server Application server

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SERVER ROLES (CONT.)

Mail server Terminal Services server Remote Access/VPN server Domain contoller

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SERVER ROLES (CONT.)

DNS server DHCP server Streaming media server WINS server

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CREATE A DOMAIN CONTROLLER

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AN ACTIVE DIRECTORY PRIMER

Standards-based, LDAP-compliant directory

services system.

Hierarchical structure provides

organizational and administrative benefits. distributed across multiple servers to provide fault tolerance and increase performance.

Directory services database can be

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AN ACTIVE DIRECTORY PRIMER (CONT.)

Active Directory database is stored in

the \WINDOWS\NTDS directory on each domain controller. including user accounts, group accounts, computer accounts, and printers. also stored in Active Directory.

A repository for objects and resources,

Each object has a set of properties that is

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DOMAINS AND DOMAIN CONTROLLERS

Domains : Provide administrative and security boundaries Allow resources to be grouped logically Can contain Organizational Units ( OU 's to ) further organize resources Domain Controller Contoso . com

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DOMAINS, TREES, AND FORESTS

Domain
Administrative unit of Active Directory

Tree
A collection of one or more domains

Forest
A collection of one or more trees

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ACTIVE DIRECTORY TREE

contoso . com

us. contoso . com

europe c . ontoso . com

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ACTIVE DIRECTORY FOREST

contoso.com adatum.com

us.contoso.com

europe.contoso.com

ny.adatum.com

chicago.adatum.com

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OBJECTS AND ATTRIBUTES

Objects
Users, groups, printers, computers

Attributes
Names, phone numbers, locations

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CONTAINERS AND LEAVES

Containers
Domains, organizational units (OUs), groups

Leaves
Users, printers, computers

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GROUP POLICY
Group policy objects
Collections of hundreds of possible

configuration settings. OUs.

Can be applied to users, computers, and Policy applied at one level can override

policy applied at another level.

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SUMMARY
Windows Server 2003 is available in Web Edition,

Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, and Datacenter Edition.

The Manage Your Server page and the Configure

Your Server Wizard make it easy to configure a Windows Server 2003 system to perform specific roles. directory service that consists of objects, which are themselves composed of attributes. forests, trees, domains, and organizational units. Permissions, rights, and group policy settings all flow downward in the hierarchy.

Active Directory is a domain-based enterprise

The Active Directory hierarchy is formed using