Windows Server Configuration Scenarios for IT Professionals

Trey Research

• Deploy a Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster using an .msi file.
• Minimize the number of Virtual Machines (VMs).
• Configure Special Auditing.
• Install Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT).
• Configure Distributed File System (DFS) Replication.
• Configure a DFS Namespace.

Proseware, Inc.

• Create Data Collector Sets.
• Configure settings on a Remote Desktop (RD) Virtualization Host.
• Use dynamically expanding Virtual Hard Disks (VHDs).
• Deploy applications using RemoteApp.
• Apply Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) filtering to Group Policy Objects (GPOs).
• Manage Local Users and Groups.
• Configure Windows Search Service on the file server and add the Legal share to the index for legal department clients.

School of Fine Art

• Configure printer driver isolation.
• Deploy a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server in autonomous mode and configure email notifications.
• Enable the Block Inheritance option on the Lab Organizational Unit (OU).
• Disable user configuration settings in GPO3.
• Implement BitLocker Drive Encryption.
• Deploy Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS).
• Create a Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V) workspace.

Wingtip Toys

• Configure Folder Redirection.
• Enable object access auditing.
• Create Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager user accounts.
• Implement File Server Resource Manager (FSRM).
• Protect file server data using BitLocker Drive Encryption.
• Create an Install From Media (IFM) set for a domain controller.

Northwind Traders

• Install a server authentication certificate.
• Configure Data Collector Sets (DCSs).
• Perform an offline domain join.
• Configure Group Policy loopback processing.
• Use Group Policy preferences.
• Perform a full backup of each Virtual Machine (VM) using Windows Server Backup.

Fabrikam, Inc.

• Configure GPO4 and GPO5.
• Use the Authorization Manager snap-in on Node1 and Node2.
• Create a two-node Network Load Balancing (NLB) cluster.
• Implement Encrypting File System (EFS) on the File2 server.
• Add the \\File2\templates share and create a DFS Replication group.
• Perform a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise.

Contoso, Ltd.

• Deploy a BranchCache server in Hosted Cache mode.
• Configure Group Policy Preferences.
• Implement File Server Resource Manager (FSRM).
• Improve file server performance.
• Use Authorization Manager for access control.
• Perform a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise.
• Deploy WSUS in replica mode and configure clients to retrieve updates from Microsoft Update.

Humongous Insurance

• Configure a data recovery agent for EFS.
• Use the Share and Storage Management console.
• Deploy the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP).
• Analyze the impact of new implementations on Local Area Network (LAN) traffic.
• Implement Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM).
• Deploy WSRM on Remote Desktop servers.
• Create a unique service account for each web server.
• Configure Windows Search Service.

Woodgrove

• Manage Group Policy.
• Use the Computer Management console.
• Move the DNS zone of the root domain to a new server.
• Configure passive file screens using File Server Resource Manager (FSRM).
• Configure WSUS to use Microsoft Update as an upstream source.
• Enable Shadow Copies for Shared Folders.
• Implement additional DFS Namespace targets.
• Migrate the DFS Namespace and enable Access-Based Enumeration (ABE).
• Use the Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA).
• Configure DFS Namespace and Replication.
• Delegate Active Directory administration.

Graphic Design A

• Configure IIS Shared Configuration.
• Modify the WEB3 server configuration.
• Implement IPsec policies.
• Using Hyper-V Manager, configure one virtual network and install two network adapters on each node.
• Add the Admin2 user to the Domain Admins global group.
• Add necessary accounts to the Backup Operators local group on each web server.

Litware

• Implement a domain-based DFS Namespace.
• Configure storage on Storage Area Networks (SANs).
• Deploy a Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) based VPN.
• Install Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT).
• Configure Remote Access.
• Set up Event Forwarding.