Analysis 4
Steven Young
ITT-Tech

Analysis 4 As per the president and the vice president of this company, I would recommend the following servers. I think first and foremost should be a Threat management server. The work that is being done is more than likely proprietary. There for the threat of a hacker needs to be MOST important. A print server so that the employees have a center location for printing. Also the amount of printing with GEO pictures could lag a server if this processes was to be on a shared with another service. The remote access server allows users to gain access to files and print services on the LAN from a remote location. For example, a user who works from home or being in the field using any Broadband connection will connect into the remote access server to access files, etc. A file server. This server will store and backup all of the employee’s files. An email server. An email server is a good idea for this type of company. Really any company for anti-virus redundancy. Setup properly, you can keep a few more viruses from getting through. A web server. As a cache to improve performance. Most of DNS queries are shared among lots of computers, if they are cached on our DNS server, clients don't need to connect to internet to resolve it, and a much faster LAN connection will do it. Also we want to name some computers that are only available in the LAN (i.e. on our network, you can't access then from the internet). An app server. Application Server’s provides server admin and developers with an integrated environment for deploying and running custom business applications that are built with Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0. A monitoring server. This will be used for monitoring the other server for any maintenance or server problems. It will help with the diagnostics of the server as well. And last but defiantly not least, a database server. This server will performs tasks such as data analysis, storage, data manipulation, archiving, and other non-user specific tasks. These types of task are very demanding and need a computer all to its self.

Tools for the server admin. I think the first it would have to be Remote desktop manager. When a client calls and is having issues with a work station it will allow you to quickly and easily connect to the terminal right from the admin room. You will also be able to manage the server remotely as well. Next would have to be System Center Capacity Planner. This is actually a tool that Microsoft discontinued but it can be very helpful in the initial setup of the server. It is designed to help make sure your proposed server deployment will be able to handle the anticipated workload. This can also help you future proof your server and plan for expansion before a problem presents itself. Next is Security Configuration Wizard. It is designed to help you to reduce the attack surface of your servers. It analyzes the way your servers are configured and then recommends how you can change parts of the configuration to make it more secure. It is also included in most editions of windows server. Finally there is Microsoft File Server Migration. This tool can help you merge the files in an existing server that may be getting out of date and failing. By using this tool you can consolidate your aging server files and merge them into a DFS root which is an object of the Microsoft Active Directory system. These are just a few of the many tools available out there, but they are the ones that I found can be most useful especially when first setting up the server.

References:
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