This scenario gives you a few important pieces of information:The network is fast and redundant. This allows you to not be limited by any band- width issues that a virtualization solution might require.Nothing was mentioned regarding the need for Internet-based clients.The custom applications are incompatible with one another. Immediately, this tellsyou that virtualization is required [...]
As mentioned earlier, one of the most important managerial processes in a complex network is making sure you have the right number of licenses distributed in the right way, at the right time in your Windows Server 2008 infrastructure. When using Terminal Services, users are required to have Terminal Services client access licenses (TS CALs). [...]
Transportation Server This option can be chosen without choosing the Deployment Server option. It is used to create a namespace to transmit data from a single server. When just this feature is installed, the server does not need Active Directory, DHCP, or DNS. This option would be selected by itself when you are doing a [...]
Recently a client had an increasing need to improve the quality of their machine builds and reduce the time that was spent deploying new machines. This client had 250 computers in ?ve locations and two states. They had just signed an agreement to refresh one- third of their machines, and because this was a leasing [...]
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Configuring SSO on a Client Computer
Follow these steps to con?gure Single Sign-On on a Windows Vista computer.
1.Open Local Group Policy Editor. Click Start-Run-type gpedit.msc, and press Enter.
2.Expand and navigate to Computer Con?guration- Administrative Templates- System-Credentials Delegation.
3. Double-click Allow Delegating Default Credentials.
4. In Properties on the Setting tab, click Enable and click Show.
5. In Show Contents, [...]
In this chapter, we examined the various aspects of Windows Server 2008 Storage Services as well as the various types of storage technologies and native Windows Server 2008 storage management tools. We started the chapter with initializing disks and choosing a partition type, MBR or GPT. We then discussed the types of disk con?gurations, dynamic [...]
Storage in Windows Server 2008
Microsoft MPIO (Multipath I/O)
Multipath I/O (MPIO) is associated with high availability because a computer will be able to use a solution with redundant physical paths connected to a storage device. So if one path fails, an application will continue to run because it can access the data across the other path. [...]
Disk storage is a requirement for just about every computer and application used in any corporate environment. Administrators have some familiarity with storage, whether it is internal storage, a locally attached set of disks, or network attached storage (NAS). In this chapter, we will examine the various aspects of Windows Server 2008 Storage Services. We’ll [...]
Introduction
Microsoft has recently changed its certi ?cation program to contain three primary series: Technology, Professional, and Architect. The Technology Series of certi ?cations is intended to allow candidates to target specic technologies and is the basis for obtaining the Profes- sional Series and Architect Series of certi ?cations. The certi ?cations contained within the Technology [...]






