1. Managing Windows Server 2003 Best Practices Daniel van Soest IT Pro Technology Advisor Microsoft BV danielvs@microsoft.com

2. Agenda MOF Introduction WINS Operations DHCP Operations DNS Operations AD Operations MOM 2005 Summary

3. IT Project Life Circle

4. MOF Process Model

5. Manage Your Server

6. WINS Operating Quadrant Daily –Data backup –Proactive analysis and review Weekly –Storage resource management As needed –Data backup, restore and recovery

7. WINS Supporting Quadrant Daily –Investigation and diagnosis –Proactive analysis and review Weekly –Investigation and diagnosis

8. WINS Optimizing Quadrant Monthly –Managing resources and server performance Capacity management –Monitoring –Analyzing –Performance tuning –Reporting

9. WINS Changing Quadrant Daily –Change classification and authorization Monthly –Reviewing configuration items

10. DHCP Operating Quadrant Daily –Data backup –Service monitoring and control Weekly –Storage resource management As needed –Data backup, restore and recovery

11. DHCP Supporting Quadrant Daily –Classification and initial support –Investigation and diagnosis Weekly –Investigation and diagnosis As needed –Problem management

12. DHCP Optimizing Quadrant Monthly –Managing resources and server performance Capacity management –Monitoring –Analyzing –Performance tuning –Reporting

13. DHCP Changing Quadrant Daily –Change classification Monthly –Configuration management Address pool exclusions Lease durations Reservations

14. DNS Operating Quadrant Daily –Data backup –Proactive analysis and review Weekly –Storage resource management As needed –Data backup, restore and recovery

15. DNS Supporting Quadrant Daily –Proactive analysis and review Weekly –Proactive analysis and review Monthly –Incident closure As needed –Problem recording and classification

16. DNS Optimizing Quadrant Daily –Managing resource and service performance Monthly –Managing resource and service performance As needed –Design for recovery

17. DNS Changing Quadrant Daily –Change classification and authorization Monthly –Reviewing configuration items

18. AD Operating Quadrant Daily –Back up Active Directory As needed –Restore Active Directory –Manage a SYSVOL –Manage Sites –Recover a domain controller through reinstallation Security –As needed

19. ADSI Edit tool

20. AD Supporting Quadrant Daily –Investigation and diagnosis –Proactive analysis and review Weekly –Investigation and diagnosis

21. AD Optimizing Quadrant Availability management –As needed Managing the Active Directory database Adding a Global Catalog Managing the Windows Time Service Managing trusts Capacity management –As needed Removing Global Catalog Reducing workload on PDC emulator

22. AD Changing Quadrant Release Management –As needed Installing a domain controller for an existing domain Change Management –As needed Removing Active Directory

23. Up to 10 Monitored Computers Event and Performance Management –Enterprise event collection –Rules based filtering and consolidation –Proactive alerting/action response Automation –Scripts –Tasks –Diagnostics Apps/Role Monitoring –Health Model –Rules libraries –Built-in knowledge-base Product Limitations: Requires AD Requires AD No Reporting No Reporting No MCF No MCF MOM 2005 Workgroup

24. MOM Stateview

25. MOM AD Site Links

26. MOM AD Connection Objects

27. MOM Report

28. Session Summary MOF includes how to plan and deploy and maintain IT operational processes www.microsoft.com/mof Use MOM for pro-active monitoring of AD www.microsoft.com/mom

29. www.microsoft.com/learning/books MS Press

30. 3rd Party Publications

31. Daniel van Soest danielvs@microsoft.com