1. (WINDOWS PLATFORM - ITI310 – S15)
SAT 24-Oct-2015
WINDOWS PLATFORM (ITI310)
(WINDOWS PLATFORM - ITI310 – S15)
By Eng. BASSEM ALSAID

2. COURSE CONTENTS AT A GLANCE
Session 1, “Overview, System Requirements, Installation & Upgrading”: Why windows server 2008?, minimum system requirements, basic installation and configuration. Session 2, “Server Configuration & Administration Notes”: Manipulate BitLocker Drive Encryption, Manipulate Remote Desktop Administration, Manipulate GPT (GUID Partition Table) & MBR (Master Boot Record) Disks. Session 3, “Using RAID Technology in Windows 2008 Server”: Identify main RAID levels, Implement main RAID levels using Windows 2008 Server. Session 4, “Disks, Files and Folders”: Configure disk quotas, Set permissions to files and folders, Configure system audit. Session 5, “IP Addressing”: Identify the meaning of NetBIOS name or computer name, Identify TCP/IP Names and Addresses, Identify Subnetting, Determine what firewalls and proxy servers mean, Identify WINS, DNS, DHCP. Sessions 6-7-8, “Networking”: Install and Configure DHCP Server, Install and Configure IIS7, Identifying & Configuring Load Balancing Cluster, Identify & Configuring Single Copy Cluster. Session , “Active Directory”: Identify the concepts related to Active Directory, Group Policy. Configure and install Active Directory, Configure Group Policy.

3. COURSE OBJECTIVES Upon completing this course, we assume you:
Have a general knowledge of Windows Server 2008.
Able to Install & configure Windows server 2008.
Have a general background of Windows Server 2008 features.
Able to manage print servers, network infrastructure servers, Web servers, and IT application servers.

4. REFERENCES “Windows Platform” SVU material.
MCITP (Microsoft Certified IT Professional) courses materials.
Technet.microsoft.com
Other websites & Courses Materials.

5. WINDOWS PLATFORM (ITI310)
SAT 24-Oct-2015
WINDOWS PLATFORM (ITI310)
SESSION 1:
Overview, System Requirements Installation & Upgrading
By Eng. BASSEM ALSAID
By Eng. BASSEM ALSAID

6. SESSION 1 “Overview, System Requirements Installation & Upgrading”
Who needs Windows Server 2008? And why does he need it??
Providing an identity and access infrastructure (IDA).
Ensuring Security and Policy Enforcement.
Making Servers Easier to Manage.
Ensuring High Availability.
Ensuring Secure and Reliable Storage.
What’s New in Windows Server 2008?
Powerful hardware and scaling features.
Improved server management.
Improved branch office performance and security.
Improved Web server.
Improved Remote Desktop Services.

7. Windows Server 2008 editions:
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition
Windows Web Server 2008

8. Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
Windows Server 2008 Standard is the entry level server of Windows 2008 Server and is one of the least expensive of the various editions available.
There are two available versions of this edition: 32-bit and 64-bit. They both support up to 4Gb of RAM and 4 processors.
This edition could be used as Domain Controller, DNS server, Remote Access Server, Print Server, File and Application servers.

9. Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition has more functionality and provides better scalability than the Standard Edition.
There are also two available versions of this edition: 32-bit and 64-bit. The first one supports 8 processors and up to 64Gb of RAM. The second one supports 8 processors and up to 2TB of RAM.
This edition supports also clusters of up to 16 nodes and Active Directory.

10. Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition represents the top level of Windows Server 2008 product range.
It is normally built very closely to the underlying hardware through the implementation of custom Hardware Abstraction Layers (HAL).
This edition is available in two versions: 32-bit and 64-bit. The first one supports 64Gb of RAM. The second one supports up to 2TB of RAM and at least 8 processors up to 64 processors.

11. Windows Web Server 2008
Windows Web Server 2008 is an edition of Windows Server 2008 that provides web services. It includes Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 with the following associated services:
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
- Telnet.
This version supports up to 4 processors. It supports also 4Gb and 32Gb on 32-bit and 64-bit versions respectively. However, many other services are missing from this edition:
- Clustering
- Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS).
- Removable Storage Management and SAN Management.

12. Windows Server 2008 Editions Comparison
Windows Web Server
Standard
Enterprise
Datacenter
Hyper-V virtualization technology
Not included
Included
OS instances permitted per server license
One instance (physical or virtual)
One physical instance plus one virtual instance
One physical instance and up to four virtual instances
Unlimited number of OS instances
Maximum server RAM supported
32-bit: 4GB 64-bit: 32GB
32-bit: 64GB 64-bit: 2TB
Maximum number of CPUs 4 8 64
Hot swap RAM and CPUs No
Hot add of memory only
Yes
Cluster Service (failover)
Yes, up to 16 nodes per cluster
Terminal Server
Yes,
Network Access Protection
Price
US$403 per server
US$724 per server
US$2,358 per server
US$2,405 per processor
Client Access Licenses (CALs) or External Connector required

13. Hardware Requirements
Processor
• Minimum: 1GHz (x86 processor) or 1.4GHz (x64 processor)
• Recommended: 2GHz or faster
Memory:
• Minimum: 512MB RAM
• Recommended: 2GB RAM or greater
• Maximum (32-bit systems): 4GB (Standard) or 64GB (Enterprise and Datacenter)
• Maximum (64-bit systems): 32GB (Standard) or 2TB (Enterprise, Datacenter and Itanium-Based Systems)
Disk Space:
• Minimum: 10GB
• Recommended: 40GB or greater
• All Systems with RAM exceeding 16GB need larger disk space to manage paging and dumping.
Display and Peripherals:
• Super VGA or greater-resolution monitor (800x600)

14. Installation Notes The installation could be performed either by:
• Booting from the installation DVD
• Logging as an administrator into a previously installed system and starting the Setup tool on the DVD
Once the installation is launched, we have to select the appropriate language preferences and click "Next" to proceed with the installation process.
By clicking What To Know Before Installing we will have more information about system requirements and Universal Knowledge Solutions s.a.l.3 driver compatibility.
However, when starting the installation the Product Key Activation screen will appear. It is not necessary to enter a key at this point in order to run Windows Server Failure to enter an activation key simply means that the operating system run in trial mode which can only be extended for a total of 270 days.
The next screen provides an interface for selecting and configuring disks and partitions. We can configure as mentioned in the figure an un-partitioned disk drive.

15. Upgrading Notes
It is not possible to make and upgrade to Windows Server 2008 from Windows XP. In addition, the hardware should fit with Windows Server 2008 hardware requirements mentioned previously. Upgrades are possible from the older Windows versions mentioned in the following:
If you are currently running:
You can upgrade to:
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2).
Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition
Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2).
Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition.
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition (R2, Service Pack 1 or Service Pack 2).
Full Installation of Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition.

16. NEXT SESSION
Date: Saturday 31-Oct-2015 C2: 12:00 C3: 13:30 Title: “Server Configuration & Administration Notes”
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