You have been hired by Shiv LLC as an Information Technology consultant to develop a technology proposal. Shiv LLC manufactures and distributes solar panel for the consumer market. Your job is to submit a proposal that meets their criteria.
Current Implementation/Concerns:
The company will have 3 locations (Los Angeles, Dallas, and Houston) but are planning to grow rapidly due to high demand in solar panels. Main staff will be at Dallas and Houston offices.
Data security is priority since patent and trademarks are at stake.
Los Angeles sales personnel will need secure remote access to Houston office.
The WAN connectivity is in place and it is not an issue. There is ample bandwidth in place.
Feel free to make other assumptions but they need to be noted in the paper.
Describe the technical and business reasons for each choice, citing other resources as appropriate. The Windows Server 2012 operating system should be used for all aspects of the solution.
The topics include:
Active Directory:
What forest/domain model should Shiv LLC implement? What is the domain name?
Where should the domain controllers be place? Should RODC be part of the consideration?
FSMO Roles placement
Plan for AD backup and recovery
Group Policy:
Is Group Policy needed?
What settings might be considered via Group Policy?
DNS:
What namespace should Shiv LLC implement?
What types of zones needed?
File Services:
How will the shares be secured?
Will quotas be used? FSRM be configured?
Will DFS be implemented?
Remote Services:
What technology will be implemented to provide secure remote access for users?
Who should have remote access?
WSUS:
How will the servers and clients be updated?
How will new servers be deployed?