Ray’s Food: Configuration Scenario Michael Boddie Administering Windows Server NTC/326 Sokly Vann March 19, 2018 -Welcome- 1 Introduction Active directory is the heart of windows server 2012 How to add three grocery locations to the corporate office domain. Configuring Active directory Managing Active directory (Active Directory Management) involves implementing Read Only Domain Controller (RODC), administering AD DS, implementing virtualized Domain controllers and managing the AD DS database Active directory provides the necessary identity management. It allows network administrators to store and manage information about resources of the organization network. Active directory provides authorization and authentication mechanism. It also provides framework within which other related services are deployed Active directory management is the process of monitoring the operations of the Active Directory services. The major goal of active directory management is to automate Active directory user Active Directory provisioning processes. Active directory includes: Replication service A query and index mechanism A global catalog A set of rules 2 How to add locations to the corporate network Ray’s food network administrator can add locations to the corporate network by creating a domain account in Active directory As one configures the Active directory domain, one can specify one or more active directory domains that the organizations can select when they authenticate Managing and configuring Active Directory can take at most three hours (Lowe-Norris, 2006) A location can also be referred to as a site Once Active directory is installed one need to configure the domain. To do this, the network administrator needs to follow nine steps which are Open server manager Open notification icon from the top of the server manager Click “promote this server to a domain controller‘” Select add new forest from the radial options menu Select a domain and forest functional level Review the warning on the DNS which is the followed by clicking next Enter a NetBIOS name and clicking next Specify the location of SYSVOL fodders, database, and log files and then click next Review the configuration options and click next Review the configuration options and then click install when all the prerequisite have been successfully passed After the installation is complete the machine reboots 3 References Lowe-Norris, A. G., & Overdrive Inc. (2006). Active Directory. S.I.: O'Reilly Media. . -Thank You- 4 Running head: VPN, DIRECTACCESS, AND WINDOWS ROUTING VPN, DIRECTACCESS, AND WINDOWS ROUTING 2 Ray’s Food: VPN, Direct Access, and Windows Routing Michael Boddie Administering Windows Server NTC/326 Sokly Va ...

1. Ray’s Food: Configuration Scenario
Michael Boddie
Administering Windows Server
NTC/326
Sokly Vann
March 19, 2018

3. -Welcome-
1
Introduction
Active directory is the heart of windows server 2012
How to add three grocery locations to the corporate office
domain.
Configuring Active directory
Managing Active directory (Active Directory Management)
involves implementing Read Only Domain Controller (RODC),
administering AD DS, implementing virtualized Domain
controllers and managing the AD DS database

4. Active directory provides the necessary identity management. It
allows network administrators to store and manage information
about resources of the organization network.
Active directory provides authorization and authentication

5. mechanism. It also provides framework within which other
related services are deployed
Active directory management is the process of monitoring the
operations of the Active Directory services. The major goal of
active directory management is to automate Active directory
user Active Directory provisioning processes.
Active directory includes:
Replication service
A query and index mechanism
A global catalog
A set of rules
2
How to add locations to the corporate network
Ray’s food network administrator can add locations to the
corporate network by creating a domain account in Active
directory
As one configures the Active directory domain, one can specify
one or more active directory domains that the organizations can
select when they authenticate
Managing and configuring Active Directory can take at most
three hours (Lowe-Norris, 2006)

6. A location can also be referred to as a site
Once Active directory is installed one need to configure the
domain. To do this, the network administrator needs to follow
nine steps which are
Open server manager
Open notification icon from the top of the server manager
Click “promote this server to a domain controller‘”
Select add new forest from the radial options menu
Select a domain and forest functional level
Review the warning on the DNS which is the followed by

7. clicking next
Enter a NetBIOS name and clicking next
Specify the location of SYSVOL fodders, database, and log files
and then click next
Review the configuration options and click next
Review the configuration options and then click install when all
the prerequisite have been successfully passed
After the installation is complete the machine reboots
3
References
Lowe-Norris, A. G., & Overdrive Inc. (2006). Active Directory.
S.I.: O'Reilly Media. .

8. -Thank You-
4
Running head: VPN, DIRECTACCESS, AND WINDOWS
ROUTING
VPN, DIRECTACCESS, AND WINDOWS ROUTING
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Ray’s Food: VPN, Direct Access, and Windows Routing
Michael Boddie
Administering Windows Server
NTC/326
Sokly Vann

9. March 12, 2018
Introduction
In this week, I will detail some of the actions that are required
to configure VPN, direct access services and routing in windows
server 2012 R2 so as to give Ray’s customers a remote access to
some of the organization services
Why VPN, Direct Access, and windows routing
Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a computer technology which
allows the extension of local network on a public network just
like the internet. By using VPN, a user computer which is
connected to the internet can send or receive data from other
computers inside the network as if the computer was connected
directly. To configure VPN is very easy especially on Windows
2012 R2. Direct Access is a feature both in Windows 2008 R2
and windows 2012 R2. It allows remote connectivity to the
corporate network resources without the requirement of VPN.
Windows routing provides traditional VPN connectivity for
legacy clients.
Requirements for configuration
When doing so, Ray’s need to configure the two network
interfaces which are external and internal. This configuration
usually allows for better security. Only the external network
interface is configured with the organization default gateway so
as to allow remote internal subnets (Hicks, 2016).
Configuring VPN, Direct Access, and windows routing

10. To configure VPN and Direct Access the first step is to install
the Remote Access Role. In here one obtains two consecutive
IPv4 addresses which must be unique. Second, one creates a
new DNS record for the server FQDN. The third step is
obtaining a server certificate for IP-HTTPS connections. Forth,
is creating a client security group policy. After this Remote
Access Role feature will have been installed. The network
administrator then opens up the Remote Access Management
Console. After this one clicks on the Deploy Direct Access and
VPN and then clicks finish.
To configure windows routing, one does the same as
configuring VPN and Direct access by first installing remote
access role then opening the server manager and clicking on
manage and then selecting add roles and features. On reaching
the step of roles services, routing option is selected then
finishing the configuration process (Bartolo, 2014).
References
Bartolo, A. (2014). Step-By-Step: Enabling DirectAccess in
Windows Server 2012 R2. Retrieved March 8th, 2018, from

11. Microsoft TechNet:
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/canitpro/2014/01/05/step-
by-step-enabling-directaccess-in-windows-server-2012-r2/
Hicks, R. (2016). Configure VPN in Windows Server 2012 R2.
Retrieved March 8th, 2018, from Technix:
http://techgenix.com/configure-vpn-windows-server-2012-r2/