Example system configurations

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Example system configurations

Connection Point Services (CPS) lends itself to various configurations, according to your needs. A few examples follow.

Dedicated single server

Example uses:

• Testing

• Small company

• Small Internet service provider

You can maintain both Phone Book Service (PBS) and Phone Book Administrator (PBA) on a single computer running an operating system in the Windows Server 2003 family.

Even though PBA posts to the same server on which it resides, you must use the same procedures for setting permissions and posting phone books as you would with any other configuration.

Dedicated Phone Book Service server with a Phone Book Administrator client

Example uses:

• Medium to large corporations

• When ownership and responsibilities for phone book administration and server maintenance are split between groups

In this configuration, PBS and PBA are installed on separate computers. PBA could be installed on a server or on a workstation running Windows XP Professional. The following illustration shows this configuration.

Dedicated Phone Book Service server with remote administration of Phone Book Administrator client

Example use: When the primary computer running Phone Book Administrator is not physically accessible to the administrator, you can use this dual-mode system.

You can configure PBA to run on a primary (dedicated) computer and on a remote workstation at the same time.

The following illustration shows this configuration.

All data files reside on the primary computer, never on the remote workstation. The remote workstation accesses the data files on the primary computer.

Multiple servers with firewall

Example uses:

• Highly secured environment

• Very large Internet service providers

• Phone book replication among multiple Internet service providers

You can install PBA on a primary computer and on multiple remote workstations. PBS is installed on a staging server and on multiple host servers residing in a less secure environment outside a firewall. The following illustration shows this configuration.

The remote workstations access phone book data on the primary PBA computer. Phone book updates are posted to the staging server. Using a content replication method, phone book updates are then copied from the staging server through the firewall to the host servers.