Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for
Windows Server 2008

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• Active Directory Certificate Services

  This guide outlines the critical infrastructure design elements that are key to a successful implementation of Active Directory Certificate Services. Using this guide will result in a certificate services design that is optimized to meet the needs of your organization at the lowest cost.

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• DirectAccess

  This guide provides actionable guidance for designing a DirectAccess infrastructure. The guide’s easy-to-follow, four-step process gives a straightforward explanation of the infrastructure required for clients to be connected from the Internet to resources on the corporate network, whether or not the organization has begun deploying IPv6.

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• Dynamic Datacenter

  With this guide, you can design a Dynamic Data Center that will allow your organization to be responsive to changing market conditions by presenting new ways to develop, deliver, deploy, and manage applications and IT infrastructures.

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• Remote Desktop Services

  This guide lays out the key infrastructure design elements that are integral to a successful implementation of Remote Desktop Services. The reader is guided through the nine-step process of designing components, layout, and connectivity in a logical, sequential order. Identification of the RD Session Host farms is presented in a simple, easy-to-follow process, helping the reader to design and plan centralized virtual data centers.

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• Windows Server Virtualization  (Updated for Windows Server 2008 R2)

  This guide is designed to provide a consistent structure for addressing the decisions and activities most critical to the successful implementation of the infrastructure for Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ technology and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1.

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• Windows Deployment Services  (Updated for Windows Server 2008 R2)

  The purpose of this guide is to present the infrastructure planning process for Windows Deployment Services by providing a clear and concise workflow of the decisions and tasks required for a successful implementation.

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• Internet Information Services – version 2.0  (Updated for Windows Server 2008 R2)

  This guide has been updated to include new features and capabilities of IIS 7.5 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The guide provides a consistent structure for addressing the decisions and activities critical to the successful implementation of the IIS 7.5 and IIS 7.0 infrastructure. It addresses key issues such as resource, application, and hosting requirements, and helps you determine the capacity needed from the proposed hosting infrastructure.

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• Print Services – version 2.0  (Updated for Windows Server 2008 R2)

  This guide has been updated to include new features and capabilities of Windows Server 2008 R2. Use this guide to bring your print infrastructure up to date, saving you time and money. This guide also helps you strategically plan your print infrastructure to help you serve your customers more reliably.

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• File Services – version 2.0  (Updated for Windows Server 2008 R2)

  This guide has been updated to include new features and capabilities of Windows Server 2008 R2. The guide provides the basic building blocks upon which many other infrastructure services are based. Key information is provided to bring your infrastructure up to date, saving you time and money. Each phase is thoroughly explained in easy-to-follow steps, helping you efficiently navigate through the process of managing your infrastructure.

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• Active Directory Domain Services – version 2.0  (Updated for Windows Server 2008 R2)

  This guide has been updated to include new features and capabilities of Windows Server 2008 R2. The guide is intended to assist designers in the decision-making process by providing a clear and concise path for designing the Active Directory infrastructure. When used in conjunction with product documentation, the guide will help you confidently plan an Active Directory implementation.

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• Terminal Services

  This guide leads the reader step by step through the process of planning a Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services infrastructure. Key fundamental decisions and tasks are addressed, such as the identification of which applications are to be delivered, and which resources are needed to employ Terminal Services to serve the selected applications.

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