Design Windows Server 2008

Applies To: Windows Server 2008

Use the following documentation to learn how to design solutions with Windows Server® 2008.

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802.1X Authenticated Wired Access

802.1X Authenticated Wired Access Design Guide

Discover how to design 802.1X authenticated wired access using Network Policy Server and Group Policy in Windows Server® 2008.

802.1X Authenticated Wireless Access

802.1X Authenticated Wireless Access Design Guide

Learn how to deploy 802.1X authenticated wireless using Network Policy Server and Group Policy in Windows Server 2008.

Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)

Read-Only Domain Controller Planning and Deployment Guide

Find out how to design the AD DS deployment strategy that meets your organization’s needs.

Running Domain Controllers in Hyper-V

Learn how to run domain controllers that use Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008 on Hyper-V™ as guest operating systems.

Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)

AD FS Design Guide

Explore how to meet federated identity management challenges with this planning and design guide for AD FS.

Application Server

Message Queuing Design Guide

Use the Message Queuing Design Guide to design your Message Queuing 5.0 infrastructure so as to best address your business needs.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

DHCP Design Guide

Discover how to design a DHCP solution in Windows Server 2008.

Failover Cluster

Failover Cluster Design Guide

Learn how to design a failover cluster solution with the design guide.

Group Policy

Group Policy Planning and Deployment Guide

Learn how to design and deploy Group Policy.

Hyper-V

Hyper-V Planning and Deployment Guide

Learn how to design and deploy Hyper-V.

Network Access Protection (NAP)

Network Access Protection Design Guide

Learn how to design NAP solutions with this guide.

Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and IPsec

Learn how to design Windows Firewall with Advanced Security settings and rules that meet your goals for network security. Use this guide together with the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Deployment Guide (not yet published) during your planning stages. The Design Guide answers the "what," "why," and "when" questions before you work on the "how" questions answered in the Deployment Guide. This document is also available combined with the Deployment Guide as a Word .doc file in the Microsoft Download Center at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=114659.