Company Overview
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
Contoso Pharmaceuticals is a large organization that has its headquarters in Chicago, Illinois and has operations in five other locations in North America and Europe. The Active Directory infrastructure consists of a single forest, three domains, and six sites.
Physical Locations
The company has operations in six physical locations, three in North America and three in Europe:
North America — Chicago, New York, Atlanta
Europe — London, Paris, Rome
Business Units
Contoso has four business units. Table 7 shows the business units and their locations.
Table 7 Contoso Business Units and Locations
| Business Units | Locations |
|---|---|
Research and Development |
Chicago |
Production |
Atlanta |
Business Management |
Chicago, New York, London, Paris, Rome |
IT |
Chicago, Atlanta, New York, London, Paris, Rome |
Users, Workstations, and Servers
Table 8 shows the distribution of users, workstations, and servers per business unit.
Table 8 Contoso Business Units and Contents
| Business Unit | Users | Workstations | Servers |
|---|---|---|---|
Research and Development |
5,000 |
10,000 |
1,000 |
Production |
3,000 |
5,000 |
520 |
Business Management |
5,500 |
7,000 |
250 |
IT |
2,500 |
5,000 |
100 |
Servers
The servers include file servers, Web servers, database servers, and application servers.
Table 9 shows the numbers of servers of each type and their respective business units.
Table 9 Business Unit Server Numbers and Types, By Business Unit
| Business Unit | File Servers | Web Servers | Database Servers | Application Servers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Research and Development |
800 |
50 |
100 |
50 |
Production |
300 |
20 |
100 |
100 |
Business Management |
120 |
45 |
50 |
35 |
IT |
30 |
30 |
20 |
20 |