New Names in Active Directory 2008

New Names in Active Directory 2008:-

Lightweight Directory Services (AD-LDS):-

• AD LDS Provides an LDAP accessible directory services that supports identity managements scenarios

• Removes all other AD DS features

                  - No Kerberos authentication
                  - No forests, domain, DC, GC, sites, group polocies
                  - No dependency on DNS

• Each AD LDS server can host multiple directory stores (i.e. instances)

• Within each instance

                  - Schema partition
                  - Configuration Partition
                  - Zero or more application partition

Rights Managements Services (AD-RMS):-

• RMS enables customers to keep internal information internal

                  - Confidential files protection
                  - E-mail forwarding
                  - Web application

• Benefits

                  - Safeguards sensitive internal information
                  - Digitally enforce organization policies

Federation Services (AD-FS):-

• AD FS Provides an identity solution

• AD FS is a services that allows for the creation of federated relationships between organizations for web application authentication

• Deploy federation server in multiple organization to facilitate business-to-business (B2B) transactions

• AD FS provides a Web-based Single Sign-on (SSO) solution

• AD FS improves in windows Server 2008

Certificate Services (AD-CS):-

• AD CS Provides PKI certification issuance and managements services

• Not significantly different than CS in 2003

• Provides certificate issuance and certification Authority (CA) service

• Issues Digital certificates to web server for Secure data transfer (HTTPS) 

Upgrading Windows 2003 to 2008:-

• Windows Server 2003 can be upgrades to same flavor of windows server 2008

                 - EX: Win 2003 Enterprise to Win 2008 Enterprise

• Requirements

                 - Windows 2003 Service pack 1 or higher
                 - “C” Drive should have at least 10GB of Free space to upgrade
                 - Upgrade installation should start from the Console only

System-specific data that must be backed up:-

• System-specific data that must be backed up

                 - Registry
                 - Boot files – including system files
                 - Active Directory Database
                 - SYSVOL Directory

Installing/Uninstalling Backup Tool on Server Core:-

• To install windows server Backup tool

                - Start/w ocsetup WindowsServerBackup

• To Uninstall Windows Server Backup /uninstall

                - Start/w ocsetup WindowsServerBackup /uninstall


System State Data Backup and Recovery:-

• To start SSD Backup

                - Go to Cmd
                - WEADMIN START SYSTEMSTATEBACKUP –BACKUPTARGET:F:

• To start SSD Recovery

                - Restarting the D.C in DSRM (Directory Service Restore Mode) safe Mode by pressing 
                   “F8” during the system startup and login as Administrator
                - Go to Cmd
                - WBADMIN START SYSTEMSTATERECOVERY –VERSION:01/01/2009-90:00