Wednesday, August 7, 2013

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

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