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Case Study: 2
Contoso, Ltd.
Scenario:
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Contoso, Ltd. is a consulting company that has a main office and two branch offices. The
main office is located in Johannesburg. The branch offices are located in Brisbane and
Montreal. The Johannesburg office has 400 users. Each branch office has 100 users.
PLANNED CHANGES
Contoso plans to open a new branch office. The new office will have a 512-Kbps connection
to the Montreal office and a 2-Mbps connection to the Internet. The new branch office will
have a domain controller, a DirectAccess server, a file server, and a Web server. All branch
office servers will be virtualized. Contoso plans to implement role-based access control for
all new virtual machines (VMs) deployed on Hyper-V servers.
In the new branch office, a user named User1 must be permitted to perform only the
following actions on the Hyper-V server:
• Start the VMs.
• View the configuration of the VMs.
EXISTING ENVIRONMENT
All servers run Windows Server 2008 R2. All client computers run Windows 7 Enterprise.
The main office has multiple file servers. Each branch office has one file server. Each file
server has two hard disks. One disk has the server’ s operating system installed and the other
disk stores data files. File server backups are performed regularly. The main office has a
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server. All client computers are configured to
receive updates from the WSUS server. The main office connects to each branch office by
using a 512-Kbps WAN link.
Existing Active Directory/Directory Services
The network contains a single Active Directory domain named contoso.com. An Active
Directory site exists for each office. Each Active Directory site contains three subnets. Each
subnet contains client computers.
The main office has two domain controllers. Each branch office has one domain controller.
REQUIREMENTS
Storage Requirements
Contoso must meet the following storage requirements:
• Improve data availability on the file servers.
• Improve the performance of the file servers.
• Limit each user’s storage space on the file servers to 2 GB.
• Prevent users from storing audio and video files on the file servers.
• Provide additional storage on the file servers without causing downtime.
• Enable users to access the previous versions of all the files stored on the file servers.
Technical Requirements
Contoso must meet the following technical requirements:
• Minimize the potential attack surface.
• Minimize WAN link utilization between the offices.
• Minimize the number of server licenses purchased.
• Minimize server downtime caused by Applying updates.
• Minimize the amount of administrative effort required to approve the updates.
• Minimize the amount of time it takes for users in the branch offices to access files on
the file servers in the main office.
Problem Statements
Users in the accounting department use a custom Application named App1. The
configurations for App1 can only be changed by editing the registry. Currently, a technician
must visit each client computer in the accounting department to change the App1
configurations.
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You need to recommend a solution for the file servers in the branch offices that meets the storage
Requirements. What should you include in the recommendation?
A.
Distributed File System (DFS) and access-based enumeration (ABE)
B.
File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) quotas and file screens
C.
NTFS disk quotas and NTFS permissions
D.
Services for Network File System (NFS) and offline files
Explanation:
http ://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732431.aspx
File Server Resource Manager is a suite of tools for Windows Server® 2008 that allows
administrators to understand, control, and manage the quantity and type of data that is stored on
their servers. By using File Server Resource Manager, administrators can place quotas on folders and
volumes, actively screen files, and generate comprehensive storage reports. This set of advanced
instruments not only helps the administrator efficiently monitor existing storage resources, but it
also aids in the planning and implementation of future policy changes.
Setting File Server Resource Manager Options Information about configuring general notification and
reporting options before working with File Server Resource Manager.
Quota Management Information about creating quotas that set a soft or hard space limit on a
volume or folder tree.
File Screening Management Information about creating file screening rules that block files from a
volume or a folder tree.
Storage Reports Management Information about generating storage reports that can be used to
monitor disk usage patterns, identify duplicate files and dormant files, track quota usage, and audit
file screening.
Classification Management Information about creating and applying file classification properties,
which are used to categorize files.File Management Tasks Information about performing file management tasks to automate the
process of finding subsets of files on a server and applying simple commands.
Managing Remote Storage Resources Information about performing resource management tasks on
a remote computer where File Server Resource Manager is also installed.
Troubleshooting File Server Resource Manager Instructions for problem solving.
Using File Server Resource Manager
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2
There are several navigational options in the File Server Resource Manager snap-in. The following
tables detail the navigational options in the File Server Resource Manager nodes, which include:
Quotas
Quota Templates
File Screens
File Screen Templates
File Groups
