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Case Study: 3
Proseware Inc
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Proseware Inc. is an international software development company that has three offices. The offices
are located in New York, London, and Washington.
PLANNED CHANGES
Proseware plans to deploy a remote access solution and a centralized Windows Update solution on
all client computers.
Proseware plans to consolidate 10 physical servers in a virtualization solution.
EXISTING ENVIRONMENT
The network contains client computers that run either Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), Windows
Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2). or Windows 7.
The network contains 10 client computers that run a UNIX-based operating system.
Existing Active Directory Environment
The Active Directory contains the two domains shown in the exhibit. (Click the Case Study Exhibits
button.)
The relevant domain controllers are configured as shown in the following table.
The Active Directory sites are configured as shown in the exhibit. (Click the Case Study Exhibits
button.)
Proseware has a sales department and a marketing department.
The relevant organizational units (OU) are configured as shown in the following table.
The relevant Group Policy objects (GPO) are configured as shown in the following table.
Existing Network Infrastructure
Users from litwareinc.com regularly travel to the Washington office.
All of the client computers that authenticate to the domain controllers in the Washington office run
Windows 7.
All servers are configured to audit logons by an administrator.
Each office has a Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) server. Each WSUS server is managed
independently.
REQUIREMENTS
Technical Requirements
Proseware must meet the following technical requirements:
• Remote network access must be encrypted.
• A report that contains the following information must be generated monthly:
• All of the client computers that failed to install the latest Windows updates.
• All of the Windows updates that are currently installed on the client computers.
• Each failed attempt to log on to the servers by using the local Administrator account.
• The hardware and software assets on the client computers must be inventoried.
• Only client computers that have the latest antivirus definitions must be able to access the
network.
• Client computers that run the UNIX-based operating system must be able to connect to
shares on the file servers.
• If DC3.proseware.com fails, all of the client computers in proseware.com that are in the
Washington site must authenticate to a domain controller in the New York office.
User Requirements
Users in litewareinc.com report that it takes a long time to log on when they travel to the
Washington office.
Users in the Proseware.com sales department report that it takes a long time to log on when they
travel to the New York office. You verify that the users in the other Proseware departments log on in
an acceptable amount of time.
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You need to recommend an Active Directory solution for the Washington office that meets the
company’s technical requirements. What should you include in the recommendation?
A.
Disable site link bridging for IP Inter-Site Transport.
B.
Enable the Try Next Closest Site Group Policy setting.
C.
Set the site link cost of the site link between the Washington office and the New York office to 1.
D.
Create a site link between the Washington office and the London office. Set the site link cost to
11.
Explanation:
