Server Management: Windows Server Hardware Configuration, Roles and Features, Basic and Dynamic Disks, IPv4 vs IPv6 Comparison

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Table of Contents
Windows Server Hardware Configuration......................................................................................2
Server operating system Roles and licensing..................................................................................3
Roles and features of Windows Server 2012 R2.............................................................................4
Roles of Windows Server 2012 R2..............................................................................................4
Features of Windows Server 2012 R2.........................................................................................4
Basic and Dynamic disks.................................................................................................................5
Comparison between IPv4 and IPv6 for the organization...............................................................6
Reference.........................................................................................................................................7

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Windows Server Hardware Configuration
Microsoft is providing best server for managing different operations of an organization
that are related to their CRM, ERP, and other works. As an IT administrator, I suggest to North
Wind Traders Corporation that they should go for Windows Server 2012 R2 for managing
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) (Ateik, 2013). They are required minimum
hardware for installation of Windows Server 2012 R2. Windows Server 2008 is not providing
better performance in case of AD DS (blackbaud.com, 2012). Following items are required for
the installation of server, which are as:
Component Minimum Requirement Microsoft
Recommended
Processor for Server 1.4 GHz 2 GHz or faster
Memory 512 MB RAM 2 GB RAM or greater
Available Disk Space in the Server 32 GB 40 GB or greater
Optical Drive for CD/DVD DVD-ROM drive DVD-ROM drive
Display for processing and
monitoring
Super VGA (800x600)
monitor
XGA (1024x768)
monitor
These requirements are basic for the server installation and proper working. They can
also use Windows Server 2016 for making their system more powerful as well ( Vigo, 2017).
System requirements:
 Processor: 1.4Ghz 64-bit processor
 Optical Storage: DVD drive (if installing the OS from DVD media)
 RAM: 512 MB
 Network: Gigabit (10/100/1000baseT) Ethernet adapter
 Internet: Broadband access (optional)
 Disk Space: 32 GB
 Video: Super VGA (1024 x 768) or higher-resolution (optional)