The assignment is to create a Windows Network Services proposal for International Marketing, Inc. (IMI), which has acquired a new company and needs to integrate its Active Directory domain into IMI's existing forest. The proposal must address the integration and configuration of IMI's Active Directory updates, including Forest Functional Levels, cross-forest trusts, replication, Read-Only Domain Controllers, file and storage solutions, disaster recovery, DNS and DHCP, high availability, Active Directory Certificate Services, Active Directory Rights Management Services, and Active Directory Federation Services. The proposal should be at least 8 pages long, include at least one diagram, and use proper citation and referencing.