Windows Server Networking Proposal: IT Solution for Fixing Windows LLC

This document presents a comprehensive technology proposal for Fixing Windows LLC, addressing their networking needs across multiple locations. It details the implementation of DNS and DHCP, including scope design and IPAM. The proposal emphasizes data security through IPv6 and encryption within DFS, along with the use of quotas. It also explores remote access solutions using Kerberos protocol. Furthermore, it discusses high-performance network solutions and Software Defined Networking (SDN) to enhance network management and scalability. The proposal provides both technical and business justifications for each choice, citing relevant resources and focusing on Windows Server 2016 features.

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Introduction
This document is a proposal for a technology proposal for Fixing Windows LLC
corporation on the best systems and tools to use to ensure their new technology project is done
within the scope, budget and meets the criteria established in the request for proposal. The key
items to be considered by the proposal include, scalability, data security, remote access, and
distributed across the various branches of the company in cities of LA, Houston, and Dallas.
The document is divided in section with each section detailing the proposal to implement
the given network service and requirements to meet the requirement stipulated in the request for
proposals document. The first section proposes how DNS and DHCP shall be implemented, The
second section details the proposal of how the file services are to be implemented. The third
section discusses the proposal on how the remote connection services are to be implemented for
the company as requires in the request for proposal document. The last section shall discuss the
concepts of high performance and software-defined networks which are critical for the
management to understand in a bit to implement this proposal.
DNS and DHCP
DHCP is a critical network service that ensures hosts gets assigned IP addresses
dynamically. It must, therefore, be designed in a most redundant and easy to manage manner.
The DHCP server services will be added to Windows server 2016 server roles so as the services
be enabled. Once the services are enabled, it must be authorized otherwise no IP will get
distributed. Due to the remote location involved in the network design, the DHCP authorization
will be left for the domain controller by installing the role of DHCP in the Domain controller

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(Yoo, 2013). This was, the process of the authorization will be automatic hence more flexible for
other business processes and technology that may be added to the network
The DHCP scope is important to be defined so as to provide an admin group for
administering the various subsets of the company. The following table represents a proposed
scope design (Meisner, Gold, & Wenisch, 2011)
Name Desc Range
start
Range End Length Mask Lease
time
Primary_dhcp Houston
DHCP
172.30.2.1 172.30.2.25
4
24 255.255.255.0 24 hours
Secondary_dhc
p
Dallas
DHCP
172.30.3.1 172.30.3.25
4
24 255.255.255.0 24 hours
The business impact of having the secondary scope defined is to act a fail-safe in case the
primary scope is not usable hence the DHCP server shall search for the backup scope, ensuring
the client remains connected hence more revenue for the business (Luthy, 2011).
The following represent address space that shall remaining reserved hence not allocable
by the DHCP server.
Reservation
Name
Descriptio
n
IP Adress
range start
IP address
range end
Length Subnet
vmsReservation Range of
IP
addresses
that are
reserved
for use by
the servers
and virtual
machines
172.30.1.1 172.30.2.254 24 255.255.255.0

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The technological importance of reserving the IP range is to ensure the server and virtual
machines have static IP addresses assigned to them. This is important for server management and
remote access. The business importance of having the reservation is to ensure core business
functions that involve access to the server such as file transfer, remote access, and printing shall
continue to operate normally even with if the DHCP server is down for some reasons or another.
The static IP assigned to sever makes administration of the server much easier (Limoncelli,
2011).
IP address management is key for the central management of IP addresses networks,
especially larger networks. The server whose are to be assigned IP addresses shall be done from
the following IPAM table which shall be implemented (Labs, 2018)
Utilization Overlappin
g
Network Start IP
address
End IP
address
Access
Scope
Virtual

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Optimal No 172.30.1.0 172.30.1.1 172.30.1.254 Global No
The IPAM tool in the MS Server 2016 shall give the administrator more intuitive
platform to manage the IP addresses as opposed to using contemporary methods like in some
spreadsheet which is not scalable and breaks down easily. This approach shall provide a way the
business can monitor the usage of the company IP addresses which can be used to inform key
decision making (Irwin & Dulaney, 2014).
The IPv6 is critical for the company current set up especially for the remote connection
between LA and Houston as IPv6 provides better security for the packets on transit. Data
security is critical for the company hence needs to be implemented using the following scope
below which can be used for the remote users and connection between the LA and Houston
(Irwin & Dulaney, 2014).

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Scope
name
Scope
description
Network prefix Exclusions range Lease
period
LA
dhcp
scope
Proives the
copes of
IPS for the
LA clients
fda8:06c3:ce53:a890:: :0001
to:00ff
0000:0000:0010:0000
to ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff
24hours
The above scope proposed shall be vital in implementing IPv6 achieving better security
of data for remote connections (Wang, Huang, & Rose, 2018)
The DNS shall be implemented by installing the DNS roles in the windows server 2016.
The following proposed zones and DNS configuration shall ensure a more robust DNS which is
fault tolerant (Harbaugh, 2009).
The proposed table below shows zone data
Zone name Zone
type
Replication
method
Lookup type Update type
Fixingwindowsllc Primary
zone
To all server
running on this
DC
Forward zone Secure dynamic
updates
The above set up shall create the primary zone in the HQ,
The backup zone shall be created in the dns2 server on the LA branch, to ensure that the
system is fault tolerant in case the primary zone fails, the secondary can be used.
Zone name Zone type Replication
method
Lookup type Update type
Fixingwindowsllc2 secondary To all server Forward zone Secure dynamic

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zone running on this
DC
updates
The master and slave records can then be replicated from the zones to ensure their
content are always dynamically updated.
The security of the DNS shall be implemented by means of authentication using the
DNSsec which shall be used to authenticate and signed the DNS responses digitally (Guidry,
Anderer, Futey, & Pee, 2009).
File services
DFS allows the client to easily distribute one copy of SMB files across many servers.
This process has only the share permission set on the SharePoint hence very much prone to an
information security threat. The proposed method to deal with this security is the use of

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encryption to enforce security within the DFS hence unauthorized release and modification of
data are prohibited (Connolly, 2011).
Remote Services and Network Policy Server
The best approach for the company is the use of Kerberos protocol which uses public key
infrastructure to encrypt the install and subsequent connection between the two parties in the
DFS. This shall enable the authenticated users in the LA and Houston have remote access
authenticated (Brawn, 2011)
Quotas will be used to limit the maximum file size that a given party in the DFS shall
own. The business importance of this is to ensure there is equitable distribution of computing
resources among the entities involved in the DFS. The File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)
shall be used to manage the file quota. A more practical file quota for the company is proposed at
900MB for the soft limit and 1GB for the hard limit quota. Even listener can be programmed to

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notify the user when their file storage quota gets used. This can be in the form of an automatic
email or command.
High-performance network solutions
In the past, most virtual machines were made to have higher throughput through the use of VM
ques and VM multiverse, it was, however, difficult for network admins to plan, monitor and fine-
tune such networks. Microsoft server 2016 introduced the concept of High-performance network
solution which is geared to achieve the following, first ensure real-time data processing which
makes it ideal for data-driven application and companies. Second, the HPNS provides a
mechanism for the IT administrators to replicate the whole data center to provide a better way to
manage the data center for a distance recovery plan and scalability procedures. The HPNS again
can be used in high volume data transfers since the windows server has provided a dynamic
mechanism to efficiently transfer a large volume of data at low latency. (Zeadally, Hunt, Chen,
Irwin, & Hassan, 2012)
Software Defined Networking (SDN)
SDN is a concept adopted by Microsoft server 2016 provides more efficient mechanisms to
manage networks in a cloud computing environment. The SDN provides protocols that can be
used the network admin to manage the configurations of the current network deployment more
efficient and effectively. This is due to the concept of central network intelligence where the
whole network monitoring and control is done centrally using a controller who is like the Brain
of the SDN. The aim of introducing the SDN in Microsoft ecosystem is to enable the
administrator programmatically control and monitor complex networks without having to know

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the underlying network configurations which are unique for each network. This makes the whole
concept of control more agile.
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