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Kevin Dunford – Windows Support & Development
What do I do..• Support, configuration, and
development of - Windows servers, desktops, Laptops, printers, and office networking.
What don’t I do..• Microsoft Office – CLEO are the
experts• I’m not a fax machine or
photocopier expert \ engineer!• I know as much about the phone
system as you do!
Windows 2003 \ Active Directory (PPD\dc.pp.rl.ac.uk)
• Active Directory stores information about objects on the network and makes this information easy for administrators and users to find and use. - Servers, workstations printers.
• Group Policy enables me to change system settings from a centralized location - install applications, change settings (security options, networking, registry changes)
• Adding printers is made easy by not taking as long scanning the network. Active Directory knows where they all are in advance.
Laptops in domain – benefits
• Roaming profiles that include - Display & desktop settings, IE favourites, printer, network and drives connection settings
• Windows updates though SUS (software update service) server & automatic Sophos updating.
• Have to be on the PPD Lan to gain the benefits from SUS server and Sophos updates.
• Synchronisation - Don’t store files on your desktop screen or local disk.
Active Directory – Group Polices applied
• Administrating benefiting Group Polices – DNS suffix & Dynamic Update, Time Providers, and Cross forest GP’s and profiles.
• User benefiting Group Polices - Published printers in AD, Remote assistance,
Benefits of Exchange 2003• BITD have been installing
Exchange 2003 on new servers with larger storage space and improved performance.
• There are some administrative improvements to keep server down time to a minimum. – (Shadow Copy service and the Mailbox Recovery Centre).
• The main user client benefit are only available in conjunction with Outlook 2003 client, which CLRC are not planning to go to! Info from – ‘RAL CLEO Helpdesk Service Definition, 2004/05’.
• There have been a big improvement in the web interface.
Exchange server specifications
Old Server New Server
Model Viglen LX2 Viglen XX225
Processors 2 * 450MHz 2 * Xeon 3.2Hgz
Memory 512MB 2GB
Hard disk storage 34GB 540GB *
* Share with Central Laser facility, Instrumentation and Engineering