Microsoft Designing, Deploying, and Managing a Network Solution for a Small and Medium-Sized Business Set 1

You are the network administrator of a trading company. The company's network structure is growing in size and has several branch offices. The internal users require access to external resources. Each user's computer connects to the Internet through routers. You need to control Internet usage as well as improve the system's Internet performance. What should you do?

You are the office manager of an advertising agency. Nola is an ad agency that has 13 employees. The agency's network contains computers running a mix of Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Macintosh OS. The file server is running Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003. Employees have access only to a shared company calendar and a personal calendar in Microsoft Outlook. Nola wants to initiate a team-building effort. The agency wants the ability to share information centrally through a Web browser. Efforts do not produce the expected productivity. You need to implement a solution that meets the company's needs without any additional technology purchases. What should you do?

You are the network administrator of a furniture company. The company has a showroom and a warehouse. The company has a Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003-based network with a broadband connection. The network is located at its showroom. The warehouse has a stand-alone Microsoft Windows XP Professional computer. Office personnel and salespersons in the showroom use a third-party application to track the availability of furniture. Warehouse employees use Microsoft Outlook that is preconfigured with an offline folder and an on-demand dial-in connection to examine e-mail messages and receive furniture orders. The third-party application is not supported over a dial-in connection. Broadband currently is not available at the warehouse location, but it is available in one month. Management wants warehouse employees to submit regular updates of the furniture inventory to the showroom where they will be entered into the application. Management wants the updating to begin immediately. You need to configure a temporary solution for updating the showroom records. You do not want warehouse employees to have any Internet access. What should you do?

You are the network administrator for a local accounting firm. The firm has a server that runs Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Standard Edition as its network operating system. The network contains eight computers that run Microsoft Windows XP Professional. The primary software program that is used by the staff is a proprietary tax managment application. A broadband connection is used for Internet access and remote access for the users to check e-mail messages and access company files. Because of the sensitivity of the data, the senior accountant accesses data regularly from remote locations. The firm wants to use a firewall for file server protection from unauthorized users. You research several hardware firewall devices to install on the network. You are interested in a simple device that does not require a complex installation. You need to choose a standard that meets the needs of the firm and requires the least amount of administrative effort. Which standard should you choose?

You are a consultant who specializes in small- to medium-size businesses. Humongous Insurance has five employees who work at its office. Humongous Insurance has 20 additional employees who work from home. The office is connected to the Internet by means of a fractional T1 line. All of the employees have computers that run Microsoft Windows XP professional. All of the employees who are working at home have broadband connections to the Internet. Humongous purchases an SQL-based third-party line-of-business (LOB) application for its business. You want the application to be used by all employees. You also want home users to access the program through a Terminal Services connection. You need to install the necessary hardware and software to meet management needs while keeping costs to a minimum. What should you do?

You are the network administrator of a construction company. The company has 50 users in the main office and 10 users in each of its five branch offices. You install Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition in native mode on a computer that has a network of client computers in each branch office. You connect each branch office to the main office by using WAN connections. You need to ensure that users can authenticate to the domain from a remote branch office even when the WAN connection is down. What should you do?

You are the network consultant of a real estate company. The company has 40 client computers that run Microsoft Windows XP Professional. The company wants to integrate all of the computer users and needs to allow user access to all company files and folder resources. Users need to access individual e-mail accounts and the Internet for external communication. You need to be able to back up all files and e-mail messages that are stored on the server. You need to provide the owner with reporting on a weekly basis. You need to install the appropriate system configuration for the company. What should you do?

You are the network consultant of a design company. You want to set up a network for the company with six computers. The computers and all of the users are located at one location. You want to connect all of the computers on the network with a broadband router. The company does not require centralized security. You want the users to share all of the data files and also share one laser print device. You want the users to have a secure access to the Internet. You need to deploy this network for as small an investment as possible and with a minimum of administrative effort. What should you do?

You are a network consultant of Northwind Traders. Most of the users in the company work normal business hours, Monday through Friday, 8:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. You set up a backup schedule for a computer that runs Microsoft Windows Server 2003. This schedule provides sufficient time between 11:00 P.M. and 6:00 A.M. to back up the files. There is adequate storage capacity to hold the backup. You need to recommend a backup plan that allows a restore in the fewest number of steps. Which plan do you recommend?

You are the consultant of a CPA firm. You install Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 on a network server. The network contains 15 client computers that run Microsoft Windows XP Professional. You install the firm's accounting application that uses Microsoft SQL 2000 Server on a member server that runs Microsoft Windows Server 2003. The accounting application is running all of the time. You install a tape drive on the member server for system backups. You need to create a backup plan that performs database backups and transaction log backups of the accounting application's databases. You need to create separate weekday and weekend schedules for each of these backups. You need a backup plan that requires the least amount of administrative effort. What should you do?