It221 Research Assignment 2

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Research Assignment Part 3 Part III 1. Explain the function of the following Windows Server 2008 services: a. Active Directory Federation Services b. Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services c. Active Directory Certificate Services d. Active Directory Rights Management Services 2. Explain Server Manager, the new role-based management tool for Windows Server 2008, and describe the tools it was designed to replace. 3. Define the Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) and how it gives the administrator greater control over the allocation of system resources. 4. Explain how Network Access Protection (NAP) creates a security architecture that allows administrators to control access to critical resources and assist users in meeting security requirements. ANSWERS: 1. The function of the following Windows Server 2008 services is as follows: a. Active Directory Federation Services – this is a component in the Windows Server 2008 operating system that provides Web single-sign-on (SSO) technologies to authenticate a user to multiple Web applications over the life of a single online session. b. Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services - The Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Role or “AD LDS” as it is also known as, is a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory service. It provides data storage and retrieval for directory- enabled applications, without the dependencies that are required for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). AD LDS gives organizations flexible support for directory-enabled applications. A directory-enabled application uses a directory—rather than a database, flat file, or other data storage structure—to hold its data. Directory services (such as AD LDS) and relational databases both provide data storage and retrieval, but they differ in their

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