Windows Server Installation Options
Directions:
ACME Widgets is a multinational corporation with several divisions. The largest division is involved in design and manufacture of electronic components used in navigation and guidance systems. Some of the ACME clients include U.S. and international manufacturers and some U.S. military contractors.
ACME is currently deploying approximately 60 Windows 2008 R2 and 40 Windows 2012 (not R2) servers in 3 data centers located in San Francisco, Tampa, and Shenzhen China. Servers are deployed with the following roles and services:
- File and storage services.
- Print and Fax services.
- Host of Hyper-V deployment of Windows 10 virtual machines for remote user access in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure environment.
- Database servers hosting SQL applications.
- Web servers hosting company Internet and Intranet web sites.
- Active Directory domain controllers and DNS servers.
- Certificate servers hosting company Certificate Authority.
- Application servers hosting custom applications.
The company is expanding and wants to upgrade all existing servers to Windows Servers 2016. Windows Server 2016 has 3 installation options: Server with Desktop Experience, Server Core and Nano Server. You are hired as a consultant to advice ACME’s IT management on what kind of server deployment options should be considered.
For this discussion, research when it is appropriate to install Server Core, Nano Server, or Full Server installation with Desktop Experience as it relates to specific server roles or service used at ACME. Make sure to consider if upgrade or migration is required from the existing servers to Server 2016.
Be sure to support your statements and conclusions with valid research. External references are required (personal experience is not a replacement for external references). Post the URLs to the sources used in your research.
"96% of our customers have reported a 90% and above score. You might want to place an order with us."
