20060830 Branch Office Solutions in Microsoft Wind

Branch Office Solutions in Windows Server 2003 R2: 

Branch Office Solutions in Windows Server 2003 R2 Howard Chow Sr. Consultant

What Will We Cover?: 

What Will We Cover? Microsoft Branch Office Infrastructure Solution Windows Distributed File System Windows Remote Management Tools

Helpful Experience: 

Helpful Experience Level 200 Familiarity with Microsoft Active Directory Basic knowledge of file replication Basic knowledge of Microsoft Networks

Agenda: 

Examining Branch Office Challenges Understanding Windows DFS Managing DFS Using DFS in the Branch Office Understanding the R2 PMC Agenda

Agenda - Notes: 

Examining Branch Office Challenges Understanding Windows DFS Managing DFS Using DFS in the Branch Office Understanding the R2 PMC Agenda - Notes

Branch Office Terminology: 

Branch Office Terminology Hub Branch Offices Microbranch Autonomous Branch

Branch Office Terminology - Notes: 

Branch Office Terminology - Notes Hub Branch Offices Microbranch Autonomous Branch

Branch Office Challenges: 

Branch Office Challenges

Branch Office Challenges - Notes: 

Branch Office Challenges - Notes

Microsoft Branch Office Solutions: 

Microsoft Branch Office Solutions http://www.microsoft.com/branchoffice The New Branch Office Server Service Cache Automatic Failover Self Healing

Microsoft Branch Office - Notes: 

Microsoft Branch Office - Notes http://www.microsoft.com/branchoffice The New Branch Office Server Service Cache Automatic Failover Self Healing

R2 Branch Office Technologies: 

R2 Branch Office Technologies Powerful Technologies Remote Management Powerful Replication Network Acceleration

Agenda: 

Examining Branch Office Challenges Understanding Windows DFS Managing DFS Using DFS in the Branch Office Understanding the R2 PMC Agenda

Distributed File System Overview: 

Distributed File System Overview

Distributed File System - Notes: 

Distributed File System - Notes

DFS Namespace Features: 

DFS Namespace Features Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 R2

DFS Namespace Features - Notes: 

DFS Namespace Features - Notes Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 R2

Demo: 

Demo Using DFS Reviewing DFS Management Console Creating a New DFS Namespace demonstration

DFS Replication Features: 

DFS Replication Features Uses Remote Differential Compression Active Directory Based Configuration

RDC Compression: 

RDC Compression Updated file Sending Server Receiving Server Request file Differential hashes Transfer changes Request changes

RDC Compression - Notes: 

RDC Compression - Notes Updated file Sending Server Receiving Server Request file Differential hashes Transfer changes Request changes

RDC Reduction Factors: 

RDC Reduction Factors Example Bandwidth Reduction Factors: RDC vs. Full File Transfer 409 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 292 92 41 30 31 17 15 13 3 450 .VSD 318 K .DOC 489 K .DOC 2.6 M .MPP 241K .PPT 594K .XLS 2.4M .ZIP 348K .HTM 425K .PPT 3.9M .PST 293M

DFS Feature Summary: 

DFS Feature Summary

Demo: 

Demo Configuring DFS Replication Creating a DFS Replication Group Testing DFS Replication demonstration

Agenda: 

Examining Branch Office Challenges Understanding Windows DFS Managing DFS Using DFS in the Branch Office Understanding the R2 PMC Agenda

DFS Management Console: 

DFS Management Console

DFS Management Console - Notes: 

DFS Management Console - Notes

DFS Management Tools: 

DFS Management Tools DFS Replication Management Pack for MOM 2005 DFS Replication Diagnostic Reports

DFS Management Tools - Notes: 

DFS Management Tools - Notes DFS Replication Management Pack for MOM 2005 DFS Replication Diagnostic Reports

Demo: 

Demo Using DFS Health Reports Examining Diagnostic Options Reviewing the Health Report Contents demonstration

Command Line Tools: 

Command Line Tools

Demo: 

Demo Using Dfrsadmin and Dfrsdiag Examining dfrsadmin scripts Examining dfrsdiag scripts demonstration

Agenda: 

Examining Branch Office Challenges Understanding Windows DFS Managing DFS Using DFS in the Branch Office Understanding the R2 PMC Agenda

DFS Deployment Scenarios: 

DFS Deployment Scenarios

DFS Deployment Scenarios - Notes: 

DFS Deployment Scenarios - Notes

Data Collection with DFS: 

Data Collection with DFS

Data Collection with DFS - Notes: 

Data Collection with DFS - Notes

Data Publication with DFS: 

Data Publication with DFS

Data Collaboration with DFS: 

Data Collaboration with DFS

Data Collaboration with DFS - Notes: 

Data Collaboration with DFS - Notes

Agenda: 

Examining Branch Office Challenges Understanding Windows DFS Managing DFS Using DFS in the Branch Office Understanding the R2 PMC Agenda

Print Management Console: 

Print Management Console Centrally Manage Print Servers Printers Drivers Forms Ports

Session Summary: 

Session Summary Windows Server 2003 R2 provides powerful Branch Office support Use DFS for enterprise-wide data access Use Remote Management tools to increase efficiency

Session Summary - Notes: 

Session Summary - Notes Windows Server 2003 R2 provides powerful Branch Office support Use DFS for enterprise-wide data access Use Remote Management tools to increase efficiency

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