Its a server
Down to the Core
Role of a Lifetime
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My console is huge
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A Windows Server 2008 edition suitable for most small to medium businesses that need a robust solution for file and printer sharing, centralized control over user accounts and network resources, and common services found in most networks.
What is  Standard Edition
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A Windows server that is in the management scope of a Windows domain but does not have Active Directory installed.
What is  member server
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Also called a peer-to-peer network, it is a small collection of Windows computers whose users typically have something in common, such as the need to share files or printers with each other. No computer has authority or control over another. Logons, security, and resource sharing are decentralized.
What is  Windows workgroup
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A file system used on Windows OSs that supports compression, encryption, and fine-tuned permissions.
What is  New Technology File System (NTFS)
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Components you can install that provide functions to enhance or support an installed role or add a stand-alone feature.
What is  server features
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A Windows Server 2008 edition suitable for medium to large businesses that need high-availability network services. Supports up to eight processors and up to 2 TB RAM. Its most notable feature, which is not available in Standard Edition, is clustering.
What is  Enterprise Edition
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A major function or service that a server provides
What is  server role
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The Windows directory service that enables administrators to create and manage users and groups, set network-wide user and computer policies, manage security, and organize network resources.
What is  Active Directory
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A Windows server that is not a domain controller or a member of a domain.
What is  stand-alone server
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OSs designed to emphasize network access performance and run background processes as opposed to desktop applications.
What is  server operating systems
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A Windows Server 2008 edition with support for up to 64 processors, primarily intended for organizations managing huge amounts of data, using virtualization on a large scale, consolidating servers, or running high-volume, transaction-heavy applications.
What is  Datacenter Edition
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Software that specifies the rules and format of communication between devices on a network.
What is  network protocol
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A group of Windows computers that share common management and are subject to rules and policies that an administrator defines.
What is  Windows domain
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A Windows server that has Active Directory installed and is responsible for allowing client computers access to domain resources.
What is  domain controller
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This is a role that can be installed in the 64bit versions of Server 2008 and provides tools for creating a virtual computing environment that enables you to run guest OSs on a Windows Server 2008 host
What is Hyper-V
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A Windows Server 2008 edition designed to operate as a single purpose Web server running IIS 7.0.
What is  Windows Web Server 2008
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A software environment that simulates the computer hardware an OS requires for installation. A virtual machine creates in software all the hardware you find
What is  virtual machine
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A new feature of Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2008, an RODC provides the same authentication and authorization services as a standard domain controller, but administrators cannot make changes on an RODC directly.
What is  read only domain controller (RODC)
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The part of the OS that sends requests to a server to access network resources.
What is  network client
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This enables users and administrators to control a Windows desktop remotely or run applications hosted on a Windows server remotely.
What is Terminal Services
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A new Windows Server 2008 installation option that uses a limited version of the GUI to take up fewer resources.
What is  Server Core
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- An authentication feature that makes it possible for users to access resources in their own organization as well as partner organizations with just a single logon.
What is  single sign-on (SSO)
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Services that can be installed in Server Manager to add functions to the main server role.
What is  role services
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The part of the OS that receives requests for shared network resources and makes those resources available to a network client.
What is  network server software
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This feature provides a single interface for installing, configuring, and removing a variety of server roles and features on your Windows Server 2008.
What is Server Manager
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