That basically boils down to two paragraphs - security and reliability. Write a paragraph about each and explain how your organization will benefit.
Thanks, Brian Desmond [email protected] c - 312.731.3132 -----Original Message----- From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:41 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: 2003 -> 2008 sales pitch, sorta Here's what I have pulled from MS's website on 2008 Server and pared down. Sorry if the cut and paste from Word isn't pretty (looks way better in a Word doc). This is actually two doc's merged into one (and yes I know ABE was available as an add-in in earlier OS's). How would you guys repackage this to present to less technical management? I'm guessing for them it should be just a couple of paragraph's, right? Server 2008 enhancements over Server 2003 . Fine-Grained password policies Provides different password and account lockout policies for different sets of users in a domain. . Read-Only Domain Controllers A read-only domain controller (RODC) is a new type of domain controller in the Windows Server® 2008 operating system. RODC's have unidirectional communication because writeable DC's do not need to pull data from them (and thus less network traffic). RODC's can have a local administrator account that has no domain privileges (this is called Administrator Role Separation). . Access-Based Enumeration Access-based enumeration displays only the files and folders that a user has permissions to access. If a user does not have Read (or equivalent) permissions for a folder, Windows hides the folder from the user's view . Self-healing NTFS Traditionally, the Chkdsk.exe tool was used to fix corruptions of NTFS file system volumes on a disk. In the Windows Server® 2008 operating system you can now use Self-healing NTFS to protect your entire file system efficiently and reliably, without having to be concerned about the details of file system technology. The self-healing process is enabled by default. . Network Access Protection (NAP) NAP enforces health requirements by monitoring and assessing the health of client computers when they attempt to connect or to communicate on a network. If client computers are determined to be noncompliant with health requirements, they can be placed on a restricted network that contains resources to assist in remediating client systems so that they can become compliant with health policies. . Print Services Print Services enables you to share printers on a network and centralize print server and network printer management tasks by using the Print Management snap-in. Print Management helps you monitor print queues and receive notifications when print queues stop processing print jobs. It also enables you to migrate print servers and deploy printer connections by using Group Policy. You can use Print Management with Group Policy to automatically deploy printer connections to users or computers and install the appropriate printer drivers. ------ GPO enhancements ----- . All power options have been Group Policy enabled . You can centrally restrict devices from being installed on computers in your organization. You will now be able to create policy settings to control access to devices such as USB drives, CD-RW drives, DVD-RW drives, and other removable media . Ability to assign printers based on location in the organization or a geographic location . Administrators can now delegate to users the ability to install printer drivers by using Group Policy . 2008 R2 domain controller enhancements over Server 2008 ------ Active Directory Domain Services ----- . Active Directory Recycle Bin Information technology (IT) professionals can use Active Directory Recycle Bin to undo an accidental deletion of an Active Directory object . Active Directory Best Practices Analyzer The Active Directory Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) uses Windows PowerShell cmdlets to gather run-time data. It analyzes Active Directory settings that can cause unexpected behavior. It then makes Active Directory configuration recommendations in the context of your deployment . Managed Service Accounts Managed Service Accounts provide simple management of service accounts. At the Windows Server 2008 R2 domain functional level, this feature provides better management of service principal names (SPNs). Managed Service Accounts help lower total cost of ownership (TCO) by reducing service outages (for manual password resets and related issues). You can run one Managed Service Account for each service that is running on a server, without any human intervention for password management. . Offline domain join You can use offline domain join to join computers to a domain without contacting a domain controller over the network. You can join computers to the domain when they first start up after an operating system installation. No additional restart is necessary to complete the domain join. For example, an organization might need to deploy many virtual machines within a datacenter. Offline domain join makes it possible for the virtual machines to be joined to the domain when they initially start following the operating system installation. No additional restart is required to complete the domain join. ------ GPO enhancements ----- . Power Plan preference You can use Power Plan preference items to configure default sleep and display options for managing power consumption for computers, reducing power consumption and benefitting the environment. With Power Plan preference items, you can let users make changes to those default options. Although you can also manage power options by using enforced policy settings, some user roles (such as mobile users) might need the flexibility to change those settings on their own. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
