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Crete, Inc. has hired you as an IT consultant for improving on their current Windows Infrastructure. Crete, Inc. is a manufacturing company of automotive fabrics that has locations in Detroit, New York, Atlanta, and Mexico. The majority of staff, including IT, is located in their headquarters in Atlanta. The Detroit and New York offices have mostly sales and marketing personnel.

As you a consultant, you are bidding on a lucrative contract to design and implement a robust Windows network. Crete, Inc. has provided details of their current IT infrastructure.

·         The main datacenter is located in Atlanta. The Atlanta office has one main data center and three offices converted for additional data center space due to space issues in the main data center.

o   Microsoft Exchange email system, which runs on 4 physical servers.

o   20 SQL Servers

o   12 Oracle Database Servers

o   4 File and Print Servers

o   12 Web Servers

o   40 Application Servers (HR, finance, budget, inventory control, licensing, reporting, etc.)

·         WAN connectivity is in place between all sites using secure (IPSec) tunnel with redundancy.

·         Security, in terms of firewalls and IPS and IDS, is in place and will be handled separately.

·         Assumptions can be made regarding any information not included here; however, all assumptions should be identified.

Topics to Cover in your Proposal:Your document should cover the content presented in the course. The outline below contains recommended points to cover. You are free to add other related information.

Describe the technical and business reasons for each choice, citing other resources as appropriate.

The Windows Server 2012 operating system should be used for all aspects of the solution.

The topics include:

Clustering and NLB

·         Identify, justify and develop a plan for clustering servers. Which service/servers should be clustered?

·         Plan for load balancing web servers.

Virtualize

·         Since space in the data center is issue, plan for using virtual technology. Your proposal should include, but not be limited to, networking, storage/SAN, managing.

·         Requirements for a virtual template

Single Sign ON

·         Crete, Inc. would like to access internal inventory so they can place orders. Develop a plan for ADFS.