Windows Server 2003 with Active Directory and Group Policies Wendy Hurst Eastern Kentucky University Department of Technology CEN/CET

2 OUTLINE Motivation Introduction Problem Statement Proposed Solution Results Conclusions Future Work

3 MOTIVATION Learn now, Use later. Will benefit me in the work place. See how group policies worked. Understand servers better. Security problems. Virus problems. User access problems.

4 INTRODUCTION Client machines need to be able to access some things from the network. To do this you need a secure server. There are different types of servers that can be used. I am using DHCP, DNS, and Active directory. To make my client-server setup more secure I am using group policy within Active Directory.

5 PROBLEM STATEMENT Setting up server roles. Setting up security. Setting up users. Limiting user accessibility.

6 PROPOSED SOLUTION Started to use a Dell Power 4200 server, did not work. So rethought project to use a PC for a server. Obtained software and hardware from Professor Kilgore. Added ghost images of both the server and client machine. Added server roles. Added group policies. Tested server and client machine.

7 RESULTS DHCP setup DNS setup Active Directory setup Group Policy setup

8 CONCLUSIONS Works, but not without time and research. Most companies are using or planning on using active directory and group policies now in the future. Server without security is like an unlocked house. Anyone can gain access Learned a lot from this experience.

9 FUTURE WORK Use experience in job. Research and learn more about servers. Could add different servers such as file servers, print servers, exchange servers, etc. Could add in different security programs such as ISA, IIS, etc.