Case Scenario 1: Add New User Accounts
Your organization has acquired another company, “Boss Std” with 100 users. The “Boss Std” network doesn’t use Microsoft Technologies. Instead, the company uses a Linux-based directory service solution. The VP of Information Technology would like to add new users to the organization’s Microsoft Active Directory network as soon as possible. She is considering hiring college students to add all user accounts manually.
Use the class textbook, the Library Database Books 24×7, and the Internet to research and support your answers:
Do you agree with her solution? Why or why not?
What Microsoft solution(s) would you select to create the user accounts? Explain.
Case Scenario 2: Organization Units and Group Policy Objects
The VP of Information Technology informed the network administrators that they must restructure the Active Directory Organizational Units because the company decided to consolidate the Sales and Marketing Departments in one. The company must also implement new security policies across the entire organization to comply with new state laws. Some of the new requirements include displaying legal notices to all users, moderating access to the control panel, increasing the password length/complexity, and restricting removable media drives. As the Active Directory expert, you have been asked the following?
Use the class textbook, the Library Database Books 24×7, and the Internet to research and support your answers:
How can the consolidation be implemented without affecting users’ access to network resources? How?
What should you configure to meet the new security policy? Provide full explanations and examples.
