COMP2240 Operating Systems : Accounts and Finance

a. Set up a small office network, identify devices, network components & media type used
b. Assigning IP addresses to devices connected in a LAN environment
c. Identify issues and suggest solutions related to network or internet Copying, Plagiarism

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Scenario

Mark & Horton tax accountants have opened a new office in Melbourne, Australia. They are committed to providing taxation and financial planning services to both individuals and small

Currently they have the following staff members:

Four(4) full-time tax accountants (Full Time)
Two(2) junior accountants (Full Time)
Two(2) receptionists (Full Time)
Two(2) financial advisors (Part Time – Two days/week)

All the workstations being in workgroup environment have caused a few concerns for the company mainly:

security
retrievalof client information from individual staff computers and
accessibilityof information

Assume that you have been hired to provide advice and help in the installation and configuration of an appropriate operating system that will satisfy the needs of the company. Perform the following tasks to support this. Ensure that all responses are in your own words and references are provided.

Task 1

You have already conducted your research, consulted with the client and made the decision that Windows Server 2019 will satisfy the needs of the company.

a. Youare to install Windows Server 2019 Datacenter and Windows 10 on Oracle Virtual Box and set the Administrator account password to Password1.

b. Youare to take screenshots of installation process (at least three screenshots of your choice during installation)

Task 2

From your research you have determined that the company’s concerns can be overcome by installing Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

Listand explain at least four advantages of domain-based environment over work group

Task 3

You are planning to install Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Answer the following:

Listthe prerequisites for installing Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).
Providereasonable justification/s why these prerequisites are

Task 4

You need to Install and configure Active Directory Domain Service (use installation options as detailed below) on your Windows Server 2019 based on the following:

OnWindows Server 2019 Virtual Machine (computer name MHDC1). Take screenshots for the following:
Installationsteps for active directory (at least three screenshots of your choice during installation)
TCP/IPconfiguration clearly showing IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and Primary
Systemproperties clearly showing computer name and Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN).

Task 5

In Windows Server 2019 log on with the Administrator account and use the Active Directory Administrative Centre or Active Directory Users and Groups to complete the following tasks:

1. Createtwo groups: Accounts and Finance
2. Createand configure two user accounts for Tom Davies and Julie Mann as follows:
3. Setpassword as Password2 for both user
4. SetPassword never expires option for both user
5. Set the SamAccountName for Tom Davies as mhtdavies and add as a memberof the Accounts group (as the 6. primary group) and remove from the Domain Users

Setthe SamAccountName for Julie Mann as mhjmann and add as a member of the Finance group (as the Primary Group) and remove from the Domain Users

Providethree screenshots (as listed below) as evidence of completion of this task:
Ascreenshot for the Active Directory Administrative Centre interface which shows the two newly created groups and two user
Ascreenshot for the properties of Tom Davies’ user account that:
Showsthe username configuration
Showsthe user account only belonging to the Accounts
Ascreenshot for the properties of Julie Mann’s user account that:
Showsthe username configuration
Showsthe user account only belonging to the Finance group

Task 6

In Windows Server 2019 log on with the Administrator account and create a new folder called “Client Data” in “X” drive, and then create or save some text files to this folder. You must configure both the share and NTFS permissions to control access as follows:

Share the Data folder with the Accounts group on the All the users in the Accounts group should have all permissions to the shared folder.
Sharethe Data folder with the Finance All the users in the Finance group should be able to view and open files in the shared folder.
Noother groups or users should be allowed access (either over the network or locally).

Provide screenshots for the above settings. Screenshot should include the following:

Datafolder created
Levelof permissions to the shared folder for each group (Accounts and Finance group).

Task 7

You are to install Windows 10 on Oracle Virtual Box and set the local Administrator account password to Password1.

Configure Windows 10 Host machine with the following configurations and join the mh.com.au domain.

After completing the above configurations, you need to make sure that your Windows 10 Host machine can ping the Windows Server 2019 IP Address, Computer Name, Domain Name, and FQDN.

Take screenshots for the following:

Windows10 Host machine’s TCP/IP configuration clearly showing IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and Primary

Pingoutput of the following
168.1.10
MHDC1
com.au
mh.com.au
Client1has joined the com.au domain.

Task 8

You need to perform this task on Windows 10 virtual machine:

Logon using Tom Davies’ user account,
Mapthe shared Data folder as “Y”
Youneed to test the permission settings that you configured in Task 6 and provide the following as evidence:
Takea screenshot of the File Explorer interface to show the content of “Y” drive
Takescreenshots of the creation of a new file, updating an existing file and deletion of new or existing files

Task 9

You need to perform this task on Windows 10 virtual machine:

Logon using Julie Mann’s user account
Mapthe shared Data folder as “L”
Youneed to test the permission settings that you configured in Task 6 and provide the following as evidence:
Takea screenshot of the File Explorer interface to show the content of “L” drive
Takescreenshots of sub-folder creation, updating an existing file and deletion of existing file

Task 10

Explain the following: (No screenshot required in this Task).

Fourmain functions of an operating system
Thepurpose of utility software such as “Task Manager”.
Alist of Windows server e.g., ADFS, Certificate services. Pick one of your choice and research about their use cases, integration with AD DS.

Ensure that all responses are in your own words and references are provided.

When you have completed, submit the solutions to these tasks via the Upload link in CSE1SIX Assessment: Operating Systems Assignment on the Learning Portal. You should submit the following:

Submityour answers and screenshots to the relevant tasks in a single Word document called docx (where xxx is your student number) with clearly labelled headings for each task.