Research assignment Part 3

Explain Active Directory Federation Services: Active Directory federation Services is a server role in the Server 2008 operating system that you can use to create a highly extensible, Internet-scalable, and secure identity access solution that can operate across multiple platforms, including both Windows and non-Windows environments. The following sections provide information about AD FS in Windows Server 2008, including information about the additional functionality in AD FS in Windows Server 2008 compared to the version of AD FS in the Windows Server 2003 R2 operating system.
Active Directory lightweight directory Services: directory service that provides flexible support for directory-enabled applications, without the dependencies that are required for Active Directory Domain Services. AD LDS provides much of the same functionality as AD DS, but it does not require the deployment of domains or domain controllers. You can run multiple instances of AD LDS concurrently on a single computer, with an independently managed schema for each AD LDS instance.
Active Directory Certificate services: is a server role in Windows Server 2008 that provides Web single-sign-on (SSO) technologies to authenticate a user to multiple Web applications over the life of a single online session
Active Directory Rights Management Services: is an information protection technology that works with AD RMS-enabled applications to help safeguard digital information from unauthorized use. Content owners can define who can open, modify, print, forward, or take other actions with the information.

Explain server manager, the new role-based management tool for windows server 2008, and describe the tools it was designed to replace: Server Manager is a new feature that is included in Windows Server 2008, which is designed to guide information technology administrators through the process of installing, configuring, and managing server roles and features that are part of the Windows Server 2008 release. Server Manager is launched automatically after the administrator completes the tasks listed in Initial Configuration Tasks. If the Initial Configuration Tasks window has been turned off, Server Manager is also launched automatically when an administrator logs on to the server. Server Manager replaces a number of features from Microsoft Windows Server such as Manage Your Server, Configure Your Server, and Add or Remove Windows Components. Explain how Network Access Protection (NAP): It creates a security architecture that allows administrators to control access to critical resources and assist users in meeting security requirements. 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

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