Task 1 – Perform administrative tasks to manage network users and resources 1. Bring out a document which will include a pre-installation, implementation and post-installation scenarios to have a domain based system to address the above mentioned requirements. Moreover, to substantiate your plan also include a set of settings/observations you are familiar with during the lab sessions describing the application of security rights to user, groups, organizational units, security policies like account naming convention, password policy, hardware access etc. [Assessment Criteria: 1.a, 1.b] Task 2 – Apply architectural concepts to the design/evaluation of networks The company Head Office is in Soho and they have 450 employees working in this site. The computers used by the employees in different departments come with various hardware and software specification. For instance, the computers used by the Admin Department are of low hardware profiles whereas the computers for the Designers and Back End Developers are high-end machines with higher processing, memory and graphics capacity. In this context, produce a document taking into consideration of the following major issues and also suggest any alternatives with proper justification: 1. Hardware and software requirements, their application relating with OSI layers 2. Selection of network topologies 3. IP addressing design and implementation 4. Selection of Network Operating systems and client operating systems 5. Networking utilities to be applied to diagnose and troubleshoot network OS problems. [Assessment Criteria: 2.a, 2.b, 2.c, 2.d, 2.e] Task 3 – Apply appropriate security to safeguard network resources Considering the requirement of Reading Room, produce an analytical report on how the following Windows server features can be utilised. 1. Usage of Distributed file system 2. Security, compression & encryption mechanisms for file/folder 3. Implementation of security certificates to the documents 4. Web access of the documents. [Assessment Criteria: 3.a, 3.b, 3.c] Task 4 – Configuring an Internet Server The company plans to host its own website as well as provide many staff groups to manage their own websites in-house using the same dedicated internet connection provided by the ISP. As a system administrator considering the above mentioned requirements/ constraints, produce: 1. A report illustrating "How would you address these additional requirements" justifying your selection of tools, technologies and techniques [Assessment Criteria: 4.a, 4.b, 4.c]