Introduction
Micro Widgets, Incorporated, having recently completed the upgrade process from Microsoft Windows Server 2008 to Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and the implementation of a patch management solution, wants to extend the capabilities of their Microsoft Windows Server 2012 environment. Currently, mwi.com lives on a third party hosted server. While this was the proper solution while company was in its infancy, it no longer fits within the organizational plan. This proposal will address the process for hosting mwi.com on a Microsoft Windows Server 2012 server internally. The proposal will also address securing the web server and website. This proposal will also address name resolution for the corporate offices and the ten remote locations.
Hosted Website
Because mwi.com lives in a hosted environment, the corporate website frequently appears offline to our customers and employees alike. Server resources within the shared environment are not always available for the mwi.com website but for other websites living within the shared environment. Making the move to bring the website home and host it on a Server 2012 server, Micro Widgets, Incorporated can take advantage of the fact that “Windows Server 2012 offers a high-density, highly scalable environment that can be modified to perform at the optimum level based on the needs of the business” (Secura, 2013). Once moved, mwi.com will live in an environment where server resources will exist solely to support mwi.com.
Self Hosted Website
In order to move mwi.com into the Micro Widgets, Incorporated environment, a Microsoft Windows Server 2012 server that meets the requirements for hosting a website needs implementation within the environment. After installing Server 201...
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