Summary: A new company is starting up. "NexisLexis" - which focuses on software development for law firms. The software they produce is targeted at providing large enterprises with access to a suite of legal documents. Many legal documents require special clearance.

The company will hire at least the following staff:

System Administrators

o Server Admins

o Mail Server Admins

o Network Admins

HR Staff

Accountants

Technical Writers

Helpdesk staff

NexisLexis will operate in 3 distinct geographical locations, and have 2 domains:

NexisLexis.com (Canada)

Asia.NexisLexis.com (India and Japan)

The company will operate out of 3 distinct geographical regions, all requiring IT infrastructure:

Canada

India

Japan

The Ask: The president of NexisLexis has asked you, yes you - to a comprehensive go-forward plan to support the organizational startup. The plan must include the following

Server and Service layout (where servers are located, what services run on then, and how are services/servers interconnected across distinct geographical sites)

o Include how these servers are configured - including what best-practices you applied to ensure availability, security, and reliability (research may be required)

o How your domain(s) are planned (you can have one domain, or two - but remember, you must do something with Asia.NexisLexis.com - what will you do?)

An organizational OU structure, outlaying how you will organize the organization, users, computers. This should be presented as a diagram.

An RBAC plan to delegate access to the staff of the organization

o A breakdown of what they should have access to, based on the role

o Be specific

A set of Group Policies for your organization

Technical Criteria

Server configuration, including a breakdown of roles

Application of best practices, availability and security

Organizational Structure

RBAC structure

Group Policies

Geographical Locations well represented

Citation