Suppose that you are the new administrators for the Contoso Corporation, which is a leading company in producing smart devices for the home. You need to read the background information for the Contoso Corporation provided in Appendix, then read the information provided in Task1, Task2, Task3 and Task4, and then describe your solution for all of them.

For each task you will be creating a proposal that includes the following sections:

➢ Purpose of the Project

➢ Requirements of the Project

➢ The Proposed Solution

When writing the proposal, you must explain the reasoning behind your choices.

Task 1 - Planning an Upgrade and migration to Windows Server 2012 R2

As part of a test system, you administer a test domain consisting of four servers running Windows Server 2008 R2. You have been tasked with upgrading the entire domain and all four servers to Windows Server 2012 R2, including the domain and forest functional levels.

Currently, the systems are used by various groups to test various applications before they are deployed to production. Therefore, you need to devise an upgrade plan to move the domain to Windows Server 2012 R2.

Task 2 - Designing a fault tolerant DHCP System

The Contoso Corporation has a DHCP cluster running on Windows Server 2008 R2 and the call center has a Windows Server 2008 R2. You need to create a plan to upgrade the DHCP services to run on Windows Server 2012 R2. In addition, you need to figure out the best configuration for the DHCP server and scopes to provide high availability and robust system.

Task 3 - Planning a VPN Solution

Now that you examined the Contoso Corporation and its infrastructure, and you have researched the VPN technology you want to deploy; you will develop a plan to implement a VPN solution.When designing a VPN solution, you want to ensure that you maintain security for the corporation and the corporation resources. In addition, you must specify all components that are needed to implement the VPN solution and how you are going to configure the clients so that they can use the VPN server.

Task 4 – Planning a Group Policy

As a system engineer for Contoso Corporation, your manager wants you to review the GPOs and determine the best strategy to deploy when using and managing GPOs. He also wants you to recommend GPO settings that should be applied. Provide your solution for implementation of GPOs in your proposal.