Libyan International Medical University

Faculty of Information Technology

Microsoft Windows Server Administration

computer network architecture

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 Outlines
• Peer to peer (Workgroups )
• What is a homegroup?
• Clint and server network (domain)
• Application server
• Database server
• File server
• Game server
• Configure homegroup
• Configure peer to peer network
 Objectives
By end of this lecture the student you would be able :
• Compare and contrast peer to peer and client server .
• Explain the basic operation of peer to peer architecture.
• Define application, file, game serevr.
• Define windows server 2012,2016,2019 .
• Compare versions of homegroup and workgroup.
• Configure homegroup network
• Configure peer to peer network

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 Peer to peer (Workgroups )
• Each PC that's a member of the group can access the resources being
shared by other PCs and in turn can share its own if configured to do so.
Windows workgroups can be found in homes, schools and small
businesses.
• Joining a workgroup requires setting up the PC with a workgroup name
matching that of other PCs in the group. All Windows PCs are
automatically assigned to a default group named "WORKGROUP" (in
Windows XP, "MSHOME"). Users with administrative privileges can
change this name from the WIndows Control Panel (the "Change settings"
link under System). Note that workgroup names are managed separately
from computer names.
• In computer networking, a workgroup is a collection of computers on
a local area network (LAN) that share common resources and
responsibilities. The term is most commonly associated with Microsoft
Windows workgroups but also applies in other environments

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 Peer to peer (Workgroups ) (cont.)
• In workgroup all computers have equal rights.
• Workgroup has a limit of twenty computers.
• In workgroup all computers must be on same local network.
• Workgroup works on all windows version.
• Workgroup works on both IP versions: IPv4 and IPv6.
• In workgroup every computer requires same workgroup name.
• Workgroup needs technical knowledge to setup.
• Workgroup requires security and sharing permissions to be set.
• To use a workgroup computer you need to have a user account on that
computer.
• Passwords can become out of synchronize, if changed on one computer
and not others

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Workgroup network (cont.)

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 What is a homegroup?
• A homegroup makes it easier to share files and printers on a home
network. You can share pictures, music, videos, documents, and printers
with other people in your homegroup. Other people can't change the files
that you share, unless you give them permission to do so.
• When you set up a computer with this version of Windows, a homegroup
is created automatically if one doesn't already exist on your home
network. If a homegroup already exists, you can join it. After you create or
join a homegroup, you can select the libraries that you want to share. You
can prevent specific files or folders from being shared, and you can share
additional libraries later. You can help protect your homegroup with a
password, which you can change at any time.
• A homegroup is protected with a password, but you only need to type the
password once

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 Homegroup
• Homegroup does not have a limit of computers.
• You can join as much computers as you want.
• Homegroup can be password protected.
• Homegroup is easy to setup. All sharing options are enabled
automatically.
• Homegroup can be span over the subnet.
• Homegroup requires window7 or higher version.
• If your network has all computers lower than windows 7
then you should use workgroup. But if you have windows 7
or higher version then you should always use homegroup to
take the advantage of new features.

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Homegroup (cont)

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 Clint and server network (domain)
• In a domain One or more computers are servers.
• Network administrators use servers to control the security and
permissions for all computers on the domain ,This makes it easy to make
changes because the changes are automatically made to all computers.
• If you have a user account on the domain, you can log on to any computer
on the domain without needing an account on that computer.
• You probably can make only limited changes to a computer's settings
because network administrators often want to ensure consistency among
computers.
• There can be thousands of computers in a domain.
• The computers can be on different local networks.
• Need to operating system special with network like
Windows server 2003,2008,2012,2016

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Clint and server network (domain) (cont)

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Clint and server network (domain) (cont)

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 Application server
Hosts web apps (computer programs that run inside a web
browser) allowing users in the network to run and use them,
without having to install a copy on their own computers. Unlike
what the name might imply, these servers need not be part of
the world wide web; any local network would do
Database server
Maintains and shares any form of database (organized
collections of data with predefined properties that may be
displayed in a table) over a network.
A database server is a computer system that provides other
computers with services related to accessing and retrieving data
from a database. Access to the database server may occur via a
"front end" running locally a user's machine , or "back end"
running on the database server itself, accessed by remote shell.

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 File server
a file server (or fileserver) is a computer attached to a network
that provides a location for shared disk access, shared storage of
computer files (such as documents, sound files, photographs,
movies, images, databases, etc.) that can be accessed by the
workstations that are able to reach the computer that shares the
access through a computer network. The term server highlights
the role of the machine in the client–server scheme, where
the clients are the workstations using the storage. It is common
that a file server does not perform computational tasks, and does
not run programs on behalf of its clients. It is designed primarily
to enable the storage and retrieval of data while the
computation is carried out by the workstations.

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 Print server
• A print server, or printer server, is a device that connects printers to client
computers over a network It accepts print jobs from the computers and
sends the jobs to the appropriate printers, queuing the jobs locally to
accommodate the fact that work may arrive more quickly than the printer
can actually handle. Ancillary functions include the ability to inspect the
queue of jobs to be processed, the ability to reorder or delete waiting print
jobs, or the ability to do various kinds of accounting (such as counting
pages, which may involve reading data generated by the printer(s)).

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Print server

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 A Game server

• (also sometimes referred to as a host) is

a server which is the authoritative source of
events in a multiplayer video game. The server
transmits enough data about its internal state
to allow its connected clients to maintain their
own accurate version of the game world for
display to players. They also receive and
process each player's input.

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 A web server
• A web server is a computer system that processes
requests via HTTP, the basic network protocol used
to distribute information on the World Wide Web.
The term can refer to the entire system, or
specifically to the software that accepts and
supervises the HTTP requests
• The primary function of a web server is to store,
process and deliver web pages to clients. The
communication between client and server takes
place using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

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 Proxy server
• In computer networks, a proxy server is a server (a computer
system or an application) that acts as an intermediary for
requests from clients seeking resources from other servers.
• A client connects to the proxy server, requesting some
service, such as a file, connection, web page, or other
resource available from a different server and the proxy
server evaluates the request as a way to simplify and control
its complexity
• Today, most proxies are web proxies, facilitating access to
content on the World Wide Web, providing anonymity and
may be used to bypass IP address blocking.

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Proxy server(cont)

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 Configure peer to peer network

Make sure from workgroup name must be same (computer + properties)

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Install workgroup network

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Install workgroup network(cont)

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 Install workgroup network
Configure IP address IPV4

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Configure IP address IPV4

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 Configure IP address

Same in all hosts in network with same

network address
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Turn of firewall

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Turn of firewall (cont)

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Turn of firewall (cont)

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 Sharing folders
• Right click on folder then properties ,sharing
then choice the people that can access to
folder

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sharing folders (cont)

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sharing folders (cont)

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sharing folders

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 Access to sharing folders
My computer ,network

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Access to sharing folders(cont)

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Access to sharing folders (cont)

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Another way to access to sharing folders

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Access to sharing folders

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Access to sharing folders

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Configure home group network

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Configure home group network (cont)

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Configure home group network (cont)

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Configure home group network(cont)

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Password protected

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 Join to homegroup (cont)
Computer then homegroup then join now

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Join to homegroup

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Type a password

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Now join to homegroup

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