You have been asked to review the network of a local company, Badger Tools, Inc.

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You have been asked to review the network of a local company, Badger Tools, Inc. Badger Tools is running Windows Server 2008 on its three servers and Windows Vista Enterprise on its 15 desktop clients. Currently, all updates are being performed manually by the system administrator. Badger Tools would like recommendations on how they can improve their network management and Windows Update procedures. Your task is to perform the following:

List all the tools and utilities you would utilize to review their network:

Make recommendations on how they can improve the management of their network

Explanation / Answer

The list of tools and utilities that can be used to review the network are:

1.Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer which is used used to determine the security state by assessing the missing security updates and least secure settings.
2 It is suggestable to run the diagonastic Data collector set on each set to monitor and diagonise the network.
3. Performance Monitor to check the performance of each server
4..Reliability Monitor to check and review the reliabilty.

Recommendations are :

1)To use data collectors for gathering information from all the servers.
2) To install Windows Server Update Services(WSUS) to manage the updates and distribute them to all the systems in the network.
3)To create baselines for all the services which could be reference in the future.

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