Deploy Windows Server 2008
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
Use the following documentation to learn how to deploy Windows Server® 2008.
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802.1X Authenticated Wired Access
802.1X Authenticated Wired Access Deployment Guide
Learn how to deploy 802.1X authenticated wired access using Network Policy Server and Group Policy in Windows Server® 2008.
802.1X Authenticated Wireless Access
802.1X Authenticated Wireless Deployment Guide
Learn how to deploy 802.1X authenticated wireless using Network Policy Server and Group Policy in Windows Server® 2008.
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
Learn how to deploy AD DS in Windows Server 2008.
ADMT Guide: Migrating and Restructuring Active Directory Domains
Discover how to migrate or restructure your AD DS environment.
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS)
Learn how to build a federated identity management solution with AD FS that can extend distributed identification, authentication, and authorization services to Web-based applications across organizational and platform boundaries.
Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS)
RMS to AD RMS Migration and Upgrade Guide
Learn how to upgrade and migrate Windows Rights Management Services to AD RMS.
Failover Cluster
Failover Cluster Deployment Guide
Discover how to deploy Failover Cluster in Windows Server 2008.
Foundation Network Guides
Windows Server 2008 Foundation Network Guide
Learn how to deploy Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Domain Name System (DNS), TCP/IP, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Windows Internet Name Service (WINS), and Network Policy Server (NPS) to create a high performance, scalable Windows network and domain. This content is also available for download in Word format at the Microsoft Download Center.
Foundation Network Companion Guide: Deploying 802.1X Authenticated Wired Access with PEAP-MS-CHAP v2
Learn about how to deploy 802.1X authenticated wired access by using Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol-Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2 (PEAP-MS-CHAP v2). This content is also available for download in Word format at the Microsoft Download Center.
Discover how to deploy 802.1X authenticated wireless access by using Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol-Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2 (PEAP-MS-CHAP v2). This content is also available for download in Word format at the Microsoft Download Center.
Foundation Network Companion Guide: Deploying Server Certificates
Explore instructions for deploying server certificates with Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) and autoenrolling server certificates to computers running Network Policy Server (NPS) and the Routing and Remote Access service (RRAS). This content is also available for download in Word format at the Microsoft Download Center.
Foundation Network Companion Guide: Deploying Computer and User Certificates
Learn how to deploy client computer and user certificates for network access authentication with Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS). This content is also available for download in Word format at the Microsoft Download Center.
Foundation Network Companion Guide: Deploying Group Policy by Using Membership Groups
Discover how to deploy Group Policy objects (GPOs) to domain joined computers independent from the organizational unit hierarchy of the domain. Membership in a single membership group causes the correct GPO to be applied to the computer, with filters ensuring that a GPO for one version of Windows is not accidentally applied to a different version. This content is also available for download in Word format at the Microsoft Download Center.
Group Policy
Group Policy Planning and Deployment Guide
Learn how to design and deploy Group Policy.
Hyper-V
Hyper-V Planning and Deployment Guide
Explore how to design and deploy Hyper-V.
Network Access Protection (NAP)
Network Access Protection Deployment Guide
Learn how to deploy NAP using this guide.
Network Policy Server (NPS)
Discover how to deploy NPS with 802.1X authenticating switch access, 802.1X secure wireless access, dial-Up and virtual private network (VPN) access, RADIUS proxy message forwarding, and Network Access Protection (NAP).
Network Load Balancing
Network Load Balancing Deployment Guide
Find out how to deploy Network Load Balancing in Windows Server 2008.
Streaming Media Services
Windows Media Services 2008 Deployment Guide
Discover how to deploy Streaming Media Services.
Web Server
Learn how to deploy Web Services with Internet Information Services 7.0.
Windows Deployment Services
Learn about configuring Windows Deployment Services.
Discover how to optimize Windows Deployment Services deployments.
Performing Unattended Installations
Learn how to perform unattended installations using Windows Deployment Services.
Explore information on how to work with images using Windows Deployment Services.
Discover how to perform common tasks with Windows Deployment Services.
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security and IPsec
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Deployment Guide
Learn how to deploy the design that you created by using the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security Design Guide. The Deployment Guide contains checklists and procedures that answer the “how” questions to go along with the “what,”, “when,” and “why” questions that you answered in the Design Guide. This document is also available combined with the Design Guide as a Word .doc file in the Microsoft Download Center at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=114659.