IT Solutions for businesses with 51–250 computers
Published: 23 February 2006
Keeping pace with change is one of the biggest problems facing midsize businesses today. Outdated legacy systems hamper customer service, compromise security, and decrease productivity. organisations need solutions that are easily customized, maintained, and adapted for growth. The following solutions are designed for midsize businesses with 51-to-250 computers. The solutions are optimised for businesses that are progressively increasing the use of information technology (IT) to empower employees and connect with customers. This series of solutions provides greater flexibility in terms of IT design and the number of supported computers, so that the solution you invest in today will adapt to your needs tomorrow.
Midsize business IT solutions
| • | Desktop Deployment for Midsize Businesses
Learn business desktop deployment techniques for midsize organisations with limited management, basic management, and well-managed infrastructures. |
| • | Midsize Business Solution for Core Infrastructure
A well-implemented core infrastructure is a prerequisite for deploying the rest of the solutions in this series. The core infrastructure includes the main office and branch office local area networks (LANs), the network and directory services, secure Internet connectivity, and file services. |
| • | Midsize Business Solution for Management and Security using Active Directory Group Policy*
This solution provides guidance on designing and setting up the OU structure and configuring and implementing Group Policy to perform folder redirection, software installation, wireless configuration, SUS client configuration, and configuring user accounts to use roaming profiles. (Beta release) |
| • | Midsize Business Solution for Messaging Services
See how to implement Exchange Server 2003-based messaging services for midsize businesses. |
| • | Midsize Business Solution for Collaboration Services
Get guidance on using Windows SharePoint Services sites to implement company intranet and extranet Web portal sites. |
| • | Midsize Business Solution for Print Services
Learn how to implement different print service configurations to meet the unique printing requirements of your organisation, such as centralized print administration and internet provider IP printing. |
| • | Midsize Business Solution for Remote Connectivity
Get information about how to implement client-to-site and site-to-site remote connectivity using the virtual private network (VPN) service of Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004. Remote access to e-mail, internal Web sites, and line-of-business (LOB) applications is also discussed. |
| • | Midsize Business Solution for Patch Management
Find out how to implement a centralized patch management solution using Software Update Services (SUS) to keep servers and client computers up to date. |
| • | Midsize Business Solution for Client Configuration
Get guidance on configuring client computers and devices in the midsize IT environment to obtain maximum benefits for the midsize business. |
Midsize business guides
*The Midsize Business Solution for Management and Security using Active Directory Group Policy and the Midsize Business Guide for Pilot Deployment and Migration are being released as Beta. They are available separately and are not a part of the download of the entire Midsize IT Solution Series.
