The environment
The following diagram gives you an overview of the relevant parts of the current infrastructure within The Financial Company:
The diagram does not represent any scaling scenarios but rather shows the different functions we will be using in this book.
In the following table, you will find a short summary of the systems involved:
|
System |
Usage |
Products installed/to be installed |
|---|---|---|
|
DC |
This is the domain controller for the Active Directory domain |
The AD DS and DNS roles need to be installed. |
|
CA |
This is the Enterprise Root CA. The Financial Company uses only a one-layer PKI without any HSM. |
AD CS, including the Web Enrollment role, needs to be installed. |
|
SQL |
The central Microsoft SQL server is used by many systems. Among these systems are the HR and Phone systems. |
SQL Server 2014, including Integration Services, needs to be installed. |
|
TFCEX01/02 |
This is the e-mail system. |
Exchange 2013 needs to be installed. |
|
TFCMIM02 |
This is the test and development server for MIM. |
SQL Server 2014 and Visual Studio 2013, along with MIM Sync, Service, and Portal, need to be installed. |
|
TFCSYNC01/0 |
This is the MIM Synchronization server. |
MIM Synchronization service. |
|
TFCMIM01 |
This is the MIM Web Service and Portal server. |
MIM Service and MIM Portal need to be installed. |
|
TFCCM01 |
This is the MIM Certificate Management server. |
MIM CM Service and Portal need to be installed. |
|
TFCSSPR01 |
This is the MIM Password Registration and Reset server. |
MIM Password Registration and Reset need to be installed. |
|
TFCSCSM-MGMT01 |
This is the SCSM Management server used by MIM Reporting. |
SQL Server 2014 and System Center Service Manager need to be installed. |
|
TFCSCSM-DW01 |
SCSM Data Warehouse server used by MIM Reporting. |
SQL Server 2014 and System Center Service Manager need to be installed. |
All systems have Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 as the operating system.
The products installed or to be installed show the status of the systems when we start our journey in this book. Details about the features and products already installed will be explained in Chapter 2, Installation.
The Active Directory domain within The Financial Company is thefinancialcompany.net, which uses TFC as the NetBIOS name. The public domain used by The Financial Company is thefinancialcompany.net; this is also the primary e-mail domain used.
