IT Connection Newsletter: Issue 5
Progent's Microsoft Certified Experts Offer
Windows Server 2008 R2 Migration Consulting
Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP 1 is loaded with new and improved features. Progent's Microsoft-certified Server Platform consultants can help you carry out a smooth and affordable migration to Windows Server 2008 R2.
Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP 1 adds major improvements to the initial release of Windows Server 2008 in key areas that include server and desktop virtualization, branch office connectivity, web hosting and application development, availability, fault tolerance, management automation, and integration with Windows 7 clients. Offered only in 64-bit versions, Windows Server 2008 R2 delivers advanced levels of performance, scalability, security and fault tolerance that accelerate return on investment by lowering equipment and operating costs and increasing the output of local, remote, and mobile workers.
Progent is a Microsoft Partner with the top-level certification in the Server Platform competency. Progent's network engineers can provide cost-effective remote consulting, technical support, and training services to help you plan, implement, and manage Windows Server 2008 R2 in order to add substantial business value to your information system.
Major Editions of Windows 2008 Server R2
Microsoft offers Windows Server 2008 R2 in versions for businesses of any size. Important editions of Windows Server 2008 R2 include:
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation: This entry-level edition is aimed at small businesses that need an affordable, dependable, and secure application server. The Foundation edition supports 8 GB of RAM, one CPU, and 50 Remote Service Gateways but does not include Hyper-V, DirectAccess for remote access without a VPN connection, or Failover Clustering.
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard: The Standard edition is for small and mid-size businesses and has a rich feature set that includes Hyper-V and advanced remote access technology but does not support Failover Clustering. This edition supports 32 GB of RAM, 4 CPUs, one virtual machine in addition to a host, and 250 Remote Service Gateways.
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise: The Enterprise edition is designed for businesses who need to minimize downtime for mission-critical applications. High-availability technologies provided in this edition and not in the Standard edition include Failover Clustering, fault-tolerant memory synchronization, and Hot Add Memory. The Enterprise edition supports 2 TB of RAM, 8 CPUs, 4 virtual machines in addition to the host, and unlimited Remote Service Gateways.
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter: This premier edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 is for organizations requiring the highest levels of availability and scalability. This edition supports 2 TB of RAM, up to 64 CPUs, plus unlimited virtual machine licensing and Remote Service Gateways. Additional fault-tolerant technologies include Hot Replace Memory and Hot Add/Replace Processors.
- Microsoft Web Server 2008 R2: This edition offers an affordable, dedicated platform for web applications and services. The Web edition does not include Hyper-V, Failover Clustering, or Remote Service Gateways. This web-facing server supports 32 GB of RAM and 4 CPUs and can be virtualized as a guest.
- Server Core installation options are supported for all these editions of Windows Server 2008 R2 except Foundation. Server Core installations allow you to select only the server roles you need to run your applications. These minimal configurations reduce physical resource requirements, simplify management tasks by eliminating unnecessary components, and enhance security by shrinking the operating system's attack surface.
Progent's Support for Windows Server 2008 R2
Progent offers affordable remote consulting and support services to help you plan, deploy, and manage Windows Server 2008 R2. Progent can help you evaluate the business value of upgrading from earlier versions of Windows Server and can follow industry best practices to ensure a smooth migration to this powerful platform.
Progent's Hyper-V virtualization consultants can help you set up a secure virtualized server environment that cuts data center costs, is easy to manage, and offers a high level of availability and recoverability. Progent's infrastructure experts can show you how to set up fast, safe, and reliable connections between your data center and branch offices, telecommuters, and mobile workers. Progent's business continuity engineers can help you to design, test, and document proven disaster recovery procedures and can show you economical ways to maximize network uptime despite natural catastrophes.
Progent's security engineers can help you define and implement appropriate Windows Server 2008 R2 Group Policy for managing options like registry-based policy and security settings, administration scripts, Remote Installation Server, and folder redirection. Progent can also perform remote security scans to help assess your network's vulnerability to external and internal attacks in order to validate security compliance and protect your information resources.
Find Out More About Progent's Server Support
To get in touch with Progent about consulting or troubleshooting help with technologies associated with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, call
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Private Cloud Hosting Services Consultant Services
24-7 Private Cloud Hosting Professional
Progent's private cloud hosting enables small and midsize organizations to run mission-critical applications like Microsoft SQL and Exchange Server from a secure Tier III data center facility on fault-tolerant hardware with offsite data backup. Progent utilizes Microsoft's Hyper-V platform for server virtualization and Microsoft Data Protection Manager for automatic backup replication and restoration. Smaller organizations can take advantage of Progent's private cloud hosting service to eliminate major investments in the acquisition, maintenance, and operation of computer hardware and facilities while achieving world-class levels of system availability and physical security.
Ekahau Wi-Fi Site Validation IT Services
Online Troubleshooting Ekahau Wi-Fi RF Spectrum Analysis
Progent's Ekahau-certified Wi-Fi consultants can help your business to plan, install, optimize, manage and debug a Wi-Fi network optimized for your environment. Progent offers online or on-premises expertise for Ekahau Pro for predictive Wi-Fi design and Ekahau Sidekick for on-premises RF signal measurement.
.NET Expert Development
Design Firms Application
For custom program development, Progent can supply programming experts to produce business software in areas such as eCommerce, web development, Microsoft Dynamics products including Great Plains Software accounting system, and custom management reports based on Crystal Reports, Access Report, or FRx Reports. Progent's consultants can use Microsoft IIS to build company-specific eCommerce solutions powered by Microsoft ASP.NET. In addition, Progent can provide expertise in a broad range of custom program development environments including SQL Server and Delphi. For custom e-Commerce software, Progent also can provide expertise in custom Microsoft Access, custom Microsoft Visual Basic, custom Excel, and any other specialized programming based on any Microsoft development platform.
System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager Support
Data Protection Manager 2016 Storage Pools Technology Consulting Services
System Center 2016 Data Protection Manager (SCDPM 2016) offers near-continuous backup and easy recovery functions for Microsoft environment. SCDPM 2016 delivers application-aware protection for critical platforms like Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange and SharePoint, protects Windows and Linux VMs, works with VMs running on Windows Hyper-V as well as VMware, and integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Azure for easy-to-manage cloud-based backup and recovery. Progent's Microsoft-certified experts can help organizations of all sizes to design, implement, manage, and troubleshoot an enterprise-wide backup/recovery solution built around SCDPM 2016. Progent can help you to migrate from a previous version of DPM or from a legacy solution, and Progent can optimize your SCDPM 2016 ecosystem for on local, hosted, cloud or hybrid deployments. Progent offers online or onsite consulting expertise and can deliver as-needed guidance to resolve challenging issues or provide comprehensive project management or co-management support to make sure you complete your Data Protection Manager 2016 initiative on time and on budget.
Barracuda Networks F600D Series Firewalls Cybersecurity Consultancy
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Barracuda's affordable CloudGen Firewall appliances combine web filtering, remote access, SSL tunnel VPN, high-security SD-WAN, and modern Zero-Trust protection along with centralized management throughout your complete enterprise including on-premises, cloud, and hybrid network models. Public clouds supported include Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Progent can deliver the expertise to serve as your single source for network guidance, maintenance, training, and cybersecurity consulting.
Check Point 3000 Firewalls Security Companies
Check Point VPN-1 Security Auditing
Progent's Check Point Software experts can help you select and configure Check Point Software Firewall utilities and appliances powered by Check Point Software's technology to offer an economical and effective security solution for your corporate network. Progent can also help you configure other Check Point products including ZoneAlarm and Check Point Power-1 appliances with security products from other suppliers and offer a single stop for on-going network support, maintenance, education, and consulting expertise.
Small Business WAP361 Support and Integration
Small Business WAP351 Specialist
Progent's Cisco-certified wireless technology consulting experts can assist organizations to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot Cisco Small Business Wireless Access Points.
Consulting Services MRTG for Linux
IT Consulting MRTG
Network monitoring typically consists of observing a network's resource utilization in order to identify throughput backups or troubleshoot hardware or program problems. Nagios and Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) are useful, license-free monitoring utilities that work under Linux or UNIX and can be used to observe mixed-platform networks where UNIX and Windows operate together. Progent's system support engineers can help you take advantage of both these tools to tune and repair your network. Progent's Linux support services offer small businesses and programmers help with managing and supporting UNIX and Linux systems that coexist with Windows-based technology.
Top Quality Remote Support Monitoring and Reporting
Monitoring and Reporting Technology Consulting Services
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants have more than a decade of experience designing, implementing, optimizing and fixing SCOM solutions and offer companies of all sizes advanced online or on-premises consulting support for System Center 2012 Operations Manager. Progent can help you to design a topology for Microsoft SCOM 2012 servers that delivers the responsiveness and availability needed to watch over your datacenter effectively, whether your datacenters are onsite, cloud-based, or a hybrid solution. Progent's SCOM consultants can also assist you to import and customize SCOM 2012 management packs according to best practices for monitoring network fabric and Microsoft and third-party applications and services. In addition, Progent can deliver responsive remote or onsite troubleshooting to assist you to remediate serious problems detected by Microsoft SCOM 2012.
Cisco Certified CCIE Remote Technical Support
Cisco Access Point Technology Consultant
Progent's Cisco certified networking experts have extensive experience helping Internet Service Providers to architect, implement, administer, tune, and troubleshoot high-availability, scalable connectivity environments suitable for public networks.
Virtual Server Technology Engineer
Top Rated Virtualization Professionals
With virtual server technology, companies are able to operate many virtual servers on a single actual server. Virtual server technology allows IT organizations to enjoy all the benefits of server isolation, but without the costs associated with purchasing extra server equipment. Virtual servers are the enabling technology behind private clouds, which provide major advantages including lowering the costs of hardware, datacenter facilities, and administration while enhancing data protection, network reliability, and recoverability. Other key server management technologies are network monitoring software, Windows Server Update Services, and remote system management cards. Progent's professional server management consultants can assist you in all aspects of server virtualization and administration to allow your company to contain expenses and save time.
Largest Technology Consulting Aironet 1600 Access Point
Aironet 2700 Access Point Support and Integration
Progent's Cisco CCIE wireless network infrastructure experts offer remote or onsite integration and debugging support to assist your organization to plan, implement, upgrade, tune, administer and troubleshoot Aironet Wi-Fi access point deployments of any scale or topology. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller consultants can also assist you to integrate your Wi-Fi environment with your wired network and cloud-based resources to build a seamless enterprise connectivity solution that is simple to manage and expand. Progent also offers affordable wireless site surveys to assist you to determine the most efficient selection, placement and setup of Aironet Wi-Fi access points to accommodate your specific office design, building structure, and anticipated network traffic.
macOS Technical Support Services
Small Office IT Consultants Mac
Progent provides nationwide online help and consulting services for businesses that operate Apple Mac networks or whose information systems include a combination of Apple macOS and OS X with Microsoft Windows products. Progent's experts offer Apple macOS and OS X clients a variety of IT services such as desktop assistance, migration to the latest edition of Mac OS X from other earlier editions of Apple macOS and Mac OS X, plus help with Mac application software. Progent can also assist you with Apple iPhone and iPad integration and management, or moving to iCloud. Remote network consulting offers optimum leverage for your information technology budget by protecting client productivity and limiting the hours billed for computer repair services. Sophisticated online access tools and skilled technicians and consultants combine to enable Progent to handle most IT problems without wasting time and expense by traveling to your location. In the vast majority of situations your network issues can be dealt with over the phone or through a mix of telephone help and remote network analysis. Progent can offer the services of Cisco certified CCIE infrastructure experts and CISSP and ISSAP premier security professionals to help you with the most difficult system issues.
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Conti ransomware recovery Consult
Progent's experienced ransomware recovery experts can help you to restore a network victimized by a ransomware attack such as Ryuk, Maze, Sodinokibi, Netwalker, LockBit or Nephilim.
Jabber and Expressway Consultants
Network Consultant Jabber and Microsoft Office
Progent's Jabber consultants offer online or on-premises support to assist organizations of all sizes to design, deploy, maintain, upgrade or troubleshoot Cisco Jabber solutions and Cisco Unified Communications Manager infrastructure. Progent offers in-depth support for the technologies that make up creating an end-to-end Jabber solution including Cisco network appliances and management tools, Microsoft 365 apps, Windows and Mac desktops, iOS and Google Android smartphones, SIP interfaces, Wi-Fi networks, security and compliance, cloud computing, immersive telepresence systems, PBX systems, disaster recovery preparedness, and other components of a cohesive collaboration ecosystem.
ISA 2004 Firewall Online Help
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Progent's certified ISA Server consulting experts have broad backgrounds developing Microsoft-based security designs for IT networks with multiple locations, mobile users, and mission-critical web-based applications. A Progent ISA 2004 Firewall consultant can help your small company plan and deploy a configuration of ISA Server 2004 that meets your information protection requirements without restricting your productivity.
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Progent has been delivering SharePoint consulting services since the first SharePoint product was released more than 20 years ago, and Progent has the breadth and depth of IT knowledge to help organizations of any size to plan and carry out a SharePoint Server 2013 deployment and develop SharePoint 2013 apps that bring substantial business benefit to your information network. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist you to evaluate the risks and benefits of migrating to SharePoint 2013 or SharePoint Online from earlier releases of SharePoint or from another collaboration environment; decide if an in-house, Cloud-based or hybrid configuration is most sensible for your company; and select the right version of SharePoint 2013 for your purposes. Progent can provide comprehensive project management outsourcing or can help in specific jobs related to your SharePoint 2013 deployment.
Project Implementation Consultancy
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For advanced project management support, Progent can provide the services of senior information technology experts with years of experience in IT management, program development, and process design for organizations from Big 4 firms to dot-com startups to government agencies. These high-level IT managers can provide project management skills to assist enterprise clients adhere to best practices to ensure that strategic projects are completed on schedule and on budget.
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