Peer Responses and Essay
Peer Responses and Essay
Response to Brandon Skinner
In the discussion, Brandon Skinner focused on the significance of the Windows Imaging and Configuration Designer Tool. The author starts by identifying the challenges faced by companies in the past to adopt a new desktop operating system. However, since Microsoft’s establishment, this challenge was solved as it introduced the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit (ADK) (Nawade, Ramya & Mukhopadhyay, 2020). The ADK tool kit comprises of various tools such as imaging and Configuration Designer (ICD). Since its introduction, the ADK kit has enabled users to develop or modify provisioning resources for updating an image without the need for image deployment. Additionally, the tool allows users to create and modify other programs in an easy way. The author also discusses some other uses of the ICD tool, such as developing a provisioning package, adding third-party applications, drivers, other critical resources to an answer file, creating Windows provisioning answer files, and building and flashing a windows image.
Response to Kelly Lopez
In the discussion, Kelly Lopez evaluates the benefits and the policies needed in Windows Firewall Advanced Security (WFAS)- a management program for controlling windows firewall. The author also provides a step-by-step process that users can access the Windows firewall through the control panel. Besides, the three most critical rules for WAFS are highlighted and include the following:
- Inbound rules: Applied to control traffic emerging from the internet or network and directed to the user’s Windows computing device.
- Outbound rules: used to control traffic arising from the user and directed to the network or internet.
- Connection security rules: applied to control traffic between two computers on the same network (Drakos, 2020).
Kelly Lopez also adds the advantages of using WFAS. Some of the benefits included in her discussion include: WFAS mitigates the risk of attacks from the network, provides users with access through the use of IPS; and enhances the capability of windows firewall.
Essay
In this discussion, I will discuss how windows 10 Support Storage Pools and Storage Spaces. Data is among the most critical resources of any entity; thus, every company has to its best to ensure that its data is protected from unauthorized access (Lavanya, 2019). Thanks to the Windows 10 operating system designed with numerous features, including system image recovery, backup and restore, system restore, file history, and other features. However, the Windows 10 storage spaces is the essential feature as it comprises software-configure RAID, a built-in feature. A Windows 10 storage space is a techno-feature that enhances data protection. The feature is similar to RAID, but it is deployed in software (Lavanya, 2019). To deploy Windows 10 storage spaces, users can put together three or more drives into a single logic pool, format the drive by either NTFS or ReFS method, and store copies of data needed on these drives to protect that data from failure.
References
Drakos, P. (2020). Implement a security policy and identify Advance persistent threats (APT) with ZEEK anomaly detection mechanism.
Lavanya, R. (2019). Windows 10 storage spaces — A comprehensive guide. TechGenix. https://techgenix.com/windows-10-storage-spaces/
Nawade, A., Ramya, K., & Mukhopadhyay, S. (2020). Design of thermochromic materials and coatings for cool building applications. In Energy Saving Coating Materials (pp. 197-226). Elsevier.
