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Hello everyone at Spiceworks! I’m so glad to be a part of this family. I’ve done my best to read up on as much as I can in the forums, and I need a little help (a lot of help rather)

I’m 23, fresh graduate of engineering, Nigeria, probably half baked, considering the level of education we have here, and I’ve taken a deep dive into the world of IT. I am smart (by my own standards though), and I just got a job in an audit firm.

I’ve been tasked with developing a mordern IT infrastructure for the company, and I have no idea what to do. My little knowledge is, right now, restricted to just simple deskside support (I’ve excelled quite well on that, In fact so well my boss was laid of, leaving just me as the one man IT department - I was an intern working under him previously).

Currently, my company has about 120 member staff, with approximately 70 with computer access (others are just admin staff). We didn’t have a server, so I recommended (with success) the purchase of a server and a Small Business Server 2011 OS. Business needs right now are:

That data be stored on the server (File and Print Service).

In the future, software will be installed on the server (but for now we are just with file and print service)

Major hiccup, i’ve been requested that users have access to only read the contents of some folders (based on permissions), but they shouldn’t be able to copy it. Is this possible?

I may sound like a real newbie at this (well, I am, that’s why I’m here). All I want is some form of control, security and management of network resources and IT infrastructure. Is there anyone who could offer a little help at least? Probably offer me a little mentoring classes I’ll really appreciate.

If you need more details, I would be glad to offer them

Thanks

K. C. Emenike

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Make that server a Domain controller and Acitve Directory server. That way you can manage users on a domain. Users will have to have a Professional version of windows however to sign in. XP Pro, Vista Buisness, or Windows 7 Pro. That way you can maintain the users in Active Directory and give shared folders permissions like you need. Here is a quick video on Active directory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO3W6qcA-Tk Its not that great for quality. so here is some reading material. Archived MSDN and TechNet Blogs | Microsoft Learn this has a link to this video. It’s better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYaTmWptzss&list=PLQupF2rE3mCcICksyRHABY1UIIUP4XqyB&index=1

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+1 on Active Directory/Domain Controller. Take the time to plan your domain and how you’re going to manage it. Plan your namespaces - what names you’re going to call your computers, departments, user groups, anything that is a manageable asset. You don’t need to know every detail, just enough to let yourself grow. Only after you’ve thought through that, then implement your Domain Controller. Managing your groups will be especially helpful when you create complex permissions on your shared folders.

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Ok, starting from the top - what are the current pain points of the current setup? What do you feel works well, and what doesn’t work well?

As far as read/copy goes, if someone can read a file, they can copy it to another location.

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Depending on the document it’s possible to set the permissions on the document itself to not allow saving to another location. I seem to remember that Adobe PDF documents having that ability.

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BenJSpain and Collin8612, active directory already setup, Thanks a lot for that tip.

BizDPS, right now that is the most major trouble I’m having. I can set permissions only for read, write, delete, but there seems to be no copy permissions on the security tab of any folder I try to edit permissions. I’ve heard of AD RMS but I still don’t seem to understand whether this relates to file copy.

Erin S, please how can I do this, I would really appreciate if you throw a little more light.