Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

Defining the Administrative Model

Before the computer and networking environment can be managed effectively, an organization and its IT group must first define how the systems and components will be assigned and managed. The job of delegating responsibility for the network defines the organization’s administrative model. Three different types of administrative models can be used to logically break up the management of the enterprise network between several IT specialists or departments within the organization’s IT division. These models are as follows:

• Centralized

• Distributed

• Mixed

When there is no administrative model, the environment is managed chaotically, and the bulk of work is usually made up of reactive troubleshooting (that is, ...