In this project, the goal is to build a working network with working servers and clients. One of the servers will serve web pages that access an SQL database.
Goal: Build and access a web site.
You have already built a Windows 2003 Server. It already has the Active Directory Role. Add the Internet Information Server Role to this server. Create a web site on you Windows 2003 Server and add one html page to this site. If you cannot code an HTML page, I will give you one.You may need to read about IIS, Microsoft's Internet Information Server.
Access your web site from your XP Virtual machine. You may need to hard code the IP address of your Windows 2003 Server
Goal: Allow access of your web site using a web site name.
Update DNS so that machines on your network can access your web site without hard coding an IP Address. Access your web site from your XP macine using the web site name (not the IP address of the Windows 2003 Server).
Goal: Separate everything related to delivering your web site to another server. This is what would normally be done when the web site needs increased capacity.
You will need to build an addtional Windows 2003 Server. You need to install IIS on the new server and uninstall it from the original server. You will need to move your web site from the original server to the new server. Then, you will need to update your Domain Name Server so that the web site is found on the new server instead of the old one.
Goal: Enhance you web site to use an Application Server.
Get ASP.NET running on your web server. Add one ASP page to your web site to prove that ASP.NET is working.
Goal: Add a database server to your web site and then use it.
Install a database server on your original 2003 server (the server that contains the Active Directory and the Domain Name Server). You can install either MySQL or SQL Server.
Modify your ASP.NET page to access the server that you have installed. Prove that you can access the database and deliver data to a web page.
You previously created an XP Virtual Machine. Make this XP Machine a member of your domain in your Host Only Network. Once your XP machine is a member of your domain in your Host Only Network, you can logon to it using the userid that you just setup.