Windows Security Features

Security configuration

1. Install & Setup Firewall to block all unwanted ports.
2. Configure Security wizard
3. Shutdown or disable all unwanted System level & Application level Services.
4. Applying NTFS 4 based permissions with proper hierarchy or inheritance study.
5. If necessary Explicit permissions on Imp Directories & Files.
6. Updating all the latest patches & updates.
7. Applying critical Security policies.
8. Using Third party & OS oriented tools to check.

Backup

1. System State Scheduled Backups.
2. Incremental or copy backups for all application directories & important service configuration files.

Uptime

1. Maintaining and managing all services Uptime with minimal server reboot actions.

Recovery

1. Managing system Restore Backups.
2. Restoring System state backups.
3. Restoring Registry backups.
4. Keep proper documentation.

Performance

1. Configuring Indexing service.
2. Disable all unnecessary tasks

Monitoring

1. Installation of Third party monitoring tools.
2. Monitoring daily Application / System / Security.
3. Configuring Audit policy on server at User level.
4. Use port scanner to check for port velnerabilities

Load management

1. Setting priority for various tasks as per their importance.
2. Find & fix the reasons for the tasks or actions which is
   Causing server load.