SETTING UP COMPUTER

SERVERS (SUCS)
Network Services and its Operation
OBJECTIVES
- Install the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) role

- Configure a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain controller using the Windows

interface.

- Promote Domain Controller

- Configure a forest or a domain

 WINDOWS SERVER 2008
• Requirement:
• Minimum: Single processor with 1.4 GHz (x64 processor) or 1.3GHz (Dual
Core)
• Minimum: 512 MB RAM
• Minimum: 32 GB or greater
 WINDOWS SERVER INITIAL
CONFIGURATION TASKS
You can complete these tasks by using commands in the Initial Configuration
Tasks window, which opens immediately after the operating system installation
is complete.
 PROVIDE COMPUTER INFORMATION

• Activate Windows
• Click the Activate Windows link in the Provide Computer Information area of the
Initial Configuration Tasks window to provide the product key that was included
with your copy of this Windows operating system. This command opens the
Windows Activation dialog box.

• Set the time zone

• Click the Set time zone link in the Provide Computer Information area of the Initial
Configuration Tasks window to change the time zone in which the computer is
located. For help topics about how to change values on the Date and Time
dialog box, on the Date and Time tab, click How do I set the clock and time
zone?
• Provide computer name and domain
• If this is the first time that you have installed Windows Server 2008 R2 on this
computer, the setup process assigns your computer a randomly generated
number as a computer name. If you are reinstalling or upgrading to a newer
version of Windows Server 2008 R2, Setup preserves the existing computer name.
You may find the server easier to access remotely and easier to recognize in
reports and logs if you assign it a name that is meaningful to you and that fits
with the naming scheme for computers in your organization.

• Configure networking
• Network Connections provides connectivity between your computer and the
Internet, a network, or another computer. The New Connection Wizard helps you
create Internet connections by using your dial-up modem, ISDN, DSL or cable
modem. You can also create incoming, direct, and virtual private networking
(VPN) connections by using the New Connection Wizard.
• Update This Server
• The Windows automatic updating feature simplifies the task of updating the
operating system, and saves administrators time. Other features of the Automatic
Updating and Feedback dialog box allow you to participate in the Microsoft
Customer Experience Improvement Program and Windows Error Reporting.
Features on the Automatic Updating and Feedback dialog box are configurable
by members of the Administrators group on the local computer.

• In this section

Windows Error Reporting

Customer Experience Improvement Program

Recommended Settings for Windows Automatic Updating and Feedback

• Downloading and installing updates
• The Microsoft Update Web site runs an automated tool that identifies any
software that installed as part of your Windows operating system for which there
is a more current version available.
• When updates are available, the site prompts you to choose the updates you
want to install.

• To download and install updates In the Initial Configuration Tasks window,

click Download and install updates.

• In the Windows automatic updating dialog box, click Check for updates.
• Clicking Check for updates connects to the Web-based Windows automatic
updating tool, and verifies that you have the most current versions of Windows
operating system components installed.
 STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO SETUP ACTIVE
DIRECTORY ON WINDOWS SERVER
2008

• The first step is to assign a ip to the server

that you going to deploy the AD. Its
nessary to install it as DNS server too. So
its better to have fixed ip it doesn't
mean you cannot install AD without
fixed ip address but it will solve lot of
issues if you used fixed ip.

• In here the server ip is 10.0.0.14. Since we going to

make it as DNS server too you should use the same ip as
the preferred DNS server.
CLICK ON START MENU AND SELECT
THE SERVER MANAGER
SELECT THE ROLES FROM THE RIGHT
HAND PANEL AND CLICK ON ADD
ROLES OPTION.
 FROM THE ROLES LIST SELECT THE
"ACTIVE DIRECTORY DOMAIN
SERVICES" ROLE AND CLICK "NEXT"
REVIEW THE CONFIRMATION AND
CLICK ON "NEXT"
 REVIEW THE INSTALLATION
CONFIRMATION AND CLICK ON "NEXT"
 IT WILL TAKE FEW MINUTES TO
COMPLETE AND WHEN ITS DONE YOU
WILL GET THIS CONFIRMATION. AND
THEN CLICK ON "CLOSE"

After that you will need to do a reboot.

• After reboot please open up the "server Manager" again. And then click on
"Roles" there you will see the "Active Directory Domain Services" is successfully
installed in there. click on it then you will get a window like below.
 IN THEIR PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO
THE MESSAGE

• So please click on that link and it will start the DCPROMO wizard.
 PROMOTING DNS
DCPROMO.EXE

• Type dcpromo.exe on search box.

• To start the installation click on "Next"
 PROMOTING DNS
DCPROMO.EXE

• click on "Next"
 PROMOTING DNS
DCPROMO.EXE

Since we going to
install New domain
Controller in new forest
please select the
option "Create a new
domain in new forest"
option and click on
"Next"
 PROMOTING DNS
DCPROMO.EXE

Now we have to
provide the name for
our domain controller.
It must be FQDN. In our
case I used
rebeladmin.com as
the domain. Please
click "Next" after it.
 PROMOTING DNS
DCPROMO.EXE

• In this window it will ask

to select forest function
level. If you going to
add server 2003
domain controller to
your forest later don't
select the function
level as server 2008. If
you going to use full
features of 2008 Ad
you must select forest
function level as server
2008. In my case I used
server 2008. Click on
"Next" after the select.
 PROMOTING DNS
DCPROMO.EXE

• In next window since

it's the first DC we
should make it as
DNS server too.
Leave the default
selection and click
on "Next"
 PROMOTING DNS
DCPROMO.EXE

• If the wizard cannot

create a delegation
for the DNS server, it
displays a message
to indicate that you
can create the
delegation manually.
To continue, click
"Yes"
 PROMOTING DNS
DCPROMO.EXE

• In next window it will

show up the
database location. It
its going to be bigger
AD its good if you
can keep NTDS
database in different
partition. Click on
"Next" after changes.
 PROMOTING DNS
DCPROMO.EXE

• In next window its

asking to define a
restore mode
password. Its more
important if you had
to do a restore from
backup in a server
crash. Click on "Next"
after filling it.
 PROMOTING DNS
DCPROMO.EXE

• Next window is giving

you a brief of the
installation. Click on
"Next"
 PROMOTING DNS
DCPROMO.EXE

• Next window is giving

you a brief of the
installation. Click on
"Next“

Then it will start the installation

of the AD. It will take some time
to complete. After complete of
the installation perform a server
reboot.
 PROMOTING DNS
DCPROMO.EXE

• SERVER MANAGER
will display the
configured ADDS
and the Forest you
Made
SELF CHECK 2.2.2
THANK YOU