Exercise 4

Installing Active
Directory
Exercise 4 : Installing Active Directory
In this exercise you will install active directory services (ADS) and change to native mode
(where the server acts purely with ADS). Once ADS is installed, you will be able to take
advantage of many of the new features of Windows 2008 in managing users, computers and
sites.

Adding Active Directory Domain Services Role

In this section, youll learn how to adding Active Directory Domain Services Role.

EXERCISE 4.1

Adding Active Directory Domain Services Role

1. Launch Server Manager. Click Start Administrator Tools Server Manager (Figure
0082).

Figure 0082 : Launch Server Manager

2. In Server Manager, select Roles (Figure 0083).

Figure 0083 : Roles

3. Select Add Roles (Figure 0084).

Figure 0084 : Add Roles

4. On the Before You Begin page, review the requirements, and click Next (Figure 0085).

Figure 0085 : Add Roles Before You Begin

5. On the Select Server Role page, select the check box next to Active Directory Domain
Services, and click Next (Figure 0086).

Figure 0086 : Server Roles

6. On the Active Directory Domain Services page, review the information, and click Next
(Figure 0087).

Figure 0087 : Active Directory Domain Services

7. On the Confirm Installation Selections page, click Install (Figure 0088).

Figure 0088 : Confirm Installation Selections

Please wait. This operation will take a few minutes.

Figure 0089 : Installation Progress

8. On the Installation Result page, review the information.
Click Close (Figure 0090).

Figure 0090 : Installation Result

Note : You still must run the Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard
(DCPromo) to make the server a fully functional domain controller.
Installing Active Directory Domain Services
In this section, youll learn how to installing Active Directory Domain Services.

EXERCISE 4.2

Installing Active Directory Domain Services

9. Logon into a Windows Server 2008 server as Administrator.

10. Click Start Run. At the Run line, enter DCPromo, and click OK (Figure 0091).

Figure 0091 : Run dcpromo

11. On the Welcome screen, click Next (Figure 0092).

 Figure 0092 : Welcome Screen
12. On the Operating System Compatibility screen, review the information, and click Next
(Figure 0093).

Figure 0093 : Operating System Compatibility Screen

13. On the Choose a Deployment Configuration screen, select Create a New Domain in a
New Forest.

Click Next (Figure 0094).

Figure 0094 : Choose a Deployment Configuration Screen

 If your computer were part of an existing forest, you could create a replica domain
controller within an existing domain. However, this exercise is assuming your server will
be the first domain controller in the forest.

14. On the Name the Forest Root Domain screen, enter MYServer.com as the fully qualified
domain name.
Click Next (Figure 0095).

Figure 0095 : Name the Forest Root Domain Screen

15. If Domain NetBIOS Name page appears, accept the default of MYSERVER.

16. On the Set Forest Functional Level screen, select the Forest functional level of
Windows Server 2008. This ensures that any new domains created in this forest will
automatically operate at the Windows Server 2008 domain functional level, which does
provide unique features. If you had a network that has a Windows 2000 Remote Access
Server, you would select the compatible option (Figure 0096).

Figure 0096 : Set Forest Functional Level Screen

17. Click Next to continue.

18. On the Additional Domain Controller Options screen, note that both the DNS server and
the global catalog are selected as options. Active Directory Domain Services requires
DNS, and if not available on the network, DCPromo will give you the option of installing
it. Additionally, the first domain controller within a domain is a global catalog server.

Figure 0097 : Additional Domain Controller Options Screen

Note : If you have dynamically assigned IP addresses, a warning will appear indicating
you must assign static IP addresses for both IPv4 and IPv6. Either assign static IP
addresses or click Yes; the computer will use a dynamically assigned IP address and
configure static IP addresses later. As a best practice, domain controllers should use
statically assigned IP addresses.

Click Next to continue (Figure 0097).

19. If this server is on an isolated network without other DNS servers, a warning dialog box
will appear indicating that a delegation for this DNS server cant be created and other
hosts may not be able to communicate with your domain from outside the domain. This
is normal when installing DNS for the first domain controller in a forest.

Click Yes to continue (Figure 0098).

Figure 0098 : Warning Dialog Box

20. On the Location for Database, Log Files, and SYSVOL screen, accept the defaults.

Click Next (Figure 0099).

Figure 0099 : Location for Database, Log Files, and SYSVOL Screen

21. On the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Password screen, enter
@xercisE in both the Password and Confirm password boxes. This password is needed
 if you need to restore Active Directory Domain Services. On a production domain
controller, a more secure password would be required.

Click Next (Figure 0100).

Figure 0100 : Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Password Screen

22. On the Summary screen, review your selections, and click Next (Figure 0101). Active
Directory Domain Services will be installed.

Figure 0101 : Summary Screen

23. After a few minutes, the wizard will complete (Figure 0102).
 Figure 0102 : AD Installation Progress

24. If a warning message appeared same as below, just click OK. This message appeared
because we already created the DNS zone before (Figure 0103).

Figure 0103 : Warning Message

25. On the Completion screen, click Finish (Figure 0104).

Figure 0104 : Completion Screen

26. On the Active Directory Domain Services dialog box, click Restart Now (Figure 0105).

Once your system reboots, Active Directory Domain Services will be installed.
 Figure 0105 : Restart Confirmation Screen

27. After restart, login your server as Administrator (Figure 0106).

Figure 0106 : Login

EXERCISE 4.3

Recheck Network Configuration

Now you need to recheck your network configuration because sometime after installing
Active Directory Domain Services, the network configurations change to localhost setting.

28. Launch Network and Sharing Center. Click Start Right click Network Properties
(Figure 0107).

Figure 0107 : Network Properties

29. Under myserver.com (Domain network), click View status (Figure 0108).
 Figure 0108 : View Network Status

30. Click Properties button to open Local Area Connection Properties (Figure 0109).

Figure 0109 : Local Area Connection Status

31. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and click Properties button (Figure
0110).
 Figure 0110 : Local Area Connection Properties

Figure 0111 : Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties

32. Check your network configurations; make sure the configurations correct (Figure 0112).
 Figure 0112 : Network Configurations

33. Now click the Advanced button (Figure 0112).

34. Select the DNS tab (Figure 0113).

35. Specify myserver.com as the DNS suffix for this connection (Figure 0113).

36. Tick Use this connections DNS suffix in DNS registration box (Figure 0113).

37. Click OK (Figure 0113).

38. Click OK again.

 Figure 0113 : Advanced TCP/IP Setting

39. Close all remaining windows.

Summary
Windows Server 2008 brings a lot of new features and benefits that will drive a lot of
migrations to the new operating system. This chapter presented many of these new additions.

One of the significant benefits of Windows Server 2008 is virtualization. Three editions
(Windows Server 2008 Standard with Hyper-V, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise with Hyper-V,
and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter with Hyper-V) support virtualization.

Each edition can be purchased with or without Hyper-V, which is the technology that
supports virtualization. The Standard edition supports one virtual server, the Enterprise edition
supports as many as four virtual servers, and the Datacenter edition supports an unlimited
number of virtual servers. Virtualization is supported only on 64-bit operating systems.

In this chapter, you learned about the new features of Windows Server 2008. These
included Server Manager, Server Core, PowerShell, Windows Deployment Services, and read-
only domain controllers.

Exercises led you through the process of installing Windows Server 2008 on a PC. After
reviewing many of the basics of Active Directory Domain Services, you learned how to promote
the server to a domain controller.