Install Domain Controller and DNS server in the new server.

Edited and tested by : QuangTM

• Install Domain Controller

At the Run box, type dcpromo

and then press enter

At the Active Directory

Installation click next
At the next windows, click next

Check the Domain Controller

for a new domain box click
next
Check the Domain in a new
forest and click next

Give the full DNS name and

click next. Ex : dc02.com.vn
Give the NetBIOS name and
click next. Ex : DC02

In the next windows, click next

to make dafault Database and
log folder path, click next to
continue
Click next to make dafault
shared folder location

At the DNS Registration

Diagnostics, check Install and
configure DNS server on this
server….and click next
At the next step, check the
Permissions compatible only
with windows 2000 or windows
2003…click next to continue

Give the resotore mode

password and click next
Click next and wait until the
installation completed

When the installation

completed, click Restart now to
restart the server

• Configure the DNS server

The first step is set the
Preferred DNS server to
the IP address of server.
Ex : 192.168.1.2

Open Administrative
Tools and open the
DNS. Right click on the
Reverse Lookup Zone
and click New Zone…
At the New zone wizard
window, click next to
continue

Check the Primary

Zone box and click next
Check the To all
domains controller in…
and click next

Give the network ID and

click next to continue.
Ex : 192.168.1
In the next window,
check the Allow both
nonsecure and secure…
and click next

The next step is to set

the default gateway,
Preferreed DNS server
and Alternative DNS
server address. Ex :
Preferred DNS server :
192.168.1.2 Alternative
DNS server :
210.245.32.130 and
default gateway :
192.168.1.254
Right click the network
icon under the right
corner and choose
repair to reset the
network settings

Open DNS server,

expand the Reverse
Lookup Zone, then right
click on the zone name
and choose Reload.

After this step, DNS

server will create a
reverse pointer
automatically

From Run box, type

nslookup command to
sure that the DNS server
is OK