Home Windows 2008 Active Directory How to install Active Directory on Windows 2008 Home Windows 2008 How to install Active Directory on Windows 2008 How to install Active Directory on Windows 2008 By Huzaifah Ahmad Published 12/20/2009 Active Directory , Windows 2008 Unrated How to install Active Directory on Windows 2008 Before you start following this article you must be aware this is simply a lab setup and you need to assign relevant ip address, hostnames & domain names which are relavant to your enviroment / organisation. I will be using the following: Hostname=PILOT-DC-01 IP address=192.168.1.200 Subnet Mask=255.255.255.0 Domain name=PILOt.LOCAL Forest = New Partition: NTFS ( 60 GB ) The Virtual machine used has been installed as of date when this article was written with a default install of Windows 2008 R2 x64 BIT + all MS critical updates. Categories Cisco (4) CCNA (1) CCNP (4) CCIE (4) HSRP (2) Routing Information Protocol (RIP) (1) Exchange 2007 (17) General (4) Administration (5) Migration and Deployment (6) Power Shell (3) High Availability (1) Security (1) Windows 2003 (6) Active Directory (4) Windows 2008 (3) Active Directory (1) Internet Security and Acceleration Server (10) Publishing (1) Installation (4) General (5) Windowx XP (1) Windows 7 (1) Installation (1) System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (14) Installation (13) Configuration (2) SQL Server 2008 (1) Excahnge 2010 (1) VMware (1) Site Menu View Blogs View Authors Become an Author Account Login Article Options Email to Friend Print Article Add to Favorites Add to 'Articles to Read' You Recently Viewed... Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 1 Step by step guide installing SCCM 2007 Part 2 How to Install Windows Server 2008 R2 Step by Step Popular Authors Huzaifah Ahmad Home Syndicate Site Map Disclaimer Contact Us Search Advanced Search Page 1 of 19 How to install Active Directory on Windows 2008 24-1-2011 http://www.ahmedgroup.co.uk/articles/44/1/How-to-install-Active-Directory-on-Wind...
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Home Windows 2008 Active Directory How to install Active Directory on Windows 2008
Home Windows 2008 How to install Active Directory on Windows 2008
How to install Active Directory on Windows 2008By Huzaifah Ahmad Published 12/20/2009 Active Directory , Windows 2008 Unrated
How to install Active Directory on Windows 2008
Before you start following this article you must be aware this is simply a lab setup and you need to assign relevant ip address, hostnames & domain names which are relavant to your enviroment / organisation.
I will be using the following:
Hostname=PILOT-DC-01 IP address=192.168.1.200 Subnet Mask=255.255.255.0 Domain name=PILOt.LOCAL Forest = New Partition: NTFS ( 60 GB )
The Virtual machine used has been installed as of date when this article was written with a default install of Windows 2008 R2 x64 BIT + all MS critical updates.
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Cisco (4)CCNA (1)CCNP (4)CCIE (4)HSRP (2)Routing Information Protocol (RIP) (1)
Configure IP Address details as required. As this is the only DNS server and the first DC we will point the DNS to itself.
Start Server Manager and select Roles > Add Roles
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There are various ways you can start and compelte the DCPROMO wizard. We choose to install it using the Server Manager indicated in the screenshot below.
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Set you FFL right now we have decided to use Windows 2008 R2 as that is the first DC + no other DC in this domain. We also would like to research and test the new FFL features. Please make your appropriate choice here as this change is irreversible. Click Next >
The wizard will install DNS & configure it for you. Click Next >
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Enter your recovery mode password and record it safely. Click Next >
You can export these settings and also could use the answer file to run the same wizard again with relevant changes tot he file for any options you want for example: We could ahve done all of the above using command line and the answer file. 1. A new DC & in a new forest. 2. A Addtional DC in an existing forest. 3. etc..
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New SYSVOL & NETLOGON shares are also available & accessible. For any further troubleshooting or for verification you can run dcdiag.exe netdiag.exe log the results into a text file and view the outcome. I hope you find this useful !!! :)
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