Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller and DNS Server.
Click on Start > Run
Now
type dcpromo > Click OK
The system will start checking if
Active Directory Domain Services ( AD DS) binaries are installed, then will
start installing them. The binaries could be installed if you had run the
dcpromo command previously and then canceled the operation after the binaries
were installed.
The Active Directory Domain Services
Installation Wizard will start, either enable the checkbox beside Use Advanced
mode installation and Click Next , or keep it unselected and click on Next
The Operating System Compatibility
page will be displayed, take a moment to read it and click Next
Enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name
of the forest root domain
inside the textbox, click Next. (In my case voolanet.com)
If you selected Use advanced mode
installation on the Welcome page, the Domain NetBIOS Name page appears. On this
page, type the NetBIOS name of the domain if necessary or accept the default
name and then click Next.
Select the Forest Functional Level,
choose the level you desire and click on Next.
Make sure to read the description of
each functional level to understand the difference between each one.
In the previous step, If you have
selected any Forest Functional Level other than windows Server 2008 and clicked
on Next , you would then get a page to select the domain Functional Level.
Select it and then click on Next
In the Additional Domain Controller
Options page, you can select to install the domain Name Service to your server.
Note that the First domain controller in a forest must be a Global Catalog
that’s why the checkbox beside Global Catalog is selected and it cannot be
cleared. The checkbox is also selected by default when you install an
additional domain controller in an existing domain, however you can clear this
checkbox if you do not want the additional domain controller to be a global
catalog server. The first domain controller in a new forest or in a new domain
can not be a Read Only Domain Controller (RODC), you can later add a RODC but
you must have at least one Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller.
I want to set my DC as a DNS Server
as well, so I will keep the checkbox beside DNS server selected and click on
Next
If you don’t have static ip assigned
to your server you will see similar to the following screen now you need to
assign static ip and start the above process.
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
Now you will have the location where
the domain controller database, log files and SYSVOL are stored on the server.
The database stores information
about the users, computers and other objects on the network. the log files
record activities that are related to AD DS, such information about an object
being updated. SYSVOL stores Group Policy objects and scripts. By default,
SYSVOL is part of the operating system files in the Windows directory either
type or browse to the volume and folder where you want to store each, or accept
the defaults and click on Next
In the Directory Services Restore
Mode Administrator Password (DSRM) page, write a password and confirm it. This
password is used when the domain controller is started in Directory Services
Restore Mode, which might be because Active Directory Domain services is not running, or for tasks that must be performed
offline.Make sure that you memorize this password when you need it.
Summary page will be displayed
showing you all the setting that you have set . It gives you the option to
export the setting you have setup into an answer file for use with other
unattended operations, if you wish to have such file, click on the Export settings
button and save the file.
DNS Installation will start
Followed by installing Group Policy
Management Console, the system will check first if it is installed or not.
Configuring the local computer to
host active directory Domain Services and other operations will take place
setting up this server as a Domain Controller active Directory Domain Services
installation will be completed, click Finish.
Click on Restart Now to restart your
server for the changes to take effect.
Once the server is booted and you
logon to it, click on Start > Administrative Tools
you will notice that following have been installed :
you will notice that following have been installed :
- Active Directory Domains and Trusts
- Active Directory Sites and Services
- Active Directory Users and Computers
- ADSI Edit
- DNS
- Group Policy Management
