Activity 4-1: Installing Active Directory

Time Required: Approximately 2030 minutes Objective: Install Active Directory. Description: To make a Windows Server 2008 server a domain controller, you must install the Active Directory Domain Services role. In this activity, you learn how to install the role. Youll need to log on to Windows Server 2008 as Administrator, and a DNS server should already be set up on your network. Before you begin, consult with your instructor about what domain name to use. Additionally, make sure that all other programs and windows are closed before you start (because the computer will reboot when you finish the installation). 1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and click Server Manager. 2. Scroll to the Roles Summary section in the right pane. 3. Click Add Roles. 4. If you see the Before You Begin dialog box, click Next. 5. Click the box for Active Directory Domain Services. Click Next. 6. Read the information about Active Directory Domain Services. What other services are installed when you install this role? 7. Click Next. 8. Click Install. 9. Review the Installation Results window and ensure that you see Active Directory Domain Controller is an installed service and that the installation succeeded. 10. Click Close. 11. Click Start and click Run. 12. Type dcpromo in the Open text box to run the Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard. You use this wizard to finish the steps to make this computer a domain controller. Click OK. 13. After the wizard starts, click Next. 14. If you see a screen with information about improved security settings, read the information and click Next. 15. Click the option button to Create a new domain in a new forest, and then click Next. 16. Enter the domain name, such as jpcomp.com (where jp are your initials), and click Next. 17. Click the Forest functional level dropdown list arrow. Notice that you can select from three forest functional levels: Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. For this activity, select Windows Server 2008, unless your instructor specifies otherwise (you learn more about forest functional levels in the section, Forest). Click Next 18. Click Next in the Additional Domain Controller Options window. If you see a warning box that this computer has a dynamically assigned IP address, click Yes so that you can proceed. This means your IPv4 or IPv6 address is dynamically configured (the IP address is assigned automatically), which you can reconfigure later. If you see this message, plan to go back and reconfigure your network connection to have a manually (static) assigned IPv4 and IPv6 addresssee your instructor for a specific address to use. Record the location of the database, log files, and SYSVOL. 19. Click Next. 20. Assign a password to use in case the domain controller needs to be started in the Directory Services Restore Mode, and confirm the password (you can use the Administrator account password for this activity). Click Next. 21. Review the selections you have made and click Next. 22. As the wizard works to configure the services, check the box for Reboot on completion.

23. Log on after the computer has rebooted.