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This tutorial will explain how to setup

Windows Server 2008 Domain Controller and DNS
Server.
Click on Start > Run
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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.
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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
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Choose Create a new domain in a new forest, Click Next
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Enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name of the forest root domain inside the textbox, click Next
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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.
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Select the Forest Functional Level, choose the level you desire and click on Next.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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DNS Installation will start
Followed by installing Group Policy Management Console, the system will check first if it is installed or not.
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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.
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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 :
Active Directory Domains and Trusts
Active Directory Sites and Services
Active Directory Users and Computers
ADSI Edit
DNS
Group Policy Management
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That’s it now your new win server 2008 domain controller with dns server setup was completed.
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good article at least good for basic understanding….
Comment by ramesh on April 11, 2008 @ 6:02 am
There is a whole Step-by-Sep video series about Windows Server 2008 AD DS installation which demonstrates
different scenarios (including IFM, RODC, Core server DC etc). Here is an example:
http://www.netometer.com/video/tutorials/ad-services-install/index.php
Regards,
Dean
http://www.netometer.com
Comment by Dean on May 15, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
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VERY USEFUL THANKS
Comment by RAJUKUMAR on July 21, 2008 @ 7:17 am
THIS IS VERY USEFUL
Comment by S. Thameem on September 15, 2008 @ 10:01 pm
Excellent!!!!!
Nazmul
Comment by Nazmul Hasan on October 26, 2008 @ 6:18 pm
This is exactly what I needed, thanks
Comment by Paul on December 18, 2008 @ 6:41 am
Thanks for the walk-through. I followed these steps and all worked as described… but…
Still no joy getting other workstations/servers to see the server or one another.
I’ve got a home-lab network I’m trying to set up for testing Hyper-V, DPM, etc. We’ve had Comcast and now
have Verizon FiOS, so I’m used to using the broadband router as the DHCP server and DNS address provider,
with a little workgroup networking among peers.
Where do I go to learn what settings I need to change in each of these newly configured items?
How do I set up the new DNS Server to pick up DNS addresses from FiOS and provide them to its clients?
How do I get the AD Server to provide rights and directory services to its clients?
I basically want the simplest, most wide-open LAN I can set up – really I’m trying to get as close to a
home-networking workgroup as I can… but for some things (like DPM) I need a domain controller.
Thanks!
-Bob
Comment by bob on February 15, 2009 @ 4:03 pm
after i rebooted the server with completed your above setting instruction, now i cannot login even with my
administrator password! can anyone help?
Comment by Han on March 1, 2009 @ 1:09 am
Awesume!!! Worked Great!!!
Comment by Bahrija on March 4, 2009 @ 7:07 pm
“after i rebooted the server with completed your above setting instruction, now i cannot login even with my
administrator password! can anyone help?”
You need to log in to your newly created domain account as administrator…not to your local computer account.
Comment by Harri on March 6, 2009 @ 3:27 pm
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very helpful, Thanks.
Rehan.
Comment by Rehan on March 6, 2009 @ 5:57 pm
Thank You…………..
Comment by Darren on March 19, 2009 @ 6:35 pm
Hey Paul, from the sounds of it your problem is Verizon. They don’t allow inbound traffic on standard internet
and is very restrictive regarding home networks. Comcast doesn’t restrict inbound traffic. You would probably
need to go to Verizons business class to get what you want.
Thanks for the walk through WR.com!
Comment by Gorecki on April 15, 2009 @ 12:10 pm
I’m looking for a solution with permitions to home directory, I have a server 2008 standard 32 bits, and I created
the users in the DC Active Directory, specified U drive as home directory, it creates de folder but users can’t
save or delete anything from their home directory, they get an Access Denied message. Can you help?
Comment by Ricky on April 16, 2009 @ 11:25 pm
Excellent support…. Thank You Very Much…..
Comment by Deepak on April 23, 2009 @ 6:39 am
very helpful walk through, thank you very much
Comment by sviluppatore on June 26, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
we are having Dell server with windows 2008 server OS
i found while creating the domain that
the local administrator account becomes the domain aadministrator account when you creat a new domain. the
new domain connot be created because the local administrator account password does not meet requirements.
currently, a password is not required for local administrator account. we recommend that you use the net user
commond-line tool with /passwordreq:yes option to require a password for this account before you creat the new
domain; otherwise , a password will not be required for the domain adiministrator account.
i need trhe solution for this issue
Comment by arunkumar on July 9, 2009 @ 7:16 am
We faced a problem that when we reach the step of create a new domain in a new forest and click next, an error
message appear:
The message is the local administrator account becomes the domain administrator account when you create a
new domain. The new domain can not be created because the local administrator account password does not
meet requirements
Comment by najla on July 9, 2009 @ 1:52 pm
arunkumar, you have to go right click Computer, click Manage, expand Configuration node, expand Local Users
and Groups, and look for the Administrator account, then right click on it and Set Password…
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Password must meet complexity requirements described here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library

/cc264456.aspx
Comment by Carolina on July 11, 2009 @ 10:26 pm
Great Job! Very Useful
Comment by Dgeeklord on July 13, 2009 @ 8:46 pm
Very good, excellent job and very well documented. Microsoft could learn something from your tutorial.
Comment by Peleg on August 17, 2009 @ 12:58 am
user password should include alphanumeric + at least a capital alphabet+ a symbol on keyboard.
example : Password#890123
Comment by joe on August 26, 2009 @ 7:12 am
now how do i add a computer to this domian now
Comment by joy on September 4, 2009 @ 11:27 am
Thanks, followed your guide and intalled via Remote Desktop, rebooted and I’m now no longer able to connect
to the server, great!
Comment by Richard on September 13, 2009 @ 11:20 am
i want know .how to add domain under pcs

then how to make mail server
Comment by navin on September 13, 2009 @ 12:22 pm
This process was well documented. Well Done!
Comment by TJ on October 2, 2009 @ 1:56 pm
Dude! Great job! Thanks for the tutorial. Very simple, very clear.
Comment by Les on October 6, 2009 @ 12:52 am
I did the same steps BUT..
when server rebooted, I can’t login to it!!!
please help I tried my previous local admin password and the password I have set for the domian (in Directory
Services Restore Mode step)
Comment by Mohd on October 12, 2009 @ 9:57 am
I did the same but after rebooting, couldn’t login to the server.
And NOW i’m really in trouble
Good for beginners…..
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Comment by Balaji on October 13, 2009 @ 5:16 am
!!! when I login to VS using my local user account it’s fine. But when I login using my domian account it’s not?!
Any idea why??
Good enough!!
Comment by S.Ali on October 24, 2009 @ 4:42 am
after assigning static IP to server it still giving the two options of assigning IP.
Plz help!!!
Comment by Gurbaksh on October 30, 2009 @ 4:28 pm
Very usefull information!! appreciate it.
Comment by Bhupendra Dhyani on November 12, 2009 @ 5:49 am
hey that is very useful link for new users at windows server 2008
Comment by muhammad amir on November 25, 2009 @ 11:15 am
Good article. I noticed from your screenshot that you have the same issue I have. I promoted a member server to
domain controller. Everything seems to work fine, but where a member server has a local security policy snap in
under admin tools, a DC should have Domain Controller Security Policy listed. Your screen shot does not and
my DC does not. I can not make any changes to the local security policy do to any Domain level changes are
greyed out because they are supposed to be handled at the DC level. How do I get the domain controller security
policy installed?
Comment by Ryan on December 2, 2009 @ 5:54 pm
i went and did all that what is mentioned above but i couldnt connect my xp computer to join the domin.When i
change my computers domain i am prompted a user name and a password i did that an error message came up.i
Forgot what the error message is.i am going to go home and look for that and will tell you.if you have any idea
please tell me.
Comment by Hanibal Atnafu on December 10, 2009 @ 3:48 pm
I have added a Windows XP machine as a member server to this domain (Windows 2008 Data Center).
However, while logging into the XP machine, it gives an error stating that the domain is unavailable. Can
someone please help?
Comment by Sagar on December 14, 2009 @ 10:06 am
I had the same issue as Bob above when I was creating a Demo domain for SQL Server Community event
demonstrations and labs. The way to resolve it was found here: http://forums.techarena.in/active-directory
/1032797.htm.
It was a case of configuring the FORWARDERS under the DNS server properties in the DNS management
console. (see comment 9 in the forum).
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Thanks Meinolf Weber!
Comment by Charley Hanania on January 16, 2010 @ 10:18 pm
Hi, thanks for your tutorial. But after the reboot, i only have a black screen with the mouse arrow. Suggestion?
Thanks
Comment by John Chen on January 19, 2010 @ 7:15 am
That’s it. Thank you very much………….
Comment by ganesh on January 19, 2010 @ 9:16 am
Excellent support!thanks much!
Comment by Purbita on January 22, 2010 @ 7:30 am
this is very useful thank you.
Comment by Nandika on February 5, 2010 @ 3:14 am
Its impressive.
Comment by Tope on February 12, 2010 @ 10:26 am
I found it very useful. Thanks a lot….
Comment by Shakil Sheikh on February 15, 2010 @ 9:22 am
I was able to create a AD with my 08 Server R2 but I am having problems getting my computers to connect or
get my Verizion Fios to talk to the server. If anyone can help with the following I would be very grateful.
-Settings and Steps to have Verizon Fios Modem feed internet to the Server 2008. then have server feed out IPs
and network information to client computers (about 5)
-Join client computers to AD as well as add computers easily
to home network.
So basically get Fios to Server then computers to access files and network from server
Thanks if you can help.
Comment by Marcus on February 15, 2010 @ 4:21 pm
I followed the steps successfully through Remote Desktop Connection to my Windows 2008 server, I rebooted
and now I am not able to login with my administrator password.
is there anything I need to do?
Comment by Mehmet on February 23, 2010 @ 10:43 pm
Work fine for me but now i am unable to login localy

using “servername”\administrator
I have sen some mention of using help\administrator
but whn i try this i get incorrect user name or password
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I noticed this emidiaty but gave it little thought untill

I installed certificate authority services and now I can’t login with my domain administrator account(apart from
in safe mode) so now I’m totaly stuck
SO two questions
1, should I be able to login localy using “servername”\administrator
2, whats the deal with help\administrator
and three how can I undo the certificate authority services so i can login to the domain
Comment by Chrome on March 12, 2010 @ 9:42 pm
Windows server 2008 have A very liker And So much But think so that away good securities and good feature i
like it…
Comment by Ankit on March 15, 2010 @ 10:32 am
hi i have set up Active directory, but i carnt get any of my XP machines to connect, an error message keeps
coming up saying: a domain controller for the domain MTECH-NETWORK.int could not be contacted.
‘MTECH-NETWORK.int’ name of my network. could you help me thnx
Comment by Martin on March 23, 2010 @ 7:19 pm
DCpromo does not exist in 64 bit WS2008R2 and the 32 bit does not run.
Comment by Per Lindholt on April 4, 2010 @ 1:08 pm
Good for beginners…..
Comment by Ashraf on April 4, 2010 @ 1:17 pm
Hi i have 2 virtual machines 1 vista 1 server 2008 its connected throught bridged networking im using my home
router to use internet connectivity on the virtual machines i have a dns set up as well but im not sure about
creating a reverse lookupzone and the other thing is that i cant join my domain. when i installed dns shortley
after the DC installation it automatically gave me an IP of 127.0.0.1 im thinkin becasue im connected to my
home router do i use that dns ip of my router for the dns ip?
thanks.
Comment by Sina on April 6, 2010 @ 12:46 am
yes, use your dns ip..which will be something like 192.168.1.1
Comment by ashraf on May 10, 2010 @ 4:56 am
how to configure dns server in windows server2008 step by step
Comment by deepak on May 16, 2010 @ 5:23 am
Excellently put together. What a masterpiece. Thank you very much
Comment by Patrick Isicheli on May 16, 2010 @ 9:23 am
how to configur ISA server 2006 in server 2008 step by step
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Comment by mail on May 22, 2010 @ 7:21 am
The guides are great. Can one use the Routers DHCP server and still find the DNS server. I have setup a
Windows 2008 server and followed the instructions for the DNS but none of the workstations can find the
Server. The DHCP is currently handled by a router. is that the problem?
Comment by Ralph Wronker on May 22, 2010 @ 2:52 pm
how to add user after installation of DNS.

Plz help, tell me step by step.
Comment by AAKASH JAIN (INDIA) on June 10, 2010 @ 9:20 am
Thanx for such information,but after following all these steps,if I try to create new user,an error occurs with the
message “Windows cannot set the password for because: The password does not meet the password policy
requirements. Check the minimum password length, password complexity and password history
requirements”.So i checked from Group Policy about password policy,all the buttons to change the password
size,limit ,age etc are deactivated,I am not able to change anything.Can you help me to resolve this problem..
thanx in advance
Comment by Umair on June 14, 2010 @ 10:07 am
wew great, please allow me to copy paste link step by step image from your website to my website..thanks..
Comment by Deby on June 24, 2010 @ 2:48 am
Thanks for this good step by step instruction
Comment by Mohanraj on June 26, 2010 @ 3:16 pm
Ralph-
Go to Active Directory User and Computers, expand the tree next to your domain until you see the users folder.
Right click on the users folder and under task select Add User. Follow the onscreen wizard and you will
successfully create your new user.
Aakash-
The default password policy requires you have at least 1 capital letter in your password and typically 1 numeric
value. I think it has to be 6-8 characters long as well. I’d stick with this and not change the default password
policy.
Comment by Bill on June 30, 2010 @ 12:30 pm
it’s very helpfull
Comment by amit tomar on July 13, 2010 @ 11:24 am
Thanks for guide me Step by step
Comment by amit tomar (SGNR) on July 13, 2010 @ 11:26 am
Nice Description!!!!
Comment by akash on July 14, 2010 @ 9:46 am
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Useless an stupid: … click next, next next etc. (If you need this “guide”, you should not be allowed to set up a
domain controller!)
And where is the “guide for dns server setup” !!! … you should call this “guide” “Guide to reboot on
completion” …
It should be prohibited to fill the internet with useless tthings like this … realy … If you need to look at this, you
will get NOWHERE in server 2008 … instead you should read a little, say atleast a cople of hundred pages of
serious litterature … What at stupid waste of peoples time to announce “Step By Step Guide for Windows
Server 2008 Domain Controller and DNS Server Setup” and then give them a couple of screendumps about how
to promote a stand allone server 2008 to a domain controller!!! … where is the setup? … and where is the DNS
setup … stupid!
Comment by Michael Hansen on July 21, 2010 @ 1:34 pm
Well one thing is clear, most of you lot shoulnt be let near a server! Stick to what you know or take the time to
learn before you start messing with servers.
From 2k onwards networks pretty nuch will not function unless dns is correctly configured. And contrary to
what a couple of plonkers have stated here just installing dns via dcpromo is not sufficient. Go and learn about
dns all of you!!!!!!!!
Just shows that certification is no substitute for experience!!!!!
Comment by Tim on July 21, 2010 @ 2:41 pm
can u tell the procedure to add 2nd domain to existing forest or to new one using server 2008
how can it is possible and what is the procedure
i am w8ing
Comment by M Asif on July 28, 2010 @ 8:18 am
i am getting problem to connect to computer in new domain plz help me…
Comment by ashish on August 2, 2010 @ 4:04 am
Realy needfule document
Comment by bharat on August 4, 2010 @ 11:18 am
Tim and Michelle, thanks for taking the time to donate your constructive two-cents worth.
Comment by HonkeyLipsJones on August 7, 2010 @ 12:04 pm
got this msg
The server did not finish checking the license compliance. If the server is joined to a domain, make sure that the
server can connect to a domain controller. If the license compliant check cannot be completed, the server will
automatically shut down in 0 hour(s) 30 minute(s).
im pretty new to this so i dont know what im supposed to do… any ideas?
Comment by NK on August 12, 2010 @ 5:35 pm
can u tell the procedure to add 2nd domain to existing forest or to new one using server 2008
how can it is possible and what is the procedure
i am w8ing
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Comment by satya on August 13, 2010 @ 8:02 pm
really good for beginers
Comment by Niranjan on August 23, 2010 @ 9:47 am
thanks u can help me.
Comment by kiran on August 28, 2010 @ 11:55 am
Some few posts ago there was a link to another blog or whatever that mentioned that the Server 2008 requires
FORWARDERS to be set up in order to have the clients PCs to join the AD. I did have several servers from
2000, 2003 and now the stupid 2008. I hate Microsoft automation to the point of brainlessness. I think I am
going to go back to 2003 since it was the easiest one to set up manually. FYI I recently updated firmware on my
DIR-655 to the latest one and this one does DNS (ISP) forwarding in the router and now the 2008 is going nuts
on me, and I had the 2008 working fine. Why did I thinker with the 2008 server when it worked in the first
place??!?!?!?!?!?! Oh, well back to the drawing board I am getting Minasi’s book “Mastering MS Server 2008
R2” I am not selling anything just acknowledging the fact that the guy can write Windows books.
Comment by Prpctech on September 1, 2010 @ 4:44 am
Thank you.
BR.
Comment by ein on September 21, 2010 @ 6:03 am
thank alot for this work
Comment by rafid on September 27, 2010 @ 11:43 am
Thanks ,its very useful
Comment by Hoda on October 9, 2010 @ 10:59 am
Attempted to change password due to not meeting requirements in attempt to set up domain..it was unsuccessful.
Any other suggestions..
Thank you.
Comment by Dan on October 12, 2010 @ 8:07 am
Please help I m still having a problem with this error even I already done suggested by najla (July 9, 2009 @ 1:52
pm):
“go right click Computer, click Manage, expand Configuration node, expand Local Users and Groups, and look
for the Administrator account, then right click on it and Set Password…”
I change password many times which met the requirement I created this as sample “@dminS3tyo or P@ssw0rd”
but still I face this annoying error?? Please any one can help me….?
This the error is :

i need trhe solution for this issue
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thannks
vanbumi
Comment by vanbumi on October 18, 2010 @ 3:50 am
that is what i am looking for thanks mate
cheers
Comment by server 2003 on October 25, 2010 @ 9:22 pm
wow thank you, my stupid teacher wont help me with it.
Comment by Pajoo on October 28, 2010 @ 2:24 pm
Michael Hansen & akash : your dicks! some of us are learning from this, and we all start somewhere, stupid
would be to think we could run a production server from a 10 min guide, yes. maybe you could at least suggest
where we may find ‘ say at least a cople of hundred pages of serious litterature ! ‘ i think you mean literature,
but hay im stupid what do i know?
thanks for the guide, im starting to get somewhere, i think….
Comment by pat on November 18, 2010 @ 8:31 pm
I was in class i dint know what to do, till i used google and brought me this wonderful staff. Thanks
Comment by Yohane on November 20, 2010 @ 8:48 am
desr sir how are you i have install windows server 2008 he is a Good working but then install isa server 2006 its
is install but not showing to All Policy Please Infrim To me how To install Isa server 2006 On windows server
2008 Thankxx Pleae sir E mail me Irfan2002nz@hotmail.com
Thanking You
Comment by irfan on November 23, 2010 @ 12:04 pm
You know… I can see where you are coming from with all your aggression (akash) however I am struggling to
understand why you were here reading it to begin with. You see I have a hard time believing you just so
happened to be not searching how to promote a server yourself. Once you realized that it was so simple you
decided to rant about it.
These guys are trying to help the people that are curious, and if you would take a second to understand the
questions they are setting up home lab environments not production servers. They are not stating they will
produce said results. All they are looking for are information in regards to what they wish to test. Why would
you get all defensive on DNS services? The tutorial covers promotion of server 08 to a domain controller.
Comment by Mike on November 24, 2010 @ 6:01 pm
I am sorry the above comment was directed to (Michael Hansen)
**********CORRECTION************
Comment by Mike on November 24, 2010 @ 6:07 pm
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This articale as far as it goes is great, and there are many other similar articles out there equally as good. The
problem is thast they all fall short as testified by some of the comments above. None of these articles help people
understand how to have other computers in their proposed networks connect and interact with the DNS server.
Some information on IPs, and configuration with typical home and small business network routers, switches and
clinets would be very helpful. Without thast information your newly setup server with AD and DNS is just
another useless pile of junk.
Comment by Malcolm on December 5, 2010 @ 7:33 pm
Thanks, this was very helpful. I spent almost an hour looking for a wizard in Server Management until I found
this page through Google. Thanks again.
Comment by Miro on December 9, 2010 @ 3:24 pm
Wow man…really awasome documnet…hard to find anywhere in the workld…but you are the person who is the
great person to who we can say as person & as a nice person you are person but always person is person & there
is nothing in person it feild without person…what a great person..!
Comment by Dhaval Shah on December 12, 2010 @ 7:36 pm
Hi All,
Thanks for provifing such a nice document..and really helpful for me to check the installation steps of windows
2008 server.
However, I am having one query in applying group policy settings for DNS server name setting.
I have applied the policy on windows 2008 AD group policy & it is working fine on all windows 2008 server,
however the same is not working in my all Windows 2003 servers.
I have tried to check RSOP, gpresult & on both it is applied successfully on either server.
Not able to find, why it is not working for 2003 system only.
Can anyone from our team, can help me to fix this issue.
Please contact me on lav.hit@gmail.com incase of any query.
Thanks in advance for reading this document & speding time, will really appriciate if someone can give me
suggesition.
Waiting for reply……..!
Comment by Lav K Shah on December 12, 2010 @ 7:47 pm
Thanks for your “narration” to the wizard……

Really lame.
Comment by Brandon on December 22, 2010 @ 3:46 pm
we are having Dell server with windows 2008 server OS
i found while creating the domain that
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i need the solution for this issue on how to go about it or a detailed explaination/guide on this.
Comment by Farmer on January 4, 2011 @ 12:36 pm
Hello..
I have one problem in Windows server 2008 R2. i am create one new Groups & user in active directory for
student use in other workstation. But when i create that time user folder are not create in server drive. and give
the error. name not found. when i am first time create this user in server 2008 R2. So friend Please help
me…..Give me answer with step by step.
Comment by smit on January 4, 2011 @ 3:37 pm
Mille Merci
Comment by Fouzou on January 18, 2011 @ 10:57 am
very good. i want more example
Comment by vinoth on January 21, 2011 @ 4:25 am
pretty much useful for everyone who are novice to this field, step-by-step procedure with screen shots, very
useful.
thanks !!
Comment by wolniqJr on January 22, 2011 @ 4:19 pm
Awesome work step by step installation of DNS and AD it’s really work.
I m announcing from this plate form that any one need HELP regarding NETWORK OR NETWORK
SECURITY can contact to me on my e-mail. I m really feel happy to HELP YOU GUYS
Comment by SNKK on January 27, 2011 @ 8:02 am
Can I mix W2k8 R2 32bit and 64bit domain controller togther? Anything I should be aware of? Thank you
Comment by special_special_au_888 on January 28, 2011 @ 10:28 pm
It is really helpful tutorial. I appreciate you to provide it.

I am new on windows 2008 platform. so help me
Comment by rajib on January 31, 2011 @ 3:14 am
Hi,
I really need your help! I did try to follow your instruction but cannot make this server to work properly.
I’m trying to run my own web server for my small business as photographer.
My first question is … Do I need to install Active Directory or not?
My second question… for my Forward Lookup zone which IP Address I should used?
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I’m now running on a small network which every PC have their own IP Address (192.168.1.1XX) and I have a
Static IP Address from my ISP
I did set my router

- Enabled UPnP Forwarding … http… port 80 … IP Address of server
I did set my firewall
Third question… Do I need to set a Reverse Lookup Zone and if I do which IP address I should used?
Thanks again for your help
Marc
Comment by Marc L. on March 6, 2011 @ 9:07 am
thanks it is good and useful thing
Comment by sandeep singh on March 11, 2011 @ 9:55 am
Hello,
I had install windows 2008 r2 64bit ..also configure static ip and subnet and dns incl local host ip in dns server
,but the internet does not start …even though we hv another linux server fro dhcp and dns server installed.
regds..wasi
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This tutorial will explain how to setup

Click on Start > Run

Now type dcpromo > Click OK

Choose Create a new domain in a new forest, Click Next

DNS Installation will start

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good article at least good for basic understanding….

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Comment by Dean on May 15, 2008 @ 4:37 pm

VERY USEFUL THANKS

Comment by RAJUKUMAR on July 21, 2008 @ 7:17 am

THIS IS VERY USEFUL

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Comment by Nazmul Hasan on October 26, 2008 @ 6:18 pm

This is exactly what I needed, thanks

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Comment by Han on March 1, 2009 @ 1:09 am

Awesume!!! Worked Great!!!

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Comment by Harri on March 6, 2009 @ 3:27 pm

very helpful, Thanks.

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Comment by Darren on March 19, 2009 @ 6:35 pm

Thanks for the walk through WR.com!

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Comment by Ricky on April 16, 2009 @ 11:25 pm

Excellent support…. Thank You Very Much…..

Comment by Deepak on April 23, 2009 @ 6:39 am

very helpful walk through, thank you very much

Comment by sviluppatore on June 26, 2009 @ 3:34 pm

we are having Dell server with windows 2008 server OS

i found while creating the domain that

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Comment by najla on July 9, 2009 @ 1:52 pm

Password must meet complexity requirements described here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library

Comment by Carolina on July 11, 2009 @ 10:26 pm

Great Job! Very Useful

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Comment by joe on August 26, 2009 @ 7:12 am

now how do i add a computer to this domian now

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Comment by Richard on September 13, 2009 @ 11:20 am

i want know .how to add domain under pcs

Comment by navin on September 13, 2009 @ 12:22 pm

This process was well documented. Well Done!

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Comment by Les on October 6, 2009 @ 12:52 am

I did the same steps BUT..

when server rebooted, I can’t login to it!!!

Comment by Mohd on October 12, 2009 @ 9:57 am

And NOW i’m really in trouble

Comment by Mohd on October 12, 2009 @ 10:01 am

Good for beginners…..

Comment by Balaji on October 13, 2009 @ 5:16 am

Any idea why??

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