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Ex2 ConfiguringTheServer

The document provides instructions for configuring a server as the first domain controller in a new Active Directory domain called <nickname-w2k3>.com. It outlines 11 steps to install and configure the domain controller role and DNS server, including specifying the domain name and settings, addressing DNS registration diagnostics, setting restore mode password, verifying selections, and restarting the server. Upon completion, the new domain and domain controller computer account can be confirmed in the Active Directory Users and Computers tool.

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Ex2 ConfiguringTheServer

The document provides instructions for configuring a server as the first domain controller in a new Active Directory domain called <nickname-w2k3>.com. It outlines 11 steps to install and configure the domain controller role and DNS server, including specifying the domain name and settings, addressing DNS registration diagnostics, setting restore mode password, verifying selections, and restarting the server. Upon completion, the new domain and domain controller computer account can be confirmed in the Active Directory Users and Computers tool.

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Exercise 2: Configuring the Server

In this exercise, you will configure the server as the first domain controller in
an Active Directory domain called <nickname-w2k3>.com.

Note When the Active Directory Installation Wizard is launched, the steps that it prompts
you to follow will differ based on whether it detects another domain on the network. The
steps presented below assume you are running the wizard on an isolated network. If you
are connected to a network with another domain, the steps may vary, and you may either
modify your choices appropriately or disconnect from the network prior to performing the
exercise.

1. If it is not already open, open the Manage Your Server page from the
Administrative Tools program group.

2. Click Add Or Remove A Role. The Configure Your Server Wizard appears.

3. Click Next and the Configure Your Server Wizard detects network
settings.

4. Click Typical Configuration For A First Server, and then click Next.
Or…
If 'Server Role' screen is shown, check if the Domain Controller is already set
to Yes. If not, select Domain Controller (Active Directory) and click Next.
Follow the Active Directory Installation Wizard.
settings:
- Domain controller for a new domain
- Domain in new forest

5. In Active Directory Domain Name, type <nickname-w2k3>.com.

6. Verify that NetBIOS Domain Name reads <NICKNAME-W2K3> and click


Next.

If DNS Registration Diagnostics failed because DNS is not installed yet,


activate DNS by choosing the option 'Install and configure the DNS server in
this computer...' and click Next.

In Permissions screen, choose 'Permissions compatible only with Windows


2000 or Windows Server 2003 operating systems'. Click Next.

Set Restore mode password: password

You might be prompted that domain controllers must have static IP address.
Ask your instructor for the IP address that you'll use.
7. Verify that the Summary Of Selections will include the setup of the
domain controller and the DNS server. Click Next.

8. The Configure Your Server Wizard reminds you that the system will
restart and asks you to close any open programs. Click Yes.

9. After the system has restarted, log on as Administrator.

10. The Configure Your Server Wizard will summarize its final steps. Click
Next and then click Finish.

11. Open Active Directory Users And Computers from the Administrative
Tools group. Confirm that you now have a domain called <nickname-
w2k3>.com by expanding the domain and locating the computer account
for Server01 in the Domain Controllers OU.

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