Server W12 Full Setup
Server W12 Full Setup
1. Make Sure the Server Computer have the specific hardware Requirement
1.4 GHz x64 processor
512 MB of RAM
32 GB of disk space
DVD-ROM
800x600 or higher screen resolution
Keyboard
Mouse/compatible pointing device
2. Start the computer then let the setup begin
3. After setup is completed, the system will reboot and ask for the setup the administrator
user password.
4. Put the password to be “admin@123” then you can login to the system
Step 2: setup Local Administrator
1. go to control panel then click the user account
2. Click the Next button until you reach the Server roles section
3. Select Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), DHCP server , DNS server, Web
server(IIS)
4. Click next until you reach the Confirmation section then click ok
5. Then wait for installation to complete then click the close button
Step 5: Configure AD DS ( Setup Domain Controller [1/2] )
1. Select the flag button
2. You will now be presented with the All Servers Task Details, in which you will click on
Promote this server to a domain controller under Action.
3. The Deployment Configuration screen appears and we will select “Add a new forest” as
this is the first domain controller.
7. The NetBIOS domain name will then be inputted automatically. In the event of a conflict,
it will suggest an alternative by appending the original name with a 0.then click next
8. Confirm or change the locations of your database folder, log folder and SYSVOL folder
then click next
13. The computer will most likely restart on its own to complete the installation
14. Upon restart, you should be able to login using your domain credentials for the user
administrator
Step 6 : Configure AD DS (add a new user [2/2] )
1. Once Server Manager has launched, click on Tools > Active Directory Administrative
Center
2. Click on your domain on the left navigation pane, in my instance it is corp (local).
3. creating our first Organizational Unit that will house our corporate users (this is for
creating customs Users). On the right navigation pane under Tasks > <domain name>
click on New and then select “Organizational Unit”.
4. Enter the mandatory details.then click OK
5. This will immediately create the Organizational Unit in the designated location. Double
click on your newly created Organizational Unit and on the left navigation pane, select
New User. The below screen appears in which you will fill in the necessary details.
6. Make sure you scroll down to the bottom and fill in all the necessary sections such as
Groups, Profile Settings and Organization settings.
7. Once completed, Click OK.
8. Your newly created user will now be listed in the middle navigation pane.
Step 7 : Configure DHCP
1. Open DHCP server then open DHCP manager(by right clicking the table)
6. Then click next (there will be optional configuration) until the setup is finished
Step 6 : Configure DNS server (Create DNS Zone)
1. So we try to create Primary Zone. From DNS Manager console right click Forward Lookup
zones and click New Zone.
2. On the New Zone Wizard page click Next.
3. Select Primary zone from Zone type page and then click Ne
4. Type the Domain Name or your domain to Zone name then click Next go to the next
page.
5. On the Zone File page, just click Next.