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Windows Server 2012

Server administration

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WINDOWS SERVER 2012 R2

ADDS ( Active directory domain controler ) configuration

1. set up ip address for server

2. next set up name for server ( netbios name)

Next ADDS ( Active directory domain controler ) configuration.

It is a database application used to manage the objects in the organizational unit.

1. click server manager ( from bottom left , in win 2012 and later versions the server manager
option will come in front when we open server.)

2. click manage from top right corner and click add roles and features.click next 3 times and in
server rules setting, under services, check the box in active directory domain services then click
next and confirm that, in features , group policy managment feature has been checked
automatically. then click next, next and click install, now adds will be installed.

3. after installing the adds, we have to configure it, so click promote the server to the domain
controller link , and in adds configuration window select add a new forest and give domain name
with sub root directories and click next , domain controller option will come.

4. in domain controller option setup directory services restore mode password ( this is used to
protect adds from uinstalling by anybody) ( passwd rule in servrs are minimum 7 char and mixer
of smal upper numeric special char ), also choose forest and domain functional levels. click next ,
now dns options will be installed if we have ticked it. click next now server will create a netbios
name by adding zero or something to the name we have given. click next now it will ask to slect
path to install adds files , click with default location as c\windows and click next now it will show
all our seletions what we have done upto now, go through and next and click install and after
installation system will restart. after adds configuration whenever we login to the system it will
show "netbios name\user name" in login screen. if adds has been configured then in my
computer properties it will show domain name and full computer name as netbios name and
domain name.

5. to operate adds options go to server manager , top right tools, and there will be five active
directory options. to control objects select active directory user and computers. top left it will
show domain name, open it, right side we can see ou ( organizational units), open one ou, we
can see default objects, we can add other objects like computers ,printers, share folders, etc.

DNS CONFIGURATION

(If DNS is not installed with adds installation, we can install it now. go to manage, add roles and features,
check box in dns and as informed before)

1. for dns configuration go to tools , select dns, in top left, open your system name. for configure
forward lookup zone, right click it, new zone, next 3 times , give domain name, select allow both
nonsecur and secure dynamic updates,next and finish,forward zone will be configured.
2. for reverse lookuo zone configuration, right click , new zone, next 3 times, select ip version, give
network id, , next, and finish, reverse zone will be configured.

3. for veryfing dns convertion, click foward zone, right side open domain name, right click in free
space, click new host, give name , ip adddres, below tick both boxes, click add host, and ok, one
record will be created. aft the record creation, check in reverse lookup zone, there will be the ip
address with domain name.

4. now to finish dns configuration, right click domain name, all task, restart, now dns will be
applied. to check open run and type nslookup, cmd will be open , and shoe domain name and ip
address. give domain name it will trandlate and give ip and vice versa.

ADDS USER MANAGEMENT

tools, active directory users and computers, top left find domain name and open it. below it find ou,
right click domain name, new, ou, give name for ou, now that ou will be created.now we can create
objects in side this ou and we can control them.

converting and connecting client os to domain controller

first setup ip according to server, set ip in server ip n/w id, set gateway as server ip, dns as dns in server,
and ok.( now the n/w type selection window will open ) to check it run nslookup command in cmd, it will
show server ip and domain name.

verify that you are logged in as administrator and you have password, next change netbios name, change
workgroup into domain and give domain name. restart. now we can login by contr+alt+del, and it show
"system name/user name" to select. if we want to create another user we can create it in server and use.

in server , active directory users and computers, under domain name, see the ou computers open it,
there we can find the client system name, we have changed now.

now we can move the client system to the new ou we have created by right click the client system,
move, select the ou and ok.

to create new user to login from client, just select the ou, and in right side, in blank space right click ,
new, user, give first name and user logon name with domain name, give password and other options.

to login in client give user name with domain ( [email protected]). it is a new user and after login create
all desktop items, we can use hdd, write permission is given as default, read permisson to be given from
server.

if the user want to change the password , in server , right click the user, properties, accounts, tick the box
in pasword change in next login.

to disable the user account, right click the user, disable account.

we can setup login hours by user properties, account, logon hours.

in default , the new user can use all client systems to login, but we can setup to restrict this to selected
client systems to logn. in account click log on to and add client system and ok.
to update all settings immediatelly run gpupdate command.

we can set account expiring date previously.

Group policy management

tools, gpm, top left forest with domain, domain, domain name, right click default domain policy, edit,
group policy editer window will open. there will be computer configuration and user configuration.

to edit password policies, select computer config , policies, windows policies, security settings, account
settings, password policies and edit required settings.

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