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OPERATING SYSTEM INSTALLATION GUIDES
Windows Server 2008 R2 Installation
Setting up Active Directory
Adding Roles to Windows Server 2008 R2
Creating Group Policy in Windows Server 2008 R2 (Folder
Redirection)
Creating New Users in a Domain Controller
Changing Workgroup setting to a Domain
Joining the Domain of Windows Server 2008 R2 on Client
Computers
Installing Printer on Windows Server 2008 R2
Sharing Printer on Windows Server 2008
Printing Document on Client computer to Windows Server 2008
R2
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Remote Desktop COMPUTER
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1.Insert the bootable flash drive on your
desktop computer and access the BIOS
and look

for the boot setting option. Other BIOS

might

look different so just look for any option r

elating

to Boot. Below the picture shows two opt

ions in

Boot2.Select
settings:USB
one drive as Device
is Boot your Priority
andpriority
the drive to boot.

other one is Hard Disk Drive option. Cho

ose
Hard
3.GoDisk
backDrive Option,
to Boot device priority and Choose
USB drive as 1st Boot Device
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choose OK

5.Press any key

when the message
"Press any key to
boot from USB
appear.

6.After booting on the

Windows 2008
installer, the Windows
starting up will appear.

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.The next screen is the Windows
Setup dialog box where you can
change the Language, Time, and
keyboard format. Just click next to
proceed on next window.

On this window, you have the option

“Repair your computer” if you have
already an existing

Operating System that needs to be

repaired but since we are doing a
Clean Install, we will ignore that
option and just click Install now to
proceed

Setup is Starting Window appear.

Just wait until the next screen shows.

.Select the operating system you

want to install. Select the Windows
Server 2008 R2 Standard X64

.License Terms. On this screen, check “I accept the license terms” and
click Next.

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Which type of Installation do you want?.
Since we are doing clean install, select
“Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).

Where do you want to install

Windows?. Here, remember the
requirements of Windows Server 2008
in hard disk drive, so in allocating disk
space for drive C. make sure that it
will meet the recommended space
and will have a free space for future
installation of other applications. Click
New to create new partition.

.After clicking the New option, enter

the size of first partition or allocation
for Drive C.

.Select the remaining partition and click new.

Click apply to create the remaining partition. This will create the Drive
D.

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.Make sure that the Windows Server 2008 will be

installed on drive C. Select the drive you allocated for
drive C then click Next.

.Installing Windows: This screen will appear after clicking

next on partitioning window. Just wait until the setup
finish all the listed tasks.

Installing Windows: Your computer will restart after it

finish some tasks. A problem or error will show if there
is a problem on your installer or on your drives.
.Installing Windows: Your computer will restart after it finish some tasks. A problem or error will
show if there is a problem on your installer or on your drives.

.Installing Windows: When you see that the Completing

installation is the next task to be done, that is a sign that
it will redirect you to Windows Server 2008 desktop.

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31. Setup will restart after
the Installation is
done.

32.The Windows will

now load the operating
system after the
restart.

33.Setup is preparing your

computer for first use. On
this screen, wait until the
desktop appear.
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Before logging on, Windows Server 2008 will allow
you to create the user’s password that you will use
every time you log on.

After creating a password

click the right arrow button or
press enter to continue

Click OK after changing the password.

Preparing your desktop. Just wait until the

next screen appear

Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE key to

start logging on
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.Type the administrator password that you

created

.window will appear on the desktop.

The next thing to do is to check the
drivers on device manager if
properly installed.

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2.Active directory domain
1.Press Win Logo + R, then type dcpromo. services binaries are being
installed

3. Welcome to the Active Directory

Domain Services Installation
Wizard. Just click next.

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“
Deployment
Configuration.
Choose Create a
new domain in a new
forest then click Next.

5. Name the Forest Root Domain.

Type here the fully qualified
domain name then click next.

6. Verifying NetBIOS
name. Just wait until
the next screen
appear.
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Windows Server 2008 R2, we will choose it under
Forest functional level then click next.

8.Additional Domain Controller Options. Select DNS

Server then click next.

9. Static IP assignment. Choose Yes, the computer will

use an IP address automatically assigned by a
DHCP server (not recommended).
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Just click yes here.

11. Location for Database, log Files, and

SYSVOL. Just click next if you don't
want to customize the locations of the
Database folder.

12.Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator

Password. Assign here password that will ve use
when this domain controller is started in Directory
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13.Summary. Click next Installation Wizard - Waiting for DNS
installation to finish. Just wait until the
wizard completed the tasks.

15. Completing the

Active Directory
Domain
Services
Installation
Wizard. Click
finish.
15. You must restart your computer
before the changes made by the
Active Directory Domain Services
Installation wizard take effect. Click
Restart Now.
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ADDING ROLES TO
WIN SERVER 2008 R2
1. Click the Start 3. Before you begin,
button. then click read the list of
server manager. tasks that you
need to verify,
then click Next.

2. In Server Manager 4. Check DHCP

window, Click Add Server, then
Roles. click Install
DHCP Server
anyway.

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Desktop
Services then click next.

7. Select Role Services. Check

Remote Desktop Session Host, click
6. Introduction to Remote Desktop Services. Install Remote Desktop Session Host
After reading about Remote Desktop, click next. anyway thenclick Next

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Compatibility. Click Next.

10. Specify Licensing Mode.

Click Configure later then click
next
9. Specify Authentication
Method for Remote
Desktop Session Host.
Click Require Network
Level Authentication then
click Next

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This RD Session Host Server. Click Next
here

13. DHCP Server. Click Next after

reading about DHCP Server
12. Configure Client Experience. Click
Next

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14. Specify IPv4 DNS Server Settings.
Click next

15. Specify IPv4 WINS Server Settings. 16. DHCP Scopes. Click Next
Choose WINS is not required for
application on this network then click next

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17. Configure DHCPv6 Stateless Mode. Choose
enable DHCPv6 then click next

18. Specify IPv6 DNS Server 19. Authorize DHCP Server. Click use current credentials
Settings. Click Next. then click Next.

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20. Print and Document Services. Click next.

21. Select Role Services. Click Print Server 22. Confirm Installation Selections. Click Install
then click next.

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23. Installation Progress. Wait until installation finish 24. Installation Results. Click close

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1. Create a folder on Drive D 2. For an example, rename it as shared folder for user 1

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Sharing tab people on your network to share then click Add

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8. Make sure the Autenticated user's Permission level are 9. Click Done
set to Read and Write

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10. Go to sharing tab and copy the Network path of this 11. Open Start Menu and Click Group Policy
shared folder Management

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right click on Domain Controller then click click Create a 13. Type a New GPO name then click OK
GPO in this domain, and link it here.

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14. Right click on it and click Edit
15. Open User Configuration under Group
Policy Management Editor

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16. Open Policies by double clicking it
17. Open Windows Setting
directory

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tutorial. We will redirect the whole Documents folder to
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18. Open Folder Redirection. the path that we created in local drive D. Right click on
Documents and click Properties.

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20. Under Target Tab, click the drop down arrow on
Setting and choose Basic-Redirect eveyrone's folder to
21. On Target folder location, choose Create a folder for
each user under the root path
the same location.

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rights to Documents, check Move the contents of
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22. On the Root Path, paste the path of the Folder we Documents to the new location and Also apply redirection
policy to Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Server, Windows
copied in Local Disk D
XP, and Windows Server 2003 operating system. then
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24. If a warning dialog box appear, just click

Yes to continue

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1. Open start menu and Click on Active Directory Users 2. Double Click the Forest you created earlier,
and Computers under Administrative tools

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3. Right click on Domain Controllers, choose New and
click User
Full Name and user logon name. The user logon name will
be used to access the server. Click Next to continue.

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5. Type a password for the user. This password will be
6. Click Finish
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Client Domain Controller
To join Window client to a domain network:

1.Right click Computer > Properties or go to Control 2.Click Change Settings. On the System properties
Panel > Systems and Security > System window, click Change button

3.Select Domain and then type the domain name of

your domain network.

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6.Once done, you should be able to see a message

that welcomes you to the domain network 7. Congrats! Your computer is now a member
of the domain network. Restart your
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using Group Policy
In the Server Manager, click Add Roles and select Print and
Document Services Role in the Roles list. 3. Connect the printer,
install its driver and
Select Print share.
Server in the
Role services. Note: Refer to the
This is the printer manual on how
only service to install its driver.
we need to
deploy our
printer using
group policy
object (GPO

Just continue the installation and leave other settings by

default until you reach the installation succeeded Go to Start > Administrative Tools > Print Management.
window.

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Click All Printers. Right click network printer and select Deploy with
Specify where
Group Policy… to deploy the
printer. In this
example, the
network
printer will be
deployed to
Students OU
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Create a new policy. Right-click anywhere in the white space
and select New. Type “Printer Deployment” for example.

Deploy the printer by clicking Add button. Check both “The

users that this GPO applies” and “The computers that this Click Apply and OK.
GPO applies”
Update the policy on both computers using the command
gpupdate /force.

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Services
the renaming of Terminal Server and it’s services;
Previous name (Windows 2008) Name in Windows Server 2008 R2
Terminal Services Remote Desktop Services
Terminal Server Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host)
Terminal Services Licensing (TS Licensing) Remote Desktop Licensing (RD Licensing)
Terminal Services Gateway (TS Gateway) Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway)

Terminal Services Session Broker (TS Session Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RD Connection
Broker) Broker)

Terminal Services Web Access (TS Web Access) Remote Desktop Web Access (RD Web Access)
Before delving into the step by step guide I will quickly highlight some of the enhancements and improvements that have been incorporated in this release; This is by no means a
comprehensive list, however I have provided a number of links at the end of this post to

TechNet articles outlining What’s New in RDS.

Windows Server 2008 R2 is 64 bit only, meaning that RDS is also 64 bit. Forms based authentication for Remote Desktop Web Access

Per user RemoteApp program filtering

Enhancements to Remote Desktop Client experience such as multiple monitor support, Audio recording redirection and Audio and Video playback
Windows Installer compatibility
Introduction of Remote Desktop Virtualisation Host providing personal virtual desktops utilising Hyper-V (note: This technology will not be discussed in this series, however I
have a future post dedicated to this new inclusion)

So let’s begin the installation by Navigating to Start / Administrative Tools / Server Manager (This post is assuming that you already have a dedicated Windows 2008 R2 server setup)
Click on Roles located on the left navigation pane and then select Add Roles located on the right pane to invoke the Add Roles Wizard.

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Click Next
Select Remote Desktop Services as the role to install on this server.

Click Next.
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The below introduction to Remote Desktop Services is displayed. Microsoft have done a great job in
documentation

Click Next
This is a single server setup so I will select all of the role services for Remote Desktop Services excluding Remote Desktop
Virtualisation Host (this will be covered in a future post). I have provided Microsoft’s description of each service in the
table below;

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based programs or the full Windows desktop.

Users can connect to an RD Session Host

server to run programs, save files and use

network resources on the that server

Adding the Remote Desktop Gateway and or Remote Desktop Web Access will prompt you to install other services that
are prerequisites such as IIS.

Click Add Required Role Services

After you have the Selected Roles checked, click

Next.

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Remote Desktop Session Host prior to installing any “client” applications

Because this is a new install of Windows 2008 R2, I can ignore this warning and click Next.
You will now be required to specify an Authentication Method for the Remote Desktop Session Host. The two options provided
below are as follows;

Click Next.
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Click Next
You will then be prompted to select user groups that you would like to provide access to the Remote Session Host Server. By Default, the
“Administrators” group is added and I will also be adding a security group that I have created specifically for my Remote Desktop Users. Users or
User groups added in this section will be automatically added to the local Remote Desktop Users
group.

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functionality and visual experience found from a Windows 7 desktop.
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I will be selecting all 3 options provided, with one of the enhancements to

Remote Desktop Services in R2 being the ability to provide users with a much
better Video playback experience than in previous releases. It does so by
offloading the actual video playback to the local graphics processing unit. More
information on Multimedia Redirection Improvements in Windows 7 and
WS2008 R2 can be found here;
http://blogs.msdn.com/rds/archive/2009/07/24/multimedia-redirection-impr
ovements-in-windows-7-and-ws2008-r2-part-1.aspx
Click Next
The next screen provides you with the ability to configure discovery scope for RD
licensing. Following Microsoft’s recommendation, I will not configure a discovery
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The next screen is requesting a server authentication certificate for SSL encryption. To simplify matters during the installation I will select create a
self-signed certificate for SSL encryption and will discuss this in more detail in part 2 of this series. Note that using a self-signed certificate will
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create additional administrative overhead for administrators as the certificate will need to be exported and imported to your remote desktop client
computers. Using a 3rd party certificate from a Trusted certificate authority will remove that administrative burden and provide end users with a
seamless experience.

Click Next

The next screen introduces Authorisation policies for the RD

Gateway. Recall, the RD Gateway is designed to provide users
with the ability to log onto a Remote Desktop Host via the
Internet and SSL.

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get everything right in the wizard as all of these options are configurable post wizard installation.
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Notice, I have created a specific Active Directory Group called “Remote Desktop Computers” in which I have
added computers with Remote Desktop enabled.

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Policy and Access Services.
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Click Next

Leave Network Policy Server selected….

Click Next
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that is required to be installed for Remote Desktop Web Access.

Click Next and Next again to accept the default role services options.

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this wizard. It is worthwhile printing and or saving this information via the available hyperlink to form part of your
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documentation. Kudos to Microsoft who in my own opinion have done a great job with their wizard based
installations which eases the usual configuration pains associated with such an install.

Click Install. The installation process will now begin and you will be presented with the installation results screen below
notifying you of completion. Click Close and then restart your server to complete the process.

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configuration of our roles and services.

That’s it for now. In this first article of this series on RDS, we went through the process of adding and configuring the
necessary roles and services associated with Remote Desktop Services via Windows 2008 R2 Server manager. In the next
article, I will be discussing the Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) in some detail and will go through some of it’s
configuration settings both at the server and remote desktop client level.
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Remote Desktop Connection
In the Server Manager, click Add Roles and
select Remote Desktop Services Role.

Select only the following services:

Remote Desktop Session Host - Users can connect to an

RD Session Host server to run programs, to save files, and to
use network resources on that server.

Remote Desktop Connection Broker - This prevents a user with a

disconnected session from being connected to a different RD Session
Host server.

Remote Desktop Licensing - manages the Remote Desktop

Services client access licenses (RDS CALs) that are required for
each device or user to connect to a Remote Desktop Session Host
(RD Session Host) server.

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For level authentication, select Require Network Level of
Authentication.

Leave other settings by default. Just click Next to

continue the installation

By default, only Administrators group are allowed

to access the server remotely. Local security
policy for terminal services should be configured
to allow users or groups to logon using remote
desktop services.

To allow users for remote desktop services, we will

add Remote Desktop Users Group in the list of
allowed groups for remote connection.

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Go to Start > Run. Type: secpol.msc. This will open a
Local Security Policy window.

In the Local Policy Window, navigate to Local Policies > User Rights
Assignment and double-click “Allow log on…Services “.

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Properties window, click Add User or Group button.

Enter the Remote Desktop Users group

There you have Remote Desktop Users included in the list. Click
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Now, let’s configure the any Domain User available to be a
member of Remote Desktop Users.

1. Go to Start > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and

Computers.
2.Select any available Domain User.

3.Right click on the selected Domain user and select Properties

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6.Type or enter: Remote Desktop Users. Click OK to

close.

7. Done. The selected user is now allowed to

logon using remote desktop services.

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To check:

1. Logon to client computer.

2.Go to Start > Run. Enter mstsc. You may

also search “Remote Desktop Connection” in
the search bar.

3. Enter the computer name or IP address of the

server.

4.On the next window, enter your domain

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