Module 3 Lecture 5: Installing Active Director on Windows Server 2008

Module 3 Lecture 5: Installing Active Director on Windows Server 2008
In this lesson we would learn about Active Director and How to install Active director setup in windows Server 2008.

 What is Active Directory?

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- Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Directory Service

­- Works with and requires DNS

­- Incorporated into Windows 2000 and XP

­- Centrally Managed

­- Extensible

­- Interoperable

Module 3_Lecture 5 - Active Directory on Windows Server 2008

Module 3_Lecture 3 - Installing Domain Controllers

Module 3_Lecture 3 - Installing Domain Controllers

Installing Domain Controllers setup in Windows server 2008.

 - One of the greatest features of Windows Server 2003 is its ability to be a Domain Controller (DC). 

   - The full features of a domain are beyond the scope of this workshop, but some of its most well known features are its ability to store user names and passwords on a central computer (the Domain Controller) or computers (several Domain Controllers). 

  -  In this tutorial we will cover the "promoting" (or creating) of the first DC in a domain.  This will include DNS installation, because without DNS the client computers wouldn't know who the DC is. 

  - You can host DNS on a different server, but we'll only deal with the basics.

Module 3_Lecture 3 - Installing Domain Controllers by Zeeshan Bhatti

Step by Step Guide to install DHCP role and configure

This is another simple tutorial that would help students understand and install DHCP easily. I noted several students were still having problems and getting errors while installing DHCP in windows server 2008. Let’s see how we can configure DHCP server in a Windows Server Environment. For the demo I will be using Windows 2008 R2 Server.

To start first need to log in to the server with administrator privileges. Then start the “server Manager” by clicking on “Server Manager” icon on task bar. Then go to “Roles”





Then click on “Add Roles” option to open Add roles Wizard.
 


Then it will load the Roles Wizard and select the “DHCP Server” From the list and click next to continue.



Then it will give description about the role. Click next to continue.



Next window is asking to use which interface to serve DHCP clients. If server has multiple NIC with multiple IP you can add them also to serve DHCP clients.



In next window it will give opportunity to add DNS settings that should apply for DHCP clients.




Next window is to define the WINS server details.



In next window we can add the scope, the Starting IP, End IP of the DHCP range, subnet mask, default gateway, leased time etc.



In next Window it can configure to support IPv6 as well.



Then it will give the confirmation window before begin the install. Click on “Install”



Once installation finishes DHCP server interface can open from Start > Administrative Tools > DHCP



Using the DHCP it is possible to even configure multiple Scopes configurations to the network. In a network there can be different network segments. It is waste to setup different DHCP servers for each segment. Instead of that it is possible to create different Scopes to issue DHCP for them.