Exercise 3: Configuring Active Directory
In this exercise, you will promote your VM to a domain controller and create a new domain named wingtip.com
- Add and configure the role for Active Directory Domain Services
- Launch Server Manager and select the Roles node. You should see there are no roles have been installed
- Click the Add Roles link to start the Add Roles Wizard.
- On the Before you begin page, click Next
On the Server Roles page, Select Active Directory Domain Services. If will are prompted with a dialog which asks to install Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1, click the Add Required Features button to dismiss this dialog. Click Next to advance the Add Roles Wizard.
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Select Server roles
On the next page of the wizard, click Next which will bring you to the Confirm Installation Selections page. Click Install.
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Confirm Installation Selections
After Active Directory Domain Services has been installed, you will see the Installation Results page in the Add Roles Wizard as shown below. Click on the link with the big long caption of Close this wizard and launch the Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard (dcpromo.exe).
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Installation Results
On the first page of the Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard, click the Use advanced Mode installation check box and click Next.
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Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard
- When you see the Operating System Compatibility page, click Next.
- The next page asks you to Choose a Deployment Configuration, select the option to Create a new domain in a new forest and click Next.
The next page asks you to Name the Forrest Root Domain. Enter wingtip.com into the textbox for the root domain and click Next.
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Name the Forrest Root Domain
- The next page asks you to assign the
- . The wizard should provide a default value of WINGTIP. Accept this default value and click Next.
The next page asks you to Set Forest Functional Level. Using the dropdown list, change the setting to Windows Server 2008 R2 and click Next.
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Set Forest Functional Level
The next page asks you to set Additional Domain Controller Options. You should be able to accept the default options as shown below. Click Next.
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Additional Domain Controller Options
- You might be prompted with the dialog shown below providing a warning that This computer has dynamically assigned IP address(es). This is not a problem when you are running your development environment on a domain controller. Click Yes to dismiss the dialog.
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Static IP assigment
At this point the wizard will prompt you with a dialog information you a delegation for the DNS Server cannot be created because it cannot find the authoritative parent zone. This is not a problem because the wizard will automatically configure the DNS of the VM to point to itself. Click on the Yes button to dismiss this dialog.
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Dialog inforrmation
The next page asks you to set values for Location for Database Log Files and SYSVOL. Accept all the default values by clicking Next.
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Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard
The next page asks you to provide and confirm a password for Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Password. Add a password of Pass@word1 and click Next.
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Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Password
The next page is the Summary page which should show the values below. Click Next to start the process of configuring the new Active Directory domain.
The wizard will display the dialog below to show you the progress of the configuration process. You will be required to reboot when the configuration has been completed. Check the option for Reboot on completion and then wait for the configuration to complete and the machine to reboot.
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Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard
- After the VM reboots, you should logon using the domain account WINGTIP\Administrator. The password should still be Pass@word1.