How to Configure ADS Active Directory Service Step by Step Guide - Computer Networking

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    How to Configure ADS Active Directory Service Step by Step Guide

    In our earlier article, we have finished all the necessary pre-quest. In this article, we would configure ADS. ADS configuration wizard can be invoked by thee ways.
    • ·         By running DCPROMO.EXE command
    • ·         From Configure your server
    • ·         Manage your server

    No matter which options you choose all three will launch same ADS configuration wizard. I will show all the methods

    Configure your server / Manage your server

    To launch manage your server wizard click on the start button and select manage your server option

    To launch configure your server wizard click on the start button and select configure your server wizard from administrator tools


    Now click on Add remove a role


    Now the server will check the pre-quest which we have completed in our last article. Wizard would show an error message if any of pre-quest is not properly configured.


    Wizard will show a list of all tasks which can be configured. Select Domain Controller (Active Directory)

    It will show summary for ADS configuration wizard after checking all necessary services.

    Click on next to launch ADS configuration wizard
    The same wizard can be Launch directly by running DCPROMO.EXE command in the run menu


    On welcome screen click on next
    This screen shows that win95 or earlier version of win NT4.0 cannot be the clients of Server 2003 Click on Next
    This is the first domain controller in our domain so select Domain controller for a new domain and clicks on next
    This is the first domain in the first forest so select domain in the new forest and clicks on next
    Give the full FQDN name of the server, we are using example.com for practice you can choose your own
    Wizard will automatically generate NetBIOS name of server don't change it.
    ADS is installed in NTDS folder, don't change its default location.
    Sysvols is a publically shared folder. It would be automatically shared on all clients.
    DNS is required by ADS for proper functioning Select second options install and configure DNS on this computer

    If you have any pre-windows 2000 client in the network then select 
    Permission compatible with pre-windows 2000 server operating systems

    If you don't have any pre-windows 2000 server operating systems then select
    Permissions compatible only with Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 operating systems for greater security features
    Now set directory services to restore mode passwords. This is used when you restore directory or remove ADS
    Click on next after reviewing the summary of your selection if need a change of any option go back and change.
    Now the wizard will configure all the options you have selected
    If you are running this wizard the first time then it needs to copy some files from Server 2003 CD, Insert Server 2003 CD when it is asked
    We will configure DNS server separately after ADS so skip it here to save time
    Click on finish to complete the installation
    A system reboot is required in order to take place the installation of ADS
    After reboot server is a domain controller. In our next article, we will learn how to verify that ADS is configured properly.

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