Introducing Active Directory - MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration - page 82

5. Read the information in the next window, which explains that having two domain con-
trollers is optimal, DNS must be installed on the network, and you must run Dcpromo.exe
to complete the AD DS installation. Click Next .
6. A message is displayed stating that the server might need to restart and reminding you that
Dcpromo.exe must be run after the wizard is finished. Click Install .
7. The Installation Results window tells you what roles were installed and displays status mes-
sages for services that were installed. Click Close .
8. Click Start , type dcpromo in the Start Search text box, and press Enter . The Active Directory
Domain Services Installation Wizard starts. Click Next .
9. Next, you might see a window with compatibility information that explains older OSs could
have difficulty authenticating to a Windows Server 2008 domain controller. If so, click Next .
10. Click the Create a new domain in a new forest option button, and then click Next .
11. Next, you name the forest root domain by entering the new domain's FQDN. Type
W2k8adXX.com , and then click Next .
12. Next, you select the forest functional level. To take advantage of new features in Windows
Server 2008, you must select the Windows Server 2008 level. Click the list arrow, click to
select Windows Server 2008 , and then click Next .
13. In the Additional Domain Controller Options window, you choose whether to install DNS.
You can also decide whether this DC should be a global catalog server or an RODC as well.
These options are disabled for the first DC in a new domain, however. Click Next .
14. In the message box explaining that a DNS server can't be found, click Yes .
15. You can choose locations for the database folder, log files, and Sysvol folder. Specifying
different disks for the database and log files is ideal, but leave the defaults for now. Click
Next .
16. When asked for a Directory Services Restore Mode password, enter Password01 in both places.
You can use a different password from the Administrator password, if you like. Click Next .
17. Review your choices in the next window, and go back and make changes if necessary.
Otherwise, click Next .
18. In the next window, click Finish , and then click Restart Now when prompted.
19. After your computer restarts, log on as Administrator. Open Server Manager, if necessary,
and verify the domain information that's displayed. Some new messages have been created
during installation. If they are warning messages, you can ignore them for now.
20. Click Start and point to Administrative Tools . Note the new MMCs that have been added:
Active Directory Domains and Trusts, Active Directory Sites and Services, Active Directory
Users and Computers, ADSI Edit, and DNS.
21. Close all open windows.
Now that Active Directory is installed, you can examine the types of objects it contains.
What's Inside Active Directory?
After Active Directory is installed, you can explore it by using the Active Directory Users and
Computers MMC via Administrative Tools or Server Manager. Active Directory Users and
Computers is the main tool for managing Active Directory, although quite a few command-line
tools are available, too. Shown in Figure 3-5, Active Directory Users and Computers has two
panes. The top node in the left pane shows the server and domain being managed. The next
folder, Saved Queries, contains a list of Active Directory queries you can save to repeat Active
Directory searches easily. The third node represents the domain and contains all the objects that
make up the domain. In Figure 3-5, the domain being managed is called W2k8ad99.com. In this
figure, the Users container is open, and objects in this container are displayed in the right pane.