Windows Server Tutorials Part 2 : Active Directory

How to install Active Directory?
Hi Friends !
In our last tutorial we learn how to install Windows Server 2008 but to create a domain you need to install some extra services in you Windows Server 2008.

Active Directory is a directory which make your server to domain controller. Active directory  is a directory structure used on Microsoft Windows based computers and servers to store information and data about networks and domains. It is primarily used for online information and was originally created in 1996 and first used with Windows 2000.

In short Active Directory (AD) plays an important role in Windows Server. Now we are going to learn how to install Active Directory (AD) and how to configure Active Directory (AD) ?

Before installing Active Directory (AD) you have to check the pre requirement of Active Directory (AD).

1. Must install Windows Server 2008 or any NOS (Network Operating Systems)
2. You have a Administrator right to install Active Directory (AD)
3. Partition will be formated with NTFS file system. 
4. IP address is configured on Windows Server 2008

Note:  NT Domain Controller is not supported on Windows Server 2008

Now we are going to install Active Directory (AD) in Windows Server 2008 follow the steps:

Step 1: Go to Start and click on Server Manager

 

Step 2: Select the role from the right side of panel and click on  Add Roles  option

Step 3: A wizard will open containing no of list of roles, from the list select Active Directory Domain Services role and click Next

  

Step 4: A wizard will open which tell you about the active directory. You can read and  click Next

Step 5: Review the installation confirmation and click Install

Step 6: Now Active Directory (AD) is start to install it take few minutes to complete  when it done a wizard will open click on Close

 

Now you need to reboot you system.

 

Note :  Now Active Directory (AD) is install but it not make your Windows as Domain Controller (DC) to make your systems as Domain Controller (DC) follow the steps:

Step 1: Now go to Start and click on Server Manager  and click on Roles  now you click on Active Directory Domain Services 

 

Step 2:  Click on link given in right side of panel 

Step 3:  After clicking on the link Dc promo Wizard will run as show below click on Next

 

Step 4:  Again click Next

Step 5: Now a wizard will open asking "Choose a Deployment Configuration"  here we click on Create a new domain in new forest because this is our first domain

 Step 6: Now a wizard will open asking for your own domain name. Type your domain name such as thinktecpro.com

Step 7:  Choose the Forest functional level and click on Next

 Step 8: Now a wizard will open asking for dns configuration if DNS is not configured then click on DNS Server option and click Next

 Step 9: Now a wizard will open to tell you that where the Active Directory Database is store click Next

 Step 10: Enter your the password for your Restore Mode Administrator on the following screen and click Next

Step 11: Now You get the Summary page click Next 

 Step 12: Now Active Directory is start to install. it take some time to complete.

 Step 13: Now click on finish and reboot the server

Finally your Active Directory is now install completely now click on start and click on administrator tools and you find the AD tools

I hope that this tutorial is clear of you if you have some doubt and question then please comments. 
Thinks  and Good by.....

January 09, 2013