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PRACTICE

Creating a Windows Server 2008 Forest
In this practice, you will create the AD DS forest for Contoso, Ltd. This forest will be used for exercises throughout this training kit. You will begin by installing Windows Server 2008 and performing post-installation configuration tasks. You will then add the AD DS role and promote the server to a domaincontroller in the contoso.com forest, using the Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard. Exercise 1 Install Windows Server 2008 In this exercise, you will install Windows Server 2008 on a computer or virtual machine. 1. Insert the Windows Server 2008 installation DVD. If you are using a virtual machine (VM), you might have the option to mount an ISO image of the installation DVD.Consult the VM Help documentation for guidance. 2. Power on the system. If the system’s hard disk is empty, the system should boot to the DVD. If there is data on the disk, you might be prompted to press a key to boot to the DVD. If the system does not boot to the DVD or offer you a boot menu, go to the BIOS settings of the computer and configure the boot order to ensure that the system boots to theDVD. The Install Windows Wizard appears, shown in Figure 1-4.

Figure 1-4

The Install Windows Wizard

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3. Select the language, regional setting, and keyboard layout that are correct for your system and click Next. 4. Click Install Now. You are presented with a list of versions to install, as shown in Figure 1-5. If you are usingan x64 computer, you will be presented with x64 versions rather than with x86 versions.

Figure 1-5

The Select The Operating System You Want To Install page

5. Select Windows Server 2008 Standard (Full Installation) and click Next. 6. Select the I Accept The License Terms check box and click Next. 7. Click Custom (Advanced). 8. On the Where Do You Want to Install Windows page, select thedisk on which you want to install Windows Server 2008. If you need to create, delete, extend, or format partitions or if you need to load a custom mass storage driver to access the disk subsystem, click Driver Options (Advanced). 9. Click Next. The Installing Windows dialog box appears, shown in Figure 1-6. The window keeps you apprised of the progress of Windows installation. Installation ofWindows Server 2008, like that of Windows Vista, is image-based. Therefore, installation is significantly faster than previous versions of Windows even though the operating systems themselves are much larger than earlier versions. The computer will reboot one or more times during installation.

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Figure 1-6

The Installing Windows page

When the installationhas completed, you will be informed that the user’s password must be changed before logging on the first time. 10. Click OK. 11. Type a password for the Administrator account in both the New Password and Confirm Password boxes and press Enter. The password must be at least seven characters long and must have at least three of four character types:
❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ NOTE

Uppercase: A–Z Lowercase: a–zNumeric: 0–9 Nonalphanumeric: symbols such as $, #, @, and !
Do not forget this password

Without it, you will not be able to log on to the server to perform other exercises in this training kit.

12. Click OK. The desktop for the Administrator account appears.

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Exercise 2

Perform Post-Installation Configuration

In thisexercise, you will perform post-installation configuration of the server to prepare the server with the name and TCP/IP settings required for exercises in this training kit. 1. Wait for the desktop for the Administrator account to appear. The Initial Configuration Tasks window appears, as shown in Figure 1-7. This tool is designed to make it easy for you to perform best practice, post-installation...