When you are configuring a Windows Server 2008 Core Installation, you will have to use most of the time command line. In this screencast, we will demonstrate some of the most common tasks which you will need to perform. We cover changing administrator’s password, machine name, server activation, setting Time and Date, Regional options, IP configuration, joining a domain, installing a server role and managing it remotely from a Windows Server 2008 Full installation.
Screencast: How to Install AD DS and Promote Windows 2012 Domain Controller, is available here
Windows Server 2008 introduces a lot of enhancements and new features in Active Directory Services. Promoting a Windows Server 2008 as a Domain Controller is performed by adding the Active Directory Domain Services role in Server manager. When you are adding this role, you will notice also the following roles:
– Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS – provides an identity access solution
– Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) – provides directory services for applications. It replaces Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) in Windows Server 2003
– Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS) – provides information-protection.
We will demonstrate the installation and configurations of these services in a series of screncasts. In the following short steps, you will see how to install a new Windows Server 2008 forest. After adding the Active Directory Domain Services role, we will use the Advanced mode installation in dcpromo wizard. The Advanced Mode installation provides the following additional options:
– When creating new forest – Change NetBIOS name.
– When adding new domain in an existing forest – Create a new Domain Tree, Change NetBIOS name, Source Domain Controller.
– Additional Domain Controller in an existing domain – Install from Media, Source Domain Controller, Specify Password replication Policy (for RODC).
– Create an account for RODC – Specify Password replication Policy.
– Attach a server to an account (RODC) – Install from Media, Source Domain Controller.
The DCPROMO wizard, which you can use for the Active Directory Domain Services role installation,provides an improved and friendlier interface, compared to the previous versions of DCPROMO.
For example, you don’t have to run “DCPROMO /adv†in order to use the advanced mode. As you can see in the screencast below, this is available as an option in the beginning, when you start the wizard.
Also, you can set the Forest and Domain functional levels, and export the answers which you have provided to an unattend file – in case you want to run DCPROMO later, or use the file for a Core server promotion.
As we have mentioned, the following Step-by-Step Screencast demonstrates the installation of a new Windows Server 2008 forest.
If you are planning to upgrade an existing Windows 2003 domain, then you should take a look at the following screencasts:
Screencast – How to Upgrade Active Directory Domain to Windows Server 2008 AD DS Domain, In-Place 2003 DC Upgrade
Screencast – How to Upgrade Active Directory Domain to Windows Server 2008 AD DS Domain, Adding Windows 2008 Domain Controller
Windows Core Server installation is a minimal install of Windows 2008 server. One of the settings you might need to change is the screen resolution. In the following screencast, you will see how to adjust the screen resolution through your default interface – the command prompt.
One of the options for Windows 2008 is Core Server Installation. This option provides a minimal operating installation. It resembles very much the minimal installation of Linux. We get only a subset of the server binaries required by the server roles, supported by the Core server installation. The default user interface is the command prompt – you don’t get the explorer shell. In a series of screencasts, we will show you how to install Windows 2008 Server Core and perform the initial configuration steps like IP, Firewall, Domain membership settings, changing Server name, Screen resolution etc. Do not forget that you will be able to connect and manage the Core server from a standard installation remotely via MMC snap-in. In addition, you can manage it remotely via:
– Terminal Server
– Windows Remote Shell
– Command Prompt
You will be able to watch a demonstration of these methods in our Windows 2008 Screencast series. Let’s start with the first screencast – Windows 2008 Core server installation.
Probably you have already followed the instructions in this screencast – How to Configure OWA as the Default Web Page . Another useful change is allowing the users to login with their e-mail address instead of typing domainusername. Setting this is easy and the following screencast shows you step-by-step how to achieve this:
Enabling Forms-Based Authentication for Outlook Web Access, FBA, provides additional client and security options to the users. It is very easy to enable FBA and this option should be seriously considered.
By default FBA requires SSL connection.
You could purchase and install SSL certificate, or follow the instructions in the following screencast
How to Install a Self Signed Certificate for IIS.
When you are using the default OWA configuration you have to specify the “exchange” virtual directory in order to check your email. The URL looks like this: “httpss://mail.mydomain.com/exchange”.
The following screencast demonstrates how to use the main URL: “httpss://mail.mydomain.com” by configuring a redirection to a URL.
New: How to Configure OWA as the Default Web Page in IIS7, Exchange Server 2007
If you are in a situation when you have changed OWA 2003 settings and you need to
switch back to the default settings you might find this movie very useful.
This tutorial demonstrates the installation of Exchange System Management Tools. After the
installation finishes you can see the updated version of ADUC (Active Directory Users and
Computers) console – the added tabs for managing Exchange attributes.
In a series of screencasts we will demonstrate the installation and initial configuration of Small Business Server 2008. SBS 2008 is based on Windows Server 2008 OS and during the installation process it automatically configures the following applications and features:
– The Windows SBS Console
– Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 (with RPC-over-HTTP and Outlook Web Access functionality)
– Microsoft Forefrontâ„¢ Security for Exchange Server, Small Business Edition
– Windows SharePoint® Services 3.0
– Windows Liveâ„¢ OneCareâ„¢ for Server
– Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 SP1
– Integration with Microsoft Office Live Small Business services
– Remote Web Workplace
Windows SBS 2008 requires 64-bit hardware – it runs Exchange 2007, and as you know Exchange 2007 requires 64-bit hardware. However, the Premium edition of Small Business Server 2008 allows you to install a second server which can be a 32-bit or 64-bit processor architecture.
The minimum requirement for partition size is 60GB (61440MB). It is interesting to note that a clean installation of SBS 2008 takes 18.9 GB of disk space.
The minimum requirement for memory is 4GB.
If your machine doesn’t meet the minimum requirements, the installation will stop with a blocking error – we demonstrate such situation in this screencast. If you have less than 4GB memory, you will have to add more memory. If the selected partition is less than 60GB, you will have to expand it, or start the installation again using a different partition which meets the minimum requirements.
We will dedicate separate screencasts about the configuration and management of the applications which come with SBS 2008 – Exchange, Sharepoint Services, Forefront security, Windows Live OneCare, WSUS, Integration with Office Live SBS, RWW, Installation/Import of Certificates, Virtualization.
In the following screencast, you will see a demonstration of SBS 2008 installation.
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