December 2

2014
BS (Hons.) Information Technology
Department of Computer Science
Semester-III-Evening
System Administration

Topic:- Active Directory Of Win-Server 2012

Submitted By:
Sohaib Saleem -3008
Muhammad Tayyab -3052
Zeeshan Anwar -3050
Abdur-Rehman Malik -3030
Submitted To:
Prof. Rana Javed Rasid

UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, LAHORE

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 System Requirements for Windows
Server 2012
System requirements
The following are estimated system requirements for the Windows Server
2012. If your computer has less than the "minimum" requirements, you will not
be able to install this product correctly. Actual requirements will vary based on
your system configuration and the applications and features you install.
Processor
The following are the minimum processor requirements for this product:

 Minimum: 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor

RAM
The following are the estimated RAM requirements for this product:

 Minimum: 512 MB

Disk space requirements

The following are the estimated minimum disk space requirements for the
system partition.

 Minimum: 32 GB

Other requirements
You also need to have the following:

 DVD drive

 Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor

 Keyboard and Microsoft® mouse (or other compatible pointing device)

 Internet access (fees may apply)

 What is Active Directory
 Active Directory is a special-purpose database — it is not a registry
replacement.
 The directory is designed to handle a large number of read and
search operations and a significantly smaller number of changes
and updates.
 Active Directory data is hierarchical, replicated, and extensible.
Because it is replicated, you do not want to store dynamic data,
such as corporate stock prices or CPU performance.
 If your data is machine-specific, store the data in the registry.
Typical examples of data stored in the directory include printer
queue data, user contact data, and network/computer configuration
data.
 The Active Directory database consists of objects and attributes.
Objects and attribute definitions are stored in the Active Directory
schema.

1.-How To Set Ip Address On Window Sever 2012

Before proceeding with the installation of Windows Server 2012 Active Directory
Services, we need to assign a static IP Address in preparation for the installation of
the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS).

- Log onto your newly installed Windows Server 2012, locate the Network Internet
Access icon, right-click on it and click “Open Network & Sharing Center”

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Network and Internet, click Network and Sharing
Center and then click Change Adapter Settings.
2. Right-click the connection to which you want to add a static IP address and then
click Properties.
3. Acknowledge the UAC dialog and then double-click Internet Protocol Version 4
(TCP/IP/IPv4).
4. Click Use the following IP address, and do one of the following:
o For a local area connection, in IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway, type
the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway addresses.

o For all other connections, in IP address, type the IP address.

 5. Click Use the following DNS server addresses.
6. In Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server, type the primary and secondary DNS
server addresses.
To configure advanced static IPv4 address settings for a local area connection, click Advanced.

- Click on Command Prompt and ping your DNS server IP address. You should get a reply
from that address as seen below

How to Install Active Directory in Windows Server 2012

There are now two ways to promote your server to a DC: One, through PowerShell and
other is Server Manager. Here m Sohaib will show you how to install Active Directory
through Server Manager.

This tutorial can be divided into 2 steps. Before installing Active Directory, please
assign a static IP address to your server and set a strong password for the built-in
administrator account.

Part 1: Install Active Directory Domain Services

1. Open Server Manager, then click on Add Roles and Features link.

2. Click Next on the Before you begin window.

3. Select Role-based or feature-based installation and then click Next.
4. Click Select a server from the server pool, click the name of the server to install
Active Directory Domain Services to, and then click Next.
5. Click Active Directory Domain Services. When the Add Roles and Features
Wizard dialog box opens, select Add Features, then Next.
6. On the Active Directory Domain Services page, review the information and then
click Next.
7. On the Confirm installation selections page, click Install.
8. After the installation has completed, the server will restart.

Part 2: Promote the Server to a Domain Controller

Once above step is completed and all required features have been installed, now is the
time to promote the server to a Domain Controller by following the below steps.

1. Back in Server Manager, you will notice that AD DS has been added to the left
navigation tree. Click on it and then click on More on the right navigation pane where
it states that Configuration is required for Active Directory Domain Services.
2. You will now be presented with the All Servers Task Details window, in which you will
click on Promote this server to a domain controller under Action.
3. The Deployment Configuration screen appears and we will select Add a new forest as
this is the first domain controller. Enter your Root domain name and then click Next.

4. On the Domain Controller Options page select your Forest and Domain functional
levels, for this demo will leave the defaults of Windows Server 2012 for both, Enter
a desired DSRM Password, click Next.
5. On the DNS Options page, click Next.

6. The NetBIOS domain name will then be inputted automatically. In the event of a
conflict, it will suggest an alternative by appending the original name with a 0. Click
Next.
7. On the Paths page verify the desired locations of the Database, Log files and
SYSVOL folders, change the locations is required, click Next.

8. On the Review Options page, click Next.

9. The wizard will perform a Prerequisite check before the installation can continue.
After the check is completed successfully click Install.

10. The server will restart once the configuration has completed, the server is now a
domain controller for the newly formed domain. Upon restart, you should be able to
login using your domain administrator account.

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