VMware Documentation for Windows Server 2. R2. Windows Server 2.

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Running Windows Server 2. R2 – Installing and Creating the Lab Domain Controller (Part 1)If you would like to read the next part of this article series please go to Running Windows Server 2. R2 – Installing and Creating the Lab Domain Controller (Part 2). Introduction. It has been a long time since I have done one of those “old school” articles that starts from the beginning and does not assume that you are already a Windows Server pro. Over the last few years I have written hundreds of articles on much of the arcane of Windows computing. In most of these articles, I take a lot for granted in terms of what I expected you to know. I did that because there was some little trick, some hard to configure feature, or some obscure issue in configuration that I wanted to demonstrate.

While all that stuff is pretty interesting to the three people who are interested in those issues, it sort of leaves everyone else out. A long, long time ago, in a world far away, this site was called “World of Windows Networking” or WOWN. During those days, the site was filled with a lot of articles that showed you how to get common Windows networking tasks done. This was a lot less of the Active Directory, Group Policy, installation and other non- networking complexities covered at that time. While the site has matured and focused more on experienced IT professionals, there is still some value in providing content for people entering into the business and who want to learn the basics. That got me to thinking about doing an article and perhaps a series from the ground up.

What better time to try something like this than with the recent release of Windows Server 2. R2? OK, so I thought I would do a basic “let’s install Windows Server 2. R2” article—but then I thought “how about using this as a launch point for a broader series?” The more I thought about it, the better it sounded. Since there is a ton of great new networking and security features in Windows Server 2. R2, why not start with building the lab network first, and then take you into all the cool features?

That way we can be working with the same basic lab network and go through the long trip together. Let us do it. The first step is to pick the virtualization software of your choice. For this kind of lab network I prefer VMware Workstation. I do not have strong technical reasons for preferring VMware Workstation, I just prefer to use it because I have been using this application for almost a decade and know how it works. I do not have to learn a new language like I do with Hyper- V and it works nicely for me. However, if you want to use Hyper- V or ESX, those are good options too.

As this series builds, I expect that we will need to be running up to 8 virtual machines at a time. Because of this, I recommend that you have a computer that can support at least 8 GB of RAM and has a quad core processor. For all the articles I will be writing in this series, I will be using a workstation that has 1. GB of DDR3 triple channel memory and a quad core Core i. If you are using any quad core Xeon or quad core Core 2 processor, you’ll be in good shape. Of course, AMD equivalents are good too. We will start with installing the first machine on our lab network.

This is going to be a Windows Server 2. R2 machine using one virtual processor and 5.

MB of virtual memory. During the installation, I am going to use bridged networking on my virtual NIC. Some people like to use NAT, and that should be fine. The point is that you will want to be able to connect a live network so that you can access updates during the initial installation. After the initial installation is complete, we’ll move this virtual machine to another virtual network, since we want it to be placed behind a virtual TMG firewall. The TMG firewall VM will have the live network connection and all the other VMs will be located behind it. In VMware Workstation 6.

I will create a new virtual machine and bind the Windows Server 2. R2 . iso file to the CD drive so that it boots that . Rome Total War Alexander Lord Of The Rings Mod Download. When the machine first starts up, you will see the first page of the installation wizard that asks for what Language to install, Time and currency format and Keyboard or input method.

Click Next after making your selections. Figure 1. So much for introductions! The installer gives you the option to Install now. Let’s do it. Figure 2. The . iso file actually has all the versions of Windows Server 2.

R2 on it and we can choose the option we want to install here. Note that you can even install the Server Core versions from here. I would rather pull a bobcat’s tail while in a phone booth with that cat, so we would not be doing a core installation. Let us choose the Windows Server 2. R2 Enterprise (Full Installation) option and click Next.

Figure 3. Put a checkmark in the I accept the license terms checkbox on the license terms page and click Next. Figure 4. Which type of installation do you want? Honestly, I want one that works and does what I tell it to do, but that is not a choice here. This is a clean install, so the upgrade option does not make sense. Click the Custom (advanced) option. Notice that there is no “Next” option on this page, just to throw you off a little bit.

Figure 5. Here you decide where you want to install the system files (which used to be called boot files in the past, but the new crew of Microsoft engineers did not take the Windows NT 4 MCSE training, so they do not know that with Windows NT based system and above, you boot the system files and you “system” the boot files). I created a 2. 4 GB dynamic virtual disk file for the OS which will be more than enough room. Remember, with dynamic disk files they only use the space they need – they do not fully allocate all the space until it is needed. Click Next. Figure 6. Yay! Installation is starting – and it is going to take a very long time. Give it an hour or two and come back and see what happened on your own installation. Figure 7. During first log on the installer will ask you to create a password.

Click OK when you see the display as it appears below. Figure 8. Enter a password and confirm the password and do not click OK (because there is no OK to click). Instead, click that “arrow thing” that does not have a name, which sits to the right of the confirm password text box. Figure 9. Very good!

The password has been changed. Figure 1. 0You might remember the Initial Configuration Tasks windows if you used Windows Server 2. If you have not used Windows Server 2. Windows Server 2. Initial Configuration Taskswindow provides you access to many of the things you need to do once the operating system software is installed.

After looking at some of the options in this window, you might notice that many of the options that you configured during installation for earlier versions of Windows are now configured here. The goal was to make for fewer inputs during installation and leaving them for the end. Very nice! Figure 1. From the Initial Configuration Tasks window, I will set the following: Provide computer name and domain. I will take care of the other stuff once I get this machine an IP address on the network. I will rename this computer FFWIN2. R2. DC, since this is going to be a domain controller in my FFLAB domain.

FF is short for “Forefront” as we’ll be doing a lot of Forefront testing on this lab network. The IP addressing information is: Default Gateway – 1.

Sure, we probably will not need WINS much, but you never know, and it is not like it is going to suck up a lot of memory or processor cycles in the lab environment. The default gateway will be a TMG 2. Promoting the Windows Server 2.

R2 Virtual Machine to a Domain Controller. The next step is to make this machine a domain controller. If you are coming from the Windows Server 2. Yes, you will still need to run dcpromo from the Run command, but there is a little twist here – you need to install the Active Directory Domain Controller role. Server roles are sort of a new concept in Windows Server 2.