Creating a Windows Server 2008 R2 Forest

you create the AD DS forest for Contoso, Ltd. This forest will be used for exercises throughout this training kit. You begin by installing Windows Server 2008 R2 and performing post-installation configuration tasks. You then add the AD DS role and promote the server to a domain controller in the contoso.com forest, using the Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard.

Install Windows Server 2008 R2

you install Windows Server 2008 R2 on a computer or virtual machine.

• Power on the system and insert the Windows Server 2008 R2 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. 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.

Select the language, regional setting, and keyboard layout that are correct for your system, and then click Next.

Click Install Now.

Setup starts, and a list of versions to install appears

Select Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (Full Installation) and click Next.

Select the I Accept The License Terms check box and click Next.

Click Custom (Advanced).

On the Where Do You Want To Install Windows page, select the partition on which youwant 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).

The Install Windows Wizard

The Select The Operating System You Want To Install page

8. Click Next.

The Installing Windows page appears, as shown in Figure 1-6. The window keeps you apprised of the progress of Windows installation.

Note: If you are installing over an existing version of Windows, the installer warns you at this point and prompts you to continue.

Installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 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 restart one or more times during installation.

The Installing Windows page

• When the installation is complete, you are informed that the user’s password must be changed before logging on the first time.

• Click OK.

• 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:• n Uppercase: A–Z• n Lowercase: a–z

• Numeric: 0–9• n Nonalphanumeric: symbols such as $, #, @, and !• Note Do not forget this pass word • Without it, you will not be able to log on to the server to perform other

exercises in this training kit. Alternately, you can select the Create A Password Reset Disk option to start a wizard that creates a disk that you can use to recover the password, should it be misplaced or forgotten.• 11. Click OK.• The desktop for the Administrator account appears.