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Review Windows Server release notes and system requirements. Next you need to navigate to and select the ISO file you wish to mount. The network tab allows us to configure VM network adapters as well as add subsequent networking adapters.
Finally, we have the Shared Folders tab. This allows you to share files from your Host computer between your Guest VM without direct network connectivity. You may create a new shared folder and select a valid path on your Host PC. When you are prompted by user account control UAC select yes and wait for the network to be created. VirtualBox is creating a new networking adapter for your VMs to use as a Host-only network. Once this is complete, you will see the new network listed under Host-only Networks.
Select the network and choose the. You can see the network settings for our host-only network displayed here. Note that it automatically picks an IPv4 Address from an available subnet on your network but you are free to change this at any time. If you would like to change it to something else, you need to verify that this network is not already in use on your network. This will list all of your network adapter configurations. I have found two:.
The first is my new VirtualBox Host-only network. The second is my Hosts IP that is handed out by my home network. Since I want to make my subnet similar to my host network, I am going to use the following address for my Host-only network: Now we need to connect our Guest VM to our newly created network. To do this open the settings of the VM and navigate to Network. Click OK to close the Settings window and wait for the settings to save.
Now our VM is connected to the Host-only Network and all that will need to be done on the VM is configure its local VM network adapter settings when we install Windows. We are ready to install Windows Server on our VM.
Right click on the VM and choose settings. Now to begin the installation we simply need to power on the VM. Once the files have been loaded you will be prompted to select your language and keyboard input method. I will the default options and click Next. You will be brought to the OS installation screen:.
You will need to use the command line to complete tasks and will not have a user interface no use of the mouse. In Server , the datacenter and standard versions contained the exact same set of features and the only difference was the licensing capabilities.
This is no longer the case however. With the Standard version you may only have 2 operating system environments while Datacenter is unlimited. The Datacenter version also includes 3 new features not included with standard; new storage features Storage Spaces Direct and Storage Replica , shielded Virtual Machines and Host Guardian Service more secure VMs , a new networking stack better network performance.
On the next screen accept the licensing agreement. On the next screen you will be prompted for the type of installation you want. If you already have Windows Server installed you may choose an Upgrade. Upgrades can be nice as they will keep your files and settings intact if possible, however, even Microsoft claims that you should perform a fresh Custom install if at all possible.
In my experience I have never had an Upgrade work without having things break later on. Since we do not have an OS installed, we do not have any choice other than choosing Custom.
On the next screen you will be asked choose where you want to install the operating system. Now the installation will begin. This install generally takes at least 20 minutes so now is a good time to take a break and wait for the installation to finish. The computer will finish the installation and you will be brought to the login screen:. In this lecture we are going to do some basic configurations.
First we are going to install VirtualBox Guest Additions and setup some basic preferences. Setup the computer's network configuration and make sure it can reach then internet as well as communicate with our Host computer. Finally, we will change the computer name and reboot the server. Double click on this CD to launch the installation. Once the welcome appears click next through the prompts and select Install. During the installation process you will be asked to install device software.
Click the Install button to continue. Once the installation is complete you will be required to reboot the server. Choose the finish button and wait for the server to complete the reboot. Once the computer reboots, log back into your desktop and wait for Windows to fully load. To do this, click the windows. Once you are done with that I also recommend that you pin command prompt to the taskbar. Now we are going to setup our network connection for our Host-only network. However, if you have been following all of the steps I have done so far continue on and follow these steps.
We are looking for your two ethernet adapters 1 and 2. If you do not see the same settings I do then you likely do not have the exact same network settings that I have on the Guest VM. Notice the first adapter has an IP address of I can see I am getting replies from Google. This tells me that I am connected to the internet. Now I need to get the second adapter working. Notice the IP is a This means that the computer itself was unable to find a DHCP server on the network and instead assigned a private IP address to itself.
We need to configure an IP address the is on the same network as the Host-only network we have created in previous lessons. This is what our VM got a Remember, you can use any address between 2 — and for the last octet of your IP address, but I am going to choose. Choose the subnet mask and this information will be automatically prefilled. This will be the address of our network. If you remember, we set this in VirtualBox to be the Select OK and close out of the Properties window.
Now before we can communicate between our other VMs and our Host we need to modify the firewall settings of our local server. We need to customize the protected network connections for Domain, Private, and Public profiles. Select OK and repeat these steps for the Private and Public profiles. This will allow traffic on our Host-only network to pass through our network adapter without being blocked or rejected.
Now we need to verify that we can communicate between our Host computer and our Guest VM. To do this we are going to attempt to ping our Guest VM from our Host computer. Attempt to ping the VM by typing the ping command followed by the IP address of the Server you just configured. In my case I set it to Here we can see that I can successfully ping the Guest VM.
Now we have a VM server that can reach the internet as well as communicate with other VMs and the Host computer. Next we are going to rename the server. To change your server name, open the Server Manager and navigate to Local Server.
Click the computer name to open the System Properties. The 01 simply means that this is the first domain controller in this network. Click OK and click OK again when you are notified you must restart. Server manager allows you to manage your local server as well as other servers on your local network.
From here you can manage the computer name, IP address, firewall settings, Windows updates, view Events, Services, and much, much more. The first three items relate to the server or remote servers.
Whenever you install new server roles they will appear in this pane. The dashboard gives a quick overview of your server and allows you to configure the server quickly.
If there are any issues with the local server or remote servers such as a service that failed to start you will see them on this screen. To see errors with remote servers you need to first add them as a remotely managed server. The local server tab will give you detailed information about the server you are currently logged into. If you need to change anything from the computer name, domain membership, firewall, network settings etc, this is the place to do it.
You will also have all of your events and services listed here. There is much more to the local server tab, but this is the most important parts of it. The all servers tab allows you to view the same information on the local server and for remote servers, but you cannot change the server properties computer name, domain, firewall settings, etc. The last tab is File and Storage Services. This server role includes technologies that help you set up and manage one or more file servers, which are servers that provide central locations on your network where you can store files and share them with users.
The windows for adding and removing roles are nearly identical. One allowing you to check checkboxes for roles and the other allowing you to uncheck role checkboxes.
The Installation Type tab gives you two options. The first option is the most common and is for installing roles and features on a single server. The second option is for installing roles onto a virtual machine not related to VirtualBox. Choose the first option and click next. If you have added remote servers to manage then they will be listed here. You can also choose to install the roles on a virtual hard disk. Click next. On the Server Roles tab, you can choose any of the roles you would like to add to the server.
If you only want to install features, you do not have to check any of these checkboxes. For this lecture, we are going to install and uninstall roles and features so you understand how it works.
You will get a popup stating that you need to add required features in order to install this role. The Features tab looks very similar to Server Roles tab. If we had not selected any roles to install, we would not be able to progress past this screen.
It is important for you to know that you do not have to install roles, but you must at least install features in order to complete this wizard. The features required by the Fax Server role are already checked for installation, so simply click next to continue.
The next screen will prompt us about the new Fax Server role we are installing. Generally when you add a new server role, you will have some type of informational tabs added to the wizard. Click Next through the prompts. When you are brought to the Role Services tab, you can check additional services if you would like them. Since this role is temporary and just an example, I am not going to include any of these optional role services.
Click Next. Now we are brought to the Confirmation tab. As a general rule, it is a good idea to check this checkbox. Note that you may close this wizard at any time, and the installation will still continue. Once the window is closed, you may view the progress by clicking on the flag icon on the top right-hand corner of Server Manager.
Once the installation is complete, refresh Server Manager by either pressing F5 or by pressing the refresh button next to the notifications button. On the notifications button you will see new notification stating that you must complete the post-deployment configurations. Just about every role you install will require some type of post-deployment configuration — since we are about to uninstall this role, we do not need to complete this. You will get the popup stating that you can remove the features that were required by the server role.
Notice that this list is not exactly the same as the features we were required to install. This is because we will need to uninstall additional roles as well. Again, you will be prompted to remove features that require the role.
Click the Remove Features button. Click Next until you reach the confirmation Window. Select Yes when you receive the warning message about the reboot. Click the Remove button and wait for the uninstall to finish and the Server to reboot. Windows Domains have been around since with the release of Windows NT. They provide System Administrators an efficient way to manage small or large networks. Domain controllers hold the tools Active Directory and Group Policy among others - so when you need to create new user accounts or change domain policies, this is all done from a domain controller.
You can have several domain controllers within a domain but there is only one primary or main domain controller. The primary reason for having more than one DC is fault tolerance. The critical information user, computer account information, etc is replicated between the DCs so if one goes down the client computers will switch to the other DC that is still functioning.
This tool is used to not only manage user and computer accounts but also acts as a directory service for resources on your network like printers, file shares etc. When a domain user searches for a printer to install, they will find all the printers that have been added to the Domain Controller with AD.
AD is a tool to manage domain users, computers, printers, file shares, groups, and more — these are all considered AD objects. Groups contain members which can be any valid AD object user, computer, etc. All of these AD objects are stored within folders called Organizational Units. It allows an administrator to manage all domain users or domain computers remotely. You can target specific AD objects, specific OUs, or the entire domain. Remember that any server running the AD DS role is considered a domain controller.
This is the name of my website and if you would like you can create any domain name you want. You should already know how to install a server role on the server you are currently logged in to but I am going to cover the steps again. You will see a popup window stating you cannot install AD DS unless certain role services or features are also installed:. We do not need any additional features as all the required features were already added.
Again click Next. Now you will be brought to the AD DS screen. It tells us that we will also need install the DNS role if we do not already have it set up. Click Next and continue on to the Confirmation screen. Here we can see the roles and features we are about to install. Click Install and wait for the installation to finish.
Once the installation is complete you will have post-deployment configuration steps to complete as well:. The AD DS configuration wizard will appear giving us three options:. This option is not suitable for us now because we have not created a domain yet. Let me explain. We are going to create a domain called itflee. If that domain already existed we could create a sub or child domain called courses.
In theory we could setup this sub domain called courses. You could configure this sub domain so that Admins from the itflee. Again this is not an appropriate option for us because the itflee. This allows us to create and specify a new domain. Choose this option and specify a root domain name. I am going to enter itflee.
It will take a second before the Domain Controller Options screen will appear to just be patient while it processes. You need to specify the OS you are using in this case it is Windows Server If you remember, when we installed the AD DS role it said that we had to install this in order for the DC to function properly.
The Global Catalog option means that the server will list all active directory objects. This is a requirement for a primary domain controller or when we are creating a new domain forest. If you choose the Read Only Domain Controller option, then the domain controller will not be able to make changes to the domain. We will want to make changes to our domain so do not check this checkbox.
Type in a DSRM password and make sure that you either write it down or memorize it. Click next to proceed on to the DNS options. This warning means that people on the internet will not be able to resolve local DNS names on your local DNS server names like itflee. Click next and proceed on to the Additional Options. I recommend that you leave them at the default setting and click next. We are brought to the Review Options screen where we can see all of the options we have chosen so far.
Close the PowerShell script and click next. The wizard is going to go verify that the server is ready to be promoted as a DC. This will take a few minutes before it is ready so just be patient wait for it to complete the checks. Once the checks complete at the top you will see that all prerequisite checks have passed:. If you have errors, you can address the errors Google is your friend and click the rerun prerequisite checks text:. Under the view results window we can see there are various warnings.
None of these are critical but it is worth reading through them. We can see that the first one is a security setting stating that anything with crypography not compatible with Windows NT 4. This is not an issue for us because we are not using old servers or old technology.
