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Just run 'dcpromo'.
The command is DCPROMO
Install active directory on the server run- type DCPROMO and carry on with the installation
Go to run and type dcpromo and follow the steps
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Start->Manage Your Server-> Add or Remove Role, then check Active Directory and follow instructions. Note: 1: start>program>manage your server>add or Remove Role>Active Directory then follow instructions. 2: Start>Run> dcpromo Note: Dcpromo is a command installation of active directorey. wheh open run command just type dcpromo and click ok. then follow instructions.
You run the 'dcpromo' command to remove active directory and demote a domain controller to a member server. To remove AD completely you would have to do this process on all domain controllers.
1)On the Active Directory tab, click Create synchronization rule. 2)Enter the server address for your Active Directory server and a user name and password that provide at least read access, then click Next. 3)elect the Active Directory container that you want to import, then click Next. 4)Select the target policy domain for importing the structure, then click Next. 5)Click Done to run the synchronisation rule.
In Windows Server 2008, unlike previous server operating Systems, there is an additional step that needs to be taken before running DCPROMO to promote the server to Domain Controller and installing Active Directory on it. This step is the installation of Active Directory Domain Services (AD-DS) role on the server.(dcpromo ad-ds) The AD-DS role is what enables the server to act as a Domain Controller, but you will still need to run DCPROMO from the run.
In order to set up active directory (Domain Controller), go to Start > Run > DCPROMO and then follow the on-screen instructions!
, basically it must support dynamic updates and SRV records. So it's possible to run the DNS server also on non-Microsoft implementations of DNS like BIND. But when you use Microsoft DNS (built in Windows Server operating systems), you don't need to care whether it supports Active Directory - it simply does.
Some advantages or running a server are * Centralised Print Management * Username and Password control * Centralised Backup * Control of workstations, for example with Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy * Servers usually have better redundancy, for example hot swap hard drives and fail over network cards * Server software, for example Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server can only be run on servers. Not all server services need a server, for example MySQL can be run on a WindowsXP computer without restriction, whereas Microsft Exchange will only run on a server.