DCPROMO Unattended Installation
No, you do not. You only install Active Directory if the system is going to be a domain controller. If it is a member server or a standalone server Active Directory should not be installed.
Install active directory on the server
Install active directory on the server run- type DCPROMO and carry on with the installation
Yes, We require Active directory it is the basic requirement for exchange server to function.
One can download the snap-in for Active Directory Users and Computers through the Remote Server Administration Tools. The RSAT can be downloaded directly from the Microsoft website.
yes it is and recommended also
Active Directory Users and Computers
Go to run and type dcpromo and follow the steps
The DNS Server Role and the active directory is not installed till the adds service is started on the server 2008.if the service is not started(one needs to check the option under roles of the server)the active directory installation wont happen.this feature is only in 2008 not in 2003.The active directory works as service in 2008
Assuming you already have the Server Core running you need to add the role, as you would in other versions of Server 2008.
Active Directory was previewed in 1999, released first with Windows 2000 Server edition, and revised to extend functionality and improve administration in Windows Server 2003. Additional improvements were made in Windows Server 2003 R2. Active Directory was refined further in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 and was renamed Active Directory Domain Services. Active Directory was called NTDS (NT Directory Service) in older Microsoft documents. This name can still be seen in some Active Directory binaries.
, the server hosting the replica of Active Directory database is called Domain Controller. In it's database is all information about all objects, that exist in particular Active Directory domain.