Complete Server 2008 Step By Step Tutorial v2

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To my loving wife of more than 10 years, who continues to provide me love
and encouragement even when I don’t deserve it.

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Acknowledgments

No book is written alone. Instead, there is a wealth of people working behind the scenes
to help make a book the best possible. I‟m grateful for the hard work put in behind the
scenes by several people. Kamal Harmoni, Kharizan, Hj. Shukri, Fadhlina, Ruslan,
Azzahari, Alanto, and Nor Izwan, all provided a significant amount of work that helped
produce this book. I‟m grateful to each of them.

About the Author

Zulfadli Mohd Saad has been teaching Microsoft networking concepts since the DOS
days and has been teaching a myriad of other topics since many years before then. He‟s
been a Malaysia Skills Competition Coach for trade IT PC/Network Support since 2003
and holds many other certifications, including Certified Ethical Hacker, National
Industrial Specialist (IT02-00 Information & Communication Technology), National
Industrial Specialist Instructor (IT02-00 Information & Communication Technology),
Certificate of Excellent MySkills-ASEAN 2009 (IT PC/Network Support), Diploma of
Excellent MySkills 2008 (IT PC/Network Support) and Bronze Medal MySkills 2010 (IT
PC/Network Support)

Zulfadli has developed several video training courses for People Trust Council (Majlis
Amanah Rakyat) and has written and co-authored several other technical books. He has
a passion for teaching and enjoys sharing knowledge in the classroom as much as he
does through books.
He currently works full-time on a government contract providing a wide array of technical
training to government personnel in support of a network operations support center. He
moonlights as an adjunct instructor at a local college (MARA Vocational Institute)
teaching Network System Administration courses.
Zulfadli lives with his wife and four children in Ipoh, Perak, but on most weekends they
can‟t be found because they always travel. He‟s found that configuring networks is a
piece of cake compared to building a good house and happy family, but he hasn‟t given
up yet.

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Notes For Users

This section explains how the lab network of computers is arranged, the IP
addresses and computer names used, and other details. Users should use this
information to alter the examples in the labs and notes to match their own
network configurations.

Each Computer is configure as

Static IP : 192.168.2. SN
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
Gateway : 192.168.2.25
DNS : 192.168.2. Server Number

Client Network Printer
192.168.2.254
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Name : clientxpSN Server
Static IP : 192.168.2. SN
Name : serverSN
Static IP : 192.168.2. SN

All computers use static IP addresses and are on the same subnet. All PCs
should have the following configuration:

Server:
 Minimum Intel Dual Core 2.6GHz, 2GB RAM, 80GB Disk.
 Partition 1: C Drive, formatted as NTFS, 40GB, installed with Windows
Server 2008.
 Partition 2: D Drive, formatted as NTFS, 40GB, free space.

Client:
 Minimum Pentium D 2.6GHz, 1GB RAM, 80GB Disk.
 Partition 1: C Drive, formatted as NTFS, 40GB, installed with Windows XP
Pro SP2.
 Partition 2: D Drive, formatted as NTFS, 40GB, free space.

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Table Of Contents Page

Title 7
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Exercise 1 Installing Windows Server 2008 30
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Exercise 2 Initial Configuration 75
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Exercise 3 Installing And Configuring DNS 107
125
Exercise 4 Installing Active Directory 142
156
Exercise 5 Creating Organization Units And Users 175
209
Exercise 6 Configuring Client Computer

Exercise 7 Viewing Computers In Active Directory

Exercise 8 Delegating Management Of Users

Exercise 9 Exploring Group Scopes and Types

Exercise 10 Creating And Applying Group Policies

Exercise 11 Creating And Sharing Resources

Exercise 12 Logon Scripts

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Table Of Contents Page

Title 227
248
Exercise 13 Home Directories 262
320
Exercise 14 Disk Quotas 328
368
Exercise 15 Managing Software Applications 400
454
Exercise 16 Viewing Events 482
520
Exercise 17 Auditing

Exercise 18 Installing And Configuring Printer

Exercise 19 Other Administrative Tools

Exercise 20 Installing And Configuring DHCP Server

Exercise 21 Installing And Configuring Web Server

Exercise 22 Installing And Configuring FTP Server

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Exercise 1

Installing Windows
Server 2008

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Computer Engineering Technology,

Department of Electronic
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Exercise 1 : Installing Windows Server 2008

In this section, you should be able to :

 Describe the different editions of Server 2008
 Describe the requirements for a full installation
 Get a free evaluation copy of Windows Server 2008 (if you don‟t already have

one) and how to install it.
 Perform Full Installation of Server 2008

Hardware Requirements

Table 1.1 lists the basic system requirements for Windows Server 2008 editions.

Processor (min) Standard Enterprise Datacenter
Processor (recommended) 1 GHz (x86) 1 GHz (x86) 1 GHz (x86)
Memory (min) 1.4 GHz (x64) 1.4 GHz (x64) 1.4 GHz (x64)
Memory (recommended) 2 GHz or faster 2 GHz or faster 2 GHz or faster
Memory (max)
Disk space (min) 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
Disk space (recommended)
2 GB or more 2 GB or more 2 GB or more

4 GB (32 bit) 64 GB (32 bit) 64 GB (32 bit)
32 GB (64 bit) 2 TB (64 bit) 2 TB (64 bit)
10 GB 10 GB 10 GB

40 GB 40 GB 40 GB

TABLE 1.1 Hardware requirements for Windows Server 2008 editions.

Hardware resources would need to be increased for any systems using Hyper-V
technology and running virtual machines. For example, if you‟re running three virtual
servers within a Windows Server 2008 Enterprise edition, you would need additional
processing power, more memory, and more disk space.

How to Obtain a Copy of Windows Server 2008?

It‟s common for Microsoft to provide free evaluation copies of Server operating systems
for use. Currently, you can download Windows Server 2008 30-day and 60-day
evaluation editions free of charges at :

http://www.micosoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/trial-software.aspx

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Beware, though. These files are quite large. If you‟re using a slower dial-up link, you
might want to see whether Microsoft is currently offering an evaluation DVD via regular
mail. There‟s a nominal cost involved with this option, but it‟s better than trying to
download more than 2GB at 56KB.

The download is an .iso image of the actual DVD. Search with your favorite search
engine for Download Windows Server 2008, and you‟ll find the link.

Once you download the .iso image, you can burn it to a DVD. If you don‟t have the
software needed to burn it to DVD, you can use one of many freeware utilities (such as
ImgBurn) to burn the .iso image to your DVD.

EXERCISE 1.1

Installing Windows Server 2008

1. Insert the Windows Server 2008 DVD into your DVD drive. Boot your PC using
Windows Server 2008 DVD.

2. Language and Keyboard Options.

This allows you to specify your language and your keyboard layout. By default,
text input language and method is : US Keyboard layout (Figure 0001).

Figure 0001 : Language and Keyboard Options
2.1. Click Next to continue.

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3. Windows Server 2008 Setup
You are presented with options to Install, brief information about Server 2008 or
repair (Figure 0002).

Figure 0002 : Windows Server 2008 Setup
3.1 Click Install now to start setup Windows Server 2008 on this computer.
4. Product Key and Activation

Figure 0003 : Product Key and Activation
4.1 Enter your "Product Key" for activation now or you can enter it later (Figure

0003).
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4.2. Click Next to continue.

Figure 0004 : Product Key Warning
4.3. If you leave the product key box blank, the warning window will appear (Figure

0004); just click No to continue.
5. Windows Server Version
5.1. Select Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (Full Installation), (as shown in the

Figure 0005).

Figure 0005 : Windows Version
5.2. Tick the box of I have selected the edition of Windows that I purchased.
5.3. Click Next.

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6. Windows Server 2008 License Agreement
6.1. Read the terms of the license agreement.
If you accept (which, of course, you have to do to continue installation), tick the
box of I accept the license terms (Figure 0006).

Figure 0006 : Windows Server 2008 License Agreement
6.2. Click Next to continue.

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7. Installation Options.
You are presented with options to Upgrade or Custom (advanced).
Click Custom (advanced), (Figure 0007).

Figure 0007 : Installation Options

8. Partition Options
8.1. Click Drive options (advanced), (Figure 0008).

Figure 0008 : Drive options

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8.2. Click New, (Figure 0009).

Figure 0009 : New Partition
8.3. Change the size to 40,000 MB, (Figure 0010).

Figure 0010 : Partition Size

8.4. Click Apply.

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8.5. Select Disk 0 Partition 1 (Figure 0011).

Figure 0011 : Partition

8.6. Click Next. The partition will be formatted with NTFS as part of the installation. At
this point, take a break. The installation will continue on its own.

Figure 0012 : Installing Windows

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9. First Time Login

When you first time login, the windows warning will appear ask you to change the
user password before logging on for the first time (Figure 0013).

Figure 0013 : First time login

9.1 Click OK.

10. Change Administrator Password.

4.1 Enter a new password in the two test boxes (Figure 0014). Enter
Pr@ctice in this exercise. It meets complexity requirements and doesn‟t
require you to remember multiple passwords. Don‟t use this password on
a production server.

Figure 0014 : Change Administrator password
10.2 Hit Enter button after the passwords are entered.

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Figure 0015 : Password changed successfully
10.3 Once the password has been changed, the screen indicates success

(Figure 0015). Click OK.
Congratulation! You have finish install the Windows Server 2008.
Summary
In this section you installed Windows Server 2008 on a computer. In the following
exercises you will setting time zone, install Active Directory and other services, creating
a small network for you to administer.

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Exercise 2

Initial Configuration

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Department of Electronic
MARA Vocational Institute, Lumut, Perak.

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Exercise 2 : Initial Configuration

In this section, you should be able to :
 Complete the Initial Configuration Tasks
 Setup time zone for your server.
 Configure networking on your server
 Change your server name

Setting Time Zone

In this section, you‟ll learn how to setup time zone for your server.
EXERCISE 2.1
Setting Time Zone

1. In Initial Configuration Tasks, select Set time zone (Figure 0016).

Figure 0016 : Set time zone
2. Click Change time zone (Figure 0017).

Figure 0017 : Change time zone

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3. Select time zone appropriate for your location.
e.g. (GMT+08:00) Kuala Lumpur, Singapore (Figure 0018).

Figure 0018 : Time zone
4. Click OK.
5. Click OK again (Figure 0019).

Figure 0019 : Change time zone

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Configuring Network

In this section, you‟ll learn how to configure networking on your server. Make sure you
have hook up your server to the network before you start.
EXERCISE 2.2
Configuring Network

1. In Initial Configuration Tasks, select Configure networking (Figure 0020).

Figure 0020 : Configure networking
2. Double-click Local Area Connection (Figure 0021).

Figure 0021 : Local Area Connection

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3. Click Properties button (Figure 0022).

Figure 0022 : Local Area Connection Properties

4. Uncheck Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6), because we only use
TCP/IPv4 only (Figure 0023).

Figure 0023 : TCP/IPv6

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5. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and click Properties button
(Figure 0024).

Figure 0024 : TCP/IPv4

6. Now set your server IP address, and ensure that you are using a static IP
address. For this exercise, I‟m using number 21 as my server station number
(Figure 0025).

Tips:
Use the following IP address:

IP address : 192.168.2.SN (server station number)
Subnet mask : 255.255.255.0 (internet server IP address)
Default gateway : 192.168.2.ISIP

Use the following DNS server address:

Preferred DNS server : 192 . 168 . 2 . DNS (1st DNS server IP address)
Alternate DNS server : ___ . ___ . ___ . ___ (2nd DNS server IP address)

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Figure 0025 : Static IP address
7. Click Advanced button after complete setting your IP address (Figure 0025).
8. Select the DNS tab (Figure 0026).

Figure 0026 : Advanced TCP/IP Setting
9. Specify myserver.com as the DNS suffix for this connection (Figure 0026).
10. Tick Use this connection’s DNS suffix in DNS registration box (Figure 0026).

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11. Click OK (Figure 0026).
12. Click OK again.
13. Click Close button to close Local Area Connection Properties (Figure 0027).

Figure 0027 : Local Area Connection Properties
14. Click Close button to close Local Area Connection Status.
15. Close Network Connection properties (Figure 0028).

Figure 0028 : Network Connection properties

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Changing Computer Name

In this section, you‟ll learn how to change your server name.
EXERCISE 2.3
Changing Computer Name

1. In Initial Configuration Tasks, select Provide computer name and domain
(Figure 0029).

Figure 0029 : Provide computer name and domain
2. Click Change... button (Figure 0030).

Figure 0030 : System Properties

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