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Step-By-Step - Adding A Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller To An Existing Windows Server 2003 Network PDF

This document provides step-by-step instructions for adding a Windows Server 2012 domain controller to an existing Windows Server 2003 network. It outlines prerequisites like ensuring the domain functional level is at least Windows 2003. It then details the installation and configuration process, which includes adding the Active Directory Domain Services role, promoting the server to a domain controller, and completing additional configuration steps.

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Step-By-Step - Adding A Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller To An Existing Windows Server 2003 Network PDF

This document provides step-by-step instructions for adding a Windows Server 2012 domain controller to an existing Windows Server 2003 network. It outlines prerequisites like ensuring the domain functional level is at least Windows 2003. It then details the installation and configuration process, which includes adding the Active Directory Domain Services role, promoting the server to a domain controller, and completing additional configuration steps.

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Step-By-Step: Adding a Windows


Server 2012 Domain Controller to an
Existing Windows Server 2003 network

Sharing knowledge amidst social media is a passion of mine. I


challenge myself to try and spark a conversation via any of the
most widely used social media avenues available. So when a
request for a Step-By-Step post on Active Directory migration
following the previous Step-By-Step post on DHCP Migration,
Pierre, Mitch and I were only too happy to oblige. Before detailing
Active Directory migration, we felt it pertinent to showcase how
to add a Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller to an existing
network first. Migration of Active Directory from Windows Server
2003 to 2012 would be the next step once this Step-By-Step has
been completed successfully.

Prerequisites

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1. Download Windows Server 2012 R2. If you plan on completing


this Step-By-Step in a virtual lab, it is recommended to
download the FREE Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 first.

2. Check to ensure the Domain Functional Level is currently setup


to at least Windows 2003 mode. This is the lowest required
Domain Functional Level that would allow a Windows Server
2012 Domain Controller installation. Windows NT / 2000
Domain Controllers are not supported via this process.

1. Via the Active Directory Users and Computers console,


select the domain via the right mouse button on it.

2. Select Raise Domain Functional Level and review the


Current domain functional level reported

The Domain Functional Level does not need to be raised if


the Current domain functional level is reporting Windows
Server 2003.

NOTE: Should a lower domain be showcased (i.e., Windows


Server 2000), please keep in mind that raising Domain

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Functional Level is a one time action and cannot be reverted.


Remember Windows NT / 2000 Domain Controllers are not
supported via this process.

3. Ensure your profile is a member of the Enterprise Admins


group.

Getting Started

1. Setup and install your Windows Server 2012 machine

2. Configure the new server's IP address to correspond to the


target domain and ensure the existing Domain Controllers,
where DNS is installed and configured, are visible by your new
Windows Server 2012 install.

Setting Up Domain Controller Fuctionality

1. Open the Server Manager console and click on Add roles and
features

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2. Select Role-based of featured-based installation and select


Next.

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3. Select the Active Directory Directory Services role.

4. Accept the default features required by clicking the Add


Features button.

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5. On the Features screen click the Next button.

6. On the Confirm installation selections screen click the Install


button.
NOTE: Check off the Restart the destination server
automatically if required box to expedite the install should you
be able to reset the target server automatically.

7. Click the Close button once the installation has been


completed.

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8. Once completed, notification is made available on the


dashboard highlighted by an exclamation mark. Select it and
amidst the drop down menu select Promote this server to a
domain controller.

9. Select add a Domain Controller into existing domain

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10. Ensure the target domain is specified. If it is not, please either


Select the proper domain or enter the proper domain in the field
provided.

11. Click Change, provide the required Enterprise Administrator


credentials and click the Next button.

12. Define if server should be a Domain Name System DNS


server and Global Catalog (GC). Select the Site to which this
DC belongs to and define Directory Services Restoration
Mode (DSRM) password for this DC

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13. Click the Next button on the DNS options screen.

14. In the Additional Options screen you are provided with the
option to install the Domain Controller from Install From Media
(IFM). Additionally you are provided the option to select the
point from which DC replication should be completed. The
server will choose the best location for AD database replication
if not specified. Click the Next button once completed.

15. Specify location for AD database and SYSVOL and Click the
Next button.

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16. Next up is the Schema and Domain preparation. Alternately,


one could run Adprep prior to commencing these steps,
Regardless, if Adprep is not detected, it will automatically be
completed on your behalf.

17. Finally, the Review Options screen provides a summary of all

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of the selected options for server promotion. As an added


bonus, when clicking View Script button you are provided with
the PowerShell script to automate future installations. To click
the Next button to continue.

18. Should all the prerequisites pass, click the Install button to start
the installation.

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19. After it completes the required tasks and the server restarts, the
new Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller setup is
completed.

20. Lastly, on each server/workstation within the target domain


require a NIC properties configuration update to point to the new
Domain Controller. Open the DHCP management console,
select Option no. 006 and under server/scope options and
add the IP address of your new Domain Controller as DNS
server.

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Should you see one of our #CANITPRO Step-By-Step posts in any


social media venue, feel free to contribute thoughts and additional
ideas. Additionally, feel free to connect with us on any topic you
would like to see covered. We are always happy to oblige.

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