Title: Lab 13: Installing Domain Controllers
Course: CTS 2234 Server Operating Systems > Section: Module 6 - Deploying Domain Controllers, Managing Active Directory Services and Creating Groups & Organizational Units

Directions: The following exercises can be performed either in a computer lab or on a virtual machine. The detailed instructions for these exercises and the lab worksheets are in the Labs Online for Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 published by John Wiley & Sons. You should complete the lab worksheet, save it as a document (YourName_LabX.docx) and submit it to the drop box for this assignment. For information on grading, see the attached rubric.

Exercise 13.1 Installing the Active Directory Domain Services Role

Overview: In this exercise, you use the Add Roles and Features Wizard to install the Active Directory Domain Services role on a newly installed server running Windows Server 2012.

Exercise 13.2 Creating a New Forest

Overview: Once you have installed the Active Directory Domain Services role, you must promote the server to a domain controller. In this exercise, you create a new domain in a new forest and configure the server to function as the domain controller for that domain.

Exercise 13.3 Creating a Child Domain

Overview: In this exercise, you create a subdomain beneath the adatum.com domain you created previously.