Windows Server 2003 Deployment Guide: General

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Windows Server 2003 Deployment Guide

Updated: March 28, 2003

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Deployment Guide provides guidelines and recommended processes for designing and deploying Windows Server 2003 family technologies to meet your business needs and IT goals.

This guide includes the following books:

Planning, Testing, and Piloting Deployment Projects

Deploying Network Services

Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services

Planning Server Deployments

Automating and Customizing Installations

Designing a Managed Environment

This guide includes the following technical references:

Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Registry Reference

Windows Server 2003 Performance Counters Reference

You must install the following resources from the Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit companion CD or download them from the Microsoft Web site:

Resource Kit Tools for Windows Server 2003 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=20334)

Deploying Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0, in the Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Resource Kit (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=22803)

Note

The Windows Server 2003 Deployment Kit is only available in English, regardless of the language of your operating system. If you are running the kit on a non-English operating system or an operating system with a Multilingual User Interface Pack (MUI), you will see some English content mixed with non-English content in the Help and Support Center table of contents.

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Adding a Windows Server 2008 as an additional domain controller to a Windows Server 2003 Network

This document describes how to join a computer that is running the Windows Server 2008 as an additional domain controller to a Windows Server 2003 Network. You will need to first prepare the Server 2003 forest or domain installation. To do this: <ul><li>Insert the Windows Server 2008 installation DVD.</li><li>Click Start, click Run, type <code>cmd</code>, and then click OK to open the command prompt window.</li><li>At the command prompt, type DVDdriveletter<code>:\sources\adprep\adprep.exe /forestprep</code>. Type <code>c</code> at the ADPREP warning, and then press ENTER.</li><li>Still at the command prompt, type DVDdriveletter<code>:\sources\adprep\adprep.exe /domainprep</code></li><li>Install Windows Server 2008 on the server you would like to make an additional domain controller</li><li>After the installation, connect the Windows Server 2008 to the Server 2003 network.</li><li>Log on to the computer that is running Windows Server 2008 using the local administrator account and perform the initial server configuration tasks.</li><li>Run the domain controller installation wizard by clicking on Start, type <code>dcpromo</code>, and then press ENTER.</li><li>Click Next to advance through the wizard until you arrive at the Choose a Deployment Configuration page.</li><li>On the Choose a Deployment Configuration page, select Existing forest, select Add a domain controller to an existing domain, and then click Next.</li><li>On the Network Credentials page, type the name of your Windows Server 2003 domain name and then click Set. The Windows Security dialog box appears. </li><li>Type the user name and password for the Windows Server 2003 domain administrator, click OK, and then click Next.</li><li>On the Select a Domain page, ensure that the domain name you typed in step 11 appears in the list of domains.</li><li>Click Next to advance through the wizard until you arrive at the Additional Domain Controller Options page.</li><li>On the Additional Domain Controller Options page, clear the DNS server check box, and then click Next until you arrive at the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Password page.</li><li>On the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Password page, type the password to use when starting the computer that is running Windows Server 2008 in Directory Services Restore Mode.</li><li>Continue through the wizard and accept all remaining default settings.</li><li>After finishing the wizard, restart the server.</li><li>Using the Server Manager you can now monitor your current roles or add more roles to this server depending on your organizational requirements.</li></ul>

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