Install a new DNS server

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

You can use this procedure to install Domain Name System (DNS) on a member server, which makes that server a DNS server.

Administrative credentials

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using the Run as command to perform this procedure.

Installing a new DNS server

To install a DNS server

  1. Open the Windows Components Wizard.

  2. In Components, select the Networking Services check box, and then click Details.

  3. In Subcomponents of Networking Services, select the Domain Name System (DNS) check box, click OK, and then click Next.

  4. If you are prompted to do so, in Copy files from, type the full path to the installation location, and then click OK.

    Required files are copied to your hard disk.

Note

To open the Windows Components Wizard, click Start, point to Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs, and then click Add/Remove Windows Components.