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Using Setup to Run Domain Preparation (2007 R2 Beta)

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[This is preliminary documentation and is subject to change. Blank topics are included as placeholders.]

Important

You can perform domain preparation on any computer in the domain where you are deploying Office Communications Server. You must prepare every domain that will host Office Communications Servers or users.

If permissions inheritance is disabled or authenticated user permissions are disabled in your organization, you must perform additional steps during domain preparation. For more information, see Preparing a Locked Down Active Directory Domain Services.

Tip

For details about the ACEs created on the domain root and in the Users, Computers, and Domain Controllers containers, see Changes Made by Domain Preparation.

To prepare the domain

  1. Log on to any server in the domain as a member of the DomainAdmins group.

  2. From the Office Communications Server installation folder or CD, run SetupEE.exe to start the deployment tool.

    Note

    This tool is not available for Enterprise Edition expanded configuration deployments. Use the LcsCmd.exe tool instead.

  3. Select one of the following:

    • For Standard Edition, click Deploy Standard Edition Server.
    • For Enterprise Edition, click Deploy Enterprise Pool in a Consolidated Topology.

  4. Click Prepare Active Directory.

  5. At Prep Current Domain, click Run.

  6. On the Welcome to the Domain Preparation Wizard page, click Next.

  7. On the Domain Preparation Information page, review the information, and then click Next.

  8. On the Ready to Prepare Domain page, review your current settings before clicking Next.

  9. On the Domain Preparation Wizard has completed page, click View Log. Under the Action column, expand Domain Prep. Look for <Success> Execution Result at the end of each task to verify that domain preparation completed successfully. Close the log window when you finish.

  10. Click Finish.

    Wait for Active Directory replication to complete or force replication to all the domain controllers listed in the Active Directory Sites and Services snap-in for the forest root domain controller.