Walkthrough: Prepare the domain
Topic Last Modified: 2009-07-11
To prepare the domain
Log on to any server in the domain as a member of the DomainAdmins group.
From the Office Communications Server installation folder or CD, run SetupSE.exe (for Standard Edition server) to start the deployment tool.
Click Prepare Environment.
Click Prepare Active Directory.
At Prep Current Domain, click Run.
On the Welcome to the Domain Preparation Wizard page, click Next.
On the Domain Preparation Information page, review the information, and then click Next.
On the Ready to Prepare Domain page, verify your current settings, and then click Next.
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, and then 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.