Step-by-Step guide to setting up a domain controller In this first part, we install the Active Directory Domain Services role and features to our domain controller. Open Server Manager and click on Add roles and features.On the first screen in the wizard, Click Next.Make sure Role-based or feature-based installation is checked and click Next through to the Server Roles page.From the list select Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), clicking…
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Server 2012 – Allow Remote Desktop Connection
Server 2012 – Remote Desktop Connection With Remote Desktop Connection, you can sit at a PC and connect to another PC in a different location (the remote PC). For example, you can sit at your home PC and connect to your work PC, and use all of your apps, files, and network resources as if you were sitting right in front of your work PC. Remote Desktop Protocol or RDP,…
Virtual Lab Setup: Server 2012 on VirtualBox – Part 3
In this part of the Virtual Lab setup, we will look at how to clean the image up before generalizing and packing it back up to its install state age. To get started, if you haven’t already, you need to run Windows update. This will save a whole bunch of time later, for when you start a new machine up from this image. This may take some time and several…
Virtual Lab Setup: Server 2012 on VirtualBox – Part 2
Installing Server 2012 Standard Assuming your Virtual Box Machine or other virtual machine, is ready to go, you can now install Server 2012. The first step is to boot from the optical drive or ISO. VB will boot from the ISO if no Operating System is found automaticlly. First screen you need to select the install language, time and keyboard languages. Then click ‘next’. On the next screen, you can…
Virtual Lab Setup: Server 2012 on VirtualBox – Part 1
Setting up Oracle VirtualBox for Server 2012 Standard First of all, Microsoft recommend the following hardware requirements for running Server 2012: ComponentMinimumRecommendedProcessor1.4 GHz2 GHz or fasterMemory512 MB RAM2 GB RAM or greaterDisk Space32 GB40 GB or greaterFor my installation using Oracle’s VirtualBox, I opted to have 2GB RAM and 2 CPU cores, however a much smaller disk space of 25GB. To create a new Virtual Machine in VirtualBox, simply…