Windows Server 2012 AD DS Pre-Installation Configurations

After you finish installing Windows Server 2012, the following screen will show up

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Click on the option number 1 (Configure this local server)

Change the Computer and change the name to be DC1 and leave it as a workgroup member, Notice that you will need to restart the machine.

 Change the IP addresses, time zone and any other configurations that suits your needs. The IP addresses I use for this lab is 10.10.10.0/24. Make sure you have disabled ipv6 if your organization has not yet started using it.

Configure updates as follows. Notice that you can configure the updates as you want, but that’s what 

I prefer.

 

Ok. Good! 

Next lab will be about how to install Active Directory Domain Service.