Promoting a Server to a Domain Controller

1. Start DC1 and log on with the Administrator account.
2. Click Start, type DCPromo in the Start Search box, and press Enter.
3. After a moment, the DCPromo Wizard will start. Click Next.
4. Click Next on the Operating System Compatibility screen.
5. Select Create A New Domain In A New Forest, and click Next.
6. Enter a fully qualified domain name for the domain, such as Google.com. Click Next.
7. Select Windows Server 2008 from the drop-down menu as the Forest Functional Level. Click Next.
8. The Additional Domain Controller Options page will appear. It will have DNS Server and Global Catalog both selected. Leave them selected and click Next. A warning will appear because DNS hasn't been created yet. This is normal. Click Yes to continue.
9. Accept the default locations for Active Directory files, and click Next.
10. Type P@ssw0rd in the Password and Confirm Password text boxes for the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Password. Click Next.
11. Review the information on the Summary screen, and click Next.
12. Select Reboot On Completion. Active Directory will be installed and the server will reboot.

To complete your virtual network, you'll also need to add a Windows 7 VPC machine.

1. Create a VPC machine named Win7 with at least 1 NN 024 MB of RAM (1536 MB if your system has enough RAM), networking deselected, and a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk.
2. Install Windows 7 on the VPC.

Configure the networking for the Windows 7 VPC machine using the following settings.

• IP Address: 192.168.1.5
• Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
• Preferred DNS Server: 192.168.1.10