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247 Chapter 16: Installing and Setting Up Windows Server 2008 5. You now need to choose the functional level for the forest, as shown in Figure 16-19. Your choices are Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. Choose Windows Server 2000 or 2003 functional levels if you wish the server to be compatible with domain controllers running those versions. For this example, choose the Windows Server 2008 functional level. 6. The wizard recommends that you add DNS services to the server. Accept this default and click Next to continue. (DNS services should run on each Active Directory domain controller.) Figure 16-16. Looking over the features list offered by the Add Features Wizard 248 Networking: A Beginner’s Guide 7. You are prompted for the location for several critical Active Directory files and directories. Accept the defaults and click Next. 8. You are prompted for a directory services restore mode administrator password. This is an important password to set, and you need to keep it in a secure place. If the domain controller ever needs to be recovered, the password you specify here will be required in order to potentially recover the information in the domain. Figure 16-17. Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard 249 Chapter 16: Installing and Setting Up Windows Server 2008 9. You see a final Summary screen. Review the configuration, and then click Next to complete the installation of Active Directory services. While this process can take up to a couple of hours for a very complex installation, for this stand-alone domain controller example, it is likely to finish within a few minutes. After it completes, you will be prompted to restart the server, which you should do im- mediately. Congratulations! With the preceding steps, you have finished the installation and configuration of a Windows Server 2008 acting as a domain controller. You now have a server capable of serving the needs of many users and of performing a number of useful tasks. Figure 16-18. Naming a new forest 250 Networking: A Beginner’s Guide Chapter Summary In this chapter, you learned how Windows Server 2008 is installed and set up, using basic installation choices that will be appropriate for many servers in small businesses. As you saw, installing Windows Server 2008 is really not much more difficult than installing Windows Vista. This chapter did not cover all the myriad choices available to you during the installation of Windows Server 2008 or discuss more complex installation topics appropriate for larger networks. Instead, this chapter was intended to help beginners to networking understand the basic steps to install Windows Server 2008 and to provide enough information to get a basic server up and running with minimal problems. Figure 16-19. Choosing a forest functional level 251 Chapter 16: Installing and Setting Up Windows Server 2008 If you will be installing Windows Server 2008 into a production environment—no matter how small—it’s vital for you to learn much more about Windows Server 2008 than presented in this book. Fortunately, many fine training classes and books are available to teach you all you must do to set up and administer a Windows Server 2008- based network. Installing the NOS is only a small part of the battle. Even more important is that you know how to administer the server and perform various administrative tasks for the NOS. These include managing user accounts, groups, printers, and other required maintenance tasks. Chapter 17 discusses the basics of Windows Server 2008 administration. . 16-18. Naming a new forest 250 Networking: A Beginner’s Guide Chapter Summary In this chapter, you learned how Windows Server 2008 is installed and set up, using basic installation choices that will. much more about Windows Server 2008 than presented in this book. Fortunately, many fine training classes and books are available to teach you all you must do to set up and administer a Windows. the features list offered by the Add Features Wizard 248 Networking: A Beginner’s Guide 7. You are prompted for the location for several critical Active Directory files and directories. Accept