Optional Lab Appendix D As you go through Microsoft Windows Networking Essentials for the 98-366 exam, you may want to get your hands on Windows Server 2008 and dig a little deeper. That makes sense. While there wasn t room to include these labs in the book, I still wanted to make them available to you. These labs will lead you through the process of configuring Windows 7 with virtualization so that you can run a virtual instance of Windows Server 2008 on your system. You don t need a separate physical computer, but instead can use a single physical computer and run virtual systems within it. Identifying the requirements Configuring Windows 7 with virtualization Locating and downloading an evaluation copy of Windows Server 2008 Creating a virtual PC machine for Windows Server 2008 Installing Windows Server 2008 on a virtual machine Configuring Windows Server 2008 on a virtual machine Promoting Windows Server 2008 to a domain controller Applying changes to the domain controller Identifying the Requirements There are two primary requirements to do these labs: Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7 Ultimate Windows Virtual PC is a built-in feature of Windows 7. While there are many other virtual tools you can use, these labs are written for Windows 7. Extra Memory You should have at least 1.5 GB of RAM to do these labs. Microsoft says you need a minimum of 1 GB of random access memory (RAM) for Windows 7 on 32-bit systems and a minimum of 2 GB on 64-bit systems.
2 Appendix D Optional Lab P Ideally, your system will have 4 GB of RAM, allowing you to create virtual machines using 1 GB of RAM. P You can add Windows XP Mode to your system if desired. However, it is not needed for the purposes of these labs. You can run a virtual instance of Windows Server 2008 with as little as 512 MB. However, these are minimums and, in general, you won t find it a very satisfying experience with these minimum amounts. Configuring Windows 7 with Virtualization You can use the following steps to add Windows Virtual PC to your system: 1. Launch Internet Explorer and enter the following address: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/download.aspx. 2. Click the link Download Windows Virtual PC without Windows XP Mode. 3. Select your edition of Windows 7 (such as Ultimate 64-bit) and your language. Your display will look similar to Lab Figure D.1. Lab Figure D.1 Selecting Windows Virtual PC The MSU file is a Microsoft Update file that installs Windows Virtual PC on your system. P 4. Click the Download button for Windows Virtual PC. If the Windows Validation Required window appears, click Continue to validate your copy of Windows. If your browser gives you a warning at the top of the screen, click the warning and select Download File. 5. Click Save and browse to a location on your system to save the Windows6.1-KB958559-x64.msu file.
Locating and Downloading an Evaluation Copy of Windows Server 2008 3 6. When the download completes, use Windows Explorer and browse to the location where you saved the file. Double-click the file to start the installation. When prompted to install the update, click Yes. 7. Review the license terms and click I Accept. 8. When the installation completes, you ll be prompted to restart your system. Close any open files and click Restart Now. 9. After restarting, Windows Virtual PC will be available on the Start menu, as shown in Lab Figure D.2. Lab Figure D.2 Locating Windows Virtual PC on the Start menu Locating and Downloading an Evaluation Copy of Windows Server 2008 You can download an evaluation copy of Windows Server 2008 using the following steps: 1. Launch Internet Explorer and enter the following address: www.microsoft.com/downloads. 2. Type Windows Server 2008 Trial in the Search All Download Center text box and press Enter. Your display will look similar to Lab Figure D.3.
4 Appendix D Optional Lab The x86 file is for a 32-bit edition of Windows Server 2008 and amd64 is for a 64-bit edition. However, Virtual PC only supports 32-bit editions of Windows Server 2008. P P The file is close to 2 GB in size so it will take some time to download. The speed will be dependent on your Internet connection. Lab Figure D.3 Locating Windows Server 2008 download 3. Click on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. 4. Locate the file with x86 in the filename. As of this writing, the file name is 6001.18000.080118-1840_x86fre_Server_en-us-KRMSFRE _EN_DVD.iso. 5. Click the Download button for the x86 version. 6. Click Save. Browse to a location on your system where the file can be stored and click Save. Ensure that Close This Dialog Box When Download Completes is not selected. While the file is downloading, you can continue to the next lab to create a virtual machine for Windows Server 2008. 7. When the download completes, click Open Folder. You can view the ISO image here. Remember where you saved the ISO image file because you ll use it later. If desired, you can burn the ISO file to a DVD but doing so isn t required. If you want to burn a DVD, right-click the ISO file and select Burn Disc Image. Place a burnable DVD into your DVD burner and click Burn.
Creating a Virtual Machine for Windows Server 2008 5 Creating a Virtual Machine for Windows Server 2008 You can use the following steps to create an empty virtual machine. You ll later load Windows Server 2008 into this machine. 1. Click Start All Programs Windows Virtual PC and select Windows Virtual PC. 2. Click Create Virtual Machine. 3. Type DC1 in the Name text box. If desired, you can browse to a different location where you want to store the virtual machine settings file. 4. Click Next. 5. If you have more than the minimum amount of RAM, change the RAM from the default of 512 MB to 1024 (1 GB). Deselect the Use Computer Networking Connections check box. Your display should look similar to Lab Figure D.4. Click Next. You ll install Windows Server 2008 on this system and promote it to a domain controller. Leaving the Use Computer Network Connections box unchecked will keep the server isolated from the local area network and the Internet. Lab Figure D.4 Creating the virtual machine 6. On the Add A Virtual Hard Disk page, ensure that Create A Dynamically Expanding Virtual Hard Disk is selected. Select the check box Enable Undo Disks. Your display will look similar to Lab Figure D.5.
6 Appendix D Optional Lab P The Undo Disks feature allows you to save changes to the virtual machine, and then later undo those changes. Lab Figure D.5 Adding a virtual hard disk If desired, click the More About Using Undo Disks link to learn more about this feature. 7. Click Create. 8. Your display will look similar to Lab Figure D.6. Lab Figure D.6 Virtual Machines console You can have as many virtual machines on your system as desired, within the limits of available hard disk space. For example, the figure shows one virtual machine named Win7Development used to develop applications in an isolated Windows 7 environment, along with the DC1 virtual machine you just created. You can also run multiple virtual machines at a time, or individually.
Installing Windows Server 2008 on a Virtual Machine 7 Installing Windows Server 2008 on a Virtual Machine You can use the following steps to install Windows Server 2008 on the virtual machine you created in the previous steps: 1. If necessary, click Start All Programs Windows Virtual PC and select Windows Virtual PC. 2. Locate the DC1 virtual machine you created previously and doubleclick it to start it. 3. Click Tools Settings. 4. Select DVD Drive. 5. Select Open An ISO Image and click Browse. Browse to the location of the Windows Server 2008 ISO image you downloaded in an earlier step. Your display will look similar to Lab Figure D.7. This virtual machine won t do much until an operating system is installed. Lab Figure D.7 Configuring the virtual DVD to use the Windows Server 2008 ISO image This step simulates using an actual DVD. You ll find that the installation will load much quicker from the ISO image than it would from the DVD. 6. Click OK.
8 Appendix D Optional Lab 7. Select Ctrl+Alt+Del from the virtual machine menu. This will initiate a reboot of the virtual machine and it will automatically boot to the ISO image (as a DVD). 8. When the Install Windows page appears, click once anywhere within the virtual machine. A dialog box will appear letting you know the mouse pointer is being captured and your display will look similar to Lab Figure D.8. Lab Figure D.8 Viewing the warning about the mouse pointer When you don t use a product key, Windows Server will install as a trial edition. It will not activate and will expire after a period of time. P Notice that if you want to get your mouse out of the virtual machine and click elsewhere in Windows, you ll need to press the Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow keys. 9. View the warning about the mouse pointer and click OK. 10. Ensure the language, time and currency, and keyboard is displayed for your country. Click Next. 11. Click Install Now. 12. On the Type Your Product Key page, leave the Product Key text box blank and click Next. When prompted if you want to enter your product key now, click No. 13. Select Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (Full Installation) and select I Have Selected The Edition Of Windows That I Purchased. Your display will look similar to Lab Figure D.9.
Installing Windows Server 2008 on a Virtual Machine 9 Lab Figure D.9 Selecting Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (Full Installation) 14. Click Next. 15. Review the license agreement and select I Accept The License Terms. Click Next. 16. Click Custom (Advanced). 17. On the Where Do You Want To Install Windows? page, click Next. Take a break at this point. The installation will continue without any more user interaction required until the installation has completed. The process should complete within several minutes. When finished, the virtual machine will automatically reboot. 18. When the installation completes, you ll be prompted to change the password. Click OK. You ll see a display similar to Lab Figure D.10. 19. Enter a strong password (such as P@ssw0rd) in the New Password and Confirm Password text boxes. Press Enter. 20. When you see the display indicating that the password has been changed, click OK. Based on previous steps, this defaults to a disk size of 127 GB. However, the virtual machine will only use the disk space required because Dynamically Expanding Virtual Hard Disk was selected. The system will start and load the desktop. You can use the following procedure to complete basic configuration of the server.
10 Appendix D Optional Lab Lab Figure D.10 Entering the Administrator password Configuring Windows Server 2008 on a Virtual Machine You can use the following steps to complete basic configuration of the Windows Server 2008 installation virtual machine you created in the previous steps: 1. After changing the password, you will automatically be logged on. If you rebooted your system, you ll need to start it and log on with the administrator account and the password you used. 2. Use the following steps to install the Virtual PC Integration Components. These components will enable features that make the virtual PC easier to use. For example, your mouse will no longer be captured within the window. a. Select Tools Install Integration Components from the Virtual PC menu. b. Review the information in the dialog box and click Continue. c. Click Start Computer. Double-click the DVD Drive. Doubleclick the setup program on the DVD drive.
Configuring Windows Server 2008 on a Virtual Machine 11 d. On the Virtual PC Integration Components page, click Next. e. When the installation completes, click Finish. f. You ll be prompted to restart the computer. Click Yes. 3. After the server reboots, select Ctrl+Alt+Del from the Virtual PC menu. Enter the password for the Administrator account to log on. 4. Lab Figure D.11 shows the Out of Box Experience (OOBE) window that appears by default when you first start Windows. You can use this window to configure Windows. Lab Figure D.11 Initial Configuration Tasks window 5. Click Set Time Zone, and then click Change Time Zone. Select your time zone from the drop-down menu. Click OK twice. 6. Enable virtual PC networking with the following steps: a. Select Tools Settings from the Virtual PC menu. b. Select Networking. c. Change Adapter 1 to Internal Network, as shown in Lab Figure D.12. Changing this setting will allow the virtual machine to communicate with other virtual machines, but it won t allow the virtual machine to access the Internet. d. Click OK. The virtual PC gets its time from your host system so you don t need to set the time.
12 Appendix D Optional Lab Lab Figure D.12 Configuring the virtual PC networking for the internal network 7. Click Configure Networking and use the following steps to configure networking for your system: a. Right-click the Local Area Connection and select Properties. b. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and select Properties. c. Select Use The Following IP Address. d. Enter 192.168.1.10 as the IP address and 255.255.255.0 as the Subnet Mask. Your display will look similar to Lab Figure D.13. e. Click OK and then click Close. Close the Network Connections window. 8. Change the name of the computer with the following steps: a. If the Initial Configuration Tasks window is not open, click Start, type OOBE in the Start Search text box, and press Enter. b. Click Provide Computer Name And Domain. c. Ensure the Computer Name tab is selected and click Change. d. Enter DC1 in the Computer Name text box. Your display will look similar to Lab Figure D.14. Click OK. e. You ll see a prompt telling you that the computer won t be renamed until it is restarted. Click OK. f. Click Close. You ll be prompted to restart the computer. Click Restart Now.
Promoting Windows Server 2008 to a Domain Controller 13 The private network will have a single subnet so a default gateway isn t needed. The Preferred DNS Server will be configured when you promote the server to a domain controller. Lab Figure D.13 Configuring the NIC with a static IP address The default workgroup does not need to be modified. It will be changed when you promote the server to a domain controller. Lab Figure D.14 Changing the computer name Promoting Windows Server 2008 to a Domain Controller You can use the following steps to promote a Windows Server 2008 server to a domain controller. These steps will create the domain controller as the first domain controller in the networking.mta domain. This domain name matches the These steps assume all the previous steps have been completed and the system has been rebooted after changing the name to DC1.
14 Appendix D Optional Lab domain name used in Microsoft Windows Networking Essentials (Wiley, 2011) by Darril Gibson. 1. Log onto the server with the administrator account by clicking the Administrator icon, entering the password you used earlier, and pressing Enter. 2. After the system boots, the desktop will appear. Click Start, type dcpromo in the Start Search text box, and press Enter. 3. After a moment, the dcpromo Welcome screen will appear. Review the information on this screen and click Next. 4. Review the information on the Operating System Compatibility screen and click Next. 5. Select Create A New Domain In A New Forest, as shown in Lab Figure D.15. Click Next. Lab Figure D.15 Creating a new domain in a new forest 6. Type the name of the domain in the FQDN Of The Forest Root Domain text box as networking.mta. Click Next. 7. On the Set Forest Functional Level page, select Windows Server 2008 from the drop-down menu. Click Next.
Promoting Windows Server 2008 to a Domain Controller 15 8. On the Additional Domain Controller Options page, ensure that DNS Server is selected and click Next. 9. You ll see a warning appear similar to Lab Figure D.16. Even though you assigned a static IPv4 address, dcpromo detects that an IPv6 address is not statically assigned and provides this warning. However, as long as you assigned a static IPv4 address (in the previous section) the promotion of the server will still work. Global Catalog will also be selected, but it can t be deselected. The first domain controller in a domain must be a global catalog server. Lab Figure D.16 Dynamically assigned IP address warning 10. Click Yes, The Computer Will Use A Dynamically Assigned IP Address (Not Recommended). 11. You ll see a dialog box indicating that a DNS server isn t available. This is normal and dcpromo will configure the server as a DNS server as a part of the promotion process. Click Yes. 12. Accept the default location for the database, log files, and SYSVOL. Click Next. 13. On the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Password page, enter P@ssw0rd in the Password and Confirm Password text boxes. Click Next.
16 Appendix D Optional Lab 14. Review the information on the Summary page. Click Next. 15. Select Reboot On Completion. Your display will look similar to Lab Figure D.17. When dcpromo completes, the system will automatically reboot. Lab Figure D.17 Dcpromo promoting a server to a domain controller P This is the same password that you used for the administrator account prior to promoting the server to a domain controller. If you used a different password, enter it instead. P These are optional steps. However, they can save you a lot of rework in the future. 16. Click Other User and type Networking\Administrator. Type P@ssw0rd as the password. While the system shows the prompt for DC1\Administrator, that account is no longer available and you won t be able to log in using that account. Instead, you must log on with the Administrator account in the Networking domain you just created. At this point, you ll be logged into the domain Administrator account on the domain controller. Applying Changes to the Domain Controller You have completed the configuration of your domain controller. If you apply the changes to your system, Windows Virtual PC will save this configuration. You can then do whatever you like to the system and if your system develops a problem that you can t recover from, you simply undo the changes. These steps show how to save your changes: 1. Shut down the server by clicking Start and selecting Shut Down. 2. Type Saving Changes in the Comments box and click OK.
Applying Changes to the Domain Controller 17 3. Read the warning and click Yes. 4. When the computer has completely shut down, launch the Windows Virtual PC menu by clicking Start All Programs Windows Virtual PC and selecting Windows Virtual PC. 5. Right-click the DC1 virtual machine and select Settings. 6. Select Undo Disks. Your display will look similar to Lab Figure D.18. Lab Figure D.18 Applying changes to the virtual machine 7. Click Apply Changes. 8. The changes will be applied to the virtual system. When it is done, click OK. You can start and use the machine as desired. If you ever want to return your system to its previous state, you can instead select Discard Changes.