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Windows Server® 2012
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Elle s’applique également, même si Microsoft connaissait ou devrait connaître l’éventualité d’un tel dommage. Si
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Revised July 2013

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Acknowledgments
Microsoft Learning wants to acknowledge and thank the following for their contribution toward
developing this title. Their effort at various stages in the development has ensured that you have a good
classroom experience.

Andrew J. Warren - Lead Subject Matter Expert

Andrew Warren has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry, many of which he has spent
teaching and writing. He has been involved as the Subject Matter Expert for many Windows Server® 2008
courses and the technical lead on a number of other courses. He also has been involved in developing
TechNet sessions on Microsoft® Exchange Server® 2007. Based in the United Kingdom, he runs his own IT
training and education consultancy.

Gary Dunlop - Subject Matter Expert

Gary Dunlop is based in Winnipeg, Canada and is a technical consultant and trainer for Broadview
Networks. He has authored a number of Microsoft Learning titles and has been a Microsoft Certified
Trainer (MCT) since 1997.

Dave Franklyn - Subject Matter Expert

David M. Franklyn, MCT, Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE), Microsoft Certified IT Professional
(MCITP), Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Windows Expert-It Pro, is a Senior Information
Technology Trainer and Consultant at Auburn University in Montgomery, Alabama and the owner of
DaveMCT, Inc. LLC. He is also Adjunct Faculty with MyITStudy.com. He is an Eastern USA Regional Lead
MCT. Dave has been a Microsoft MVP since 2011 and has been teaching at Auburn University since 1998.
Working with computers since 1976, Dave started out in the mainframe world and moved early into the
networking arena. Before joining Auburn University, Dave spent 22 years in the US Air Force as an
electronic communications and computer systems specialist, retiring in 1998. Dave is president of the
Montgomery Windows IT Professional Group, and a guest speaker at many events involving Microsoft
products.

Vladimir Meloski - Content Developer

Vladimir is a MCT, an MVP on Exchange Server, and consultant, providing unified communications
and infrastructure solutions based on Exchange Server, Lync Server, Windows Server and Microsoft®
System Center. Vladimir has 17 years of professional IT experience, and has been involved in Microsoft
conferences in Europe and the United States as a speaker, moderator, proctor for hands-on labs, and
technical expert. He has also been involved as a Subject Matter Expert and Technical Reviewer for
Microsoft Official Curriculum courses.

Stan Reimer - Subject Matter Expert

Stan Reimer is president of S. R. Technical Services Inc., and he works as a consultant, trainer, and author.
Stan has extensive experience consulting on Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS) and Exchange
Server deployments for some of the largest companies in Canada. Stan is the lead author for two
Active Directory books for Microsoft Press®. For the last ten years, Stan has been writing courseware for
Microsoft Learning, specializing in Active Directory and Exchange Server courses. Stan has been a MCT for
13 years.
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Telmo Sampaio - Content Developer

Telmo Sampaio, who has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, also is an MCT, MCSE,
Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), and an MCT Regional Lead. He is the “Chief Geek”
for MCTrainer.NET and TechKnowLogical. Telmo specializes in System Center, Microsoft SharePoint®,
Microsoft SQL Server®, and .NET, and has worked for IBM, Microsoft, and several start-ups during the
past 20 years. He is very active in the MCT community, and travels the world providing consulting services
and attending training engagements. His home base is Miami, Florida. Telmo has passed more than 100
Microsoft exams since his first certification in 1996.

David Susemiehl - Content Developer

David Susemiehl has worked as consultant, trainer, and courseware developer since 1996. David has
extensive experience consulting on Microsoft Systems Management Server and Microsoft System Center
Configuration Manager 2007, as well as Active Directory, Exchange Server, and Terminal Server/Citrix
deployments. David has developed courseware development for Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard, and
delivered those courses successfully in Europe, Central America, and across North America. For the last
several years, David has been writing courseware for Microsoft Learning, and consulting on infrastructure
transitions in Michigan.

Brian Svidergol - Subject Matter Expert

Brian Svidergol specializes in Microsoft infrastructure and cloud-based solutions built around Windows,
Active Directory, Exchange Server, System Center, virtualization, and Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack
(MDOP). He holds a variety of Microsoft and industry certifications. Brian authored the Active Directory
Cookbook, 4th edition. He has also worked as a Subject Matter Expert and Technical Reviewer on many
Microsoft Official Curriculum courses, Microsoft certification exams, and authored or reviewed related
training content.

Orin Thomas - Subject Matter Expert

Orin Thomas is an MVP, an MCT, and has a variety of MCSE and MCITP certifications. He has written more
than 20 books for Microsoft Press, and is a contributing editor at Windows IT Pro magazine. He has been
working in IT since the early 1990's. He regularly speaks at events such as TechED in Australia, and around
the world on Windows Server, Windows client operating systems, System Center, and security topics. Orin
founded and runs the Melbourne System Center Users Group.

Brian Langan - Technical Reviewer

Brian Langan is president and founder of Langan Enterprises Inc., a consulting/training/security firm
established in 1995. He has worked in the industry for over 20 years becoming an MCT in 1996, and holds
a number of Microsoft certifications on clients, servers, messaging and System Center products. He has
written courses on many different topics including Windows Troubleshooting and Security courses for
Global Knowledge and other training companies.
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Contents
Module 1: Deploying and Managing Windows Server 2012 R2
Lesson 1: Windows Server 2012 R2 Overview 1-2
Lesson 2: Installing Windows Server 2012 R2 1-13
Lesson 3: Post-Installation Configuration of Windows Server 2012 R2 1-20
Lesson 4: Overview of Windows Server 2012 R2 Management 1-31
Lesson 5: Introduction to Windows PowerShell 1-38
Lab: Deploying and Managing Windows Server 2012 R2 1-46

Module 2: Introduction to Active Directory Domain Services

Lesson 1: Overview of AD DS 2-2
Lesson 2: Overview of Domain Controllers 2-12
Lesson 3: Installing a Domain Controller 2-18
Lab: Installing Domain Controllers 2-26

Module 3: Managing Active Directory Domain Services Objects

Lesson 1: Managing User Accounts 3-2
Lesson 2: Managing Groups 3-11
Lesson 3: Managing Computer Accounts 3-20
Lesson 4: Delegating Administration 3-27
Lab: Managing Active Directory Domain Services Objects 3-31

Module 4: Automating Active Directory Domain Services Administration

Lesson 1: Using Command-line Tools for AD DS Administration 4-2
Lesson 2: Using Windows PowerShell for AD DS Administration 4-8
Lesson 3: Performing Bulk Operations with Windows PowerShell 4-14
Lab: Automating AD DS Administration by Using Windows PowerShell 4-25

Module 5: Implementing IPv4

Lesson 1: Overview of TCP/IP 5-2
Lesson 2: Understanding IPv4 Addressing 5-6
Lesson 3: Subnetting and Supernetting 5-11
Lesson 4: Configuring and Troubleshooting IPv4 5-16
Lab: Implementing IPv4 5-26

Module 6: Implementing Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Lesson 1: Installing a DHCP Server Role 6-2
Lesson 2: Configuring DHCP Scopes 6-9
Lesson 3: Managing a DHCP Database 6-15
Lesson 4: Securing and Monitoring DHCP 6-19
Lab: Implementing DHCP 6-24
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Module 7: Implementing DNS

Lesson 1: Name Resolution for Windows Clients and Servers 7-2
Lesson 2: Installing a DNS Server 7-15
Lesson 3: Managing DNS Zones 7-21
Lab: Implementing DNS 7-25

Module 8: Implementing IPv6

Lesson 1: Overview of IPv6 8-2
Lesson 2: IPv6 Addressing 8-7
Lesson 3: Coexistence with IPv4 8-13
Lesson 4: IPv6 Transition Technologies 8-17
Lab: Implementing IPv6 8-22

Module 9: Implementing Local Storage

Lesson 1: Overview of Storage 9-2
Lesson 2: Managing Disks and Volumes 9-12
Lesson 3: Implementing Storage Spaces 9-23
Lab: Implementing Local Storage 9-29

Module 10: Implementing File and Print Services

Lesson 1: Securing Files and Folders 10-2
Lesson 2: Protecting Shared Files and Folders by Using Shadow Copies 10-15
Lesson 3: Configuring Work Folders 10-18
Lesson 4: Configuring Network Printing 10-25
Lab: Implementing File and Print Services 10-31

Module 11: Implementing Group Policy

Lesson 1: Overview of Group Policy 11-2
Lesson 2: Group Policy Processing 11-10
Lesson 3: Implementing a Central Store for Administrative Templates 11-16
Lab: Implementing Group Policy 11-20

Module 12: Securing Windows Servers Using Group Policy Objects

Lesson 1: Windows Operating Systems Security Overview 12-2
Lesson 2: Configuring Security Settings 12-6
Lab A: Increasing Security for Server Resources 12-17
Lesson 3: Restricting Software 12-24
Lesson 4: Configuring Windows Firewall with Advanced Security 12-28
Lab B: Configuring AppLocker and Windows Firewall 12-33
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Module 13: Implementing Server Virtualization with Hyper-V

Lesson 1: Overview of Virtualization Technologies 13-2
Lesson 2: Implementing Hyper-V 13-8
Lesson 3: Managing Virtual Machine Storage 13-17
Lesson 4: Managing Virtual Networks 13-26
Lab: Implementing Server Virtualization with Hyper-V 13-32

Lab Answer Keys

Module 1 Lab: Deploying and Managing Windows Server 2012 R2 L1-1
Module 2 Lab: Installing Domain Controllers L2-9
Module 3 Lab: Managing Active Directory Domain Services Objects L3-13
Module 4 Lab: Automating AD DS Administration by Using
Windows PowerShell L4-21
Module 5 Lab: Implementing IPv4 L5-25
Module 6 Lab: Implementing DHCP L6-29
Module 7 Lab: Implementing DNS L7-35
Module 8 Lab: Implementing IPv6 L8-43
Module 9 Lab: Implementing Local Storage L9-47
Module 10 Lab: Implementing File and Print Services L10-53
Module 11 Lab: Implementing Group Policy L11-61
Module 12 Lab A: Increasing Security for Server Resources L12-65
Module 12 Lab B: Configuring AppLocker and Windows Firewall L12-71
Module 13 Lab: Implementing Server Virtualization with Hyper-V L13-77
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About This Course

This section provides you with a brief description of the course—20410C: Installing and Configuring
Windows Server® 2012—audience, suggested prerequisites, and course objectives.

Course Description
Note: This release (C) Microsoft® Official Curriculum (MOC) version of course 20410 has been developed
on the final release version of Windows server 2012 R2 software.

This course is part one of a three-part series that provides the skills and knowledge necessary to
implement a core Windows Server 2012 infrastructure in an existing enterprise environment. The
three courses collectively cover implementing, managing, maintaining, and provisioning services and
infrastructure in a Windows Server 2012 environment. While there is some cross-over in skills and tasks
across the courses, this course focuses on the initial implementation and configuration of core services
including Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS), networking services, and Microsoft® Hyper-V®
Server 2012 R2 configuration.

Audience
This course is intended for Information Technology (IT) Professionals who have some knowledge and
experience working with Windows operating systems and who want to acquire the skills and knowledge
necessary to install and perform the initial configuration of a Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server
2012 R2 server in an existing Windows server environment. Candidates typically interested in attending
this course are:
• Windows Server Administrators who are relatively new to Windows Server administration and related
technologies and who are looking to learn more about Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server
2012 R2.
• IT Professionals who are experienced in other non-Microsoft technologies, who meet the pre-
requisites and want to cross-train on Windows Server 2012.

• IT Professionals who want to take the exam, “70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012”
exam.
• IT professional wishing to take the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) exams in Datacenter,
Desktop Infrastructure, Messaging, Collaboration and Communications, who will also be interested in
taking this course as they prepare for the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) exams,
which are a pre-requisite for their individual specialties.

Student Prerequisites
This course requires that students meet the following prerequisites:

• Have an understanding of networking fundamentals

• Understand basic Active Directory concepts

• Have an awareness and understanding of security best practices

• Have basic knowledge of server hardware

• Experience working with and configuring Windows client operating systems such as Windows 7 or
Windows 8

Students would also benefit from having some previous Windows Server operating system experience.
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Course Objectives
After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Install and Configure Windows Server 2012.

• Describe AD DS.

• Manage Active Directory objects.

• Automate Active Directory administration.

• Implement IPv4.

• Implement Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

• Implement Domain Name System (DNS).

• Implement IPv6.

• Implement local storage.

• Share files and printers.

• Implement Group Policy.

• Use Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to secure Windows Servers.

• Implement server virtualization using Hyper-V.

Course Outline
This section provides an outline of the course:
Module 1, Deploying and Managing Windows Server 2012

This module starts the course by discussing installation of Windows Server 2012. This is not
the most commonly performed task that is discussed in the course, but it provides a logical
starting point for students to begin working with Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server
2012 R2.
Module 2, Introduction to Active Directory Domain Services
AD DS is a core part of network management in an enterprise environment. It is introduced
early in the course so that students will be able to use it to perform other tasks—such as
creating users and groups—in later modules. In this module, students will install a domain
controller.

Module 3, Managing Active Directory Domain Services Objects

This module discusses creating and managing specific Active Directory objects such as users,
groups, and computer accounts. This is a core part of what a beginning server administrator
does on a daily basis. Some of these tasks are also delegated to help desk staff.
Module 4, Automating Active Directory Domain Services Administration

This module expands on the knowledge gained in Module 3 by providing students with
methods for automating the creation and management of Active Directory objects. This is a
relatively advanced topic, but logically flows after Module 3.
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Module 5, Implementing IPv4

This module begins a new thread of learning in the course. Configuring and understanding
IPv4 is fundamental to working as a system administrator.

Module 6, Implementing Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

This module discusses how to use DHCP to distribute IPv4 address information.

Module 7, Implementing Domain Name System

This module includes how DNS converts names to IP addresses and why this is important in an
Active Directory environment.

Module 8, Implementing IPv6

This module introduces IPv6 configuration, which is likely to be new content for the students.
Module 8 is separated from Module 5 because both are theory-intensive and may overwhelm
students if they are sequential. IPv6 knowledge is not required for Modules 6 and 7.
Module 9, Implementing Local Storage
This module includes content on storage configuration for Windows Server 2012. This is
prerequisite information for Module 10, which discusses creating and securing file shares.

Module 10, Implementing File and Print Services

This module discusses file shares and printing at the same time because both are commonly
used network services. Security for file shares and printing uses the knowledge about user
accounts and groups covered in Modules 2 and 3.
Module 11, Implementing Group Policy

This module builds on the information students have already learned about AD DS to
introduce the creation and management of GPOs.
Module 12, Securing Windows Servers Using Group Policy Objects

This module then covers specific Group Policy settings that can be used to increase security.
The settings include security policies, application restriction policies, and Windows Firewall
rules.

Module 13, Implementing Server Virtualization with Hyper-V

The final module discusses how to configure Hyper-V and how to create virtual machines. This
module is last because the lab has the potential to negatively impact the virtual machines
already deployed on the student machines.
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Exam/Course Mapping
This course, 20410C: Installing and Configuring Windows Server® 2012, has a direct mapping of its content
to the objective domain for the Microsoft exam 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012.

The table below is provided as a study aid that will assist you in preparation for taking this exam and
to show you how the exam objectives and the course content fit together. The course is not designed
exclusively to support the exam but rather provides broader knowledge and skills to allow a real-world
implementation of the particular technology. The course will also contain content that is not directly
covered in the examination and will utilize the unique experience and skills of your qualified Microsoft
Certified Trainer.

Note: The exam objectives are available online at the following URL:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/exam-70-410.aspx, under Skills Measured.

Exam Objective Domain: Exam 70-410: Installing and Configuring

Course Content
Windows Server 2012
1. Install and Configure Servers (17%) Module Lesson Lab
1.1. Install This objective may include but is not limited to: Plan Mod 1 Lesson 1/2 Mod 1 Ex 1
servers. for a server installation; plan for server roles; plan for a
server upgrade; install Server Core; optimize resource
utilization by using Features on Demand; migrate roles
from previous versions of Windows Server
1.2. Configure This objective may include but is not limited to: Mod 1 Lesson Mod 1 Ex
servers. Configure Server Core; delegate administration; add 2/3/4 1/2/3/4
and remove features in offline images; deploy roles on
remote servers; convert Server Core to/from full GUI;
configure services; configure NIC teaming; install and
configure PowerShell Desired State Configuration
(DSC)
1.3. Configure This objective may include but is not limited to: Design Mod 9 Lesson 2/3 Mod 9 Lab
local storage. storage spaces; configure basic and dynamic disks; Ex 1/2/3
configure MBR and GPT disks; manage volumes; create
and mount virtual hard disks; configure storage pools
and disk pools; create storage pools by using disk
enclosures
2. Configure Server Roles and Features (17%)
2.1. Configure This objective may include but is not limited to: Create Mod 10 Lesson Mod 10 Lab
file and share and configure shares; configure share permissions; 1/2/3 Ex 1/2/3
access. configure offline files; configure NTFS permissions;
configure access-based enumeration (ABE); configure
Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS); configure NTFS
quotas; create and configure Work Folders
2.2. Configure This objective may include but is not limited to: Mod 10 Lesson 4 Mod 10 Lab
print and Configure the Easy Print print driver; configure Ex 4
document Enterprise Print Management; configure drivers;
services. configure printer pooling; configure print priorities;
configure printer permissions
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Exam Objective Domain: Exam 70-410: Installing and Configuring

Course Content
Windows Server 2012
2.3. Configure This objective may include but is not limited to: Mod 1 Lesson Mod 1 Lab
servers for Configure WinRM; configure down-level server 3/4/5 Ex 4
remote management; configure servers for day-to-day
management. management tasks; configure multi-server
Mod 12 Lesson 4 Mod 12 Lab
management; configure Server Core; configure
B Ex 2
Windows Firewall; manage non-domain joined servers
3. Configure Hyper-V (18%)
3.1. Create and This objective may include but is not limited to: Mod 13 Lesson 2 Mod 13 Ex
configure Configure dynamic memory; configure smart paging; 3
virtual machine configure Resource Metering; configure guest
settings. integration services; create and configure Generation 1
and 2 virtual machines; configure and use extended
session mode; Configure RemoteFX
3.2. Create and This objective may include but is not limited to: Create Mod 13 Lesson 2/3 Mod 13 Ex
configure VHDs and VHDX; configure differencing drives; modify 3/4
virtual machine VHDs; configure pass-through disks; manage
storage. checkpoints; implement a virtual Fibre Channel
adapter; configure storage Quality of Service
3.3. Create and This objective may include but is not limited to: Mod 13 Lesson 4 Mod 13 Lab
configure configure Hyper-V virtual switches; optimize network Ex 2
virtual performance; configure MAC addresses; configure
networks. network isolation; configure synthetic and legacy
virtual network adapters; configure NIC teaming in
virtual machines
4. Deploy and Configure Core Network Services (17%)
4.1. Configure This objective may include but is not limited to: Mod 1 Lesson 3 Mod 1 Lab
IPv4 and IPv6 Configure IP address options; configure IPv4 or IPv6 Ex 1/2
addressing. subnetting; configure supernetting; configure
interoperability between IPv4 and IPv6; configure
Mod 5 Lesson Mod 5 Lab
ISATAP; configure Teredo
2/3/4 Ex 1/2
Mod 8 Lesson 3/4 Mod 8 Lab
Ex 1/2
4.2. Deploy and This objective may include but is not limited to: Create Mod 6 Lesson Mod 6 Ex
configure and configure scopes; configure a DHCP reservation; 1/2/3/4 1/2
Dynamic Host configure DHCP options; configure client and server
Configuration for PXE boot; configure DHCP relay agent; authorize
Protocol DHCP server
(DHCP) service.
4.3. Deploy and This objective may include but is not limited to: Mod 7 Lesson Mod 7 Ex
configure DNS Configure Active Directory integration of primary 1/2/3 1/2/3
service. zones; configure forwarders; configure Root Hints;
manage DNS cache; create A and PTR resource records
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Exam Objective Domain: Exam 70-410: Installing and Configuring

Course Content
Windows Server 2012
5. Install and Administer Active Directory (14%)
5.1. Install This objective may include but is not limited to: Add or Mod 2 Lesson Mod 2 Lab
domain remove a domain controller from a domain; upgrade a 1/2/3 Ex 1/2
controllers. domain controller; install Active Directory Domain
Services (AD DS) on a Server Core installation; install a
domain controller from Install from Media (IFM);
resolve DNS SRV record registration issues; configure a
global catalog server; deploy Active Directory IaaS in
Azure
5.2. Create and This objective may include but is not limited to: Mod 3 Lesson Mod 3 Lab
manage Active Automate the creation of Active Directory accounts; 1/2/3 Ex 2/3
Directory users create, copy, configure, and delete users and Mod 4 Lesson Mod 4 Lab
and computers. computers; configure templates; perform bulk Active 1/2/3 Ex 1/2/3
Directory operations; configure user rights; offline
domain join; manage inactive and disabled accounts
5.3. Create and This objective may include but is not limited to: Mod 3 Lesson 2/4 Mod 3 Lab
manage Active Configure group nesting; convert groups including Ex 1/2/3
Directory security, distribution, universal, domain local, and
groups and domain global; manage group membership using Mod 4 Lesson 1/2 Mod 4 Lab
organizational Group Policy; enumerate group membership; delegate Ex 1/2/3
units (OUs). the creation and management of Active Directory
objects; manage default Active Directory containers;
create, copy, configure, and delete groups and OUs
6. Create and Manage Group Policy (16%)
6.1. Create This objective may include but is not limited to: Mod 11 Lesson Mod 11 Lab
Group Policy Configure a Central Store; manage starter GPOs; 1/2/3 Ex 1/2
objects (GPOs). configure GPO links; configure multiple local group
policies
6.2. Configure This objective may include but is not limited to: Mod 12 Lesson 2 Mod 12 Lab
security policies. Configure User Rights Assignment; configure Security A Ex 1/2/3
Options settings; configure Security templates;
configure Audit Policy; configure Local Users and
Groups; configure User Account Control (UAC)
6.3. Configure Mod 12 Lesson 3 Mod 12 Lab
This objective may include but is not limited to:
application B Ex 1
Configure rule enforcement; configure AppLocker
restriction
rules; configure Software Restriction Policies
policies.
6.4. Configure This objective may include but is not limited to: Mod 12 Lesson 4 Mod 12 Lab
Windows Configure rules for multiple profiles using Group B Ex 2
Firewall. Policy; configure connection security rules; configure
Windows Firewall to allow or deny applications,
scopes, ports, and users; configure authenticated
firewall exceptions; import and export settings

Note: Attending this course in itself will not successfully prepare you to pass any associated
certification exams.
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The taking of this course does not guarantee that you will automatically pass any certification exam. In
addition to attendance at this course, you should also have the following:

• Real-world, hands-on experience Installing and configuring a Windows Server 2012 Infrastructure
• Windows 7 or Windows 8 client configuration experience

• Additional study outside of the content in this handbook

There may also be additional study and preparation resources, such as practice tests, available for
you to prepare for this exam. Details of these are available at the following URL:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/exam-70-410.aspx, under Preparation options.

You should familiarize yourself with the audience profile and exam prerequisites to ensure you are
sufficiently prepared before taking the certification exam. The complete audience profile for this exam
is available at the following URL: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/course.aspx?ID=20410C,
under Overview, Audience Profile.

The exam/course mapping table outlined above is accurate at the time of printing, however it is subject
to change at any time and Microsoft bears no responsibility for any discrepancies between the version
published here and the version available online and will provide no notification of such changes.

Course Materials
The following materials are included with your kit:
• Course Handbook A succinct classroom learning guide that provides all the critical technical
information in a crisp, tightly-focused format, which is just right for an effective in-class learning
experience.

You may be accessing either a printed course hand book or digital courseware material via the Arvato
Skillpipe reader. Your Microsoft Certified Trainer will provide specific details but both contain the
following:
• Lessons: Guide you through the learning objectives and provide the key points that are critical to
the success of the in-class learning experience.
• Labs: Provide a real-world, hands-on platform for you to apply the knowledge and skills learned
in the module.

• Module Reviews and Takeaways: Provide improved on-the-job reference material to boost
knowledge and skills retention.
• Lab Answer Keys: Provide step-by-step lab solution guidance at your fingertips when it is
needed.
Course Companion Content on the http://www.microsoft.com/learning/companionmoc
Site: Searchable, easy-to-navigate digital content with integrated premium online resources
designed to supplement the Course Handbook.

• Modules: Include companion content, such as questions and answers, detailed demo steps and
additional reading links, for each lesson. Additionally, they include Lab Review questions and
answers and Module Reviews and Takeaways sections, which contain the review questions and
answers, best practices, common issues and troubleshooting tips with answers, and real-world
issues and scenarios with answers.
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• Resources: Include well-categorized additional resources that give you immediate access to the
most up-to-date premium content on TechNet, Microsoft Developer Network®, and Microsoft
Press®.
Student Course files on the http://www.microsoft.com/learning/companionmoc Site

• Course evaluation At the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to complete an online
evaluation to provide feedback on the course, training facility, and instructor.

• To provide additional comments or feedback on the course, send e-mail to

[email protected]. To inquire about the Microsoft Certification Program, send e-mail
to [email protected].

Virtual Machine Environment

This section provides the information for setting up the classroom environment to support the business
scenario of the course.

Virtual Machine Configuration

In this course, you will use virtual machines built in Microsoft® Hyper-V to perform the labs.

Important At the end of each lab, you must revert the virtual machines to a snapshot. You can find the
instructions for this procedure at the end of each lab. The following table shows the role of each virtual
machine used in this course.

Virtual machine Role

�
20410C-LON-DC1 A domain controller running Windows Server 2012 R2 in the Adatum.com
domain.

A member server running Windows Server 2012 R2 in the Adatum.com

20410C-LON-SVR1
domain.

A member server running Windows Server 2012 R2 in the Adatum.com

20410C-LON-SVR2
domain. This server will be located on a second subnet.

A blank virtual machine on which students will install Windows

20410C-LON-SVR3
Server 2012 R2.

A bootable VHD for running Windows Server 2012 R2 as the host for
20410C-LON-HOST1
Hyper-V.

20410C-LON-CORE A standalone server running Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core.

A router that is used for network activities that require a separate subnet.
20410C-LON-RTR
Also running Windows Server 2012 R2.

20410C-LON-CL1 A client computer running Windows 8.1 and Microsoft® Office 2013 in the
Adatum.com domain.

20410C-LON-CL2 A client computer running Windows 8.1 and Office 2013 in the Adatum.com
domain that is located in a second subnet.
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Software Configuration
The following software has been installed in the course:

• Microsoft Message Analyzer is installed on LON-SVR1.

Classroom Setup
Each classroom computer will have the same virtual machine configured in the same way.

You may be accessing the lab virtual machines in either in a hosted online environment with a web
browser or by using Hyper-V on a local machine. The labs and virtual machines are the same in both
scenarios however there may be some slight variations because of hosting requirements. Any
discrepancies will be called out in the Lab Notes on the hosted lab platform.

You Microsoft Certified Trainer will provide details about your specific lab environment.

Course Hardware Level

Where labs are being run locally, to ensure a satisfactory student experience, Microsoft Learning requires
a minimum equipment configuration for trainer and student computers in all Microsoft Certified Partner
for Learning Solutions (CPLS) classrooms in which Official Microsoft Learning Product courseware are
taught.
• Hardware level 7 with 16 gigabytes (GB) of random access memory (RAM)

Navigation in Windows Server 2012

If you are not familiar with the user interface in Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows 8.1, then the
following information will help orient you to the new interface.

• Sign in and Sign out replace Log in and Log off.

• Administrative tools are found in the Tools menu of Server Manager.

• Get to the Start screen, Settings, and Search as follows:

• To get to the Start screen, in the lower-left corner of the screen, click the Start button. This
provides access to some applications.

• To get to Settings, point your mouse to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the
Settings charm when it appears. Settings include Control Panel and Power.

• To get to Search, point your mouse to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the
Search charm when it appears. This allows you to search applications, settings, and files.

You may also find the following shortcut keys useful:

• Windows logo key: Opens the Start screen

• Windows logo key +I: Opens Settings

• Windows logo key +R: Opens Run

• Windows logo key +C: Displays the selection of charms

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Module 1
Deploying and Managing Windows Server 2012
Contents:
Module Overview 1-1

Lesson 1: Windows Server 2012 R2 Overview 1-2

Lesson 2: Installing Windows Server 2012 R2 1-13

Lesson 3: Post-Installation Configuration of Windows Server 2012 R2 1-20

Lesson 4: Overview of Windows Server 2012 R2 Management 1-31

Lesson 5: Introduction to Windows PowerShell 1-38
Lab: Deploying and Managing Windows Server 2012 R2 1-46

Module Review and Takeaways 1-54

Module Overview
Understanding the capabilities of a new Windows Server® 2012 R2 operating system enables you to
leverage that operating system effectively. If you do not understand the capabilities of your new Windows
Server 2012 R2 operating system, you might end up using it the same way that you used the previous
operating system, which would forego the advantages of the new system. By understanding how to utilize
your new Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system fully, and by understanding the tools that are
available to manage that functionality, you can provide your organization with more value.

This module introduces the new Windows Server 2012 R2 administrative interface. In this module, you will
learn about the different roles and features that are available with the Windows Server 2012 R2 operating
system. You will also learn about the different installation options that you can use when you install
Windows Server 2012 R2.

This module discusses the configuration steps that you can perform both during installation and after
deployment to ensure that the servers can begin functioning in its assigned role. You will also learn how
to use Windows PowerShell® to perform common administrative tasks in Windows Server 2012 R2.

Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Describe Windows Server 2012 R2.

• Install Windows Server 2012 R2.

• Perform post-installation configuration of Windows Server 2012 R2.

• Describe the management tools available in Windows Server 2012 R2.

• Perform basic administrative tasks using Windows PowerShell.

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Lesson 1
Windows Server 2012 R2 Overview
Before deploying Windows Server 2012 R2, you need to understand how each of the Windows
Server 2012 R2 editions might benefit your organization’s servers. You also need to know whether
a particular hardware configuration is appropriate for Windows Server 2012 R2, whether a virtual
deployment might be more suitable than a physical deployment, and which installation source allows you
to deploy Windows Server 2012 R2 in an efficient manner. If you do not have an understanding of these
issues, you could end up costing your organization time and money by making a choice that you must
later correct.

This lesson provides an overview of the various Windows Server 2012 R2 editions, installation options,
roles, and features. Using this information, you will be able to determine which Windows Server 2012 R2
edition and installation options are right for your organization.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Describe the different Windows Server 2012 R2 editions.

• Describe the purpose and function of a Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core installation.

• Explain the function of Windows Server 2012 R2 roles.

• Explain the purpose of various Windows Server 2012 R2 features.

Windows Server 2012 R2 Editions

There are several different editions of Windows
Server 2012 R2 from which to choose. These
editions allow organizations to select a version
of Windows Server 2012 R2 that best meets their
needs, rather than pay for features they do not
require.
When deploying a server for a specific role,
systems administrators can save substantially by
selecting the appropriate edition.
The following table lists the Windows Server 2012
R2 editions.

Edition Description

The Windows Server 2012 Provides all the roles and features available on the Windows Server 2012
R2 Standard operating R2 platform. Supports up to 64 sockets and up to 4 terabytes (TB) of
system random access memory (RAM). Includes two virtual machine licenses.

The Windows Server 2012 Provides all the roles and features that are available on the Windows
R2 Datacenter operating Server 2012 R2 platform. Includes unlimited virtual machine licenses for
system virtual machines that are run on the same hardware. Supports 64 sockets,
up to 640 processor cores, and up to 4 TB of RAM.
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Edition Description

The Windows Server 2012 Designed for small business owners, it allows only 15 users, cannot be
R2 Foundation operating joined to a domain, and includes limited server roles. Supports one
system processor core and up to 32 gigabytes (GB) of RAM.

The Windows Server 2012 Next edition of Small Business Server. It is now available in two forms:
R2 Essentials operating • As an installable server role in an existing domain.
system
• As a core Windows Server edition on a virtual machine (using a wizard).
It cannot function as a Hyper-V®, Failover Clustering, Server Core, or
Remote Desktop Services server. It has limits for 25 users and 50 devices.
Supports two processor cores and 64 GB of RAM.
There are many new features and improvements for Windows Server 2012
R2 Essentials R2, including client deployment, user management, storage
and data protection, and Office 365 integration.

Microsoft Hyper-V Standalone Hyper-V platform for virtual machines with no UI. No licensing
Server 2012 cost (free) for host operating system, but virtual machines are licensed
normally. Supports 64 sockets and 4 TB of RAM. Supports domain join.
Does not support other Windows Server 2012 R2 roles, other than limited
file services features.

The Windows Storage Entry-level unified storage appliance. Limited to 50 users, one processor
Server°2012 Workgroup core, 32 GB of RAM. Supports domain join.
operating system

The Windows Storage Supports 64 sockets, but is licensed on a two-socket, incrementing basis.
Server 2012 Standard Supports 4 TB of RAM. Includes two virtual machine licenses. Supports
operating system domain join. Supports some roles, including DNS and DHCP Server roles,
but does not support others, including Active Directory® Domain Services
(AD DS), Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS), and Active Directory
Federation Services (AD FS).

The Windows MultiPoint Supports multiple users accessing the same host computer directly using
Server 2012 Standard separate mouse, keyboard, and monitors. Limited to one socket, 32 GB of
operating system RAM, and a maximum of 12 sessions. Supports some roles, including DNS
and DHCP Server roles, but does not support others, including AD DS,
AD CS, and AD FS. Does not support domain join.

The Windows MultiPoint Supports multiple users accessing the same host computer directly using
Server 2012 Premium separate mouse, keyboard, and monitors. Limited to two sockets, 4 TB of
operating system RAM, and a maximum of 22 sessions. Supports some roles, including DNS
and DHCP Server roles, but does not support others, including AD DS,
AD CS, and AD FS. Supports domain join.

Reference Links: For detailed information on the new features in Windows Server 2012 R2
Essentials, see “What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials” at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331071.

Additional Reading: For more information about the differences between Windows Server
2012 R2 editions, download the Windows Server 2012 R2 Products and Editions Comparison
chart at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331070.
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Reference Links: Many features have been removed or deprecated in Windows

Server 2012 R2. For more information, go to: Features Removed or Deprecated in Windows
Server 2012 R2 Preview at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331069.

What Is Server Core?

Server Core is an installation option for Windows
Server 2012 R2 that can contain variations of the
Graphical User Interface (GUI) depending on the
requirements of the server roles to be installed.
You can manage Server Core locally by using
Windows PowerShell or a command-line interface,
rather than by using GUI-based tools, or remotely
by using one of the remote management options.
Remote management is covered later in this
module.

A Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core installation

offers fewer components and administrative
management options than the full installation of Windows Server 2012 R2.
Server Core installation is the default installation option when installing Windows Server 2012 R2. Server
Core has the following advantages over a traditional Windows Server 2012 R2 deployment:

• Reduced update requirements. Because Server Core installs fewer components, its deployment
requires you to install fewer software updates. This reduces the number of monthly reboots required
and the amount of time required for an administrator to service Server Core.

• Reduced hardware footprint. Server Core computers require less RAM and less hard disk space. When
virtualized, this means that you can deploy more servers on the same host.
Increasing numbers of Microsoft server programs are designed to run on computers with Server Core–
installed operating systems. For example, you can install SQL Server 2012 on computers that are running
the Server Core–installed version of Windows Server 2012 R2.

You can switch from Server Core to the graphical version of Windows Server 2012 R2 by running the
following Windows PowerShell cmdlet, where c:\mount is the root directory of a mounted image that
hosts the full version of the Windows Server 2012 R2 installation files:

Install-WindowsFeature -IncludeAllSubFeature User-Interfaces-Infra -Source c:\mount

You can also use Windows Update or the installation DVD as the installation file source. Installing the
graphical components gives you the option of performing administrative tasks using the graphical tools.

Once you have performed the necessary administrative tasks, you can return the computer to its original
Server Core configuration. You can switch a computer that has the graphical version of Windows Server
2012 R2 to Server Core by removing the following components of the User Interfaces and Infrastructure
feature:

• Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure. This contains a minimal server interface to provide
some server management user interface tools such as Server Manager and Administrative Tools.
• Server Graphical Shell. This contains the full GUI including Internet Explorer and File Explorer and
other user interface components. This has a larger footprint than the Graphical Management Tools
and Infrastructure option.
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Note: Be careful when removing graphical features, because servers might have other
components installed that are dependent upon those features.

When connected locally, you can use the tools that are listed in the following table to manage Server Core
deployments of Windows Server 2012 R2.

Tool Function

Cmd.exe Allows you to run traditional command-line tools such as ping.exe, ipconfig.exe,
and netsh.exe.

PowerShell.exe Launches a Windows PowerShell session on the Server Core deployment. You
can then perform Windows PowerShell tasks normally. Windows Server 2012 R2
comes with Windows PowerShell version 4.0 installed.

Sconfig.cmd A command-line menu-driven administrative tool that allows you to perform

most common server administrative tasks.

Notepad.exe Allows you to use the Notepad.exe text editor within the Server Core
environment.

Regedt32.exe Provides registry access within the Server Core environment.

Msinfo32.exe Allows you to view system information about the Server Core deployment.

Taskmgr.exe Launches the Task Manager.

SCregEdit.wsf Used to enable Remote Desktop on the Server Core deployment.

Note: If you accidentally close the command window on a computer that is running Server
Core, you can recover the command window by performing the following steps:
1. Press the Ctrl+Alt+Del keys, and then click Task Manager.
2. From the File menu, click New Task (Run…), and then type cmd.exe.

Server Core supports most Windows Server 2012 R2 roles and features. However, you cannot install the
following roles on a computer running Server Core:

• AD FS
• Application Server

• Network Policy and Access Services (NPAS)

• Windows Deployment Services

Even if a role is available to a computer that is running the Server Core installation option, a specific role
service that is associated with that role might not be available.

Note: You can check which roles on Server Core are available and which are not by running
the query Get-WindowsFeature | where-object {$_.InstallState -eq "Removed"}.
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You can use the following tools to remotely manage a computer that is running the Server Core
installation option:

• Server Manager. You can add a server that is running Server Core to Server Manager that is on a
server which is running a full installation of Windows. You can then use Server Manager to manage
the server roles running on the Server Core computer. You can configure Remote Desktop by using
Sconfig.cmd.
• Remote Windows PowerShell. You can use Remote Windows PowerShell to run Windows PowerShell
commands or scripts against correctly-configured remote servers if the script is hosted on the local
server. With Remote Windows PowerShell, you also can locally load Windows PowerShell modules,
such as Server Manager, and execute the cmdlets available in that module against appropriately-
configured remote servers.

• Remote Desktop. You can connect to a computer that is running the Server Core installation option
by using Remote Desktop. Configure Remote Desktop by using Sconfig.cmd.

• Remote Management Consoles. For most server roles, you can add a computer that is running the
Server Core installation option to a management console that is running on another computer.

Windows Server 2012 R2 Roles

To correctly plan how you are going to use
Windows Server 2012 R2 to support your
organization’s requirements, you need to be fully
aware of what roles are available as part of the
operating system. Each version of Windows Server
comes with a different set of roles. As new
versions of Windows Server are released, some
roles are enhanced and others are deprecated.
For the most part, the roles that are available
in Windows Server 2012 R2 are familiar to IT
professionals that have managed Windows
Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003.

Windows Server 2012 R2 supports the server roles that are listed in the following table.

Changes in Windows
Role Function
Server 2012 R2

AD CS Allows you to deploy certification authorities

and related role services.

AD DS A centralized store of information about Windows Server 2003

network objects, including user and domain and functional levels
computer accounts. Used for authentication of AD DS and the File
and authorization. Replication Service have
been deprecated in Windows
Server 2012 R2

AD FS Provides web single sign-on (SSO) and

secured identify federation support.

Active Directory Supports storage of application-specific data

Lightweight Directory for directory-aware applications that do not
Services (AD LDS) require the full infrastructure of AD DS.
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Changes in Windows
Role Function
Server 2012 R2

Active Directory Allows you to apply rights management

Rights Management policies to prevent unauthorized access to
Services (AD RMS) sensitive documents.

Application Server Supports centralized management and Deprecated in Windows

hosting of high-performance distributed Server 2012 R2
business applications, such as those built
with Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.

DHCP Server Provisions client computers on the network

with temporary IP addresses.

DNS Server Provides name resolution for TCP/IP

networks.

Fax Server Supports sending and receiving of faxes. Also

allows you to manage fax resource on the
network.

File and Storage Supports the management of shared folders

Services storage, distributed file system (DFS), and
network storage.

Hyper-V Enables you to host virtual machines on

computers that are running Windows Server
2012.

Network Access A mechanism to create and enforce policies Deprecated in Windows

Protection (NAP) that describe software and security update Server 2012 R2
requirements before the requesting
computer is allowed to access the LAN. A
computer that is not in compliance can be
provided with ways to remediate its
configuration to bring it into compliance.

Print and Document Supports centralized management of

Services document tasks, including network scanners
and networked printers.

Remote Access Supports Seamless Connectivity, Always On,

and Always Managed features based on the
Windows 7 DirectAccess feature. Also
supports remote access through virtual
private network (VPN) and dial-up
connections.

Remote Desktop Supports access to virtual desktops,

Services (RDS) session-based desktops, and RemoteApp
programs.
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Changes in Windows
Role Function
Server 2012 R2

Volume Activation Allows you to automate and simplify the

Services management of volume license keys and
volume key activation. Allows you to manage
a Key Management Service (KMS) host or
configure AD DS–based activation for
computers that are members of the domain.

Web Server (IIS) The Windows Server 2012 web server Internet Information Service
component. (IIS) 6.0 Manager has been
deprecated in Windows
Server 2012 R2

Windows Deployment Allows you to deploy server operating Windows PowerShell cmdlets
Services systems to clients over the network. have been added and cmdlet
scripting is supported in
Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server Provides a method of deploying updates for

Update Services Microsoft products to network computers.
(WSUS)

When you deploy a role, Windows Server 2012 R2 automatically configures aspects of the server’s
configuration (such as firewall settings), to support the role. Windows Server 2012 R2 also automatically
and simultaneously deploys role dependencies. For example, when you install the WSUS role, the Web
Server (IIS) role components that are required to support the WSUS role are also installed automatically.

You add and remove roles using the Add Roles and Features Wizard, which is available from the Windows
Server 2012 R2 Server Manager console. If you are using Server Core, then you can also add and remove
roles using the Install-WindowsFeature and Remove-WindowsFeature Windows PowerShell cmdlets.

Question: Which roles are often co-located on the same server?

What Are the Windows Server 2012 R2 Features?

Windows Server 2012 R2 features are independent
components that often support role services or
support the server directly. For example, Windows
Server Backup is a feature because it only provides
backup support for the local server. It is not a
resource that other servers on the network can
use.
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Windows Server 2012 R2 includes the features that are listed in the following table.

Changes in Windows
Feature Description
Server 2012 R2

.NET Framework 3.5 Installs .NET Framework 3.5 technologies.

Features

.NET Framework 4.5 Installs .NET Framework 4.5 technologies. This

Features feature is installed by default.

Background Intelligent Allows asynchronous transfer of files to

Transfer Service (BITS) ensure that other network applications are
not adversely impacted.

Windows BitLocker® Drive Supports full-disk and full-volume encryption,

Encryption and startup environment protection.

BitLocker network unlock Provides a network-based key protector that

can unlock locked BitLocker–protected
domain-joined operating systems.

Windows BranchCache® Allows the server to function as either a

hosted cache server or a BranchCache
content server for BranchCache clients.

Client for NFS Provides access to files stored on network file

system (NFS) servers.

Data Center Bridging Allows you to enforce bandwidth allocation

on Converged Network Adapters.

Enhanced Storage Provides support for additional functionality

available in Enhanced Storage Access (IEEE
1667 protocol) device, including data access
restrictions.

Failover Clustering A high availability feature that allows

Windows Server 2012 R2 to participate in
failover clustering.

Group Policy Management An administrative management tool for

administering Group Policy across an
enterprise.

Ink and Handwriting Allows use of Ink Support and Handwriting

Services Recognition.

Internet Printing Client Supports use of Internet Printing Protocol.

IP Address Management Centralized management of IP address and

(IPAM) Server namespace infrastructure.

Internet SCSI (iSCSI) Target Provides iSCSI target and disk management
Storage Provider services to Windows Server 2012 R2.

Internet Storage name Supports discovery services of iSCSI storage

Service (iSNS) Server service area networks (SANs).
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Changes in Windows
Feature Description
Server 2012 R2

Line Printer Remote (LPR) Allows computer to send print jobs to printers Deprecated in
Port Monitor that are shared using the Line Printer Windows
Daemon (LPD) service. Server 2012 R2

Management Open Data Allows you to expose Windows PowerShell

Protocol (OData) IIS cmdlets through an OData–based web service
Extension running on the Internet Information Services
(IIS) platform.

Media Foundation Supports media file infrastructure.

Message Queuing Supports message delivery between

applications.

Multipath input/output Supports multiple data paths to storage

(I/O) devices.

Network Load Balancing Allows traffic to be distributed in a load-

(NLB) balanced manner across multiple servers that
host the same stateless applications.

Peer Name Resolution Name resolution protocol that allows

Protocol (PNRP) applications to resolve names on the
computer.

Quality Windows Audio Supports audio and video streaming

Video Experience applications on IP home networks.

Remote Access Server (RAS) Allows you to create connection manager

Connection Manager profiles that simplify remote access
Administration Kit configuration deployment to client
computers.

Remote Assistance Allows remote support through invitations.

Remote Differential Transfers the differences between files over a

Compression (RDC) network, minimizing bandwidth utilization.

Remote Server Collection of consoles and tools for remotely

Administration Tools managing roles and features on other servers.

Remote Procedure Call Relays RPC traffic over HTTP as an alternative

(RPC) over HTTP Proxy to VPN connections.

Simple TCP/IP Services Supports basic TCP/IP services, including

Quote of the Day.

Simple Mail Transfer Supports transfer of email messages. Deprecated in

Protocol (SMTP) Server Windows
Server 2012 R2

Simple Network Includes SNMP agents that are used with the
Management Protocol network management services.
(SNMP) Service
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Changes in Windows
Feature Description
Server 2012 R2

Subsystem for UNIX-based Supports Portable Operating System Interface

Applications for UNIX (POSIX)–compliant UNIX-based
applications.

Telnet Client Allows outbound connections to Telnet

servers and other Transmission Control
Protocol (TCP)–based services.

Telnet Server Allows clients to connect to the server using Deprecated in

the Telnet protocol. Windows
Server 2012 R2

Trivial File Transfer Protocol Allows you to access TFTP servers.

(TFTP) Client

User Interfaces and Contains the components necessary to

Infrastructure support the graphical interface installation
option on Windows Server 2012 R2. On
graphical installations, this feature is installed
by default.

Windows Biometric Allows use of fingerprint devices for

Framework (WBF) authentication.

Windows Feedback Supports sending of feedback to Microsoft

Forwarder when joining a Customer Experience
Improvement Program (CEIP).

Windows Identity Set of .NET Framework classes that support Deprecated in

Foundation 3.5 implementing claims based identity on .NET Windows
applications. Server 2012 R2

Windows Internal Database Relational data store that can only be used by
Windows roles and features such as WSUS.

Windows PowerShell Task-based command-line shell and scripting Version 4.0 is

language used to administer computers installed in Windows
running Windows operating systems. This Server 2012 R2
feature is installed by default.

Windows PowerShell Web Allows remote management of computers by

Access running Windows PowerShell sessions in a
web browser.

Windows Process Activation Allows applications hosting Windows

service (WAS) Communication Foundation (WCF) services
that to not use HTTP protocols to use features
of IIS.

Windows Search service Allows fast searches of files hosted on a server

for clients compatible with the Windows
Search service.
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Changes in Windows
Feature Description
Server 2012 R2

Windows Server Backup Backup and recovery software for Windows

Server 2012 R2.

Windows Server Migration Collection of Windows PowerShell cmdlets

Tools that assist in the migration of server roles,
operating system settings, files, and shares
from computers running previous versions of
Windows Server operating systems to
Windows Server 2012 R2.

Windows Standards-Based Set of Application Programming Interfaces

Storage Management (APIs) that allow the discovery, management,
and monitoring of storage devices that use
standards such as Storage Management
Initiative Specification (SMI-S).

Windows System Resource Allows you to control the allocation of CPU Removed in
Manager (WSRM) and memory resources. Windows
Server 2012 R2

Windows TIFF IFilter Supports Optical Character Recognition on

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)
6.0-compliant files.

WinRM IIS Extension Windows Remote Management for IIS.

Windows Internet Naming Supports name resolution for NetBIOS names.

Service (WINS) Server

Wireless local area network Allows the server to use a wireless network
(LAN) Service interface.

Windows on Windows Supports running 32-bit apps on Server Core

(WoW) 64 Support installations. This feature is installed by
default.

XPS Viewer Supports the viewing and singing of

documents in XPS formats.

Features on Demand
Features on Demand enables you to add and remove role and feature files, also known as feature payload,
from the Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system to conserve space. You can install roles and features
when the feature payload is not present by using a remote source, such as a mounted image of the full
operating system. If an installation source is not present but an Internet connection is, source files will be
downloaded from Windows Update. The advantage of a Features on Demand installation is that it
requires less hard disk space than a traditional installation. The disadvantage is that if you want to add a
role or feature, you must have access to a mounted installation source. This is something that is not
necessary if you perform an installation of Windows Server 2012 R2 with the graphical features enabled.

Question: Which feature do you need to install to support NetBIOS name resolution for
client computers running a Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 operating system workstation?
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Lesson 2
Installing Windows Server 2012 R2
When preparing to install Windows Server 2012 R2, you need to understand whether a particular
hardware configuration is appropriate. You also need to know whether a Server Core deployment might
be more suitable than a full GUI deployment, and which installation source allows you to deploy Windows
Server 2012 R2 in an efficient manner.

In this lesson you will learn about the process of installing Windows Server 2012 R2, including the
methods that you can use to install the operating system, the different installation options, the minimum
system requirements, and the decisions that you need to make when using the Installation Wizard.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the different methods that you can use to install Windows Server 2012 R2.
• Identify the different installation types that you can choose when installing the Windows
Server 2012 R2.
• Determine whether to upgrade or migrate to Windows Server 2012 R2.
• Determine whether a computer or virtual machine meets the minimum hardware requirements
necessary to install Windows Server 2012 R2.
• Describe the decisions that you need to make when performing a Windows Server 2012 R2
installation.

• Describe how to migrate server roles and features.

Installation Methods
Microsoft distributes Windows Server 2012 R2 on
optical media and in an .iso (ISO) image format.
ISO format is becoming more common as
organizations acquire software over the Internet
rather than obtaining physical removable media.

Once you have obtained the Windows Server

2012 R2 operating system from Microsoft, you can
then use your own method to deploy the
operating system. You can install Windows Server
2012 R2 by using a variety of methods, including
the following:

• Optical Media
o Advantages include:
 Traditional method of deployment
o Disadvantages include:
 Requires that the computer have access to a DVD-ROM drive.
 Is typically slower than USB media.
 You cannot update the installation image without replacing the media.
 You can only perform one installation per DVD-ROM at a time.
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• USB Media
o Advantages include:
 All computers with USB drives allow boot from USB media.
 The image can be updated as new software updates and drivers become available.
 The answer file can be stored on a USB drive, minimizing the amount of interaction that the
administrator must perform.
o Disadvantages include:
 Requires the administrator perform special steps to prepare USB media from an ISO file.
• Mounted ISO image
o Advantages include:
 With virtualization software, you can mount the ISO image directly and install Windows
Server 2012 R2 on the virtual machine.
• Network Share
o Advantages include:
 It is possible to boot a server off a boot device (DVD or USB drive) and install from
installation files that are hosted on a network share.
o Disadvantages include:
 This method is much slower than using Windows Deployment Services. If you already have
access to a DVD or USB media, it is simpler to use those tools for operating system
deployment.
• Windows Deployment Services
o Advantages include:
 You can deploy Windows Server 2012 R2 from .wim image files or specially prepared VHD
files.
 You can use the Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) to configure lite-touch
deployment.
 Clients perform a Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) boot to contact the Windows
Deployment Services server, and the operating system image is transmitted to the server
over the network.
 Windows Deployment Services allows multiple concurrent installations of Windows Server
2012 R2 using multicast network transmissions.
• System Center Configuration Manager
o Advantages include:
 Configuration Manager allows you to fully automate the deployment of Windows Server
2012 R2 to new servers that do not have an operating system installed. This process is called
Zero Touch deployment.
• Virtual Machine Manager Templates
o Advantages include:
 Windows Server 2012 R2 is typically deployed in private cloud scenarios from preconfigured
virtual machine templates. You can configure multiple components of the System Center
suite to allow self-service deployment of Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual machines.
Question: What is another method that you can use to deploy Windows Server 2012 R2?
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Installation Types
How you deploy Windows Server 2012 R2 on
a specific server depends on the circumstances
of that installation. Installing on a server that
is running Windows Server 2008 R2 requires
different actions than installing on a server
running an x86 edition of Windows Server 2003.

When you are performing an installation of the

Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system, you
can choose one of the options in the following
table.

Installation option Description

Fresh installation Allows you to perform a fresh install on a new disk or volume. Fresh
installations are the most frequently used, and take the shortest amount of
time. You can also use this option to configure Windows Server 2012 R2 to
perform a dual boot if you want to keep the existing operating system.

Upgrade An upgrade preserves the files, settings, and applications that are installed
already on the original server. You perform an upgrade when you want to
keep all of these items, and want to continue to use the same server hardware.
You can only upgrade to an equivalent or newer edition of Windows
Server 2012 from x64 versions of Windows Server 2008 and Windows
Server 2008 R2. You can also upgrade from Windows Server 2012 to Windows
Server 2012 R2. You launch an upgrade by running setup.exe from within the
original Windows Server operating system.

Migration Use migration when migrating to Windows Server 2012 R2 from x86 and x64
versions of Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, or Windows Server
2008. You can use the Windows Server Migration Tools feature in Windows
Server 2012 R2 to transfer files and settings.

When you perform a fresh installation, you can deploy Windows Server 2012 R2 to an unpartitioned disk,
or to an existing volume. You can also install Windows Server 2012 R2 to a specially-prepared VHD file in
a “boot from VHD” or “VHD native boot” scenario. You might come across the use of both terms, or
variations of them, to refer to this scenario. Boot from VHD requires special preparation, and is not an
option that you can choose when performing a typical installation using the Windows Setup Wizard.
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Choosing Whether to Upgrade or Migrate

Once the decision has been made to move to
a new server operating system, and you have
determined that your apps are compatible with
the new operating system, you must choose
whether to perform an in-place upgrade of the
operating system on the existing hardware, or
perform a clean install on new hardware and
migrate the roles, apps and data.

If you choose an in-place upgrade, Setup

performs compatibility checks to verify that all
the components can be upgraded. Any identified
issues are shown in a compatibility report that
appears during Setup. This report might include guidance on what steps need to be taken to correct these
issues.
The following table lists some advantages and disadvantages of an in-place upgrade.

Advantages Disadvantages

• The process is generally straightforward and • More difficult to troubleshoot installation

takes less time and planning than a migration failures that are caused by existing applications
strategy. or server roles.
• All server roles, features, data and application • Existing problems and configuration issues
settings are maintained. might be brought into the new operating
system.

The following table lists some advantages and disadvantages of a migration strategy.

Advantages Disadvantages

• Easier to troubleshoot installation failures. • Requires all applications to be re-installed and

configured.
• Any existing configuration or application issues
are not carried forward to the new operating • Requires planning of migration of server roles.
system.
• Requires migration of data.
• Provides the opportunity to easily move to
• Requires the purchase of new hardware.
updated versions of applications.
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Hardware Requirements for Windows Server 2012 R2

Hardware requirements define the minimum
hardware that is required to run the Windows
Server 2012 R2 server. Your actual hardware
requirements might be greater, depending on the
services that the server is hosting, the load on the
server, and the responsiveness of your server.

Each role service and feature places a unique load

on network, disk I/O, processor, and memory
resources. For example, the File Server role places
different stresses on server hardware than the
DHCP role.

When considering hardware requirements,

remember that Windows Server 2012 R2 can be deployed virtually. Windows Server 2012 R2 is supported
on Hyper-V and some other non-Microsoft virtualization platforms. Windows Server 2012 R2 virtualized
deployments need to match the same hardware specifications as physical deployments. For example,
when creating a virtual machine to host Windows Server 2012 R2, you need to ensure that you configure
the virtual machine with enough memory and hard disk space.
Windows Server 2012 R2 has the following minimum hardware requirements:

• Processor architecture: x64

• Processor speed: 1.4 gigahertz (GHz)

• Memory (RAM): 512 megabytes (MB)

• Hard disk drive space: 32 GB, more if the server has more than 16 GB of RAM

The Datacenter edition of Windows Server 2012 R2 supports the following hardware maximums:
• 640 logical processors

• 4 TB of RAM
• 63 failover cluster nodes

Additional Reading: For more information about the Windows Server Virtualization
Validation Program, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=266736.

Question: Why does a server need more hard disk drive space if it has more than 16 GB of
RAM?
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Installing Windows Server 2012 R2

The process of deploying a Windows Server
operating system is simpler today than it has
been historically. The administrator performing
the deployment has fewer decisions to make,
although the decisions that they do make are
critical to the success of the deployment. A typical
installation of Windows Server 2012 R2 (if you do
not already have an existing answer file), involves
performing the following steps:

1. Connect to the installation source. Options for

this include:
o Insert a DVD-ROM containing the
Windows Server 2012 R2 installation files, and boot from the DVD-ROM.

o Connect a specially prepared USB drive that hosts the Windows Server 2012 R2 installation files.
o Perform a PXE boot, and connect to a Windows Deployment Services server.

2. On the first page of the Windows Setup wizard, select the following:

o Language to install
o Time and currency format

o Keyboard or input method

3. On the second page of the Windows Setup wizard, click Install now. You can also use this page to
select Repair Your Computer. You use this option in the event that an installation has become
corrupted, and you are no longer able to boot into Windows Server 2012 R2.

4. In the Windows Setup wizard, on the Select The Operating System You Want To Install page,
choose from the available operating system installation options. The default option is Server Core
Installation.
5. On the License Terms page, review the terms of the operating system license. You must choose to
accept the license terms before you can proceed with the installation process.

6. On the Which Type Of Installation Do You Want page, you have the following options:
o Upgrade. Select this option if you have an existing installation of Windows Server that you want
to upgrade to Windows Server 2012 R2. You should launch upgrades from within the previous
version of Windows Server rather than booting from the installation source.

o Custom. Select this option if you want to perform a new installation.

7. On the Where do you want to install Windows page, choose an available disk on which to install
Windows Server 2012 R2. You can also choose to repartition and reformat disks from this page. When
you click Next, the installation process will copy files and reboot the computer several times.

8. On the Settings page, provide a password for the local Administrator account.
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Migrating Server Roles

If you choose to perform a clean install of the new
server operating system, the first step is to migrate
any existing server roles that were running on the
server being replaced. Each server role is unique
and requires its own migration strategy. Roles
and features that rely on specific computer names
and IP addresses require thorough planning to be
successfully migrated. Some role migrations might
require a service outage during the migration. Be
sure to schedule these migrations so that they
have the least impact possible on the production
environment.

Using Windows Server Migration Tools

Windows Server Migration Tools are available as a feature in Windows Server 2012 R2. Administrators
can use these tools to migrate some server roles, features, operating system settings, shares, and other
data from computers that are running certain editions of Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008,
Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012 to computers that are running Windows
Server 2012 R2. Not all role or feature migrations require these migration tools. The guides provide
specific instructions on when and how to use the migration tools.

Migration Guides
Microsoft Technet provides the following migration guides to provide instructions for migrating specific
roles and features to Server 2012:
• Migrate Active Directory Federation Services Role Services to Windows Server 2012

• Migrate Health Registration Authority to Windows Server 2012

• Migrate Hyper-V to Windows Server 2012

• Migrate IP Configuration to Windows Server 2012

• Migrating Network Policy Server to Windows Server 2012

• Migrate Print and Document Services to Windows Server 2012

• Migrate Remote Access to Windows Server 2012

• Migrate Windows Server Update Services to Windows Server 2012

Reference Links: To view the Windows Server 2012 migration guides, please see
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331068.
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Lesson 3
Post-Installation Configuration of Windows
Server 2012 R2
The Windows Server 2012 R2 installation process involves answering a minimal number of questions.
Once you have completed installation, you need to perform several post-installation configuration steps
before you can deploy it in a production environment. These steps allow you to prepare the server for the
role it will perform on your organization’s network.

This lesson includes how to perform a range of post-installation configuration tasks, including configuring
network addressing information, setting a server’s name and joining it to the domain, and understanding
product activation options.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe how to use Server Manager to perform post-installation configuration tasks.

• Describe how to configure server network settings.

• Describe how to join an Active Directory domain.

• Explain how to perform an offline domain join.

• Explain how to activate Windows Server 2012 R2.

• Describe how to configure a Server Core installation.

Overview of Post-Installation Configuration

The Windows Server 2012 R2 installation process
minimizes the number of questions that you
need to answer during the installation. The
only information that you provide during the
installation process is the password for the default
local Administrator account. The post-installation
process involves configuring all of the other
settings that the server requires before it can
be deployed to a production environment.

You use the Local Server node in the Server

Manager console to perform the following tasks:

• Configure the IP address

• Set the computer name

• Join an Active Directory domain

• Configure the time zone

• Enable automatic updates

• Add roles and features

• Enable remote desktop

• Configure Windows Firewall settings
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Configuring Server Network Settings

To communicate on the network, a server needs
correct IP address information. Once you have
completed installation, you need to either set or
check the server’s IP address configuration. By
default, a newly-deployed server attempts to
obtain IP address information from a DHCP
server. You can view a server’s IP address
configuration by clicking the Local Server node
in Server Manager.

If the server has an IPv4 address in the Automatic

Private IP Addressing (APIPA) range of
169.254.0.1 to 169.254.255.254, then the server
has not yet been configured with an IP address from a DHCP server. This might be because a DHCP server
has not yet been configured on the network, or, if there is a DHCP server, because there is a problem with
the network infrastructure that blocks the adapter from receiving an address.

Note: If you are using only an IPv6 network, then an IPv4 address in this range is not
problematic, and IPv6 address information is still configured automatically.

Configuration Using Server Manager

You can manually configure IP address information for a server by performing the following steps:

1. In the Server Manager console, click the address next to the network adapter that you want to
configure.

2. In the Network Connections window, right-click the network adapter for which you want to configure
an address, and then click Properties.

3. In the Adapter Properties dialog box, click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click
Properties.

4. In the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog box, enter the following IPv4
address information, and then click OK twice:
o IP address

o Subnet Mask
o Default Gateway

o Preferred DNS server

o Alternate DNS server

Command-Line IPv4 Address Configuration

You can set IPv4 address information manually from an elevated command prompt by using the netsh.exe
command from the interface IPv4 context or by using Windows PowerShell.
For example, to configure the adapter named Local Area Connection with the IPv4 address 10.10.10.10
and subnet mask 255.255.255.0, type the following commands:

Netsh interface ipv4 set address "Local Area Connection" static 10.10.10.10 255.255.255.0
New-NetIPAddress –InterfaceIndex 12 –IPAddress 10.10.10.10 –PrefixLength 24
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You can use the same context of the netsh.exe command to configure DNS configuration.

For example, to configure the adapter named Local Area Connection to use the DNS server at IP address
10.10.10.5 as the primary DNS server, type the following command:

Netsh interface ipv4 set dnsservers "Local Area Connection" static 10.10.10.5 primary

Set-DNSClientServerAddress –InterfaceIndex 12 –ServerAddresses 10.10.10.5

In the Windows PowerShell commands, the InterfaceIndex value identifies which adapter you are
configuring. To get a complete list of adapters with corresponding InterfaceIndex values, run the Get-
NetIPInterface cmdlet.

Network Interface Card Teaming

With Network Interface Card (NIC) teaming, you can increase the availability of a network resource. When
you configure the NIC teaming feature, a computer uses one network address for multiple cards. In the
event that one of the cards fails, the computer is able to maintain communication with other hosts on the
network that are using that shared address. NIC teaming does not require that the network cards be the
same model or use the same driver. To team network cards, perform the following steps:

1. Ensure that the server has more than one network adapter.

2. In Server Manager, click the Local Server node.

3. Next to Network Adapter Teaming, click Disabled. This will launch the NIC Teaming dialog box.

4. In the NIC Teaming dialog box, hold down the Ctrl key, and then click each network adapter that
you want to add to the team.
5. Right-click these selected network adapters, and then click Add to New Team.

6. In the New Team dialog box, provide a name for the team, and then click OK.

How to Join a Domain

When you install Windows Server 2012 R2, the
computer is assigned a random name. Prior to
joining a domain, you should configure the server
with the name that you want it to have in the
domain. As a best practice, you should use a
consistent naming scheme when devising a
computer name. Computers should be given
names that reflect their function and location, not
names with personal ties, such as pet names, or
fictional or historical characters. For instance, it is
simpler for everyone to determine that a server
named MEL-DNS1 is a DNS server in Melbourne,
than it is to determine that a server named Copernicus holds the DNS role in the Melbourne office.

You change this name using the Server Manager console by performing the following steps:

1. In Server Manager, click the Local Server node.

2. In the Properties window, click the active text next to Computer Name. This launches the System
Properties dialog box.

3. In the System Properties dialog box, in the Computer Name tab, click Change.
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4. In the Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog box, enter the new name that you want to assign
to the computer.

5. Restart the computer to implement the name change.

Prior to joining the domain, be sure to complete the following steps to verify that the new server is ready
to be domain-joined:

1. Ensure that you are able to resolve the IP address of the domain controller and that you can contact
that domain controller. Use the PING protocol to ping the domain controller by hostname to
accomplish both of these goals.

2. Complete one of the following tasks:

• Create a computer account in the domain that matches the name of the computer that you want
to join to the domain. This is often done when large numbers of computers need to be joined to
the domain automatically.

• Join the computer to the domain using a security account that has the right to perform
domain-join operations.

3. Verify that the security account that is used for the domain operation already exists within the
domain.
Now that you have renamed your Windows Server 2012 R2 server and have verified that it is ready to be
domain-joined, you can join the server to the domain.
To join the domain using Server Manager, perform the following steps:
1. In Server Manager, click the Local Server node.

2. In the Properties window, next to Workgroup, click WORKGROUP.

3. In the System Properties dialog box, on the Computer Name tab, click Change.
4. In the Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog box, in the Member Of area, click the Domain
option. Enter the new domain name, and then click OK.

5. In the Windows Security dialog box, enter domain credentials that allow you to join the computer to
the domain.

6. Restart the computer.

Performing an Offline Domain Join

Offline domain join is a feature that you can use
to join a computer to the domain when that
computer does not have an active network
connection. This feature can be useful in situations
where connectivity is intermittent, such as when
you are deploying a server to a remote site that is
connected via satellite uplink.
Use the djoin.exe command-line tool to perform
an offline domain join. You can perform an offline
domain join by performing the following steps:

1. Sign in to the domain controller with a user

account that has the appropriate rights to join
other computers to the domain.
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2. Open an elevated command prompt and use the djoin.exe command with the /provision option.
You also need to specify the domain to which you want to join the computer, the name of the
computer you will be joining to the domain, and the name of the savefile that you will transfer to
the target of the offline domain join.

For example, to join the computer Canberra to the domain adatum.com using the savefile
Canberra-join.txt, type the following command:

djoin.exe /provision /domain adatum.com /machine canberra /savefile

c:\canberra-join.txt

3. Transfer the generated savefile to the new computer, and then run the djoin.exe command with the
/requestODJ option.

For example, to perform the offline domain join, after transferring the savefile Canberra-join.txt to
computer Canberra, you would run the following command from an elevated command prompt on
Canberra:

djoin.exe /requestODJ /loadfile canberra-join.txt /windowspath %systemroot% /localos

4. Restart the computer to complete the domain-join operation.

Question: In what situation would you perform an offline domain join rather than a
traditional domain join?

Activating Windows Server 2012 R2

To ensure that your organization is correctly
licensed and to receive notices for product
updates, you must activate every copy of
Windows Server 2012 R2 that you install.
Windows Server 2012 R2 requires activation
after installation. Unlike previous versions of the
Windows Server operating system, there is no
longer an activation grace period. If you do not
perform activation, you cannot perform operating
system customization.

To activate Windows Server 2012 R2, you can use

one of two general strategies:

• Manual activation. Suitable when you are deploying a small number of servers.
• Automatic activation. Suitable when you are deploying larger numbers of servers.

Manual Activation
With manual activation, you enter the product key, and the server contacts Microsoft. Alternatively, an
administrator performs the activation over the phone or through a special clearinghouse website.
You can perform manual activation from the Server Manager console by performing the following steps:

1. Click the Local Server node.

2. In the Properties window, next to Product ID, click Not Activated.

3. In the Windows Activation dialog box, enter the product key, and then click Activate.
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4. If a direct connection cannot be established to the Microsoft activation servers, details will display
about performing activation using a website from a device that has an Internet connection, or by
using a local telephone number.

Because computers running the Server Core installation option do not have the Server Manager console,
you can also perform manual activation using the slmgr.vbs command. Use the slmgr.vbs /ipk
command to enter the product key, and slmgr.vbs /ato to perform activation once the product key is
installed.
You can perform manual activation using either the retail product key, or the multiple activation key. You
can use a retail product key to activate only a single computer. However, a multiple activation key has a
set number of activations that you can use. Using a multiple activation key, you can activate multiple
computers up to a set activation limit.

OEM keys are a special type of activation key that are provided to a manufacturer and allow automatic
activation when a computer is first powered on. This type of activation key is typically used with
computers that are running client operating systems such as Windows 7 and Windows 8. OEM keys are
rarely used with computers that are running server operating systems.

Performing activation manually in large-scale server deployments can be cumbersome. Microsoft provides
a method of activating large numbers of computers automatically without having to enter product keys
on each system manually.

Automatic Activation
In previous versions of the Windows Server operating system, you could use KMS to perform centralized
activation of multiple clients. The Volume Activation Services server role in Windows Server 2012 R2
allows you to manage a KMS server through a new interface. This simplifies the process of installing
a KMS key on the KMS server. When you install Volume Activation Services, you can also configure
Active Directory–based activation. Active Directory–based activation allows automatic activation of
domain-joined computers. When you use Volume Activation Services, each computer activated must
periodically contact the KMS server to renew its activation status.

You use the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) 3.0 in conjunction with Volume Activation
Services to perform activation of multiple computers on networks that are not connected directly to the
Internet. You can use VAMT to generate license reports and manage client and server activation on
enterprise networks.

Automatic Virtual Machine Activation

Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA) is a new feature of Windows Server 2012 R2 R2 that
you can use to install virtual machines on a Windows Server 2012 R2 R2 Datacenter Hyper-V host and
automatically activate them, provided that the host server is properly activated. The registry on the
virtualization host provides real-time tracking data for the guest operations systems. This registry key
moves with the virtual machine when it is migrated to a new host.

A special key, the AVMA key, is installed to the virtual machine using the following command from an
elevated command prompt:

Slmgr /ipk <AVMA_key>

The virtual machine automatically activates the license against the virtualization host.

AVMA provides the following benefits:

• You can activate virtual machines in remote locations.

• You do not need an Internet connection to activate virtual machines.

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• You can track licenses can be tracked from the virtualization host without requiring access rights on
the virtual machines.

• There are no product keys to manage.

• Virtual machines remain activated when migrated across virtualization hosts.

The following guest virtual machine operating systems are supported:

• Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter edition

• Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard edition

• Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials edition

Configuring a Server Core Installation

Performing post installation on a computer
running the Server Core operating system option
can be daunting to administrators that have not
performed the task before. Instead of having GUI–
based tools that simplify the post-installation
configuration process, IT professionals are faced
with performing complex configuration tasks from
a command-line interface.
The good news is that you can perform the
majority of post-installation configuration tasks
using the sconfig.cmd command-line tool. Using
this tool minimizes the possibility of making
syntax errors when using more complicated command-line tools.

You can use sconfig.cmd to perform the following tasks:

• Configure Domain and Workgroup information

• Configure the computer’s name

• Add local Administrator accounts

• Configure WinRM

• Enable Windows Update

• Download and install updates

• Enable Remote Desktop

• Configure Network Address information

• Set the date and time

• Perform Windows Activation

• Sign out

• Restart the server

• Shut down the server

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Configure IP Address Information

You can configure the IP address and DNS information using sconfig.cmd or netsh.exe. To configure
IP address information using sconfig.cmd, perform the following steps:

1. From a command-line command, run sconfig.cmd.

2. Choose option 8 to configure Network Settings.

3. Choose the index number of the network adapter to which you want to assign an IP address.

4. In the Network Adapter Settings area, choose between one of the following options:
o Set Network Adapter Address

o Set DNS Servers

o Clear DNS Server Settings

o Return to Main Menu

Change Server Name

You can change a server’s name using the netdom command with the renamecomputer option.
For example, to rename a computer to Melbourne, type the following command:

Netdom renamecomputer %computername% /newname:Melbourne

You can change a server’s name using sconfig.cmd by performing the following steps:
1. From a command-line command, run sconfig.cmd.

2. Choose option 2 to configure the new computer name.

3. Type the new computer name, and then press Enter.

You must restart the server for the configuration change to take effect.

Joining the Domain

You can join a Server Core computer to a domain using the netdom command with the join option.
For example, to join the adatum.com domain using the Administrator account, and to be prompted for a
password, type the following command:

Netdom join %computername% /domain:adatum.com /UserD:Administrator /PasswordD:*

Note: Prior to joining the domain, verify that you are able to ping the DNS server by
hostname.

To join a Server Core computer to the domain using sconfig.cmd, perform the following steps:
1. From a command-line command, run sconfig.cmd.

2. Choose option 1 to configure Domain/Workgroup.

3. To choose the Domain option, type D, and then press Enter.

4. Type the name of the domain to which you want to join the computer.

5. Provide the details in domain\username format, of an account that is authorized to join the domain.

6. Type the password associated with that account.

To complete a domain join operation, it is necessary to restart the computer.
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Adding Roles and Features

You can add and remove roles and features on a computer that is running the Server Core installation
option by using the Windows PowerShell cmdlets Get-WindowsFeature, Install-WindowsFeature, and
Remove-WindowsFeature. These cmdlets are available after you load the ServerManager Windows
PowerShell module.

For example, you can view a list of roles and features that are installed by typing the following command:

Get-WindowsFeature | Where-Object {$_.InstallState -eq "Installed"}

You can also install a Windows role or feature using the Install-WindowsFeature cmdlet. For example, to
install the NLB feature, execute the command:

Install-WindowsFeature NLB

Not all features are available directly for installation on a computer running the Server Core operating
system. You can determine which features are not directly available for installation by running the
following command:

Get-WindowsFeature | Where-Object {$_.InstallState -eq "Removed"}

You can add a role or feature that is not directly available for installation by using the -Source parameter
of the Install-WindowsFeature cmdlet. You must specify a source location that hosts a mounted
installation image that includes the full version of Windows Server 2012 R2. You can mount an installation
image using the DISM.exe command-line tool. If you do not specify a source path when installing a
component that is not available and the server has Internet connectivity, Install-WindowsFeature will
attempt to retrieve source files from Windows Update.

Add the GUI

You can configure a Server Core computer with the GUI using the sconfig.cmd command-line tool. To do
this, choose option 12 from within the sconfig.cmd Server Configuration menu.

Note: You can add or remove the graphical component of the Windows Server 2012 R2
operating system by using the Install-WindowsFeature cmdlet.

You can also use the dism.exe command-line tool to add and remove Windows roles and features from a
Server Core deployment, even though this tool is used primarily for managing image files.

Demonstration: Using DISM to Add Windows Features

Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM) is a command-line tool that you can use to service
offline images or running operating systems. Use it to install, uninstall, configure, and update Windows
features, packages, drivers and international settings.
After an image has been mounted to the file system, use DISM to service that image by specifying the
path to the image and the servicing options in the command line. DISM can also service running systems
when you specify the /online parameter and the servicing options in the command line.

In this demonstration, you will see how to use DISM to enable the Windows Server Backup feature for a
running system. For example, if you were servicing an offline image, you would first use the DISM
/mount-image parameter to mount the image to the file system. Then you would use the DISM
/image:<path to imagefile> parameter and pass servicing commands to the image.
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To service a VHD file you need to attach the virtual disk using the DiskPart.exe command line tool. For
example, to attach a VHD file at C:\Server.VHD to the drive letter V, you can perform the following steps.

At an elevated command prompt, run the following commands:

DiskPart

Select vdisk file C:\Server.vhd

Attach vdisk

Assign letter=V
Exit

After you have finished servicing the VHD file using DISM, you can detach the VHD file using the
following commands:

DiskPart

Select vdisk file C:\Server.vhd

Detach vdisk
Exit

Reference Links: For more information about using DISM, see the article Enable or Disable
Windows Features at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331067.

Additional Reading: For more information about using DISM to service VHD files, see the
article Walkthrough: Service a Virtual Hard Disk Image Offline at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331066.

Demonstration Steps
View a list of all Windows features and their current state
1. Use Server Manager to launch the Windows Server Backup MMC.

Notice that Windows Server Backup is not installed on the computer.

2. Close the wbadmin-[Windows Server Backup(Local)] window.

Gather information about the Windows Server Backup feature

1. Launch Windows PowerShell as Administrator.

2. Execute the following command:

DISM /online /get-features

3. Execute the following command:

DISM /online /get-featureinfo /featurename:WindowsServerBackup

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Enable the Windows Server Backup feature

1. Execute the following command:

DISM /online /enable-feature /featurename:WindowsServerBackup

Note: The feature name is case-sensitive.

2. Use Server Manager to launch the Windows Server Backup MMC.

Notice that Windows Server Backup is now available.

3. Close all open windows.

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Lesson 4
Overview of Windows Server 2012 R2 Management
Configuring a server correctly can save you from substantial problems later. Windows Server 2012 R2
provides multiple tools to perform specific administrative tasks, each of which is appropriate for a given
set of circumstances. The Windows Server 2012 R2 management interface also enhances your ability to
perform administrative tasks on more than one server simultaneously.

This lesson covers the different management tools that you can use to perform administrative tasks on
computers that are running the Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe Server Manager.

• Describe how to use administrative tools and Remote Server Administration Tools.

• Describe how to use Server Manager to perform administrative tasks.

• Describe how to configure services.

• Describe how to configure Windows Remote Management.

What Is Server Manager?

Server Manager is the primary graphical tool used
to manage computers running Windows Server
2012 R2. You can use the Server Manager console
to manage both the local server and remote
servers. You can also manage servers as groups.
By managing servers as groups, you can perform
the same administrative tasks quickly across
multiple servers that either perform the same role,
or are members of the same group.
You can use the server manager console to
perform the following tasks on both local servers
and remote servers:

• Add roles and features

• Launch Windows PowerShell sessions

• View events

• Perform server configuration tasks

Server Manager can be used to manage the following down-level systems:

• Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (both full server or Server Core)

• Windows Server 2008 SP2 (full server only)

To manage these systems, you must install Windows Management Framework 3.0 (WMF 3.0) on the
managed systems.
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Best Practices Analyzer

Server Manager includes a Best Practices Analyzer tool for all Windows Server 2012 R2 roles. With Best
Practices Analyzer, you can determine whether roles on your network are functioning efficiently or if
there are problems that you need to remediate. Best Practices Analyzer examines how a role functions—
including querying associated event logs for warning and error events—so you can be aware of health
issues associated with specific roles before those health issues cause a failure that impacts the server
functionality.

Administrative Tools and Remote Server Administration Tools

When you use Server Manager to perform
a specific role-related or feature-related
administrative task, the console launches the
appropriate administrative tool. When you install
a role or feature using Server Manager locally
or remotely, you are prompted to install the
appropriate administrative tool. For example,
when you use Server Manager to install the DHCP
role on another server, you are prompted to
install the DHCP console on the local server.

Remote Server Administration Tools

You can install the complete set of administrative
tools for Windows Server 2012 R2 by installing the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) feature.
When you install RSAT, you can choose to install all of the tools, or only the tools to manage specific roles
and features. You can also install RSAT on computers running the Windows 8 operating system. This
allows administrators to manage servers remotely, without having to sign in directly to each server.

It is a general best practice to run a Windows Server 2012 R2 server as a Server Core installation and
manage it remotely via RSAT for Windows 8, or with one of the many other remote management
methods.
In addition to Windows PowerShell, the tools that administrators most commonly use include the
following:
• Active Directory Administrative Center. With this console, you can perform Active Directory
administrative tasks such as raising domain and forest functional levels, and enabling the Active
Directory Recycle Bin. You also use this console to manage Dynamic Access Control.

• Active Directory Users and Computers. With this tool, you can create and manage Active Directory
users, computers, and groups. You can also use this tool to create Organizational Units (OUs).

• DNS console. With the DNS console, you can configure and manage the DNS Server role. This
includes creating forward and reverse lookup zones, and managing DNS records.

• Event Viewer. You can use the Event Viewer to view events recorded in the Windows Server 2012 R2
event logs.

• Group Policy Management Console. With this tool, you can edit Group Policy Objects (GPOs) and
manage their application in AD DS.

• IIS Manager Tool. You can use this tool to manage websites.
• Performance Monitor. You can use this console to view record performance data by selecting
counters associated with specific resources that you want to monitor.
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• Resource Monitor. You can use this console to view real-time information on CPU, memory, and disk
and network utilization.

• Task Scheduler. You can use this console to manage the execution of scheduled tasks.
You can access each of these tools in Server Manager by accessing the Tools menu.

Note: You can also pin frequently used tools to the Windows Server 2012 R2 taskbar, or to
the Start screen.

Managing non-domain joined Windows Server 2012 R2 with RSAT and

Server Manager
Under normal circumstances, you cannot manage non-domain joined computers with RSAT from
Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 R2 systems. In Windows Server 2012 R2, however, there are Windows
PowerShell commands that allow this configuration.
First, ensure you can resolve the name of the computer you will manage by its host name, because you
cannot use its IP address. To do this, either manually add the server to your DNS or add an entry in the
local Hosts file on the Windows 8 computer.
Next, on the Windows 8 computer running the RSAT, start Windows PowerShell as an Administrator and
run the following command:

Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value <YourtargetServernameHere> –Force

If the computer has a DNS suffix configured, then include both the host name and the fully qualified
domain name (FQDN) of the server in quotes.

For example, to manage a server named SVR1 that has been manually configured to have a DNS suffix of
contoso.com, the command would be:

Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts –Value "SVR1,SVR1.Contoso.com" –Force

In RSAT Server Manager, click Manage on the menu bar, click the DNS tab, enter the server name, and
then add the server to the Selected column.

The server should appear in the Servers pane, and displaying a Kerberos error. Right-click the entry and
select Manage As, and then enter the local Administrator credentials of the server.

Demonstration: Using Server Manager

In this demonstration, you will see how to use Server Manager to perform the following tasks:

• Sign in to Windows Server 2012 R2 and view the Windows Server 2012 R2 desktop.

• Add a feature by using the Add Roles and Features Wizard.

• View role-related events.

• Run the Best Practice Analyzer for a role.

• List the tools available from Server Manager.

• Restart Windows Server 2012 R2.

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Demonstration Steps
Add a feature by using the Add Roles and Features Wizard
1. In Server Manager, start the Add Roles and Features Wizard.

2. Select the Role-based or featured-based installation check box.

3. Click Select a server from the server pool, verify that LON-DC1.Adatum.com is selected, and then
click Next.

4. On the Select server roles page, select Fax Server.

5. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard dialog box, click Add Features.

6. On the Select features page, click BranchCache.

7. On the Print and Document Services page, click Next twice.

8. On the Fax Server page, click Next.

9. On the Confirmation page, select the Restart the destination server automatically if required
check box, click Yes, click Install, and then click Close.

10. Click the flag icon next to Server Manager Dashboard, and review the messages.

Note: You can close this console without terminating the task.

View role-related events

1. Click the Dashboard node.
2. In the Roles and Server Groups pane, under DNS, click Events.

3. On the DNS - Events Detail View, change the time period to 12 hours and the Event Sources to
All.

Run the Best Practice Analyzer for a role

1. Under DNS, click BPA results.

2. Select All on the Severity Levels drop-down menu, and then click OK.

List the tools available from Server Manager

• Click the Tools menu, and review the tools that are installed on LON-DC1.

Sign out the currently signed-in user

1. Sign out from LON-DC1.

2. Sign back in to LON-DC1 using the Adatum\Administrator account and the password Pa$$w0rd.

Restart Windows Server 2012 R2

• In a Windows PowerShell window, type the following command, and then press Enter:

Shutdown /r /t 5
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Configuring Services
Services are programs that run in the background
and provide services to clients and to the host
server. You can manage services through the
Services console, which is available in Server
Manager from the Tools menu. When securing a
computer, you should disable all services except
those that are required by the roles, features, and
applications that are installed on the server.

Startup Types
Services use one of the following startup types:

• Automatic. The service starts automatically

when the server boots.

• Automatic (Delayed Start). The service starts automatically after the server has booted.
• Manual. The service must be started manually, either by a program or by an administrator.
• Disabled. The service is disabled and cannot be started.

Note: If a server is behaving problematically, open the Services console, sort by startup
type, and then locate those services that are configured to start automatically and which are not
in a running state.

Service Recovery
Recovery options determine what a service does in the event that it fails. You access the Recovery tab
from the DNS Server Properties window. On the Recovery tab, you have the following recovery options:

• Take no action. The service remains in a failed state until attended to by an administrator.

• Restart the Service. The service restarts automatically.

• Run a Program. Allows you to run a program or a script.

• Restart the Computer. The computer restarts after a preconfigured number of minutes.

You can configure different recovery options for the first failure, the second failure, and subsequent
failures. You can also configure a period of time after which the service failure clock resets.

Managed Service Accounts

Managed service accounts are special domain-based accounts that you can use with services. The
advantage of a managed service account is that the account password is rotated automatically according
to a schedule. These password changes are automatic, and do not require administrator intervention,
which minimizes the chance that the service account password will be compromised. This happens
typically because administrators traditionally assign simple passwords to service accounts with the same
service across a large number of servers, and never bother to update those passwords. Virtual accounts
are service-specific accounts that are local rather than domain-based. Windows Server 2012 R2 rotates
and manages the password for virtual accounts.

Question: What is the advantage of a managed service account compared to a traditional

domain-based service account?
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Configuring Windows Remote Management

Most administrators no longer perform systems
administration tasks solely from the server room.
Almost all tasks that they perform on a daily basis
are now performed using remote management
technologies.

With Windows Remote Management (WinRM),

you can use Remote Shell, remote Windows
PowerShell, and other remote management tools
to manage a computer remotely.

You can enable WinRM from Server Manager by

performing the following steps:

1. In the Server Manager console, click the Local Server node.

2. In the Properties dialog box for the local server, next to Remote Management, click Disabled. This
opens the Configure Remote Management dialog box.
3. In the Configure Remote Management dialog box, select the Enable remote management of this
server from other computers check box, and then click OK.

You also can enable WinRM from a command line by running the command WinRM qc. You disable
WinRM by using the same method that you use to enable it. You can disable WinRM on a computer
running the Server Core installation option using the sconfig.cmd tool.

Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop is the traditional method by which systems administrators connect remotely to the
servers that they manage. You can configure Remote Desktop on a computer that is running the full
version of Windows Server 2012 R2 by performing the following steps:
1. In the Server Manager console, click the Local Server node.

2. Next to Remote Desktop, click Disabled.

3. In the System Properties dialog box, on the Remote tab, select one of the following options:

o Don’t allow connections to this computer. The default state of remote desktop is disabled.

o Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop. Allows
connections from Remote Desktop clients that do not support Network Level Authentication

o Allow Connections only from Computers running Remote Desktop with Network Level
Authentication. Allows secure connections from computers running Remote Desktop clients that
support network-level authentication.

You can enable and disable Remote Desktop on computers that are running the Server Core installation
option by using the sconfig.cmd command-line tool.

Managing Non-Domain Joined Computers

Many users want to use their own mobile devices, such as smart phones and tablets, to access company
apps and data. Managing these devices is difficult when they do not belong to the domain. The domain
administrator has little or no control over how the device is used off-premise.

There might also be pockets of workgroup computers in your environment. In this case, you can use local
group policies to manage these systems, and use Remote Desktop technologies to manage them.
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Demonstration: Performing Remote Management

In this demonstration, you will see how to use Server Manager to manage a remote server, how to add
the DNS Server role on a remote server, and how to connect to and configure the remote server by using
RDP.

Demonstration Steps
Use Server Manager to manage a remote server
1. Sign in to LON-DC1 as Adatum\Administrator with a password of Pa$$w0rd.

2. In Server Manager, click Add other servers to manage.

3. Add LON-SVR1.

Add the DNS Server role on a remote server

• Use the Add Roles and Features wizard to add the DNS Server role to LON-SVR1

Connect to and configure a remote server by using RDP

1. Sign in to LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Administrator with a password of Pa$$w0rd.

2. In Server Manager, open the properties for the Local Server, and then enable Remote Desktop.
3. On LON-DC1, go to the Start screen.

4. Type Remote, and then open Remote Desktop Connection.

5. Connect to LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Administrator.

6. After successfully connecting, sign out from LON-SVR1.
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Lesson 5
Introduction to Windows PowerShell
Windows PowerShell is a command-line interface and task-based scripting technology that is built into
the Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system. Windows PowerShell simplifies the automation of
common systems administration tasks. With Windows PowerShell, you can automate tasks, leaving you
more time for more difficult systems administration tasks.

In this lesson, you will learn about Windows PowerShell, and why Windows PowerShell is a critical piece of
a server administrator’s toolkit.
This lesson describes how to use Windows PowerShell’s built-in discoverability features to learn how to
use specific cmdlets and to find related cmdlets. This lesson also discusses how to leverage the Windows
PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) to assist you in creating effective Windows PowerShell
scripts.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Describe the purpose of Windows PowerShell.

• Describe Windows PowerShell cmdlet syntax, and explain how to determine commands associated
with a particular cmdlet.
• Describe common Windows PowerShell cmdlets used to manage services, processes, roles and
features.

• Describe the functionality of Windows PowerShell ISE.

• Explain how to use Windows PowerShell.

• Explain how to use Windows PowerShell ISE.

What Is Windows PowerShell?

Windows PowerShell is a scripting language and
command-line interface that is designed to assist
you in performing day-to-day administrative
tasks. Windows PowerShell is made up of cmdlets
that you execute at a Windows PowerShell
command prompt, or combine into Windows
PowerShell scripts. Unlike other scripting
languages that were designed initially for another
purpose, but have been adapted for system
administration tasks, Windows PowerShell is
designed with system administration tasks in
mind.

An increasing number of Microsoft products—such as Exchange Server 2010—have graphical interfaces

that build Windows PowerShell commands. These products allow you to view the generated Windows
PowerShell script so you can execute the task at a later time without having to complete all of the steps in
the GUI. Being able to automate complex tasks simplifies a server administrator’s job, and saves time.
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You can extend Windows PowerShell functionality by adding modules. For example, the Active Directory
module includes Windows PowerShell cmdlets that are specifically useful for performing Active Directory–
related management tasks. The DNS Server module includes Windows PowerShell cmdlets that are
specifically useful for performing DNS server-related management tasks. Windows PowerShell includes
features such as tab completion, which allows administrators to complete commands by pressing the tab
key rather than having to type the complete command. You can learn about the functionality of any
Windows PowerShell cmdlet by using the Get-Help cmdlet.

Note: Windows PowerShell Version 4.0 ships with Windows Server 2012 R2 and is backward
compatible with previous versions of Windows PowerShell.

Windows PowerShell Cmdlet Syntax

Windows PowerShell cmdlets use a verb-noun
syntax. Each noun has a collection of associated
verbs. The available verbs differ with each cmdlet’s
noun.

Common Windows PowerShell cmdlet verbs

include:
• Get
• New
• Set
• Restart
• Resume
• Stop
• Suspend
• Clear
• Limit
• Remove
• Add
• Show
• Write

You can view the available verbs for a particular Windows PowerShell noun by executing the following
command:

Get-Command -Noun NounName

You can view the available Windows PowerShell nouns for a specific verb by executing the following
command:

Get-Command -Verb VerbName

Windows PowerShell parameters start with a dash. Each Windows PowerShell cmdlet has its own
associated set of parameters. You can learn what the parameters are for a particular Windows PowerShell
cmdlet by executing the following command:

Get-Help CmdletName
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You can determine which Windows PowerShell cmdlets are available by executing the Get-Command
cmdlet. The Windows PowerShell cmdlets that are available depend on which modules are loaded. You
can load a module using the Import-Module cmdlet.

Common Cmdlets for Server Administration

As a server administrator, there are certain
cmdlets that you are more likely to use. These
cmdlets relate primarily to services, event logs,
processes, and the ServerManager module
running on the server.

Service Cmdlets
You can use the following Windows PowerShell
cmdlets to manage services on a computer that is
running Windows Server 2012 R2:

• Get-Service. View the properties of a service.

• New-Service. Creates a new service.

• Restart-Service. Restarts an existing service.

• Resume-Service. Resumes a suspended service.

• Set-Service. Configures the properties of a service.

• Start-Service. Starts a stopped service.

• Stop-Service. Stops a running service.

• Suspend-Service. Suspends a service.

Event Log Cmdlets

You can use the following Windows PowerShell cmdlets to manage event logs on a computer that is
running Windows Server 2012 R2:
• Get-EventLog. Displays events in the specified event log.

• Clear-EventLog. Deletes all entries from the specified event log.

• Limit-EventLog. Sets event log age and size limits.
• New-EventLog. Creates a new event log and a new event source on a computer running Windows
Server 2012 R2.

• Remove-EventLog. Removes a custom event log and unregisters all event sources for the log

• Show-EventLog. Shows the event logs of a computer.

• Write-EventLog. Allows you to write events to an event log.

Process Cmdlets
You can use the following Windows PowerShell cmdlets to manage processes on a computer that is
running Windows Server 2012 R2:

• Get-Process. Provides information on a process.

• Start-Process. Starts a process.

• Stop-Process. Stops a process.

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• Wait-Process. Waits for the process to stop before accepting input.

• Debug-Process. Attaches a debugger to one or more running processes.

ServerManager Module
The ServerManager module allows you to add one of three cmdlets that are useful for managing features
and roles. These cmdlets are:

• Get-WindowsFeature. View a list of available roles and features. Also displays whether the feature is
installed, and whether the feature is available. You can only install an unavailable feature if you have
access to an installation source.

• Install-WindowsFeature. Installs a particular Windows Server role or feature. The

Add-WindowsFeature cmdlet is aliased to this command and is available in previous versions of
Windows operating systems.

• Remove-WindowsFeature. Removes a particular Windows Server role or feature.

Windows PowerShell Remote Management

You can use Windows PowerShell to remotely run cmdlets on other Windows systems, called remoting.
Windows PowerShell remoting depends on the WinRM service running on the target systems. This service
can be enabled manually or by running the Enable-PSRemoting cmdlet on the target.
The simplest way to use remoting is one-to-one remoting, which allows you to bring up an interactive
Windows PowerShell session on the remote system. Once connected, the Windows PowerShell prompt
displays the name of the remote computer.
To start or end a remote session use the following cmdlet:

Enter-PSSession –computername <name of computer to connect to>

Exit-PSSession

You can also use the Invoke-command cmdlet to run commands on multiple remote computers. Specify
other computers by using the ComputerName parameter, and specify the commands to run by setting the
ScriptBlock parameter.
To use the invoke-command cmdlets to get the service status from multiple computers, first enable
WinRM on the targets, and then use the following cmdlet:

Invoke-command –computername Lon-Srv1, Lon-Srv2 –scriptblock {get-service}

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Demonstration: Using Windows PowerShell

In this demonstration, you will see how to use Windows PowerShell to display the running services and
processes on a server and a remote server, to connect to a remote computer and display all services, and
to invoke commands to multiple computers to display running processes.

Demonstration Steps
Use Windows PowerShell to display the running services and processes on a server
1. On LON-DC1, open a Windows PowerShell session.

2. Execute the following commands, and then press Enter:

Get-Service | where-object {$_.status -eq "Running"}

Get-Command -Noun Service

Get-Process

Get-Help Process
Get-Help –Full Start-Process

3. Close the Windows PowerShell window.

4. On the taskbar, right-click the Windows PowerShell icon, and then click Run as Administrator.

Use Windows PowerShell to connect to a remote computer and display all services
and their current status
1. On LON-SVR1, open a Windows PowerShell session.
2. Execute the following command:

Enable-PSRemoting

3. Accept all the default prompts.

4. On LON-DC1, open a Windows PowerShell session.

5. Execute the following commands:

Enter-PSSession –Computername LON-SVR1

Get-Service
Exit-PSSession

Use Windows PowerShell to invoke commands to multiple computers and display

running processes
1. On LON-DC1, execute the following command:

Invoke-Command –computername LON-DC1, LON-SVR1 –Scriptblock {Get-Process}

2. Examine the output, and then close the Windows PowerShell window.
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What Is Windows PowerShell ISE?

Windows PowerShell ISE is an integrated scripting
environment that provides you with assistance
when using Windows PowerShell. It provides
command completion functionality, and enables
you to see all available commands and the
parameters that you can use with those
commands.

Windows PowerShell ISE simplifies the process

of using Windows PowerShell because you can
execute cmdlets from the ISE. You can also use a
scripting window within Windows PowerShell ISE
to construct and save Windows PowerShell scripts.
The ability to view cmdlet parameters ensures that you are aware of the full functionality of each cmdlet,
and can create syntactically-correct Windows PowerShell commands.
Windows PowerShell ISE provides color-coded cmdlets to assist with troubleshooting. The ISE also
provides you with debugging tools that you can use to debug simple and complex Windows PowerShell
scripts.

You can use the Windows PowerShell ISE environment to view available cmdlets by module. You can then
determine which Windows PowerShell module you need to load to access a particular cmdlet.

Demonstration: Using Windows PowerShell ISE

In this demonstration, you will see how to complete the following tasks:
• Use Windows PowerShell ISE to import the ServerManager module.

• View the cmdlets made available in the ServerManager module.

• Use the Get-WindowsFeature cmdlet from Windows PowerShell ISE.

• View and run a Windows PowerShell script

Demonstration Steps

Use Windows PowerShell ISE to import the ServerManager module

1. Ensure that you are signed in to LON-DC1 as Administrator.
2. In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Windows PowerShell ISE.

3. At the command prompt, type Import-Module ServerManager.

View the cmdlets made available in the ServerManager module

• In the Commands pane, use the Modules drop-down menu to select the ServerManager module.

Use the Get-WindowsFeature cmdlet from Windows PowerShell ISE

1. Click Get-WindowsFeature, and then click Show Details.
2. In the ComputerName field, type LON-DC1, and then click Run.
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Run a Windows PowerShell script from the scripting pane to create a universal group
named Helpdesk and add members
1. In Server Manager, click Tools, and then open Active Directory Users and Computers.

2. Open the IT organizational unit (OU). Note that there is no group named Helpdesk.
3. Use File Explorer to navigate to E:\Labfiles\Mod01 and edit the CreateAndPopulateHelpdesk.ps1
script.

4. View the script and then click the green arrow on the toolbar to run the script.

5. Switch back to Active Directory Users and Computers and refresh the view. You should now see there
is a group named Helpdesk.
6. Open the properties of the Helpdesk group and see that the group is populated by the members of
the IT department.

7. Close all open windows.

Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration

Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration
(DSC) is a new management platform in Windows
PowerShell that enables deploying and managing
configurations for software services and managing
the environment in which these services run.
These Windows PowerShell extensions are
available only in Windows Server 2012 R2 and
Windows 8.1.
DSC uses WMI providers to implement
configurations. DSC comes with 12 WMI providers
that enable the configuration of roles and
features, managing services and more. You can
also create custom providers. This topic provides an overview of DSC.
DSC can be implemented in two different models; either Push or Pull. There are three main phases to
implementing DSC:

1. The Authoring phase

2. The Staging phase (if implementing a Pull model)

3. The Implementation phase

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These three main phases are described in the following table.

Phase Description

Authoring phase The DSC is created by using Windows PowerShell or by using third-party
tools. Windows PowerShell commands are used to create one or more
Management Object Format (MOF) files that describe the configuration
settings.

Staging phase In a Pull model, DSC data and any custom providers are kept on the Pull
server, which is an IIS server. The target system contacts the Pull server by
passing a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) along with a unique identifier
to pull its DSC configuration and verify if any required providers are
available. If they are not, those providers are downloaded to the target
computer.
In the case of a Push model, you need to ensure that any required
providers are already in place on the target computer because only the
configuration settings are pushed.

Implementation phase The final phase is the application of the configuration. Once DSC data is
either pushed or pulled to the target server’s Local Configuration Store,
the configuration is then parsed and the appropriate WMI provider
implements the settings.

DSC can be used to perform many different functions, including the following:
• Install or remove server roles and features

• Manage registry settings

• Manage files and directories

• Start, stop, and manage processes and services

• Manage local groups and user accounts

• Install and manage packages such as .msi and .exe

• Manage environment variables

• Run Windows PowerShell scripts

• Fix a configuration that has drifted away from the desired state

• Discover the actual configuration state on a given node

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Lab: Deploying and Managing Windows Server 2012 R2

Scenario
A. Datum Corporation is a global engineering and manufacturing company with a head office based in
London, England. A. Datum has recently deployed a Windows Server 2012 R2 infrastructure with
Windows 8 clients.

You have been working for A. Datum for several years as a desktop support specialist and have recently
accepted a promotion to the server support team.

The marketing department has purchased a new web-based application. You need to install and configure
the servers in the data center for this application. One server has a GUI interface, and the other server is
configured as Server Core.

Objectives
After completing this lab, you should be able to:
• Deploy Windows Server 2012 R2.

• Configure Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core.

• Manage servers by using Server Manager.

• Manage servers with Windows PowerShell.

Lab Setup
Estimated Time: 60 minutes

Virtual machines 20410C-LON-DC1

20410C-LON-SVR3
20410C-LON-CORE

User name Adatum\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

For this lab, you will use the available virtual machine environment. Before you begin the lab, you must
complete the following steps:

1. On the host computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V Manager.
2. In Hyper-V Manager, click 20410C-LON-DC1, and in the Actions pane, click Start.

3. In the Actions pane, click Connect. Wait until the virtual machine starts.

4. Sign in using the following credentials:

a. User name: Adatum\Administrator

b. Password: Pa$$w0rd

5. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for 20410C-LON-CORE. Do not sign in until directed to do so.
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Exercise 1: Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2

Scenario
The first Windows Server 2012 R2 server that you are installing for the Marketing department will host a
SQL Server 2012 database engine instance. You want to configure the server so that it will have the full
GUI, as this will allow the application vendor to run support tools directly on the server, rather than
requiring a remote connection.

The first server you are installing for the new marketing app is for a SQL Server 2012 database. This server
will have the full GUI to allow the application vendor to run support tools directly on the server.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Install the Windows Server 2012 server.

2. Change the server name.

3. Change the date and time.

4. Configure the network.

5. Add the server to the domain.

 Task 1: Install the Windows Server 2012 server

1. In the Hyper-V Manager console, open the settings for 20410C-LON-SVR3.
2. Configure the DVD drive to use the Windows Server 2012 R2 image file named
Windows2012R2RTM.iso. This file is located at D:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning
\20410\Drives.

3. Start 20410C-LON-SVR3. In the Windows Setup Wizard, on the Windows Server 2012 R2 page,
verify the following settings, click Next, and then click Install Now.
o Language to install: English (United States)
o Time and currency format: English (United States)

o Keyboard or input method: US

4. Click to install the Windows Server Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Evaluation (Server with
a GUI) operating system.

5. Accept the license terms, and then click Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).

6. Install Windows Server 2012 R2 on Drive 0.

Note: Depending on the speed of the equipment, the installation takes approximately 20
minutes. The virtual machine will restart several times during this process.

7. Enter the password Pa$$w0rd in both the Password and Reenter password boxes, and then click
Finish to complete the installation.

 Task 2: Change the server name

1. Sign in to LON-SVR3 as Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. In Server Manager, on the Local Server node, click the randomly-generated name next to Computer
name.
3. In the System Properties dialog box, on the Computer Name tab, click Change.

4. In the Computer name box, type LON-SVR3, and then click OK.
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5. Click OK again, and then click Close.

6. Restart the computer.

 Task 3: Change the date and time

1. Sign in to server LON-SVR3 as Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. On the taskbar, click the time display, and then click Change date and time settings.
3. Click Change Time Zone, and set the time zone to your current time zone.

4. Click Change Date and Time, and verify that the date and time that display in the Date and Time
Settings dialog box match those in your classroom.

5. Close the Date and Time dialog box.

 Task 4: Configure the network

1. On LON-SVR3, click Local Server.
2. Next to Ethernet, click IPv4 Address Assigned by DHCP, IPv6 Enabled.

3. In the Network Connections dialog box, right-click Ethernet, and then click Properties.

4. Click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click Properties.

5. Enter the following IP address information, then and click OK:

o IP address: 172.16.0.101

o Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0

o Default Gateway: 172.16.0.1
o Preferred DNS server: 172.16.0.10

6. Close all dialog boxes.

 Task 5: Add the server to the domain

1. On LON-SVR3, in the Server Manager console, click Local Server.
2. Next to Workgroup, click WORKGROUP.

3. On the Computer Name tab, click Change.

4. Click the Domain option, and in the Domain box, enter adatum.com.
5. Enter the following account details:

o Username: Administrator

o Password: Pa$$w0rd
6. In the Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog box, click OK.

7. Restart the computer to apply changes.

8. In the System Properties dialog box, click Close.

9. After LON-SVR3 restarts, sign in as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have deployed Windows Server 2012 R2 on LON-SVR3.
You also should have configured LON-SVR3, including name change, date and time, networking.
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Exercise 2: Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core

Scenario
The web-based tier of the marketing application is a .NET application. To minimize the operating system
footprint and reduce the need to apply software updates, you have chosen to host the IIS component on
a computer that is running the Server Core installation option of the Windows Server 2012 R2 operating
system.

To enable this, you need to configure a computer that is running Windows Server 2012 R2 with the Server
Core installation option.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Set computer name.

2. Change the computer’s date and time.

3. Configure the network.

4. Add the server to the domain.

 Task 1: Set computer name

1. Sign in to LON-CORE as Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. On LON-CORE, type sconfig.cmd.

3. Click option 2 to select Computer Name.

4. Set the computer name as LON-CORE.

5. In the Restart dialog box, click Yes to restart the computer.

6. After the computer restarts, sign in to server LON-CORE using the Administrator account with the
password Pa$$w0rd.
7. At the command prompt, type hostname, and then press Enter to verify the computer’s name.

 Task 2: Change the computer’s date and time

1. Ensure you are signed in to server LON-CORE as Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. At the command prompt, type sconfig.cmd.

3. To select Date and Time, type 9.

4. Click Change time zone, and then set the time zone to the same time zone that your classroom uses.

5. In the Date and Time dialog box, click Change Date and Time, and verify that the date and time
match those in your location.

6. Exit sconfig.cmd.

 Task 3: Configure the network

1. Ensure that you are signed in to server LON-CORE using the account Administrator and password
Pa$$w0rd.
2. At the command prompt, type sconfig.cmd, and then press Enter.

3. To configure Network Settings, type 8.

4. Type the number of the network adapter that you want to configure.
5. Type 1 to set the Network Adapter Address.

6. Click static IP address configuration, and then enter the address 172.16.0.111.
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7. At the Enter subnet mask prompt, type 255.255.0.0.

8. At the Enter default gateway prompt, type 172.16.0.1.

9. Type 2 to configure the DNS server address.

10. Set the preferred DNS server to 172.16.0.10.

11. Do not configure an alternate DNS server address.

12. Exit sconfig.cmd.

13. Verify network connectivity to lon-dc1.adatum.com using the PING tool.

 Task 4: Add the server to the domain

1. Ensure that you are signed in to server LON-CORE using the account Administrator with password
Pa$$w0rd.

2. At the command prompt, type sconfig.cmd, and then press Enter.

3. Type 1 to switch to configure Domain/Workgroup.

4. Type D to join a domain.

5. At the Name of domain to join prompt, type adatum.com.

6. At the Specify an authorized domain\user prompt, type Adatum\Administrator.

7. At the Type the password associated with the domain user prompt, type Pa$$w0rd.

8. At the prompt, click No.

9. Restart the server.

10. Sign in to server LON-CORE with the Adatum\Administrator account using the password
Pa$$w0rd.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have configured a Windows Server 2012 R2 Server
Core deployment and verified the server’s name.

Exercise 3: Managing Servers

Scenario
After deploying the servers LON-SVR3 and LON-CORE for hosting the Marketing application, you need to
install appropriate server roles and features to support the application. With this in mind, you will install
the Windows Server Backup feature on both LON-SVR3 and LON-CORE. You will install the Web Server
role on LON-CORE.

You also need to configure the World Wide Web Publishing service on LON-CORE.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Create a server group.

2. Deploy features and roles to both servers.

3. Review services and change a service setting.
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 Task 1: Create a server group

1. Sign in to LON-DC1 with the Administrator account and the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. In the Server Manager console, click Dashboard, and then click Create a server group.

3. Click the Active Directory tab, and then click Find Now.

4. In the Server group name box, type LAB-1.

5. Add LON-CORE and LON-SVR3 to the server group.

6. Click LAB-1. Select both LON-CORE and LON-SVR3.

7. Scroll down, and under the Performance section, select both LON-CORE and LON-SVR3.

8. Right-click LON-CORE, and then click Start Performance Counters.

 Task 2: Deploy features and roles to both servers

1. In Server Manager on LON-DC1, click the LAB-1 server group, right-click LON-CORE, and then click
Add Roles and Features.
2. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, click Next, click Role-based or feature-based installation,
and then click Next.

3. Verify that LON-CORE.Adatum.com is selected, and then click Next.

4. Select the Web Server (IIS) Server role.

5. Select the Windows Server Backup feature.

6. Add the Windows Authentication role service, and then click Next.

7. Select the Restart the destination server automatically if required check box, and then click
Install.

8. Click Close.
9. Right-click LON-SVR3, click Add Roles and Features, and then click Next.

10. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, click Role-based or feature-based installation, and then
click Next.
11. Verify that LON-SVR3.Adatum.com is selected, and then click Next twice.

12. Click Windows Server Backup, and then click Next.

13. Select the Restart the destination server automatically if required check box, click Install, and
then click Close.

14. In Server Manager, click the IIS node, and verify that LON-CORE is listed.

 Task 3: Review services and change a service setting

1. Sign in to LON-CORE with the Adatum\Administrator account and the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. In the Command Prompt window, execute the following command:

netsh.exe advfirewall firewall set rule group="remote desktop" new enable=yes

3. Sign in to LON-DC1 with the Adatum\Administrator account.

4. In Server Manager, click LAB-1, right-click LON-CORE, and then click Computer Management.
5. Expand Services and Applications, and then click Services.

6. Verify that the Startup type of the World Wide Web Publishing service is set to Automatic.
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7. Verify that the service is configured to use the Local System account.

8. Configure the following service recovery settings:

o First failure: Restart the Service
o Second failure: Restart the Service
o Subsequent failures: Restart the Computer.
o Reset fail count after: 1 days
o Reset service after: 1 minute
9. Configure the Restart Computer option to 2 minutes, and then close the World Wide Web
Publishing Services Properties dialog box.

10. Close the Computer Management console.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have created a server group, deployed roles and
features, and configured the properties of a service.

Exercise 4: Using Windows PowerShell to Manage Servers

Scenario
The marketing application vendor has indicated that they can provide some Windows PowerShell scripts
to configure the web server that is hosting the application. You need to verify that remote administration
is functional before running the scripts.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Use Windows PowerShell to connect remotely to servers and view information.

2. Use Windows PowerShell to remotely install new features.

 Task 1: Use Windows PowerShell to connect remotely to servers and view

information
1. Sign in to LON-DC1 with the Adatum\Administrator account and the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, click the LAB-1 server group.

3. Right-click LON-CORE, and then click Windows PowerShell.

4. Type Import-Module ServerManager.

5. Type Get-WindowsFeature, and review roles and features.

6. Use the following command to review the running services on LON-CORE:

Get-service | where-object {$_.status -eq "Running"}

7. Type get-process to view a list of processes on LON-CORE.

8. Review the IP addresses assigned to the server by typing the following command:

Get-NetIPAddress | Format-table

9. Review the most recent 10 items in the security log by typing the following command:

Get-EventLog Security -Newest 10

10. Close Windows PowerShell.

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 Task 2: Use Windows PowerShell to remotely install new features

1. On LON-DC1, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

2. Type the following command to verify that the XPS Viewer feature has not been installed on
LON-SVR3

Get-WindowsFeature -ComputerName LON-SVR3

3. To deploy the XPS Viewer feature on LON-SVR3, type the following command, and then press Enter:

Install-WindowsFeature XPS-Viewer -ComputerName LON-SVR3

4. Type the following command to verify that the XPS Viewer feature has now been deployed on
LON-SVR3:

Get-WindowsFeature -ComputerName LON-SVR3

5. In the Server Manager console, in the Tools drop-down menu, click Windows PowerShell ISE.
6. In the Untitled1.ps1 script pane, type the following:

Import-Module ServerManager
Install-WindowsFeature WINS -ComputerName LON-SVR3
Install-WindowsFeature WINS -ComputerName LON-CORE

7. Save the script as InstallWins.ps1 in a new folder named Scripts.

8. Press the F5 key to execute InstallWins.ps1.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have used Windows PowerShell to perform a remote
installation of features on multiple servers.

 Prepare for the next module

When you complete the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state. To do this, complete the
following steps:
1. On the host computer, switch to the Hyper-V Manager console.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-CORE and 20410C-LON-SVR3.

Lab Review Questions

Question: What IP address range is used by the computers in the lab?

Question: Why must you set the DNS server address prior to joining the domain?
Question: Besides sconfig.cmd, what other tool can you use to rename a computer running
the Server Core operating system?
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Module Review and Takeaways

Module Review Questions
Question: What is the benefit of using Windows PowerShell to automate common tasks?

Question: What are the advantages to performing a Server Core deployment compared to
the full GUI deployment?
Question: What tool can you use to determine which cmdlets are contained in a Windows
PowerShell module?

Question: Which role can you use to manage KMS?

Common Issues and Troubleshooting Tips

Common Issue Troubleshooting Tip

WinRM connections fail.

Windows PowerShell cmdlets not available.

Cannot install the GUI features on Server

Core deployments.

Unable to restart a computer running

Server Core.

Unable to join the domain.

Tools
Tool Use Where to find it

Windows PowerShell Performing multiple administrative taskbar

and configuration tasks

DISM.exe Image servicing and management From Search on the Start screen

Djoin.exe Performing offline domain joins of From Search on the Start screen
computers

RSAT Managing servers remotely from a Download from the Microsoft

Windows 8.1 system download center and install

Windows Server Assisting with migrating to different Download from the Microsoft
Migration Tools versions of Windows Server download center and install

DiskPart Managing physical disks From the command prompt using

the DiskPart command
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Module 2
Introduction to Active Directory Domain Services
Contents:
Module Overview 2-1

Lesson 1: Overview of AD DS 2-2

Lesson 2: Overview of Domain Controllers 2-12

Lesson 3: Installing a Domain Controller 2-18

Lab: Installing Domain Controllers 2-26

Module Review and Takeaways 2-30

Module Overview
Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS) and its related services form the foundation for enterprise
networks that run Windows® operating systems. The AD DS database is the central store of all the domain
objects, such as user accounts, computer accounts, and groups. AD DS provides a searchable hierarchical
directory, and provides a method for applying configuration and security settings for objects in the
enterprise. This module covers the structure of AD DS and its various components, such as forest, domain,
and organizational units (OUs).
The process of installing AD DS on a server has been refined and improved with Windows Server® 2012
compared to the process of installing AD DS with earlier Windows server operating systems. This module
examines some of the choices that are available with Windows Server 2012 for installing AD DS on a
server.

Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Describe the structure of AD DS.

• Describe the purpose of domain controllers.

• Install a domain controller.

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Lesson 1
Overview of AD DS
The AD DS database stores information on user identity, computers, groups, services and resources. AD DS
domain controllers also host the service that authenticates user and computer accounts when they sign in
to the domain. Because AD DS stores information about all of the objects in the domain, and all users and
computers must connect to AD DS domain controllers when they are signing into the network, AD DS is
the primary means by which you can configure and manage user and computer accounts on your
network.

This lesson covers the core logical components and physical components that make up an AD DS
deployment.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson you will be able to:
• Describe the components of AD DS.

• Describe AD DS domains.

• Describe OUs and their purpose.

• Describe AD DS forests and trees, and explain how you can deploy them in a network.

• Explain how an AD DS schema provides a set of rules that manage the objects and attributes that are
stored in the AD DS domain database.
• Describe what is new for Active Directory in Windows Server 2012 R2.

Overview of AD DS
AD DS is composed of both logical and physical
components. You need to understand the way the
components of AD DS work together so that you
can manage your infrastructure efficiently. In
addition, you can use many other AD DS options
to perform actions such as installing, configuring,
and updating apps, managing the security
infrastructure, enabling Remote Access and
DirectAccess, and issuing and managing digital
certificates.

One of the most used AD DS features is Group

Policy, which enables you to configure centralized
policies that you can use to manage most objects in AD DS. Understanding the various AD DS
components is important to successfully using Group Policy.
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Logical Components
AD DS logical components are structures that you use to implement an Active Directory design that is
appropriate for an organization. The following table describes the types of logical structures that an
Active Directory database contains.

Logical component Description

Partition A section of the AD DS database. Although the database is one file named
Ndts.dit, it is viewed, managed, and replicated as if it consisted of distinct
sections or instances. These are called partitions, which are also referred to
as naming contexts.

Schema The set of definitions of the object types and attributes that are used to create
objects in AD DS.

Domain A logical, administrative container for users and computers.

Domain tree A collection of domains that share a common root domain and a contiguous
Domain Name System (DNS) namespace.

Forest A collection of domains that share a common AD DS.

Site A collection of users, groups, and computers as defined by their physical

location. Sites are useful in planning administrative tasks such as replication of
changes to the AD DS database.

Organizational unit An organizational unit is a container object that provides a framework for
(OU) delegating administrative rights and for linking Group Policy Objects (GPOs).

Container A container is an object that provides an organizational framework for use in

AD DS. Containers cannot have GPOs linked to them.

Physical Components
The following table lists some of the physical components of AD DS and gives a brief description of each.

Physical component Description

Domain controller Contains a copy of the AD DS database. For most operations, each domain
controller can process changes and replicate the changes to all the other
domain controllers in the domain.

Data store The files on each domain controller that holds the AD DS database. The
Ntds.dit file, and associated log files, is a Microsoft JET database, which is
stored in the C:\Windows\NTDS folder by default.

Global catalog A domain controller that hosts the global catalog, which is a partial, read-only
server copy of all the objects in the forest. A global catalog speeds up searches for
objects that might be stored on domain controllers in a different domain in
the forest.

Read-only domain A special read-only installation of AD DS. These are often used in branch
controller (RODC) offices where security and IT support are less advanced than in the main
corporate centers.

Additional Reading: For more information about domains and forests, see Active Directory Domain
Services Overview at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331086.
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What Are AD DS Domains?

The AD DS Domain Contains User,

Computers, Groups
An AD DS domain is a logical container used to
manage user, computer, group, and other objects.
All of the domain objects are stored in the AD DS
database, a copy of which is stored on each
domain controller.

There are many types of objects in the AD DS

database, including user accounts, computer
accounts, and groups. The following list gives a
brief description of these three object types:

• User accounts. User accounts contain the required information to authenticate a user during the
sign-in process and to build the users access token.
• Computer accounts. Each domain-joined computer has an account in AD DS. Computer accounts are
used in the same matter as user accounts, only for the domain-joined computers.

• Groups. Groups are used to organize users or computers to make it easier to manage permissions and
group policy in the domain.

The AD DS Domain is a Replication Boundary

When changes are made to any object in the domain, the domain controller where the change occurred
replicates that change to all the other domain controllers in the domain. If there are multiple domains
in the forest, only subsets of the changes are replicated to other domains. AD DS uses a multi-master
replication model that allows every domain controller to make changes to objects in the domain. Changes
to relative ID (RID) management in the Windows Server 2012 version of Active Directory Domain Services
(Windows Server 2012 Active Directory now allow a single domain to contain nearly 2 billion objects. With
this capacity, most organizations could deploy only a single domain although organizations that have
decentralized administrative structures, or that are distributed across multiple locations, might consider
implementing multiple domains in the same forest.

The AD DS Domain is an Administrative Center

It contains an Administrator account and a Domain Admins group. By default the Administrator account
is a member of the Domain Admins group, and the Domain Admins group is a member of every local
Administrators group of domain-joined computers. Also, by default, the members of the Domain Admins
group have full control over every object in the domain. The Administrator account in the forest root
domain has additional rights as detailed in the “What Is an AD DS Forest?” topic.

The AD DS Domain Provides Authentication

Whenever a domain-joined computer starts up, or a user signs in to a domain-joined computer, AD DS
authenticates them. Authentication verifies the computer or user has the proper credentials for an AD DS
account.

The AD DS Domain Provides Authorization

Windows operating systems use authorization and access control technologies to allow authenticated
users to access resources. Typically the authorization process is performed locally at the resource.
Windows Server 2012 introduced domain-based Dynamic Access Control to allow for central access rules
to control access to resources. Central access rules do not replace the current access control technology; it
just provides an additional level of control.
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What Are OUs?

An organizational unit (OU) is a container object
within a domain that you can use to consolidate
users, computers, groups, and other objects. These
should not be confused with the generic container
objects in AD DS. The primary difference between
OUs and containers are the management
capabilities. Containers have limited management
capabilities, for instance you cannot directly apply
a GPO to a container. Typically containers are
used for system objects and as the default
locations for new objects. With OUs you have
more management options; you can directly link
GPOs, assign an OU manager and associate a COM+ partition with an OU.

While there is not a menu option for creating new containers in Active Directory Users and Computers,
you can create new OUs in AD DS at any time. There are two reasons to create OUs:

• To configure objects in the OU. You can assign GPOs to the OU, and the settings apply to all objects
within the OU. GPOs are policies that administrators create to manage and configure settings for
computers and/or users. The GPOs are deployed by linking them to OUs, Domains or Sites.

• To delegate administrative control of objects within the OU. You can assign management permissions
on an OU, thereby delegating control of that OU to a user or group within AD DS in addition to the
administrators group.

You can use OUs to represent the hierarchical, logical structures within your organization. For example,
you can create OUs that represent the departments within your organization, the geographic regions
within your organization, or a combination of both departmental and geographic regions. You can use
OUs to manage the configuration and use of user, group, and computer accounts based on your
organizational model.

Every AD DS domain contains a standard set of containers and OUs that are created when you install
AD DS, some of the default objects are used primarily by AD DS and are hidden from view by default. The
follow list includes the objects that are visible by default:

• Domain. Serves as the top level of the domain organizational hierarchy.

• Builtin container. Stores a number of default groups.

• Computers container. The default location for new computer accounts that you create in the domain.

• Domain Controllers OU. The default location for the computer accounts for domain controller
computer accounts. This is the only OU that is present in a new installation of AD DS.
• ForeignSecurityPrincipals. The default location for trusted objects from domains outside the AD DS
forest. These are typically created when an objected from an external domain is added to a group in
the AD DS domain.

• Managed Service Accounts. The default location for managed service accounts. A managed service
account is domain account where AD DS provides automatic password management.

• Users container. The default location for new user accounts and groups that you create in the
domain. The users container also holds the administrator and guest accounts for the domain, and
some default groups.
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There are several containers that can only be seen when the Advanced Features is selected from the View
menu. The following list includes the objects that are hidden by default:

• LostAndFound. This container holds objects that have been orphaned.

• Program Data. This container holds Active Directory data for Microsoft applications, such as Active
Directory Federation Services (AD FS).

• System. This container holds the built-in system settings.

• NTDS Quotas. This container holds directory service quota data.

• TPM Devices. This container is new with Windows Server 2012. It stores the recovery information for
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) devices.

Note: Containers in an AD DS domain cannot have GPOs linked to them. To link GPOs to
apply configurations and restrictions, create a hierarchy of OUs, and then link GPOs to them.

Hierarchy Design
The design of an OU hierarchy is dictated by the administrative needs of the organization. The design
could be based on geographic, functional, resource, or user classifications. Whatever the order, the
hierarchy should make it possible to administer AD DS resources as effectively and with as much flexibility
as possible. For example, if all computers that IT administrators use must be configured in a certain way,
you can group all the computers in an OU, and then assign a GPO to manage those computers.
You also can create OUs within other OUs. For example, your organization might have multiple offices,
and each office might have a set of IT administrators who are responsible for managing user and
computer accounts in their office. In addition, each office might have different departments with different
computer configuration requirements. In this situation, you could create an OU for each office, and then
within each of those OUs, create an OU for the IT administrators and OUs for each of the other
departments.
Although there is no technical limit to the number of levels in your OU structure, for the purpose of
manageability, limit your OU structure to a depth of no more than 10 levels. Most organizations use five
levels or fewer to simplify administration. Note that Active Directory–enabled applications can impose
restrictions on the OU depth within the hierarchy for the parts of the hierarchy they use.

What Is an AD DS Forest?
A domain tree is a collection of one or more
domains that share a contiguous name space. A
forest is a collection of one or more domain trees
that share a common directory schema and global
catalog. The first domain that is created in the
forest is called the forest root domain. The forest
root domain contains a few objects that do not
exist in other domains in the forest. Since these
objects are always created on the very first
domain controller created, a forest can consist of
as little as one domain with a single domain
controller, or
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it can consist of hundreds of domains across multiple trees. These objects that only exist in the forest root
domain are as follows:

• The schema master role. This is a special forest-wide domain controller role. There is only one schema
master in any forest. The schema can be changed only on the domain controller which holds the
schema master.

• The domain naming master role. This is also special forest-wide domain controller role. There is only
one domain naming master in any forest. New domain names can be added to the directory only by
the domain naming master.

• The Enterprise Admins group. By default, the Enterprise Admins group has the Administrator account
for the forest root domain as a member. The Enterprise Admins group is a member of the local
administrators group in every domain in the forest. This allows members of the Enterprise Admins
group to have full control administrative rights to every domain throughout the forest.
• The Schema Admins group. By default, the Schema Admins group has no members. Only members of
the Enterprise Admins group can add members to the Schema Admins group. Members of the
Schema Admins group are the only administrators that can make changes to the Schema.

Security Boundary
An AD DS forest is a security boundary. By default, no users from outside the forest can access any
resources inside the forest. Typically an organization will create only one forest, although you can create
multiple forests to isolate administrative permissions between different parts of the organization.
By default, all the domains in a forest automatically trust the other domains in the forest. This makes it
easy to enable access to resources such as file shares and websites for all users in a forest, regardless of
the domain in which the user account is located.

Replication Boundary
An AD DS forest is the replication boundary for the configuration and schema partitions in the AD DS
database. This means that all domain controllers in the forest must share the same schema. Because of
this organizations that want to deploy applications with incompatible schemas will need to deploy
additional forests.
The AD DS forest is also the replication boundary for the global catalog. The global catalog provides the
ability to find objects from any domain in the forest. The global catalog is used whenever universal
principal name (UPN) sign-in credentials are used or when looking up users in Microsoft Exchange Server
address books.

What Is the AD DS Schema?

The AD DS schema is the component that defines
all object classes and attributes that AD DS uses
to store data. It is sometimes referred to as the
blueprint for AD DS. The schema is replicated
among all domain controllers in the forest. Any
change that is made to the schema is replicated
to every domain controller in the forest from the
schema master holder, typically the first domain
controller in the forest.

AD DS stores and retrieves information from a

wide variety of applications and services; it does
this, in part, by standardizing how data is stored in
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the AD DS directory. By standardizing how data is stored, AD DS can retrieve, update, and replicate data,
while ensuring that the integrity of the data is maintained.

Objects
AD DS uses objects as units of storage. All object types are defined in the schema. Each time that the
directory handles data, the directory queries the schema for an appropriate object definition. Based on
the object definition in the schema, the directory creates the object and stores the data.

Object definitions specify both the types of data that the objects can store, and the syntax of the data.
You can only create objects in AD DS that are defined by the schema. Because the data is stored in a
rigidly defined format, AD DS can store, retrieve, and validate the data that it manages, regardless of
which application the data came from.

Relationships between Objects, Rules, Attributes, and Classes

In AD DS, the schema defines the following:

• Objects that are used to store data in the directory

• Rules that define the structure of the objects

• Structure and content of the directory itself

AD DS schema objects consist of attributes, which are grouped together into classes. Each class has rules
that define which attributes are required and which are optional. For example, the user class consists of
over 400 possible attributes, including cn (the common name attribute), givenName, displayName,
objectSID and manager. Of these attributes the cn and objectSID attributes are mandatory, and the cn
attribute is defined as a single value Unicode String from 1 to 64 characters long and is replicated to the
global catalog.

Making Changes to the Schema

Only members of the Schema Administrators can modify the AD DS schema. You cannot remove anything
from the AD DS schema; you can only extend the AD DS schema using AD DS schema extensions, or
modify the attributes of existing objects. For example, when you are preparing to install Exchange
Server 2013 you must apply the Exchange Server 2013 Schema Extensions. This extension adds or modifies
over 200 classes and over 100 different attributes.
Because the schema dictates how information is stored, and because any changes that are made to the
schema affect every domain controller, changes to the schema should be made only when necessary.
Before making any changes, you should review the changes through a tightly controlled process, and then
implement them only after you have performed testing to ensure that the changes will not adversely
affect the rest of the forest and any applications that use AD DS.

The schema master is one of the flexible single master operations (FSMO) roles that are hosted on a single
domain controller in AD DS. Because it is a single master, you must make changes to the schema by
targeting the domain controller that holds the schema master.
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What Is New for Windows Server 2012 Active Directory?

Windows Server 2012 Active Directory (Windows
Server 2012 AD) includes many enhancements
and improvements from previous versions. Some
of these enhancements have been added to help
manage the proliferation of consumer devices in
the workplace. For example, to provide users
with an easier way to integrate their consumer
devices into the workplace, the new features
Workplace Join and Web Application Proxy were
implemented. Also, the security around the use
of consumer devices in the workplace has been
improved; multi-factor access control and
multi-factor authentication were implemented to manage the risk associated with allowing consumer
devices to participate in the domain.

Workplace Join
Windows Server 2012 R2 allows users to join their personal devices to the domain. Both Windows-based
devices and iOS®-based devices can join a Windows Server 2012 R2-based domain. Using a feature from
Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) called Device Registration Service (DRS) a user’s personal
device can be registered in AD DS. The DRS service will create an AD DS object for the device and issue a
certificate to the device that is used to authenticate the device. If both DRS and the Web Application
Proxy are used, any device with a working internet connection can be workplace joined.

When a personal device is workplace joined administrators can:

• Use the information about the device that is stored in AD DS and configure conditional access.
• Provide a seamless experience to users who are accessing company resources from workplace joined
devices.
• Provide a single sign on (SSO) experience for accessing resources.

Web Application Proxy

Web Application Proxy is a new Remote Access role service which you can use to provide external users
access to apps and running on internal servers from anywhere at any time. Web Application Proxy can
be used with personal devices that have been workplace joined as well as company owned laptops,
smartphones and other devices. Web Application Proxy gives administrators more detailed control than a
traditional virtual private network (VPN), because users can only access apps that have been published to
them through the Web Application Proxy. You can apply additional security through Web Application
Proxy to further control the apps the user can access. Web Application Proxy requires the use of AD FS
and uses AD FS features such as SSO.

Multi-Factor Access Control

Workplace Join and Web Application Proxy both use AD FS; the primary function of AD FS is to issue
access tokens that contain claims. Claims-based authentication is used extensively in cloud-based apps
and services. Claims-based authentication is similar to the traditional authentication process used in a
Windows domain; the primary functional difference is that the claims-based security token only includes
who the user is and does not define anything they can do. AD FS evaluates claims requests that can be
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based on one or more factors. An app that uses claims-based authentication is also known as relying party
application. There are over 50 factors that AD FS can use to authenticate a claim request, some of those
factors are:

Claim type Description

Email Address The user’s email address.

Name The user’s name, which must be unique.

Role A role that the user has been assigned.

Primary group security The primary group SID of the user.

identifier (SID)

Issuer The name of the certificate authority that issued the X.509 certificate.

The relying party application defines what the user will be able to do based on the information in the
claim.

There are several benefits of using multi-factor access control in AD FS, including:

• You can permit or deny access based on the user, device, location, authentication state or other
factors by using the flexible and granular per-application authorization policies.

• You can create different rules for each application by using the individual issuance authorization rules
for relying party applications.
• You can deliver a rich UI experience for the common multi-factor scenarios to users by using AD FS's
web-based authentication with customizable forms for some common scenarios.
• For more complex scenarios you can use Windows PowerShell® to develop your rules by using the
rich claims language and Windows PowerShell support.

• You can tell the users why their request was denied and not just display a generic access denied
message by using individual, customized access denied messages for relying party applications.

Additional Reading: For more information about how to manage risk with multi-factor
access control, see the article " Overview: Manage Risk with Multi-Factor Access Control" at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331088.

Multi-Factor Authentication
AD FS has multiple authentication methods which you can use to create flexible authentication scenarios;
these flexible authentication scenarios allow your uses to access company resources in more ways. You
can create a global authentication policy that applies to all access attempts or you can create custom
authentication rules for individual, AD FS-secured resources. Custom, per-relying party application
authentication rules do not override global authentication rules. You can configure the authentication
rules to require only a primary authentication method, or to use multi-factor authentication. When
creating both global and per-relying party application authentication rules, if either the global rule or
application specific rule requires the use of multi-factor authentication, then the user will be required to
use multi-factor authentication.
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When you create a global authentication policy you can configure the following settings:

• Primary authentication method. By default, external connections use Forms Authentication and
internal connections use Windows Authentication.
• Settings and methods for multi-factor authentication. You can configure the conditions under which
multi-factor authentication is used, and what additional authentication method is used. You can use
Certificate Authentication, such as with a smart card, or other third-party authentication methods.

• Whether device authentication is enabled. This option is used with Workplace Join and allows you to
configure the device as a secondary authentication factor.

When configuring per-relying party application authentication rules you can configure the following
settings:

• Whether the users need to provide credentials each time they sign in

• Multi-factor authentication settings for the relying party application

The parameters on which multi-factor authentication rules can be based include the following:
• Users or groups in the AD DS directory

• The workplace joined status of devices

• The connection being from the intranet or the Internet

A Work from Home Scenario

These features work together to greatly enhance a work from home scenario. In a typical work from home
scenario that does not use the new features described above, users are connected through a VPN to the
corporate network. They may be required to use two factor authentication, such as a smart card, but that
only protects the connection. Once they are connected they can access anything they could access from
within the corporate network.

Security departments generally have several concerns about work from home programs:

• Are the users accessing the corporate network from a secure system or are they on a less secure
system that can be found, for instance, in public libraries?
• Do the users have access to sensitive files and are they downloading them to their local system?

• How are users accessing line of business (LOB) applications?

• What are their screen saver settings, if they walk away from their computer how easy is it for someone
else to walk up and use it?

When you use the new Windows Server 2012 R2 features you can allow the users to work from home
while you still maintain secure control over what they can access. The users use Workplace Join to add
their personal systems to the domain; then security settings can be configured for several different
scenarios. For example, certain files might be configured to only be accessible from the users workplace
joined computer, or sensitive files might be configured to only be accessible from domain joined systems.
Similarly, LOB apps can be published through the Web Application Proxy, using the claims defined
through multi-factor access control to specify what the users are allowed to do in the apps. Additionally
multi-factor authentication can be specified for certain apps to help ensure the appropriate user is
running the apps.
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Lesson 2
Overview of Domain Controllers
Because domain controllers authenticate all users and computers in the domain, domain controller
deployment is critical to the correct functioning of the network.

This lesson examines domain controllers, the sign-in process, and the importance of DNS in that process.
In addition, this lesson discusses the purpose of the global catalog.
All domain controllers are essentially the same, with two exceptions. RODCs contain a read-only copy of
the AD DS database, while other domain controllers have a read/write copy. There are also certain
operations that can only be performed on specific domain controllers called operations masters, which are
discussed at the end of this lesson.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Describe the purpose of domain controllers.

• Describe the purpose of the global catalog.

• Describe the AD DS sign-in process, and the importance of DNS and SRV records in the sign-in
process.

• Describe the functionality of SRV records.

• Explain the functions of operations masters.

What Is a Domain Controller?

A domain controller is a server that is configured
to store a copy of the AD DS directory database
(Ntds.dit) and a copy of the SYSVOL folder.
All domain controllers except RODCs store a
read/write copy of both Ntds.dit and the SYSVOL
folder. Ntds.dit is the database itself, and the
SYSVOL folder contains all the template settings
and files for GPOs.

Domain controllers use a multi-master replication

process; for most operations, data can be
modified on any domain controller, except on
RODCs. The AD DS replication service then
synchronizes the changes that have been made to the AD DS database to all other domain controllers in
the domain. The SYSVOL folders are replicated either by the File Replication Service (FRS), or by the newer
Distributed File System (DFS) Replication.

Domain controllers host several other Active Directory–related services, including the Kerberos
authentication service, which is used by User and Computer accounts for sign-in authentication, and the
Key Distribution Center (KDC), which issues the ticket-granting tickets (TGTs) to an account that signs in to
the AD DS domain. You can optionally configure domain controllers to host a copy of the global catalog.
All users in an AD DS domain exist in the AD DS database, if the database is unavailable for any reason all
operations depending on domain-based authentication will fail. As a best practice, an AD DS domain
should have a minimum of two domain controllers. This supports high availability of the AD DS database
and spreads the authentication load during peak sign-in times.
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Note: Two domain controllers should be considered an absolute minimum.

When you deploy a domain controller in a branch office where physical security is less than optimal, there
are some additional measures that you can use to reduce the impact of a breach of security. One option is
to deploy an RODC.

The RODC contains a read-only copy of the AD DS database, and by default, it does not cache any user
passwords. You can configure the RODC to cache the passwords for users in the branch office. If an RODC
is compromised, the potential loss of information is much lower than with a full read/write domain
controller. Another option is to use Windows BitLocker® Drive Encryption to encrypt the domain
controller hard drive. If the hard drive is stolen, BitLocker encryption ensures that there is a very low
chance of a malicious user getting any useful information from it.

Note: BitLocker is a drive encryption system that is available for Windows Server®
operating systems, and for certain Windows client operating system versions. BitLocker securely
encrypts the entire operating system so that the computer cannot start without being supplied a
private key and (optionally) passing an integrity check. A disk remains encrypted even if you
transfer it to another computer.

What Is the Global Catalog?

The global catalog is a partial, read-only,
searchable copy of all the objects in the forest.
It speeds up searches for objects that might be
stored on domain controllers in a different
domain in the forest.

Within a single domain, the AD DS database

on each domain controller contains all the
information about every object in that domain,
but only a subset of this information is replicated
to global catalog servers in other domains in the
forest. Within a given domain, a query for an
object is directed to one of the domain controllers
in that domain, but that query cannot provide any results for objects in other domains in the forest. For
a query to include results from other domains in the forest you must query a domain controller that is a
global catalog server. By default, the only global catalog server that is hosted is the first domain controller
in the forest root domain. To enhance searching across domains in a forest, you should configure
additional domain controllers to store a copy of the global catalog.

The global catalog does not contain all attributes for each object. Instead, the global catalog maintains
the subset of attributes that are most likely to be useful in cross-domain searches. These attributes include
givenName, displayName, and mail.

There are a variety of reasons why you might perform a search against a global catalog rather than a
domain controller that is not a global catalog. For example, when a server that is running Exchange Server
receives an incoming email, it needs to search for the recipient’s account so that it can decide how to
route the message. By automatically querying a global catalog, the server that is running Exchange Server
is able to locate the recipient in a multiple domain environment. In another example, when a user signs
in to their Active Directory account, the domain controller that is performing the authentication must
contact a global catalog to check for universal group memberships before the user is authenticated.
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In a single domain, all domain controllers should be configured to hold a copy of the global catalog;
however, in a multiple domain environment, the infrastructure master should not be a global catalog
server unless all the domain controllers in the domain are also global catalog servers. Which domain
controllers are configured to hold a copy of the global catalog depends on replication traffic and network
bandwidth. Many organizations are opting to make every domain controller a global catalog server.

Question: Should a domain controller be a global catalog?

The AD DS Sign-in Process

When a user signs in to AD DS, their system looks
in DNS for service resource (SRV) records to locate
the nearest suitable domain controller. SRV
records specify information about available
services, and are recorded in DNS for all domain
controllers. By using DNS lookups, clients can
locate a suitable domain controller to service their
sign-in requests. If the sign-in is successful, the
local security authority (LSA) builds an access
token for the user that contains the SIDs for the
user and any groups of which the user is a
member. The token provides the access
credentials for any process initiated by that user. For example, after signing in to AD DS, a user runs
Microsoft® Word and attempts to open a file. Word uses the credentials in the user’s access token to
verify the level of the user’s permissions for that file.

Note: A SID is a unique string in the form of S-R-X-Y1-Y2-Yn-1-Yn. For example, a user SID
could be: S-1-5-21-322346712-1256085132-1900709958-500.
The parts of this SID are explained in this table:

Component Definition In The Example

S Indicates that the string is a SID S

R Revision level 1

X Identifier authority value 5 (NT Authority)

Y1-Y2-Yn-1 Domain identifier 21-322346712-1256085132-1900709958

Yn RID 500

Every user and computer account and every group that you create has a unique SID. They only
differ from each other by virtue of the unique RID. The SID in the example is a well-known SID for
the domain administrator account. Well-known SIDs are used by the default accounts and
groups, the Domain Administrator account’s SID always ends with 500.
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Sites
Sites are used by a client system when it needs to contact a domain controller. It starts by looking up SRV
records in DNS. The response to the DNS query will include:

• A list of the domain controllers in the same site as the client system
• If there are no domain controllers available in the site the list will include the domain controllers from
the next closest site that does not include an RODC, if enabled in the Try Next Closest Site Group
Policy setting

• If no domain controller is found in the next closest site, a random list of available domain controllers
in the domain
Administrators can define sites in AD DS. Sites usually align with the parts of the network that have good
connectivity and bandwidth. For example, if a branch office is connected to the main data center by an
unreliable wide area network (WAN) link, it would be better to define the data center and the branch
office as separate sites in AD DS.

SRV records are registered in DNS by the Net Logon service that is running on each domain controller.
If the SRV records are not entered in DNS correctly, you can trigger the domain controller to reregister
those records by restarting the Net Logon service on that domain controller. This process only reregisters
the SRV records; if you want to reregister the host (A) record information in DNS, you must run ipconfig
/registerdns from a command prompt, just as you would for any other computer.

Although the sign-in process appears to the user as a single event, it is actually made up of two parts:
• The user provides credentials, usually a user account name and password, which are then checked
against the AD DS database. If the user account name and the password match the information that is
stored in the AD DS database, the user becomes an authenticated user and is issued a TGT by the
domain controller. At this point, the user does not have access to any resources on the network.

• A secondary process in the background submits the TGT to the domain controller and requests access
to the local machine. The domain controller issues a service ticket to the user, who is then able to
interact with the local computer. At this point in the process, the user is authenticated to AD DS and
signed in to the local machine.
When a user subsequently attempts to connect to another computer on the network, the secondary
process is run again, and the TGT is submitted to the nearest domain controller. When the domain
controller returns a service ticket, the user can access the computer on the network, which generates a
logon event at that computer.

Note: A domain-joined computer also logs on to AD DS when it starts—a fact that is often
overlooked. You do not see the transaction when the computer uses its computer account name
and a password to log on to AD DS. Once authenticated, the computer becomes a member of
the Authenticated Users group. Although the computer log on event does not have any visual
confirmation in a GUI, it is recorded in the event log. Also, if auditing is enabled, additional
events are recorded in the Security Log of the Event Viewer.

Demonstration: Viewing the SRV Records in DNS

The demonstration shows you how to display the various types of SRV records that the domain controllers
register in DNS. These records are crucial to how AD DS operates because they are used to find domain
controllers for signing in, changing passwords, and editing GPOs. SRV records are also used by domain
controllers to find replication partners.
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Demonstration Steps
View the SRV records by using DNS Manager
1. On LON-DC1, sign in with the user account Adatum\Administrator and the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Open the DNS Manager window, and explore the underscore DNS domains.
3. View the SRV records that are registered by domain controllers.

These records provide alternate paths so that clients can discover them.

What Are Operations Masters?

Although all domain controllers contain the same
information, there is some information that that
can only be modified on one particular domain
controller. There are the five operations masters,
or flexible single master operations (FSMO) roles.
The FSMO roles help prevent conflicts in AD DS
due to replication latency. When making changes
to data of any of the FSMO roles you must
connect to the domain controller that holds the
role.

The five FSMO roles are distributed as follows:

• Each forest has one schema master and one
domain naming master.

• Each AD DS domain has one RID master, one infrastructure master, and one primary domain
controller (PDC) emulator.

Forest Operations Masters

The following are single master roles found in a forest:
• Domain naming master. This is the domain controller that must be contacted when you add or
remove a domain, or when you make domain name changes.

If the domain naming master is unavailable, you will not be able to add additional domains to the
forest.

• Schema master. This is the domain controller where all schema changes are made. To make changes
you would typically sign in to the schema master as a member of both the Schema Admins and
Enterprise Admins groups. A user who is a member of both of these groups and who has the
appropriate permissions could also edit the schema by using a script.

If the schema master is unavailable, you will be unable to make changes to the schema; this would
prevent installation of applications that required schema changes, such as Microsoft Exchange Server.

Domain Operations Masters

The following are single master roles found in a domain:
• Relative ID (RID) master. Whenever an object is created in AD DS, the domain controller where the
object is created assigns the object a unique identifying number known as a SID. To ensure that no
two domain controllers assign the same SID to two different objects, the RID master allocates blocks
of RIDs to each domain controller within the domain to use when building the SID.
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If the RID master is unavailable, you can experience difficulties adding new objects to the domain. As
domain controllers use their existing RID’s they will eventually run out of RID’s and be unable to
create new objects.

• Infrastructure master. This role maintains inter-domain object references, such as when a group in
one domain contains a member from another domain. In this situation, the infrastructure master is
responsible for maintaining the integrity of this reference. For example, when you look at the security
tab of an object, the system looks up the SIDs that are listed and translates them into names. In a
multi-domain forest, the infrastructure master looks up SIDs from other domains.

If the infrastructure master is unavailable, domain controllers that are not global catalogs will be
unable to check universal group memberships and will be unable to authenticate users.

The infrastructure role should not reside on a global catalog server, unless you have a single domain
forest. The exception is when you follow best practices and make every domain controller a global
catalog. In that case, the infrastructure role is not required because every domain controller knows
about every object in the forest.

• Primary domain controller (PDC) emulator master. The domain controller that holds the PDC
emulator is the time source for the domain. The PDC emulators in each domain in a forest
synchronize their time with the PDC emulator in the forest root domain. You set the PDC emulator in
the forest root domain to synchronize with an external atomic time source.
The PDC emulator is also the domain controller that receives urgent password changes. If a user’s
password is changed, the information is sent immediately to the domain controller holding the PDC
emulator. This means that if the user subsequently tried to sign in and they were authenticated by a
domain controller in a different location that had not yet received an update about the new
password, the domain controller in the location to which the user tried to sign in would contact the
domain controller holding the PDC emulator and check for recent changes.
If the PDC emulator is unavailable, users may have trouble signing on until their password change has
replicated to all the domain controllers.
The PDC emulator is also used when editing GPOs. When a GPO other than a local GPO is opened for
editing, the copy that is edited is the one stored on the PDC emulator. This is done to prevent
conflicts if two administrators attempted to edit the same GPO at the same time on different domain
controllers. However, you can choose to use a specific domain controller for editing GPOs. This is
especially useful when editing GPOs in a remote office with a slow connection to the PDC emulator.

Note: The global catalog is not one of the operations master roles.

Note: The five FSMO roles are also known as:

• Schema operations master

• Domain naming operations master

• infrastructure operations master

• RID operations master

• PDC emulator operations master
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Lesson 3
Installing a Domain Controller
Sometimes you need to install additional domain controllers in your Windows Server 2012 domain. There
are several reasons you might do this:

• You need additional resources at a site because existing domain controllers are overworked.
• You are opening a new remote office that requires you to deploy one or more domain controllers.

• You are creating an off-site disaster recovery location.

The installation method that you use varies with the circumstances.
This lesson examines several ways to install additional domain controllers such as installing AD DS on
a local machine and on a remote server by using Server Manager, installing AD DS on a Server Core
installation, and installing AD DS by using a snapshot of the AD DS database that is stored on removable
media. This lesson also examines how to upgrade a domain controller from an earlier Windows operating
system to Windows Server 2012. Finally Windows Azure® Active Directory (Windows Azure AD) and how
to install a domain controller in Windows Azure is discussed.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Explain how to install a domain controller by using the GUI.

• Explain how to install a domain controller on a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2012.

• Explain how to upgrade a domain controller by using Install from Media.

• Explain how to install a domain controller by using Install from Media.

• Describe Windows Azure AD.

• Understand how to deploy domain controllers in Windows Azure.

Installing a Domain Controller from Server Manager

With Windows Server 2008 and earlier versions, it
was common practice to start the Active Directory
Domain Services Installation Wizard with the
Dcpromo.exe tool to install domain controllers.
But, beginning with Windows Server 2012, the
Active Directory Domain Services Installation
Wizard has been moved to Server Manager and
the use of Dcpromo.exe is only supported for
legacy automation. The domain controller
promotion process is a two-step process. First you
need to install the files that the domain controller
role uses, then you install the domain controller
role itself.

Note: The Active Directory Domain Services Installation Wizard (which can be opened from
the command line by typing dcpromo.exe) is deprecated beginning in Windows Server 2012.
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Before installing a new domain controller you need to have the answers to the following questions.

Question Comments

Are you installing a new forest, a Answering this question will determine what additional
new tree or an additional information you might need, such as the parent domain name.
domain controller for an existing
domain?

What is the DNS name for the When you are creating the first domain controller for a domain
AD DS domain? you must specify the fully qualified domain name (FQDN). When
you are adding a domain controller to an existing domain or
forest the existing domain information will be provided in the
wizard.

What will the forest functional The forest functional level determines the forest features that will
level be set at? be available and the supported domain controller operating
system. This also sets the minimum domain functional level for
the domains in the forest.

What will the domain functional The domain functional level determines the domain features that
level be set at? will be available and the supported domain controller operating
system.

Will the domain controller be a Your DNS must be functioning well to support AD DS.
DNS server?

Will the domain controller host This option is selected by default for the first domain controller in
the global catalog? a forest and cannot be changed.

Will the domain controller be a This option is not available for the first domain controller in a
RODC? forest.

What will the Directory Services This is required to be able to recovery the active directory
Restore Mode (DSRM) password database from a backup.
be?

What is the NetBIOS name for When creating the first domain controller for a domain you must
the AD DS domain? specify the NetBIOS name for the domain.

Where will the database, log files, By default, the database and log files folder is C:\Windows\NTDS.
and SYSVOL folders be created? By default the SYSVOL folder is C:\Windows\SYSVOL.

When you run Server Manager on the local system you install the AD DS role. At the end of the initial
installation process, the AD DS files are installed but AD DS is not yet set up on that server.

To set up AD DS, you need to configure it by using the Active Directory Domain Services Configuration
Wizard. You start the wizard by clicking the AD DS link in Server Manager. The wizard will allow you to do
one of the following operations:

• Add a domain controller to an existing domain

• Add a new domain to an existing forest

• Add a new forest

The specific steps that you follow in the rest of the wizard depends on the operation you wish to
complete.
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Note: If you need to restore the AD DS database from a backup, restart the domain
controller in DSRM. When the domain controller starts up it is not running the AD DS services,
instead, it is running as a member server in the domain. To sign in to that server in the absence of
AD DS, sign in using the Directory Services Recovery Mode password.

Note: Windows Server 2012 supports cloning AD DS servers. Before being cloned an AD DS
sever must be a member of the Cloneable Domain Controllers group. Additionally the PDC
emulator must be online and available to the cloned DC, and must be running Windows
Server 2012.

Installing a Domain Controller on a Server Core Installation of Windows

Server 2012
There are several options for configuring a
Windows Server 2012 server that is running Server
Core as a domain controller. Without the Server
Manager GUI interface, you need to use alternate
methods to install the files for the domain
controller role and to install the domain controller
role itself.
To install the AD DS files on the server you can do
one of the following:

• Use Server Manager to connect remotely to

the Server Core server and install the AD DS
role as described in the previous topic.

• Use the Windows PowerShell command Install-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services to install the

files.
Once you install the AD DS files, you can complete everything except the hardware the installation and
configuration in one of the following ways:
• Use Server Manager to start the Active Directory Domain Services Configuration Wizard as described
in the previous topic

• Load the Active Directory Domain Services Deployment module with the Windows PowerShell
command Import-Module ADDSDeployment. Then run the Windows PowerShell command
Install-ADDSDomainController and supply the required information on the command line.

Additional Reading: For complete details on using the Windows PowerShell command
Install-ADDSDomainController see the article "Install Active Directory Domain Services (Level
100)" at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331087.
Refer to the following site for details:
AD DS Deployment Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell,
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331089
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Upgrading a Domain Controller

You can upgrade to a Windows Server 2012
domain in one of two ways. You can upgrade the
operating system on existing domain controllers
that are running Windows Server 2008 or
Windows Server 2008 R2. Alternatively, you can
add Windows Server 2012 servers as domain
controllers in a domain which already has domain
controllers running previous versions of Windows
Server. Of the two methods, the second is
preferred because when you finish, you have a
clean installation of the Windows Server 2012
operating system and the AD DS database.
Whenever a new domain controller is added the domain DNS records are updated and clients will find
and use this domain controller immediately.

Upgrading to Windows Server 2012

To upgrade an AD DS domain that is running at an older Windows Server functional level to an AD DS
domain running at Windows Server 2012 functional level, you must first upgrade all the domain
controllers to the Windows Server 2012 operating system. You can perform this upgrade by upgrading all
of the existing domain controllers to Windows Server 2012, or by introducing new domain controllers that
are running Windows Server 2012, and then phasing out the existing domain controllers.

An in-place operating system upgrade does not perform automatic schema and domain preparation. To
perform an in-place upgrade of a computer that has the AD DS role installed, you must first use the
command-line commands adprep.exe /forestprep and adprep.exe /domainprep to prepare the forest
and domain. Adprep.exe is included on the installation media in the \Support\Adprep folder. There are no
additional configuration steps after that point, and you can continue to run the Windows Server 2012
operating system upgrade.
When you promote a Windows Server 2012 server to be a domain controller in an existing domain, and
you are signed in as a member of the Schema Admins and Enterprise Admins groups, the AD DS schema
will be updated automatically to Windows Server 2012. In this scenario, you do not need to run the
Adprep.exe commands before starting the installation.

Deploying Windows Server 2012 Domain Controllers

To upgrade the operating system of a Windows Server 2008 domain controller to Windows Server 2012,
perform the following steps:

1. Insert the installation disk for Windows Server 2012, and then run Setup.

The Windows Setup Wizard will eventually open.

2. After the Language Selection page, click Install now.

3. After the Operating System Selection page and the License Acceptance page, on the Which type
of installation do you want? page, click Upgrade: Install Windows and keep files, settings, and
applications.

Note: With this type of upgrade, there is no need to preserve users’ settings and reinstall
applications; everything is upgraded in-place. Remember to check for hardware and software
compatibility before performing an upgrade.
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To introduce a clean install of Windows Server 2012 as a domain controller, perform the following steps:

1. Deploy and configure a new installation of Windows Server 2012 and join it to the domain.

2. Promote the new server to be a domain controller in the domain by using Server Manager 2012 or
one of the other methods described previously.

3. Update client DNS settings that are referring to the old domain controller(s) to use the new domain
controller.

Note: You can upgrade directly from Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2
to Windows Server 2012.

Installing a Domain Controller by Using Install from Media

If you have an intervening network that is slow,
unreliable, or costly, you might find it necessary
to add another domain controller at a remote
location or branch office. In this scenario, it is
often better to deploy AD DS to a server by using
the Install from Media (IFM) method.
For example, if you connect to a server which is
in a remote office and use Server Manager to
install AD DS, you need to copy the entire AD DS
database and the SYSVOL folder to the new
domain controller over a potentially unreliable
WAN connection. As an alternative, and to
significantly reduce the amount of traffic moving over the WAN link, you can make a backup of AD DS
(perhaps to a USB drive) and take this backup to the remote location. When you are at the remote
location and run Server Manager to install AD DS, you can select the option to Install From Media. Most
of the copying is then done locally, and the WAN link is used only for security traffic and to ensure that
the new domain controller receives any changes that were made to the central AD DS after you created
the IFM backup.
To install a domain controller by using IFM, browse to a domain controller that is not an RODC. Use the
Ntdsutil tool to create a snapshot of the AD DS database, and then copy the snapshot to the server that
will be promoted to a domain controller. Use Server Manager to promote the server to a domain
controller by selecting the Install From Media option, and then providing the local path to the IFM
directory that you created previously.

The procedure is as follows:

1. On the full domain controller, at an administrative command prompt, type the following commands
(where C:\IFM is the destination directory that will contain the snapshot of the AD DS database):

Ntdstil
Activate instance ntds
Ifm
create SYSVOL full C:\IFM

2. On the server that you are promoting to a domain controller, perform the following steps:

a. Use Server Manager to add the AD DS role.

b. Wait while the AD DS files install.

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c. In Server Manager, click the Notification icon and under Post-Deployment Configuration, click
Promote this server to a domain controller.

The Active Directory Domain Services Configuration Wizard runs.

d. On the appropriate page of the wizard, select the option to install from IFM, and then provide
the local path to the snapshot directory.

3. AD DS then installs from the snapshot.

4. When the domain controller restarts, it contacts other domain controllers in the domain and updates
AD DS with any changes that were made since the snapshot was created.

Additional Reading: For more information about the steps necessary to

install AD DS, see Install Active Directory Domain Services (Level 100) at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=266739.

What Is Windows Azure Active Directory?

Windows Azure Active Directory (Windows
Azure AD) is a service that provides identity
management and access control for your cloud-
based applications. Windows Azure AD is used
when you subscribe to Microsoft Office® 365,
Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint® Online,
or Microsoft Lync® Online. Additionally, Windows
Azure AD can be used with Windows Azure
Apps or Internet connected apps that require
authentication. You can synchronize your
on-premises AD DS with Windows Azure AD to
allow your users to use the same identity across
both internal resources and cloud-based resources.

Windows Azure AD does not include all the services available with an on-premises Windows
Server 2012 AD solution. Windows Server 2012 AD supports five different services:

• Active Directory Domain Service (AD DS)

• Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS)

• Active Directory Federation Service (AD FS)

• Active Directory Certificate Service (AD CS)

• Active Directory Rights Management Service (AD RMS)

Windows Azure AD only includes:

• Windows Azure AD which supports identity management in the cloud

• Windows Azure Access Control Service which supports federation with external identity management
services, including your on-premises AD DS
Windows Azure AD does not support Active Directory Integrated Applications, for applications to
integrate with Windows Azure AD they need to be written for Windows Azure AD.
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Deploying Domain Controllers in Windows Azure

Windows Azure provides Infrastructure as a
Service (IaaS), which essentially is virtualization in
the cloud. All the considerations for virtualizing
applications and servers in on-premises
infrastructure apply to deploying the same
applications and servers to Windows Azure.

Note: Windows Server 2012 AD which has

been deployed in Windows Azure is not the same
as Windows Azure AD.
Windows Server 2012 AD which has been
deployed in Windows Azure is your own roles and services (AD DS, AD LDS, AD FS, AD CS, and
AD RMS) which you have deployed into Windows Azure.
When you deploy AD DS in Windows Azure you are responsible for maintaining everything
except the hardware.
Windows Azure AD is a service that Microsoft has configured in the cloud. It does not have all of
the functions that an on-premises AD DS has; it is primarily concerned with identity management
and access control.
With Windows Azure AD you are only responsible for managing your data.

Windows Server 2012 has been designed to make it easy for you to integrate it into cloud-based systems.
One of the most important decisions an administrator must make is whether the organization should use
public cloud IaaS, private cloud virtualization technology, or continue to use physical servers.

When implementing AD DS in Windows Azure consider the following:

• Rollback. While Windows Azure does not provide rollback services to customers, Windows Azure
servers may be rolled back as a regular part of maintenance. Domain controller replication depends
on Update Sequence Numbers (USN), when an AD DS system is rolled back duplicate USNs could be
created. To prevent this, Windows 2012 AD DS introduced a new identifier named VM-Generation ID.
VM-Generation ID can detect a rollback, and prevents the virtualized domain controller from
replicating changes outbound until the virtualized AD DS has converged with the other domain
controllers in the domain.

• Virtual machine limitations. Windows Azure virtual machines are limited to 14 GB of RAM and one
network adapter. Also, the snapshot feature is not supported.

Deploying Windows Server 2012 AD on Windows Azure virtual machines is subject to the same guidelines
as running AD DS on-premises in a virtual machine. These guidelines include the following:

• Time Synchronization. A Windows-based AD DS domain infrastructure relies loosely on all

communicating machines having the correct time. When domain controller clocks and domain
member clocks have a time difference of more than five minutes, clients cannot sign in or access
resources on the network. Therefore, Windows has the Windows Time Service (w32time). This service
ensures that the time is synchronized across the domain in the following manner:

o Domain members obtain the time from their domain controller.

o Domain controllers use the PDC emulator from their own domain or from their parent domain.
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o The PDC emulator of the root domain should be configured with an external time source, such as
an internet time provider using the network time protocol (NTP).

In virtualized environments time synchronization is not as easy as on physical computers. The

virtualization engine regulates the use of the virtualization host's central processing units (CPUs) and
distributes it among the virtual machines as needed. The clock of the operating system relies on
stable CPU cycles, which do not exist in virtual environments. Virtualization engines perform time
synchronization with the guest computers by default.. When virtualization hosts do not participate in
time synchronization, it is likely the domain time and the virtualization host time will become out of
synchronization. While the physical computers participate in the time synchronization, virtual
machines are reset to the time on the virtualization host. You must configure the virtualization host to
participate in time synchronization or disable the synchronization to the virtual domain controllers for
the time synchronization to work properly.

• Single Point of Failure. Your AD DS domain controllers are the most important pieces of your
infrastructure. If they fail, users are unable to sign in, access resources or applications, and certain
services may not run as well as other applications or services.

When virtualizing domain controllers, it is very important that there is not a single point of failure of
your domain controller AD DS infrastructure. Setting up all domain controllers as virtual servers on
the same virtualization cluster is considered a single point of failure. Similarly, using replicated SANs
between datacenters can become a single point of failure if corrupt data is replicated.

If domain controllers are distributed as mentioned in the Domain Membership section, you will
ensure that there is not a single point of failure. This will save you from having to recover your entire
forest if anything happens to your virtualization infrastructure.

Question: What is the reason to specify the DSRM password?

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Lab: Installing Domain Controllers

Scenario
You have been asked by your manager to install a new domain controller in the data center to improve
sign-in performance. You have been asked also to create a new domain controller for a branch office by
using IFM.

Objectives
After performing this lab, you will be able to:
• Install a domain controller.
• Install a domain controller by using IFM.

Lab Setup
Estimated time: 45 minutes

Virtual machines 20410C-LON-DC1

20410C-LON-SVR1
20410C-LON-RTR
20410C-LON-SVR2

User name Adatum\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

For this lab, you will use the available virtual machine environment. Before beginning the lab, you must
complete the following steps:
1. On the host computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V Manager.

2. In Hyper-V® Manager, click 20410C-LON-DC1, and in the Actions pane, click Start.

3. In the Actions pane, click Connect. Wait until the virtual machine starts.
4. Sign in using the following credentials:
o User name: Administrator
o Password: Pa$$w0rd
o Domain: Adatum

5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for 20410C-LON-SVR1, 20410C-LON-RTR, and 20410C-LON-SVR2.

Exercise 1: Installing a Domain Controller

Scenario
Users have been experiencing slow sign-ins in London during peak use times. The server team has
determined that the domain controllers are overwhelmed when many users are authenticating
simultaneously. To improve sign-in performance, you are adding a new domain controller in the London
data center.
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The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Add an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) role to a member server.

2. Configure a server as a domain controller.

3. Configure a server as a global catalog server.

 Task 1: Add an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) role to a member server
1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, add LON-SVR1 to the server list.

2. Add the Active Directory Domain Services server role to LON-SVR1. Add all required features as
prompted.
Installation will take several minutes.

3. When the installation completes, click Close to close the Add Roles and Features Wizard.

 Task 2: Configure a server as a domain controller

• On LON-DC1, use Server Manager to promote LON-SVR1 to a domain controller, and choose the
following options:

o Add a domain controller to the existing Adatum.com domain

o Use the credentials Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd

o For Domain Controller Options, install the Domain Name System, but remove the selection to
install the global catalog
o The DSRM password is Pa$$w0rd

o For all other options, use the default options

 Task 3: Configure a server as a global catalog server

1. Sign in to LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. Use Active Directory Sites and Services to make LON-SVR1 a global catalog server.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have explored Server Manager and promoted a member
server to be a domain controller.

Exercise 2: Installing a Domain Controller by Using IFM

Scenario
You have been assigned by management to manage one of the new branch offices that are being
configured. A faster network connection is scheduled to be installed in a few weeks. Until that time,
network connectivity is very slow.

It has been determined that the branch office requires a domain controller to support local sign-ins. To
avoid problems with the slow network connection, you are using IFM to install the domain controller in
the branch office.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Use the Ntdsutil tool to generate IFM.

2. Add the AD DS role to the member server.

3. Use IFM to configure a member server as a new domain controller.

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 Task 1: Use the Ntdsutil tool to generate IFM

1. On LON-DC1, open an administrative command-line interface, and use ntdsutil to create an IFM
backup of both the AD DS database and the SYSVOL folder. The commands to create the backup are
as follows:

Ntdsutil
Activate instance ntds
Ifm
Create sysvol full c:\ifm

2. Wait for the IFM command to complete and then close the command prompt.

 Task 2: Add the AD DS role to the member server

1. Switch to LON-SVR2, and sign in as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Open a command prompt and map the drive letter K: to \\LON-DC1\C$\IFM.

3. Use Server Manager to install the AD DS server role on LON-SVR2.

 Task 3: Use IFM to configure a member server as a new domain controller

1. On LON-SVR2, at the command prompt copy the IFM backup from K: to C:\ifm.

2. On LON-SVR2, use Server Manager with the following options to perform the post-deployment
configuration of AD DS:

o Add a domain controller to the existing Adatum.com domain

o Use Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd for credentials

o Use Pa$$w0rd for the DSRM password

o Use the IFM media to configure and install AD DS. Use the location C:\IFM for the IFM media

o Accept all other defaults

3. Restart LON-SVR2 to complete the AD DS installation.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have installed an additional domain controller for the
branch office by using IFM.

 Prepare for the next module

When you have completed the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state.

To do this, complete the following steps:

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1, 20410C-LON-RTR, and 20410C-LON-SVR2.
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Lab Review Questions

Question: Why did you use Server Manager and not Dcpromo.exe when you promoted a
server to be a domain controller?

Question: What are the three operations masters found in each domain?
Question: What are the two operations masters that are present in a forest?

Question: What is the benefit of performing an IFM install of a domain controller?

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Module Review and Takeaways

Review Questions
Question: What are the two main purposes of OUs?

Question: Why would you need to deploy an additional tree in the AD DS forest?

Question: Which deployment method would you use if you had to install an additional
domain controller in a remote location that had a limited WAN connection?

Question: If you needed to promote a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2012 to be
a domain controller, which tool or tools could you use?
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Module 3
Managing Active Directory Domain Services Objects
Contents:
Module Overview 3-1

Lesson 1: Managing User Accounts 3-2

Lesson 2: Managing Groups 3-11

Lesson 3: Managing Computer Accounts 3-20

Lesson 4: Delegating Administration 3-27

Lab: Managing Active Directory Domain Services Objects 3-31
Module Review and Takeaways 3-38

Module Overview
AD DS can help you manage your network more effectively in many ways. For instance, it allows you to
manage user and computer accounts as part of groups instead of managing one account at a time. It
also provides ways to delegate administrative tasks to various people to help you distribute workloads
efficiently.

Managing computer identities is becoming more and more complex as more employees bring their own
devices into the workplace. As bring your own device (BYOD) programs expand you will be managing
computer accounts that run on many types of personal devices which in turn are running various
operating systems. AD DS has many features that can make that easier.
This module describes how to manage user accounts and computer accounts, including how to manage
BYOD programs. It covers how to manage an enterprise network by managing groups, instead of
managing individual identities, and how to delegate administrative tasks to designated users or groups
to ensure that enterprise administration is efficient and effective.

Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Manage user accounts with graphical tools.

• Manage group accounts with graphical tools.

• Manage computer accounts.

• Delegate permissions to perform AD DS administration.

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Lesson 1
Managing User Accounts
A user object in AD DS is far more than just properties related to the user’s security identity, or account. It
is the cornerstone of identity and access in AD DS. Therefore, consistent, efficient, and secure processes
regarding the administration of user accounts are the cornerstone of enterprise security management.

Although users and computers, and even services, change over time, business roles and rules tend to
be more stable. Your business probably has a finance role, which requires certain capabilities in the
enterprise. The user or users who perform that role might change over time, but the role will remain
relatively the same. For that reason, it is not sensible to manage an enterprise network by assigning
rights and permissions to individual users, computers, or service identities. Instead, you should associate
management tasks with groups. Consequently, it is important that you know how to use groups to
identify administrative and user roles, to filter Group Policy Objects (GPOs), to assign unique password
policies, and to assign rights and permissions.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• View AD DS objects by using various AD DS administration tools.

• Explain how to create user accounts that you can use in an enterprise network.
• Describe how to configure important user account attributes.
• Describe how to create user profiles.

• Explain how to manage user accounts.

AD DS Administration Tools
Before you can begin creating and managing user,
group, and computer accounts, it is important
that you understand which tools you can use to
perform these various management tasks.

Active Directory Administration

Snap-Ins
Most AD DS administration is performed with the
following snap-ins:
• Active Directory Users and Computers. This
snap-in manages most common day-to-day
resources, including users, groups, computers,
and organizational units (OUs). This is likely to be the most heavily used snap-in for an Active
Directory administrator.

• Active Directory Sites and Services. This snap-in manages replication, network topology, and related
services.

• Active Directory Domains and Trusts. This snap-in configures and maintains trust relationships and
the forest functional level.
• Active Directory Schema. This snap-in examines and modifies the definition of Active Directory
attributes and object classes. It is the blueprint for AD DS. It is rarely viewed, and even more rarely
changed. Therefore, the Active Directory Schema snap-in is not registered, by default.
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Note: To register the Active Directory Schema snap-in, run the following command in an
elevated command prompt:

regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll

Note: To administer AD DS from a computer that is not a domain controller, you must
install Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT). RSAT can be installed from the Features node
of Server Manager on Windows Server® 2012.
You also can install RSAT on Windows clients, including Windows Vista® Service Pack 1 (or
newer), Windows 7, and Windows 8. After you download the RSAT installation files from the
Microsoft website, run the Setup Wizard, which steps you through the installation. After installing
RSAT, you must turn on the tool or tools that you want to use. To do this, in Control Panel, on the
Programs And Features category page, use Turn Windows Features On or Off.

Reference Links: To download the RSAT installation files, see the Microsoft Download
Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=266735.

Active Directory Administrative Center

Windows Server 2012 provides another option for managing AD DS objects. The Active Directory
Administrative Center provides a graphical user interface (GUI) built upon Windows PowerShell®. You can
use this enhanced interface to perform AD DS object management by using task-oriented navigation.
Tasks that you can perform by using the Active Directory Administrative Center include:
• Create and manage user, computer, and group accounts

• Create and manage OUs

• Connect to, and manage multiple domains within a single instance of the Active Directory
Administrative Center

• Search and filter Active Directory data by building queries

• Manage Dynamic Access Control settings, such as Central Access Policies and Central Access Rules

Windows PowerShell
You can use the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell (Active Directory module) to create and
manage objects in AD DS. Windows PowerShell is not only a scripting language; it also enables you to run
commands that perform administrative tasks, such as creating new user accounts, configuring services,
deleting mailboxes, and similar functions.

Windows PowerShell is installed by default on Windows Server 2012, but the Active Directory module is
only present when you do one of the following:

• Install the AD DS or Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) server roles.

• Promote a computer to a domain controller

• Install RSAT.
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Directory Service Command-Line Tools

You also can use the Directory Service command-line tools, in addition to Windows PowerShell. These
tools enable you to create, modify, manage, and delete AD DS objects, such as users, groups, and
computers. You can use the following commands:

• dsadd. Use to create new objects.

• dsget. Use to display objects and their properties.

• dsmod. Use to edit objects and their properties.

• dsmove. Use to move objects.

• dsquery. Use to query AD DS for objects that match criteria that you supply.

• dsrm. Use to delete objects.

Note: It is possible to pipe the results of the dsquery command to other Directory Service
commands. For example, typing the following at a command prompt returns the office telephone
number of all users that have a name starting with John:

dsquery user –name John* | dsget user –tel

Creating User Accounts

In AD DS, all users that require access to network
resources must be configured with a user account.
With this user account, users can authenticate to
the AD DS domain and receive access to network
resources.

In Windows Server 2012, a user account is an

object that contains all of the information that
defines a user. A user account includes the user
name, user password, and group memberships. A
user account also contains many other settings
that you can configure based upon your
organizational requirements.

With a user account, you can:

• Allow or deny users permission to sign in to a computer based on their user account identity.

• Grant users access to processes and services for a specific security context.

• Manage users’ access to resources such as AD DS objects and their properties, shared folders, files,
directories, and printer queues.

A user account enables a user to sign in to computers and domains with an identity that the domain can
authenticate. When creating a user account, you must provide a user logon name, which must be unique
in the domain and forest in which the user account is created.

To maximize security, you should avoid multiple users sharing a single account, and instead ensure that
each user who signs in to the network has a unique user account and password.
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Note: Although AD DS accounts are the focus of this course, you also can store user
accounts in the local security accounts manager (SAM) database of each computer, enabling local
sign-in and access to local resources. Local user accounts are, for the most part, beyond the
scope of this course.

Creating User Accounts

A user account includes the user name and password, which serve as the sign-in credentials for a user. A
user object also includes several other attributes that describe and manage the user.

You can use Active Directory Users and Computers, Active Directory Administrative Center, Windows
PowerShell, or the dsadd.exe command-line tool to create a user object. When you are creating user
accounts, consider the following elements:

• The Full Name. The Full Name is used to create several attributes of a user object, most notably, the
common name and display name attributes. The common name of a user is the name displayed in
the details pane of the snap-in, and it must be unique within the container or OU. If you are creating
a user object for a person with the same name as an existing user in the same OU or container, you
need to give the new user object a unique Full Name.

• The User Principal Name (UPN) Logon. User UPN Logons follow the format user logon name@(UPN).

o User names in AD DS can contain special characters, including periods, hyphens, and
apostrophes. These special characters let you generate accurate user names, such as O’Hare and
Smith-Bates. However, certain programs and apps might have other restrictions, so we
recommend that you use only standard letters and numerals until you fully test the applications
in your enterprise environment for compatibility with special characters.

o You can manage the list of available UPN suffixes by using the Active Directory Domains and
Trusts snap-in. Right-click the root of the snap-in, click Properties, and then use the UPN Suffixes
tab to add or remove suffixes. The Domain Name System (DNS) name of your AD DS domain is
always available as a suffix, and you cannot remove it.

Note: It is important that you implement a user account naming strategy, especially in
large networks where users might share the same full name. A combination of last name and
first name, and where necessary, additional characters, should yield a unique user account name.
Specifically, it is only the UPN name that must be unique within your AD DS forest. The Full name
needs to be unique only within the OU where it resides, while the User SamAccountName name
must be unique within that domain.

Configuring User Account Attributes

When you create a user account in AD DS, you
also configure all the associated account
properties, or attributes.

Note: The attributes that are associated with

a user account are defined as part of the AD DS
schema, which members of the Schema Admins
security group can modify. Generally, the schema
does not change frequently. However, when an
enterprise-level program (such as Microsoft®
Exchange Server) is introduced, many schema
changes are required. These changes enable
objects, including user objects, to have additional attributes.
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When you create a new user object, you are not required to define many attributes beyond those
required to allow the user to log on by using the account. Since you can associate a user object with many
attributes, it is important that you understand what these attributes are, and how you can use them in
your organization.

Attribute Categories
The attributes of a user object fall into several broad categories. These categories appear in the navigation
pane of the User Properties dialog box in the Active Directory Administrative Center, and include the
following:

• Account. In addition to the user’s name properties (First name, Middle initial, Last name, Full name)
and the user’s various logon names (User UPN logon, User SamAccountName logon), you can
configure the following additional properties:

o Log on hours. This property defines when the account can be used to access domain computers.
You can use the weekly calendar style view to define Logon permitted hours and Logon denied
hours.

o Log on to. Use this property to define which computers a user can use to log on to the domain.
Specify the computer’s name and add it to a list of allowed computers.

o Account expires. This value is useful when you want to create temporary-use user accounts. For
example, you might want to create user accounts for interns that are used for just one year. You
can use this value to set an account expiration date in advance. The account cannot be used after
the expiration date until manually reconfigured by an administrator.

o User must change password at next log on. This property enables you to force a user to reset
their own password the next time they log on. This is typically something you might enable after
you have reset a user’s password.

o Smart card is required for interactive log on. This value resets the user’s password to a complex,
random sequence of characters, and sets a property that requires that the user use a smart card
to authenticate during logon.

o Password never expires. This is a property that you normally use with service accounts; that is,
those accounts that are not used by regular users but by services. By setting this value, you must
remember to update the password manually on a periodic basis; however, you are not forced to
do so at a predetermined interval. Consequently, the account can never be locked out due to
password expiration—a feature that is particularly important for service accounts.

o User cannot change password. Again, this option is generally used for service accounts.

o Store password using reversible encryption. This policy provides support for programs that use
protocols that require knowledge of the user's password for authentication purposes. Storing
passwords using reversible encryption is essentially the same as storing plaintext versions of the
passwords. For this reason, this policy should never be enabled unless program requirements
outweigh the need to protect password information. This policy is required when using Challenge
Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) authentication through remote access or Internet
Authentication Service (IAS). It is also required when using Digest Authentication in Internet
Information Services (IIS).
o Account is trusted for delegation. You can use this property to allow a service account to
impersonate a standard user to access network resources on behalf of a user.

• Organization. This includes properties such as the user’s Display name, Office, Email Address, various
contact telephone numbers, managerial structure, department and company names, addresses and so
forth.

• Member of. This section enables you to define the group memberships for the user.
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• Profile. This section enables you to configure a location for the user’s personal data, and to define a
location in which to save the user’s desktop profile when he or she logs out.

• Extensions. This section exposes many additional user properties, most of which do not normally
require manual configuration.

Creating User Profiles

When users sign out, their desktop and app
settings are saved to a subfolder that is created
in the C:\Users folder on the local hard disk that
matches their user name. This folder contains their
user profile. Within this folder, subfolders contain
documents and settings that represent the user’s
profile, including Documents, Videos, Pictures,
and Downloads.

If a user is likely to sign in interactively at more

than one client workstation, it is preferable for
these settings and documents to be available
on those other client workstations. As an
administrator, you have a number of methods
that you can use to ensure that users can access
their profiles from multiple workstations.

Configuring User Account Properties to Manage Profiles

Using the user account settings in the Active Directory Administrative Center, you can configure the
following properties relating to a user’s desktop profile:
• Profile path. This path is either a local, or more usually, a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path.
The user’s desktop settings are stored in the profile. If a user profile has a UNC path, then whichever
domain computer services a user’s sign-in, their desktop settings will be available. This is known as a
roaming profile.

Note: As a best practice, use a subfolder of the user’s home folder for the user’s profile
path.

• Logon script. This script is the name of a batch file that contains commands that execute when the
user logs on. Typically, you use these commands to create drive mappings. Rather than use a logon
script batch file, administrators typically implement logon scripts by using GPOs or Group Policy
preferences. If you use a login script, this value should be in the form of a filename (with extension)
only. Scripts should be stored in the C:\Windows\SYSVOL\domain\scripts folder on all domain
controllers.

• Home folder. This value enables you to create a personal storage area in which users can save their
personal documents. You can specify either a local path, or more usually, a UNC path to the user’s
folder. You also must specify a drive letter that is used to map a network drive to the specified UNC
path. You can then configure a user’s personal documents to this redirected home folder.
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Note: When creating user accounts to use as templates, and using a common location for
the profile path and home folder, it is recommended that you use the %username% variable in
the path so that AD DS can automatically create these folders when the account is used as a
template. For example, you could use the following paths where the fileserver is named LON-FS
and shares have been created for the profiles and home folders, profile$ and home$ respectively:
Profile Path: \\LON-FS\profile$\%username%
Home folder Connect H: to \\LON-FS\home$\%username%

Using Group Policy to Manage Profiles

As an alternative to using the individual user account settings, you can also use GPOs to manage these
settings. You can configure Folder Redirection settings by using the Group Policy Management Editor to
open a GPO for editing, and then navigating to the User Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings node.

These settings contain the sub-nodes in the following table.

Sub-nodes in the Windows Settings node

• AppData (Roaming) • Pictures • Downloads

• Desktop • Music • Links
• Start Menu • Videos • Searches
• Document • Favorites • Saved Games
• Contacts

You can use these sub-nodes to configure all aspects of a user’s desktop profile and app settings. For a
given sub-node, such as Documents, you can choose between Basic and Advanced redirection. In Basic
redirection, all users affected by the GPO have their Documents folder redirected to an individual named
subfolder off a common root folder defined by a UNC name, for example, \\LON-SVR1\Users\. In
Advanced redirection you can use security group membership to specify where a user’s settings and
documents will be stored.

Demonstration: Managing User Accounts

This demonstration shows you how to:
• Use the Active Directory Administrative Center to:

o Delete a user account.

o Create a new user account.

o Move the user account.

• Use Windows PowerShell to:

o Find inactive user accounts.

o Find disabled user accounts.

o Delete disabled user accounts.

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Demonstration Steps
Delete a user account
1. Sign in to LON-DC1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. On LON-DC1, open the Active Directory Administrative Center.

3. Locate Ed Meadows in the Managers OU, and delete the account.

Create a new user account

• Create a new user account named Ed Meadows. Ensure that the account is created with a strong
password.

Move the user account

• Move the Ed Meadows account to the IT OU.

Find users that have not signed in during the last 30 days
1. Open Windows PowerShell.
2. Run the following commands:

$logonDate = (get-date).AddDays(-30)

Get-ADUser -Filter{lastLogon -le $logonDate}

Find and delete all disabled user accounts

1. To find all disabled user accounts, run the following command:

Get-ADUser -Filter{enabled -ne $True}

2. To delete the disabled user accounts, run the following command:

Get-ADUser -SearchBase "OU=Sales,DC=Adatum,DC=com" -Filter{enabled -ne $true} |

Remove-adobject -Confirm:$False

3. To verify the disabled accounts have been deleted, run the following command:

Get-ADUser -Filter{enabled -ne $True}

Demonstration: Using Templates to Manage User Accounts

This demonstration shows you how to:
• Create a user template account.

• Use Windows PowerShell to create a user from the user template.

• Verify the properties of the new user account.

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Demonstration Steps
Create a template account
1. On LON-DC1, open the Active Directory Administrative Center.

2. In the Sales OU, create a new user account named _LondonSales Template using the following
settings:

o First name: _LondonSales

o Last name: Template

o User UPN logon: _LondonSales

o Check: Protect from accidental deletion

o Department: Sales
o Company: A. Datum

o City: London

o Description: London Sales users

o Member of: Sales

Create a user from the _LondonSales template

• In the Windows PowerShell window, create a user from the _LondonSales template by using the
following commands.

$LondonSales = Get-ADUser -Identity "_LondonSales" -Properties

Department,Company,City

New-ADUser -Name "Dan Park" -SamAccountName "Dan" -Path "OU=Sales,DC=Adatum,DC=com"

-AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlaintext "Pa$$w0rd" -Force) -GivenName
"Dan" -Surname "Park" -DisplayName "Dan Park" -Enabled $True -UserPrincipalName
"[email protected]" -ChangePasswordAtLogon $true -Instance $LondonSales

Verify the user properties

1. Run the following command:

Get-ADUser -Identity “Dan” -Properties *

2. Examine the output to verify the properties were copied from the template.
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Lesson 2
Managing Groups
While it might be practical to assign permissions and abilities to individual user accounts in small
networks, it becomes impractical and inefficient in large enterprise networks. For example, if many users
need the same level of access to a folder, it is more efficient to create a group that contains the required
user accounts, and then assign the group the required permissions. This has the added benefit of enabling
you to change a user’s file permissions by adding or removing them from groups rather than editing the
file permissions directly.

Before implementing groups in your organization, you must understand about the scope of various
Windows Server group types, and how best to use these to manage access to resources or to assign
management rights and abilities.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe group types.

• Describe group scopes.

• Explain how to implement group management.

• Describe default groups.

• Describe special identities.

• Manage groups in Windows Server.

Group Types
In a Windows Server 2012 enterprise network,
there are two types of groups: security, and
distribution. When you create a group, you
choose the group type and scope.

Distribution groups, which are not

security-enabled, are used primarily by email
apps. Distribution groups have security identifier
(SIDs) however they have an Active Directory
groupType attribute of 0x2 (ACCOUNT_GROUP),
so they cannot be given permission to resources.
Sending an email message to a distribution group
sends the message to all group members.
Security groups are security-enabled, and are used to assign permissions to various resources. Security
groups have SIDs, with an Active Directory groupType attribute of 0x80000002 (ACCOUNT_GROUP |
SECURITY_ENABLED). You can therefore use these groups in permission entries in access control lists
(ACLs) to control security for resource access. Because they also include the account group type, you also
can use security groups as a means of distribution for email apps. If you want to use a group to manage
security, it must be a security group.

Note: The default group type is security.

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Because you can use security groups for both resource access and email distribution, many organizations
use only security groups. However, we recommend that if a group is used only for email distribution, you
should create the group as a distribution group. Otherwise, the group is assigned a SID, and the SID is
added to the user’s security access token, which can make the token unnecessarily large.

A security group can be converted to a distribution group at any time; when you do this the
groupType attribute changes from 0x80000002 (ACCOUNT_GROUP | SECURITY_ENABLED) to 0x2
(ACCOUNT_GROUP). A security group which has been converted to a distribution group therefore
loses all permissions assigned to it, even though the ACLs still contain the SID. When a distribution
group is converted to a security group the reverse occurs, the groupType attribute changes from 0x2
(ACCOUNT_GROUP) to 0x80000002 (ACCOUNT_GROUP | SECURITY_ENABLED). If the distribution group
was a previously converted security group you may inadvertently grant users access to rights and
permissions that had been assigned to the group when it was previously a security group.

Note: Consider that when you add a user to a security group, the user’s access token—
which authenticates user processes—updates only when the user signs in. Therefore, if the user is
currently signed in, they must sign out and sign back in to update their access token with any
changed group memberships.

Note: The benefit of using distribution groups becomes more evident in large-scale
Exchange Server deployments, especially where there is a need to nest these distribution groups
across the enterprise.

Group Scopes
Windows Server 2012 supports group scoping.
The scope of a group determines both the range
of a group’s abilities or permissions, and the
group membership.

There are four group scopes:

• Local. This group type is for standalone

servers or workstations, on domain member
servers that are not domain controllers, or on
domain member workstations. Local groups
are truly local, which means that they are
available only on the computer where they
exist. The important characteristics of a local
group are:

o You can assign abilities and permissions only on local resources, meaning on the local computer.
o Members can be from anywhere in the AD DS forest, and can include:
 Any security principals from the domain: users, computers, global groups, or domain local
groups.
 Users, computers, and global groups from any domain in the forest.
 Users, computers, and global groups from any trusted domain.
 Universal groups defined in any domain in the forest.
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• Domain local. This group type is used primarily to manage access to resources or to assign
management responsibilities (rights). Domain local groups exist on domain controllers in an AD DS
forest, and consequently, the group’s scope is localized to the domain in which they reside. The
important characteristics of domain local groups are:

o You can assign abilities and permissions only on domain local resources, meaning on all
computers in the local domain.
o Members can be from anywhere in the AD DS forest, and can include:
 Any security principals from the domain: users, computers, global groups, or domain local
groups.
 Users, computers, and global groups from any domain in the forest.
 Users, computers, and global groups from any trusted domain.
 Universal groups defined in any domain in the forest.
• Global. This group type is used primarily to consolidate users that have similar characteristics. For
example, global groups often are used to consolidate users that are part of a department or
geographic location. The important characteristics of global groups are:
o You can assign abilities and permissions anywhere in the forest.

o Members can be only from the local domain, and can include:
 Users, computers, and global groups from the local domain.
• Universal. This group type is most useful in multidomain networks because it combines the
characteristics of both domain local groups and global groups. Specifically, the important
characteristics of universal groups are:
o You can assign abilities and permissions anywhere in the forest, as with global groups.

o Members can be from anywhere in the AD DS forest, and can include:

 Users, computers, and global groups from any domain in the forest.
 Universal groups defined in any domain in the forest.
o Properties of universal groups are propagated to the global catalog, and made available across
the enterprise network on all domain controllers that host the global catalog role. This makes
universal groups’ membership lists more accessible, which is useful in multidomain scenarios. For
example, if a universal group is used for email distribution purposes, the process for determining
the membership list typically is quicker in distributed multidomain networks.
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The following table summarizes and compares the basic properties of the four group scopes:

Can be
Group assigned Can be converted to
Can include members from these groups
Scope permissions to these groups
these groups

Local • Domain Users, Domain Computers, global Local N/A

groups and universal groups from any computer
domain in the forest resources only
• Domain local groups from the same
domain
• Local Users from the computer

Domain • Domain Users, Domain Computers, global Local domain Universal groups (as
local groups and universal groups from any resources only long as no other
domain in the forest domain local groups
exist as members)
• Domain local groups from the same
domain

Global • Domain Users, Domain Computers and Any domain Universal groups (as
global groups from the same domain resource in the long as it is not a
forest member of any
other global groups)

Universal • Domain Users, Domain Computers, global Any domain Domain local groups
groups and universal groups from any resource in the Global groups (as
domain in the forest forest long as no other
universal groups
exist as members)

Implementing Group Management

Adding groups to other groups is a process called
nesting. Nesting creates a hierarchy of groups that
support your business roles and management
rules.

A best practice for group nesting is known as

IGDLA, which is an acronym for the following:

• Identities

• Global groups
• Domain local groups

• Access

These parts of IGDLA are related in the following way:

• Identities (user and computer accounts) are members of global groups, which represent business
roles.

• Global groups (which are also known as role groups) are members of domain local groups, which
represent management rules—for example, determining who has Read permission to a specific
collection of folders.
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• Domain local groups (which are also known as rule groups) are granted access to resources. In the
case of a shared folder, access is granted by adding the domain local group to the folder’s ACL, with a
permission that provides the appropriate level of access.

In a multidomain forest, the best practice for group nesting is known as IGUDLA. The additional letter U
stands for universal groups, which fit in between global and domain local groups as follows:
• Identities
• Global groups

• Universal groups

• Domain local groups

• Access

In this case, global groups from multiple domains are members of a single universal group. That universal
group is a member of domain local groups in multiple domains.

IGDLA Example
This figure on the slide represents a group implementation that reflects the technical view of group
management best practices (IGDLA), and the business view of role-based, rule-based management.
Consider the following scenario:

The sales force at Contoso, Ltd. has just completed its fiscal year. Sales files from the previous year are in a
folder called Sales. The sales force needs Read access to the Sales folder. Additionally, a team of auditors
from Woodgrove Bank, a potential investor, require Read access to the Sales folder to perform the audit.
You would perform the following steps to implement the security required by this scenario:

1. Assign users with common job responsibilities or other business characteristics to role groups
implemented as global security groups. Do this separately in each domain. Salespeople at Contoso
are added to a Sales role group; Auditors at Woodgrove Bank are added to an Auditors role group.

2. Create a group to manage access to the Sales folders with Read permission. You implement this in the
domain containing the resource that is being managed. In this case, the Sales folder resides in the
Contoso domain. Therefore, you create the resource access management rule group as a domain
local group named ACL_Sales Folders_Read.
3. Add the role groups to the resource access management rule group to represent the management
rule. These groups can come from any domain in the forest or from a trusted domain, such as
Woodgrove Bank. Global groups from trusted external domains, or from any domain in the same
forest, can be members of a domain local group.

4. Assign the permission that implements the required level of access. In this case, grant the Allow Read
permission to the domain local group.
This strategy results in two single points of management, reducing the management burden. One point of
management defines who is in Sales, the other point of management defines who is an Auditor. Because
these roles are likely to have access to a variety of resources beyond the Sales folder, you have another
single point of management to determine who has Read access to the Sales folder. Furthermore, the Sales
folder might not be a single folder on a single server; it could be a collection of folders across multiple
servers, each of which assigns the Allow Read permission to the single domain local group.
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Default Groups
Windows Server 2012 creates a number of groups
automatically. These are called default local
groups, and they include well-known groups such
as Administrators, Backup Operators, and Remote
Desktop Users. There are additional groups that
are created in a domain, both in the Builtin and
Users containers, including Domain Admins,
Enterprise Admins, and Schema Admins.

Default Groups that Provide

Administrative Privileges
The following list provides a summary of
capabilities for the subset of default groups that
have significant permissions and user rights related to the management of AD DS. Because of the rights
that these groups have they are Protected groups.
• Enterprise Admins (in the Users container of the forest root domain). This group is a member
of the Administrators group in every domain in the forest, which gives it complete access to the
configuration of all domain controllers. It also owns the Configuration partition of the directory and
has full control of the domain naming context in all forest domains.

• Schema Admins (Users container of the forest root domain). This group owns and has full control of
the Active Directory schema.

• Administrators (Built-in container of each domain). Members of this group have complete
control over all domain controllers and data in the domain naming context. They can change the
membership of all other administrative groups in the domain, and the Administrators group in the
forest root domain can change the membership of Enterprise Admins, Schema Admins, and Domain
Admins. The Administrators group in the forest root domain is arguably the most powerful service
administration group in the forest.

• Domain Admins (Users container of each domain). This group is added to the Administrators group of
its domain. It therefore inherits all of the capabilities of the Administrators group. It is also, by default,
added to the local Administrators group of each domain member computer, giving Domain Admins
ownership of all domain computers.

• Server Operators (Built-in container of each domain). Members of this group can perform
maintenance tasks on domain controllers. They have the right to sign in locally, start and stop
services, perform backup and restore operations, format disks, create or delete shares, and shut down
domain controllers. By default, this group has no members.
• Account Operators (Built-in container of each domain). Members of this group can create, modify,
and delete accounts for users, groups, and computers located in any OU in the domain (except the
Domain Controllers OU), and in the Users and Computers containers. Account Operator group
members cannot modify accounts that are members of the Administrators or Domain Admins groups,
nor can they modify those groups. Account Operator group members also can sign in locally to
domain controllers. By default, this group has no members.
• Backup Operators (Built-in container of each domain). Members of this group can perform backup
and restore operations on domain controllers, and sign in locally and shut down domain controllers.
By default, this group has no members.
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• Print Operators (Built-in container of each domain). Members of this group can maintain print queues
on domain controllers. They also can sign in locally and shut down domain controllers.

• Cert Publishers (Users container of each domain). Members of this group are permitted to publish
certificates to the directory.

Managing Groups that Provide Administrative Privileges

You need to carefully manage the default groups that provide administrative privileges because they
typically have broader privileges than are necessary for most delegated environments, and because they
often apply protection to their members.

The Account Operators group is a good example of this. If you examine the capabilities of the Account
Operators group in the preceding list, you can see that members of this group have very broad rights—
they can even sign in locally to a domain controller. In very small networks, such rights would probably be
appropriate for one or two individuals who typically would be domain administrators anyway. In large
enterprises, the rights and permissions granted to Account Operators usually are far too broad.
Additionally, the Account Operators group is, like the other administrative groups, a protected group.

Protected Groups
Protected groups are defined by the operating system and cannot be unprotected. Members of a
protected group become protected by association and no longer inherit permissions (ACLs) from their
OU, but rather receive a copy of an ACL from the protected group. This protected group ACL offers quite
a lot of protection to the members. For example, if you add Jeff Ford to the Account Operators group, his
account becomes protected, and the help desk, which can reset all other user passwords in the Employees
OU, cannot reset Jeff Ford’s password.

Custom Groups
You should try to avoid adding users to the groups that do not have members by default (Account
Operators, Backup Operators, Server Operators, and Print Operators). Instead, create custom groups to
which you assign permissions and user rights that achieve your business and administrative requirements.
For example, if Scott Mitchell should be able to perform backup operations on a domain controller, but
should not be able to perform restore operations that could lead to database rollback or corruption, and
should not be able to shut down a domain controller, do not put Scott in the Backup Operators group.
Instead, create a group and assign it only the Backup Files And Directories user right, and then add Scott
as a member.

Special Identities
Windows and AD DS also support special
identities, which are groups for which membership
is controlled by the operating system. You cannot
view the groups in any list (in Active Directory
Users and Computers, for example), you cannot
view or modify the membership of these special
identities, and you cannot add them to other
groups. You can, however, use these groups to
assign rights and permissions.
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The most important special identities—often referred to as groups (for convenience)—are described in the
following list:

• Anonymous Logon. This identity represents connections to a computer and its resources that are
made without supplying a user name and password. Before Windows Server 2003, this group was a
member of the Everyone group. Beginning with Windows Server 2003, this group is no longer a
default member of the Everyone group.
• Authenticated Users. This represents identities that have been authenticated. This group does not
include Guest, even if the Guest account has a password.

• Everyone. This identity includes Authenticated Users and the Guest account. (On computers that are
running versions of the Windows Server operating system that precede Windows Server 2003, this
group includes Anonymous Logon.)

• Interactive. This represents users accessing a resource while logged on locally to the computer that is
hosting the resource, as opposed to accessing the resource over the network. When a user accesses
any given resource on a computer to which the user is logged on locally, the user is added to the
Interactive group automatically for that resource. Interactive also includes users who log on through a
Remote Desktop connection.

• Network. This represents users accessing a resource over the network, as opposed to users who are
logged on locally at the computer that is hosting the resource. When a user accesses any given
resource over the network, the user is added automatically to the Network group for that resource.

• Creator Owner. This represents the security principal that created an object.

The importance of these special identities is that you can use them to provide access to resources based
on the type of authentication or connection, rather than the user account. For example, you could create
a folder on a system that allows users to view its contents when they are logged on locally to the system,
but that does not allow the same users to view the contents from a mapped drive over the network. You
could achieve this by assigning permissions to the Interactive special identity.

Demonstration: Managing Groups

This demonstration shows you how to:
• Create a new group.

• Add members to the group.

• Add a user to the group.

• Change the group type and scope.

• Modify the group’s Managed By property.

Demonstration Steps
Create a new group
1. On LON-DC1, open the Active Directory Administrative Center.

2. Create a new global security group in the IT OU called IT Managers.

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Add members to the group

• Add multiple users to the new group.

Add a user to the group

• Add Ed Meadows to the IT Managers group.

Change the group type and scope

• In the Properties of the IT Managers group, change the Group Scope to Universal, and the Type to
Distribution.

Modify the group’s Managed By property

• Add Ed Meadows to the Managed By list, and then grant him the Manager can update
membership list permission.
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Lesson 3
Managing Computer Accounts
Computers, like users, are security principals:
• They have an account with a logon name and password that Windows Server changes automatically
on a periodic basis.
• They authenticate with the domain.
• They can belong to groups, have access to resources, and you can configure them by using Group
Policy.

A computer account begins its life cycle when you create it and join it to your domain. Thereafter,
day-to-day administrative tasks include the following:
• Configuring computer properties
• Moving the computer between OUs
• Managing the computer itself
• Renaming, resetting, disabling, enabling, and eventually deleting the computer object

It is important that you know how to perform these various computer-management tasks so you can
configure and maintain the computer objects within your organization.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Explain the purpose of the AD DS Computers container.
• Describe how to configure the location of computer accounts.
• Explain how to control who has permission to create computer accounts.
• Describe how to perform an offline domain join.
• Describe computer accounts and the secure channel.
• Explain how to reset the secure channel.

What Is the Computers Container?

Before you create a computer object in the
Directory Service, you must have a place to put it.

When you create a domain, the Computers

container is created by default (common name
(the cn attribute)=Computers). This container is
not an OU; instead, it is an object of the container
class.

There are subtle but important differences

between a container and an OU. You cannot
create an OU within a container, so you cannot
subdivide the Computers container. You also
cannot link a GPO to a container. Therefore, we
recommend that you create custom OUs to host
computer objects, instead of using the Computers
container.
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Specifying the Location of Computer Accounts

Most organizations create at least two OUs for
computer objects: one for servers, and another
to host computer accounts for client computers,
such as desktops, laptops, and other user systems.
These two OUs are in addition to the Domain
Controllers OU that is created by default during
the AD DS installation.

Computer objects are created in both OUs. There

is no technical difference between a computer
object in a client’s OU and a computer object in
a server’s or domain controller’s OU; computer
objects are computer objects. However, separate
OUs typically are created to provide unique scopes of management, so that you can delegate
management of client objects to one team and management of server objects to another.
Your administrative model might require you to divide your client and server OUs into smaller groups.
Many organizations create sub-OUs beneath a server OU, to classify and manage specific types of servers.
For example, you might create an OU for file and print servers, and an OU for database servers. By doing
so, you can delegate permissions to manage computer objects in the appropriate OU to the team of
administrators for each type of server. Similarly, geographically-distributed organizations with local
desktop support teams often divide a parent OU for clients into sub-OUs for each site. This approach
enables each site’s support team to create computer objects in the site for client computers, and to join
computers to the domain by using those computer objects.
These specific examples aside, what is most important is that your OU structure reflects your
administrative model so that your OUs can provide single points of management for the delegation of
administration.
Additionally, by using separate OUs, you can create various baseline configurations by using different
GPOs that are linked to the client and the server OUs. With Group Policy, you can specify configuration
for collections of computers by linking GPOs that contain configuration instructions to OUs. It is common
for organizations to separate clients into desktop and laptop OUs. You then can link GPOs that specify
desktop or laptop configuration to the appropriate OUs.

Note: You can use the Redircmp.exe command-line tool to reconfigure the default
container for computers. For example, if you want to change the default container for computers
to an OU called mycomputers, use the following syntax:

redircmp ou=mycomputers,DC=contoso,dc=com
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Controlling Permissions to Create Computer Accounts

Before joining a computer to a domain you
should first create a computer object in the
appropriate OU. To join a computer to an AD DS
domain, three conditions must be met:

• You must have appropriate permissions on

the computer object that allow you to join a
physical computer with a name that matches
the name of the object in AD DS to the
domain.

• You must be a member of the local

Administrators group on the computer. This
allows you to change the computer’s domain
or workgroup membership.
• You must not have exceeded the maximum number of computer accounts that you can add to the
domain. By default, users can add a maximum of ten computers to the domain; this value is known as
the machine account quota and is controlled by the MS-DS-MachineQuota value. You can modify this
value by using the Active Directory Service Interfaces Editor (ADSI Edit) snap-in.

Note: You do not have to create a computer object in the directory service, but it is
recommended. Many administrators join computers to a domain without first creating a
computer object. However, when you do this, Windows Server attempts to join the domain to an
existing object. When Windows Server does not find the object, it fails and creates a computer
object in the default Computers container.

The process of creating a computer account in advance is called pre-staging a computer. There are two
major advantages of pre-staging a computer:

• The account is placed into the correct OU, and is therefore delegated according to the security policy
defined by the ACL of the OU.

• The computer is within the scope of GPOs linked to the OU, before the computer joins the domain.
After you have been given permission to create computer objects, you can do so by right-clicking the
OU and from the New menu clicking Computer. Next, enter the computer name, following the naming
convention of your enterprise, and select the user or group that is allowed to join the computer to the
domain with this account. The computer names that you type into the two fields—Computer Name and
Computer Name (pre-Windows 2000)—should be the same. Very rarely is there a justification for
configuring them separately.

Delegating Permissions
By default, the Enterprise Admins, Domain Admins, Administrators, and Account Operators groups have
permission to create computer objects in any new OU. However, as discussed earlier, we recommend that
you tightly restrict membership in the first three groups, and that you do not add Administrators to the
Account Operators group.

Instead, you should delegate the permission to create computer objects (called Create Computer Objects)
to appropriate administrators or support personnel. This permission, which is assigned to the group to
which you are delegating administration, allows group members to create computer objects in a specified
OU. For example, you might allow your desktop support team to create computer objects in the clients
OU, and allow your file server administrators to create computer objects in the file servers OU.
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To delegate permissions to create computer accounts, you can use the Delegate Control Wizard to choose
a custom task to delegate.

When you delegate permissions to manage computer accounts, you might consider granting additional
permissions beyond those required to create computer accounts. For example, you might decide to allow
a delegated administrator to manage the properties of existing computer accounts, to delete the
computer account, or to move the computer account.

Note: If you want to allow a delegated administrator to move computer accounts, consider
that they require the appropriate permissions both in the source AD DS container (where the
computer currently exists), and in the target container (where the computer will be moved to).
Specifically, they must have Delete Computer permissions in the source container and Create
Computer permissions in the target container.

Performing an Offline Domain Join

Typically when you want to join a computer to
a domain the computer needs to be able to
communicate with an online domain controller.
Beginning with Windows Server 2008 R2,
Microsoft introduced offline domain join which
makes it possible for you to join a computer which
is running Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows
Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012 to a
domain without directly communicating with
an online domain controller. You can use the
command-line tool, Djoin.exe, to join a computer
to the domain without contacting an online
domain controller; this includes generating a
domain join file and then importing it on the client
computer.
Starting with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 offline domain join can also configure DirectAccess for
offsite computers. The DirectAccess policies need to be created before the offline domain join process can
include Direct Access settings.

Offline domain join requires the following steps:

1. Djoin.exe is run to provision a computer account in the domain and create the domain join file. The
command is:
djoin.exe /Provision /Domain <DomainName> /Machine <MachineName> /SaveFile <filepath>

If the computer account is not pre-staged it will be created in the Computers container. If the
computer is pre-staged then Djoin.exe will also require the /reuse option.

2. Djoin.exe is run on the provisioned computer to import the information in the domain join file. The
command is:
djoin.exe /requestODJ /LoadFile <filepath> /WindowsPath <path to the Windows
directory of the offline image>

Optionally you can perform the import on an online operating system using the /localOS option. If
using the /localOS option the /WindowsPath option should be set to %systemroot% or %windir%.
3. Start or Reboot the computer.
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When performing a DirectAccess offline domain join, the computer account should be added to the
DirectAccessClients group before initially running Djoin.exe and creating the domain join file. Additional
Djoin.exe options are available if DirectAccess has been configured to use public key infrastructure (PKI).

Note: To apply the domain join file to a Windows image (.wim) file or virtual hard disk
(.vhd or .vhdx) file, first use the Deployment Image Servicing and Management (DISM.exe)
command-line tool to mount the image to a file system, and then use the djoin command to
apply the domain join file. After the Djoin.exe process is complete, you can then use DISM.exe to
unmount the image file and prepare the .wim file for deployment

Computer Accounts and Secure Channels

Every member computer in an AD DS domain
maintains a computer account with a user name
(SamAccountName) and password, just like a user
account does. The computer stores its password in
the form of a local security authority (LSA) secret,
and changes its password with the domain
approximately every 30 days. The NetLogon
service uses the credentials to log on to the
domain, which establishes the secure channel
with a domain controller.
Computer accounts and the secure relationships
between computers and their domain are robust.
Nevertheless, certain scenarios might arise in which a computer is no longer able to authenticate with the
domain. When this happens, users are unable to sign in and the computer cannot access resources, such
as Group Policy. Examples of scenarios where this can happen include:
• After reinstalling the operating system on a workstation, the workstation is unable to authenticate,
even though the technician used the same computer name as was used in the previous installation.
Because the new installation generated a new SID, and because the new computer does not know the
original computer account password in the domain, it does not belong to the domain and cannot
authenticate to the domain.

• A computer has not been used for an extended period, perhaps because the user is on vacation or
working away from the office. Computers change their passwords every 30 days, and AD DS
remembers the current and previous password. If the computer is unused within this period,
authentication can fail.

• A computer’s LSA secret gets out of synchronization with the password that the domain knows. You
can think of this as the computer forgetting its password. Although it did not forget its password, it
just disagrees with the domain over what the password really is. When this happens, the computer
cannot authenticate, and the secure channel cannot be created.

The following topic discusses the steps to take when one of these scenarios happens.
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Resetting the Secure Channel

Occasionally, the security relationship between a
computer account and its domain can be broken;
this results in a number of symptoms and errors.
The most common signs of computer account
problems are:

• Messages at sign-in indicate that a domain

controller cannot be contacted, that the
computer account might be missing, that
the password on the computer account is
incorrect, or that the trust relationship
(another way of saying the secure relationship)
between the computer and the domain has
been lost.
• Error messages or events in the event log indicate similar problems or suggest that passwords, trusts,
secure channels, or relationships with the domain or a domain controller have failed. One such error
is “NETLOGON Event ID 3210: Failed To Authenticate,” which appears in the computer’s event log.
• A computer account is missing in AD DS.

When the secure channel fails, you must reset it. Many administrators do this by removing the computer
from the domain, putting it in a workgroup, and then rejoining the domain. When you remove the
computer from the domain, the computer account in AD DS is disabled. When you rejoin the computer to
the domain, the same computer account is reused and activated. Do not rename the computer when you
join it to the domain.
You can also reset the secure channel between a domain member and the domain by using the following:
• Active Directory Users and Computers
• Active Directory Administrative Center
• the Dsmod.exe command line tool
• the NetDom.exe command line tool
• the Nltest.exe command line tool

If you reset the account, the computer’s SID remains the same, and it maintains its group memberships.
To reset the secure channel by using Active Directory Users and Computers:

1. Right-click a computer, and then click Reset Account.

2. Click Yes to confirm your choice.

3. Rejoin the computer to the domain, and then restart the computer.

To reset the secure channel by using Active Directory Administrative Center:

1. Right-click a computer, and then click Reset Account.

2. Click Yes to confirm your choice.
3. Rejoin the computer to the domain, and then restart the computer.
To reset the secure channel by using Dsmod:

1. At a command prompt, type the following command:

dsmod computer “ComputerDN” -reset

2. Rejoin the computer to the domain, and then restart the computer.
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To reset the secure channel by using NetDom.exe, type the following command at a command prompt,
where the credentials belong to the local Administrators group of the computer:

netdom reset MachineName /domain DomainName /UserO UserName /PasswordO {Password |

*}

This command resets the secure channel by attempting to reset the password on both the computer and
the domain, so it does not require rejoining or rebooting.

To reset the secure channel by using NLTest.exe, on the computer that has lost its trust, type the following
command at a command prompt:

nltest /server:servername /sc_reset:domain\domaincontroller

You also can use Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell to reset a computer account. The
following example demonstrates how to reset the secure channel between the local computer and the
domain to which it is joined.
You must run this command on the local computer:

Test-ComputerSecureChannel -Repair

Note: You also can reset a remote computer’s password with Windows PowerShell:

invoke-command -computername Workstation1 -scriptblock {reset-computermachinepassword}

Bring Your Own Device

With the proliferation of bring your own device
programs in corporate environments security
considerations must include consumer devices.
Typically security for BYOD programs relies on
user based security. Windows Server 2012 R2
introduces enhancements to Active Directory
Federation Services that you can use to apply
security to consumer devices. The four
enhancements include:
• Workplace Join. With workplace join you can
create AD DS objects for consumer devices.
The devices do not join the domain; instead,
the devices are issued certificates to represent the AD DS objects. Once the AD DS objects are created
they can be used to manage security like any other AD DS objects.

• Multi-factor Access Control. With multi-factor access control you can configure claims-based
authorization rules.
• Multi-Factor Authentication. With multi factor authentication you can require users to use more than
one form of authentication, for example, forms based authentication and a smartcard based
certificate.

• Web Application Proxy. Web Application Proxy is a reverse proxy for allowing internal apps to be
securely accessed from the web.
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Lesson 4
Delegating Administration
Although a single person can manage a small network with a few user and computer accounts, as the
network grows, the volume of work that relates to network management grows too. At some point,
teams with particular specializations evolve, each with responsibility for some specific aspect of network
management. In AD DS environments, it is common practice to create OUs for different departments and
geographical regions, and to delegate control of those OUs to different people. It is important that you
know why and how to create OUs, and how to delegate administrative tasks to users on objects within
those OUs.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the use of OUs.

• Describe AD DS permissions.

• Determine a user’s effective AD DS permissions on an AD DS object.

• Delegate administrative control of an AD DS object to a specified user or group of users.

Considerations for Using Organizational Units

By default the AD DS only contains a single OU,
the Domain Controllers OU. While it is possible to
manage a small organization without creating
additional OUs, even small organizations typically
create an OU hierarchy. An OU hierarchy allows
you to subdivide the administration of your
domain for management purposes. The best
practice for creating an OU hierarchy is to create
OUs to organize objects for:
• Delegation of control

• Application of GPOs

• Both delegation of control and application of GPOs

When you design an OU hierarchy there are many different strategies that you can follow. You can create
a flat, wide structure that has OUs that are only one or two levels deep; you can create a deep, narrow
structure nesting five or more levels of OUs; or you can create anything in between. The key factor in
designing your OU hierarchy is that it should help your manage your organization.

How you design your OU hierarchy could be based on any of the following:

• Geographic location. There could be local IT staff for delegating management, local regulations that
require specific policies, or a myriad of other factors.

• Departmental characteristics. Typically different departments are managed differently and have
unique requirements.
• Resource type. Some organizations create separate OUs for different resources. File servers are
typically managed differently than SQL servers and require different polices applied to them.
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• Management structure. Some organizations want their OU hierarchy to mirror their management
structure.

• Any combination of the above. There is no one right way to design your OU hierarchy.
For example, you might have a diverse organization with offices in many geographic locations, and
there are sufficient IT staff at most locations. You could create top level OUs based on these geographic
locations and delegate control of these OUs to the local IT staff. Each of these could have child OUs based
on the departments in those locations with GPOs applied to those OUs to enforce departmental settings.
Another design for the same organization could have the top level OUs representing the departmental
structure with child OUs representing locations.

AD DS Permissions
All AD DS objects, such as users, computers,
and groups, can be secured by using a list of
permissions. The permissions on an object are
called access control entries (ACEs), and they are
assigned to users, groups, or computers, which are
also known as security principals. ACEs are saved
in the object’s discretionary access control list
(DACL), which is part of the object’s ACL. The ACL
contains the system access control list (SACL) that
includes auditing settings.

Each object in AD DS has its own ACL. If you

have sufficient permissions, you can modify the
permissions to control the level of access on a specific AD DS object. If you have sufficient permissions,
you can also delegate administrative control—that is, just as you can give a group the ability to change
files in a folder, you can give a group the ability to reset passwords on user objects, for example.

You can also use the DACL of an object to assign permissions to an object’s specific properties. For
example, you can allow (or deny) permission to Read phone and email options or Write phone and
email options. While you can do this with a single checkbox, this is actually a property set that includes
multiple, specific properties. Using property sets, you can easily manage permissions to commonly used
collections of properties. However, you can also assign more granular permissions and allow or deny
permission to change just some of the information, such as the mobile telephone number or the street
address.
Assigning the help desk permission to reset passwords for each individual user object is tedious. Even so,
in AD DS, it is not a good practice to assign permissions to individual objects. Instead, you should assign
permissions at the level of OUs.

The permissions that you assign to an OU are inherited by all objects in the OU. Therefore, if you give
the help desk permission to reset passwords for user objects and attach that permission to the OU that
contains the users, all user objects within that OU will inherit that permission. In just one step, you have
delegated that administrative task.
Child objects inherit the permissions of the parent container or OU. That container or OU in turn
inherits its permissions from its parent container or OU. If it is a first-level container or OU, it inherits the
permissions from the domain itself. The reason child objects inherit permissions from their parents is that,
by default, each new object is created with the Include inheritable permissions from this object’s parent
option enabled.
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Effective AD DS Permissions
Effective permissions are the resulting permissions
for a security principal (such as a user or group),
based on the cumulative effect of each inherited
and explicit ACE. Your ability to reset a user’s
password, for example, might be due to your
membership in a group that is allowed the Reset
Password permission on an OU several levels
above the user object. The inherited permission
assigned to a group to which you belong results
in an effective permission of Allow: Reset
Password. Your effective permissions can be
complicated when you consider Allow and Deny
permissions, explicit and inherited ACEs, and the fact
that you might belong to multiple groups, each of
which might be assigned different permissions.

Permissions, whether assigned to your user account or to a group to which you belong, are equivalent.
This means that ultimately an ACE applies to you, the user. The best practice is to manage permissions
by assigning them to groups, but it is also possible to assign ACEs to individual users or computers. A
permission that has been assigned directly to you, the user, is neither more important nor less important
than a permission assigned to a group to which you belong.

The Allow permissions, which allow access, are cumulative. When you belong to several groups, and when
those groups have been granted permissions that allow a variety of tasks, you will be able to perform all
of the tasks assigned to all of those groups, and tasks assigned directly to your user account.
Deny permissions, which deny access, override equivalent Allow permissions. If you are in one group
that has been allowed the permission to reset passwords, and you are also another group that has been
denied permission to reset passwords, the Deny permission prevents you from resetting passwords.

Note: Use Deny permissions rarely. In fact, it is unnecessary to assign Deny permissions,
because if you do not assign an Allow permission, users cannot perform the task. Before
assigning a Deny permission, check to see if you could achieve your goal instead by removing
an Allow permission. For example, if you want to delegate an Allow permission to a group, but
exempt only one member from that group, you can use a Deny permission on that specific user
account while the group still has an Allow permission.

Every permission is granular. Even if you have been denied the ability to reset passwords, you might still
have the ability through other Allow permissions to change the user’s logon name or email address.

Because child objects inherit the inheritable permissions of parent objects by default, and because explicit
permissions can override inheritable permissions, an explicit Allow permission will actually override an
inherited Deny permission.
Unfortunately, the complex interaction of user, group, explicit, inherited, Allow, and Deny permissions
can make evaluating effective permissions tedious. You can use the permissions reported by the dsacls
command, or listed on the Effective Access tab of the Advanced Security Settings dialog box to begin
evaluating effective permissions, but it is still a manual task.
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Demonstration: Delegating Administrative Permissions

This demonstration shows you how to:

• Create an OU.
• Move Objects into an OU.

• Delegate a standard task.

• Delegate a custom task.

• View AD DS permissions resulting from these delegations.

Demonstration Steps
Create an OU
1. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.

2. Create an OU named Executives in the Adatum.com root.

Note: Discuss the Protect Container From Accidental Deletion setting.

Move users into the Executives OU

• Move all the users from Carol Troup to Euan Garden into the Executives OU.

Delegate a standard task

• Use the Delegate Control Wizard to grant the IT group permissions to perform the following standard
management tasks on the Executives OU:
o Create, delete, and manage user accounts

o Reset user passwords and force password change at next logon

o Read all user information

Delegate a custom task

• Use the Delegate Control Wizard to grant the following permissions on the Executives OU to the IT
group:

o Full Control on computer objects

o Create computer objects

o Delete computer objects

View AD DS permissions resulting from these delegations

1. Enable the Advanced Features view in Active Directory Users and Computers.

2. View the Properties of the Executives OU.

3. Use the Security tab to verify the assigned permissions.

4. Close all open windows.

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Lab: Managing Active Directory Domain Services Objects

Scenario
You have been working for A. Datum as a desktop support specialist and have visited desktop computers
to troubleshoot app and network problems. You have recently accepted a promotion to the server
support team. One of your first assignments is configuring the infrastructure service for a new branch
office.

To begin deployment of the new branch office, you are preparing AD DS objects. As part of this
preparation, you need to create an OU for the branch office and delegate permission to manage it. Then
you need to create users and groups for the new branch office. Finally, you need to reset the secure
channel for a computer account that has lost connectivity to the domain in the branch office.

Objectives
After completing this lab, you will be able to:
• Delegate administration for a branch office.

• Create and configure user accounts in AD DS.

• Manage computer objects in AD DS.

Lab Setup
Estimated time: 60 minutes

Virtual machines 20410C-LON-DC1

20410C-LON-CL1

User name Adatum\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

For this lab, you will use the available virtual machine environment. Before you begin the lab, you must
complete the following steps:

1. On the host computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V Manager.
2. In Hyper-V® Manager, click 20410C-LON-DC1, and in the Actions pane, click Start.
3. In the Actions pane, click Connect. Wait until the virtual machine starts.

4. Sign in using the following credentials:

o User name: Administrator

o Password: Pa$$w0rd

o Domain: Adatum

5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 for 20410C-LON-CL1.

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Exercise 1: Delegating Administration for a Branch Office

Scenario
A. Datum delegates management of each branch office to a specific group. This allows an employee who
works onsite to be configured as an administrator when required. Each branch office has a branch
administrators group that is able to perform full administration within the branch office OU. There is also
a branch office help desk group that is able to manage users in the branch office OU, but not other
objects. You need to create these groups for the new branch office and delegate permissions to the
groups.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Delegate administration for Branch Administrators.

2. Delegate a user administrator for the Branch Office Help Desk.

3. Add a member to the Branch Administrators.

4. Add a member to the Branch Help Desk group.

 Task 1: Delegate administration for Branch Administrators

1. On LON-DC1, open Active Directory Users and Computers, and create in the Adatum.com domain a
new OU named Branch Office 1.
2. Create the following global security groups in the Branch Office 1 OU:
o Branch 1 Help Desk
o Branch 1 Administrators
o Branch 1 Users
3. Move Holly Dickson from the IT OU to the Branch Office 1 OU.

4. Move the following users to the Branch Office 1 OU:

o Development\Bart Duncan
o Managers\Ed Meadows
o Marketing\Connie Vrettos
o Research\Barbara Zighetti
o Sales\Arlene Huff
5. Move the LON-CL1 computer to the Branch Office 1 OU, and then restart the LON-CL1 computer.

6. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

7. On LON-DC1, in Active Directory Users and Computers, use the Delegate Control Wizard to delegate
administration of the Branch Office 1 OU to the Branch 1 Administrators security group by
delegating the following common and custom tasks:

a. Delegate the following common tasks:

 Create, delete, and manage user accounts
 Reset user passwords and force password change at next logon
 Read all user information
 Create, delete and manage groups
 Modify the membership of a group
 Manage Group Policy links
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b. Delegate the following custom tasks:

 Create and delete computer objects in the current OU
 Full control of computer objects in the current OU

 Task 2: Delegate a user administrator for the Branch Office Help Desk
1. On LON-DC1, in Active Directory Users and Computers, use the Delegate Control Wizard to delegate
administration of the Branch Office 1 OU to the Branch 1 Help Desk security group.

2. Delegate the following common tasks:

o Reset user passwords and force password change at next logon

o Read all user information
o Modify the membership of a group

 Task 3: Add a member to the Branch Administrators

1. On LON-DC1, add Holly Dickson to the Branch 1 Administrators global group.
2. Add the Branch 1 Administrators global group to the Server Operators domain local group.

3. Sign out from LON-DC1.

4. Sign in as Adatum\Holly with the password Pa$$w0rd.

You can sign in locally at a domain controller because Holly belongs indirectly to the Server
Operators domain local group.

5. In Server Manager, open Active Directory Users and Computers.

Confirm Holly’s current credentials in the User Account Control dialog box.
6. Attempt to delete Sales\Aaren Ekelund.

You are unsuccessful, because Holly lacks the required permissions.

7. Try to delete Branch Office 1\Ed Meadows.

You are successful, because Holly has the required permissions.

 Task 4: Add a member to the Branch Help Desk group

1. On LON-DC1, add Bart Duncan to the Branch 1 Help Desk global group.

2. Close Active Directory Users and Computers, and then close Server Manager.

3. Open Server Manager, and then open Active Directory Users and Computers.

4. In the User Account Control dialog box, specify Adatum\Administrator and Pa$$w0rd as the
required credentials.

Note: To modify the Server Operators membership list, you must have permissions beyond
those available to the Branch 1 Administrators group.

5. Add the Branch 1 Help Desk global group to the Server Operators domain local group.

6. Sign out from LON-DC1.

7. Sign in as Adatum\Bart with the password Pa$$w0rd.

You can sign in locally at a domain controller because Bart belongs, indirectly, to the Server Operators
domain local group.
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8. Open Server Manager, and then open Active Directory Users and Computers. Confirm your current
credentials in the User Account Control dialog box.

9. Try to delete Branch Office 1\Connie Vrettos.

You are unsuccessful, because Bart lacks the required permissions.

10. Reset Connie’s password to Pa$$w0rd.

11. After confirming the password reset is successful, sign out from LON-DC1.
12. Sign in to LON-DC1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have successfully created an OU, and delegated
administration of it to the appropriate group.

Exercise 2: Creating and Configuring User Accounts in AD DS

Scenario
You have been a given a list of new users for the branch office, and you need to begin creating user
accounts for them.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Create a user template for the branch office.

2. Configure the template settings.

3. Create a new user for the branch office, based on the template.

4. Sign in as a user to test account settings.

 Task 1: Create a user template for the branch office

1. On LON-DC1, create a folder called C:\branch1-userdata, and then share it.
2. Modify the shared folder permissions so that the Everyone group has Full Control Allow
permissions.

3. In Server Manager, open Active Directory Users and Computers, and then create a new user with
the following properties in the Branch Office 1 OU:

o Full name: _Branch_template

o User logon name: _Branch_template

o Password: Pa$$w0rd

o Account is disabled

 Task 2: Configure the template settings

• On LON-DC1, modify the following properties of the _Branch_template account:

o City: Slough
o Group: Branch 1 Users

o Home folder: \\lon-dc1\branch1-userdata\%username%

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 Task 3: Create a new user for the branch office, based on the template
1. On LON-DC1, copy the _Branch_template user account, and configure the following properties:
o First name: Ed
o Last name: Meadows
o Password: Pa$$w0rd
o User must change password at next logon is cleared
o Account is disabled is cleared

2. Verify that the following properties have been copied during account creation:
o City: Slough
o Home folder path: \\lon-dc1\branch1-userdata\Ed
o Group: Branch 1 Users

3. Sign out from LON-DC1.

 Task 4: Sign in as a user to test account settings

1. Switch to LON-CL1 and sign off.
2. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Ed with the password Pa$$w0rd.
You are able to sign in successfully.

3. Verify that you have a drive mapping for drive Z to Ed’s home folder on LON-DC1.

4. Sign out of LON-CL1.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have successfully created and tested a user account
created from a template.

Exercise 3: Managing Computer Objects in AD DS

Scenario
A workstation has lost its connectivity to the domain and cannot authenticate users properly. When users
attempt to access resources from this workstation, access is denied. You need to reset the computer
account to recreate the trust relationship between the client and the domain.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Reset a computer account.

2. Observe the behavior when a client logs on.

3. Rejoin the domain to reconnect the computer account.

 Task 1: Reset a computer account

1. On LON-DC1, sign in as Adatum\Holly with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.

3. Confirm your credentials in the User Account Control dialog box.

4. Navigate to Branch Office 1.

5. Reset the LON-CL1 computer account.

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 Task 2: Observe the behavior when a client logs on

1. Switch to LON-CL1 and attempt to sign in as Adatum\Ed with the password Pa$$w0rd.

A message appears stating that The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary
domain failed.
2. Click OK to acknowledge the message.

 Task 3: Rejoin the domain to reconnect the computer account

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Open Control Panel, switch to Large icons view, and then open System.
3. View the Advanced system settings, and then click the Computer Name tab.

4. In the System Properties dialog box, use the Network ID button to rejoin the computer to the
domain.
5. Complete the wizard using the following settings:

o User name: Administrator

o Password: Pa$$w0rd

o Domain: Adatum
o Do you want to enable a domain user account on this computer: No

6. When prompted, restart the computer.

7. Sign in as Adatum\Ed with the password of Pa$$w0rd.

You are successful because the computer had been successfully rejoined.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have successfully reset a trust relationship.

 Prepare for the next module

When you have completed the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state.

To do this, complete the following steps:

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-CL1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-DC1.

Lab Review Questions

Question: What are the options for modifying the attributes of new and existing users?
Question: What types of objects can be members of global groups?

Question: What types of objects can be members of domain local groups?

Question: What are the two credentials that are necessary for any computer to join a
domain?
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Module Review and Takeaways

Module Review Questions
Question: A company with branches in multiple cities has members of a sales team that
travel frequently between domains. Each of these domains has their own printers that are
managed by using domain local groups. How can you provide these members with access to
the various domains printers?

Question: You are responsible for managing accounts and access to resources for your
group members. A user in your group transfers to another department within the company.
What should you do with the user’s account?
Question: What is the main difference between the Computers container and an OU?

Question: When should you reset a computer account? Why is it better to reset the
computer account rather than to disjoin and then rejoin it to the domain?

Question: A project manager in your department is starting a group project that will
continue for the next year. Several users from your department and other departments will
be dedicated to the project during this time. The project team must have access to the same
shared resources. The project manager must be able to manage the user accounts and group
accounts in AD DS; however, you do not want to give the project manager permission to
manage anything else in AD DS. What is the best way to do this?
Question: You are working as an IT technician in Contoso, Ltd. You are managing the
Windows Server–based infrastructure. You have to find a method for joining new
Windows 8.1-based computers to a domain during the installation process, without
intervention of a user or an administrator. What is the best way to do this?

Best Practices
Best Practices for User Account Management
• Do not let users share user accounts. Always create a user account for each individual, even if that
person will not be with your organization for long.

• Educate users about the importance of password security.

• Ensure that you choose a naming strategy for user accounts that enables you to identify the user to
whom the account relates. Also ensure that your naming strategy uses unique names within your
domain.
Best Practices for Group Management

• When managing access to resources, try to use both domain local group and role groups.

• Use universal groups only when necessary because they add weight to replication traffic.
• Use Windows PowerShell with Active Directory Module for batch jobs on groups.

• Avoid adding users to built-in and default groups.

Best Practices Related to Computer Account Management

• Always provision a computer account before joining computers to a domain, and then place them in
appropriate OU.
• Redirect the default Computers container to another location.

• Reset the computer account, instead of disjoining and rejoining.

• Integrate the offline domain join functionality with unattended installations.

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Tools
Tool Use Where to find it

Active Directory Users and Manage groups Administrative Tools

Computers

Active Directory module for Manage groups Installed as Windows Feature

Windows Power Shell

Active Directory module for Computer account Administrative Tools

Windows PowerShell management

Djoin.exe Offline domain join Command line

Redircmp.exe Change default computer Command line

container

Dsacls View and modify AD DS Command line

permissions
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Module 4
Automating Active Directory Domain Services
Administration
Contents:
Module Overview 4-1

Lesson 1: Using Command-line Tools for AD DS Administration 4-2

Lesson 2: Using Windows PowerShell for AD DS Administration 4-8

Lesson 3: Performing Bulk Operations with Windows PowerShell 4-14

Lab: Automating AD DS Administration by Using Windows PowerShell 4-25
Module Review and Takeaways 4-30

Module Overview
You can use command-line tools and Windows PowerShell® to automate Active Directory® Domain
Services (AD DS) administration. Automating administration speeds up processes that you might
otherwise perform manually. Windows PowerShell includes cmdlets for performing AD DS administration
and for performing bulk operations. You can use bulk operations to change many AD DS objects in a
single step rather than updating each object manually.

Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Use command-line tools for AD DS administration.

• Use Windows PowerShell cmdlets for AD DS administration.

• Perform bulk operations by using Windows PowerShell.

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Lesson 1
Using Command-line Tools for AD DS Administration
Windows Server® 2012 R2 includes several command-line tools that you can use to perform AD DS
administration. Many organizations create scripts that use command-line tools to automate the creation
and management of AD DS objects, such as user accounts and groups. You must understand how to use
these command-line tools to ensure that if required, you can modify the scripts that your organization
uses.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the benefits of using command-line tools for AD DS administration.

• Describe how and when to use csvde.
• Describe how and when to use ldifde.
• Describe how and when to use Directory Services (DS) commands.

Benefits of Using Command-Line Tools for AD DS Administration

Many administrators prefer to use graphical tools
for AD DS administration whenever possible.
Graphical tools, such as the Active Directory
Users and Computers snap-in, are intuitive to use
because they represent information visually and
provide options in the form of radio buttons and
dialog boxes. When information is represented
graphically, you do not need to memorize syntax.
Graphical tools work well in many situations, but
they cannot be automated. To automate AD DS
administration, you require command-line tools.
Command-line tools can be used in scripts, or
they can be used by other apps and programs.

Some benefits of using command-line tools are:

• Faster implementation of bulk operations. For example, you can export a list of new user accounts
from a human resources app. You can then use a command-line tool or script to create the new user
accounts based on the exported information. This is much faster than creating each new user account
manually.

• Customized processes for AD DS administration. You can use a customized graphical program
to gather information about a proposed new group, and then create the new group. When the
information is gathered, the graphical program can verify that the information format—such as the
naming convention—is correct. Then, the graphical program uses a command-line tool to create the
new group. This process allows company-specific rules to be enforced.
• AD DS administration on Server Core. The Server Core installation of Windows Server cannot run
graphical administration tools such as Active Directory Users and Computers. However, you can use
command-line tools on Server Core.

Note: You can also administer Server Core remotely by using graphical tools.
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What Is Csvde?
Csvde is a command-line tool that exports
or imports AD DS objects to or from a
comma-separated values (.csv) file. Many
programs and apps are capable of exporting or
importing data from .csv files. This makes csvde
useful for interoperability with other programs
and apps, such as databases or spreadsheets.

The main limitation of csvde is that it cannot

modify existing Active Directory objects; it can
only create new objects. For example, you can use
csvde to create a set of new user accounts, but
you cannot use it to modify the properties of the
user accounts after they are created. You can also
use csvde to export object properties, such as a list
of users and their email addresses.

Export Objects by Using csvde

To export objects by using csvde, as a minimum, you need to specify the filename of the .csv file to which
data will be exported. With only the filename specified, all objects in the domain will be exported.

The basic syntax to use csvde for export is:

csvde -f filename

Other options that you can use with csvde are listed in the following table.

Option Description

-d RootDN Specifies the distinguished name of the container from which the export will
begin. The default is the domain.

-p SearchScope Specifies the scope of the search relative to the container specified by the
option -d.
The SearchScope option can be:
• base (this object only)
• onelevel (objects within this container)
• subtree (this container and all subcontainers). This is the default value.

-r Filter Limits the objects returned to those that match the filter. The filter is based
on Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) query syntax.

-l ListOfAtrributes Specifies the attributes to be exported. Use the LDAP name for each
attribute, and separate them with commas.

After the export completes, the .csv file will contain a header row and one row for each object that was
exported. The header row is a comma-separated list with the names of the attributes for each object.
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Create Objects by Using csvde

The basic syntax for using csvde to create objects is:

csvde -i -f filename -k

The -i parameter specifies import mode. The -f parameter identifies the file name from which to import.
The -k parameter instructs csvde to ignore error messages, including the “Object Already Exists” error
message. The suppress errors option is useful when importing objects to ensure that all of the objects
possible are created, instead of stopping when partially complete.

The .csv file that is being used for an import must have a header row that contains names of LDAP
attributes for the data in the .csv file. Each row must contain exactly the correct number of items as
specified in the header row.
You cannot use csvde to import passwords, because passwords in a .csv file are not protected. As a result,
user accounts that you create with csvde have a blank password and are disabled.

Note: For more information about parameters for csvde, at a command prompt, type
csvde /?, and then press Enter.

Additional Reading: For more information about LDAP query syntax, see LDAP Query
Basics at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=168752.

What Is Ldifde?
Ldifde is a command-line tool that you can use to
export, create, modify, or delete AD DS objects.
Like csvde, ldifde uses data that is stored in a file.
The file must be in LDAP Data Interchange Format
(LDIF). Most programs and apps cannot export or
import data in LDIF format. It is more likely that
you will obtain data in LDIF format from another
directory service.
An LDIF file is text-based, with blocks of lines
composing a single operation such as creating
or modifying a user object. Each line within
the operation specifies something about the
operation, such as an attribute or the type of
operation. A blank line separates multiple operations
within the LDIF file.
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The following is an example of an LDIF file that creates a single user:

dn: CN=Bonnie Kearney,OU=Employees,OU=User Accounts,DC=adatum,DC=com

changetype: add
objectClass: top
objectClass: person
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: user
cn: Bonnie Kearney
sn: Kearney
title: Operations
description: Operations (London)
givenName: Bonnie
displayName: Kearney, Bonnie
company: Contoso, Ltd.
sAMAccountName: bonnie.kearney
userPrincipalName: [email protected]
mail: [email protected]

For each operation in an LDIF file, the changetype line defines the operation to be performed. The valid
values are add, modify, or delete.

Export Objects by Using Ldifde

When using ldifde to export objects, the minimum information you must provide is a filename to hold the
data. When no other options are selected, all objects in the domain are exported.
The basic syntax for exporting objects by using ldifde is:

ldifde -f filename

Some other options you can use when exporting objects ldifde are listed in the following table.

Option Description

-d RootDN The root of the LDAP search. The default is the root of the domain.

-r Filter An LDAP search filter that limits the results returned.

-p SearchScope The scope, or depth, of the search. This can be:

• subtree (the container and all child containers)
• base (the immediate child objects of the container only)
• onelevel (the container and its immediate child containers)

-l ListOfAttributes A comma-separated list of attributes to include in the export.

-o ListOfAttributes A comma-separated list of attributes to exclude in the export.

Import Objects by Using Ldifde

When you use ldifde to import objects, you must specify the operation to perform on the object. For each
operation in an LDIF file, the changetype line defines the operation to be performed.

The basic syntax for using ldifde to import objects is:

ldifde -i -f filename -k
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The -i parameter specifies import mode. The -f parameter identifies the file name from which to import.
The -k parameter instructs ldifde to ignore errors, including the “Object Already Exists” error. The option
suppress errors is useful when importing objects to ensure that all objects possible are created, instead
of stopping when partially complete.

You cannot use ldifde to import passwords, because passwords in an LDIF file are not secure. As a result,
user accounts created by ldifde have a blank password and are disabled.

What Are DS Commands?

Windows Server 2012 includes command-line
tools called DS commands, which are suitable for
use in scripts. You can use DS command-line tools
to create, view, modify, and remove AD DS
objects. The following table describes DS
command-line tools.

Tool Description

DSadd Creates AD DS objects.

DSget Displays properties of AD DS objects.

DSquery Searches for AD DS objects.

DSmod Modifies AD DS objects.

DSrm Removes AD DS objects.

DSmove Moves AD DS objects.

User Management Command Examples

The following are examples of DS commands that you could type at a command prompt.

To modify the department of a user account, type:

dsmod user "cn=Joe Healy,ou=Managers,dc=adatum,dc=com" -dept IT

To display the email of a user account, type:

dsget user "cn=Joe Healy,ou=Managers,dc=adatum,dc=com" -email

To delete a user account, type:

dsrm "cn=Joe Healy,ou=Managers,dc=adatum,dc=com"

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To create a new user account, type:

dsadd user "cn=Joe Healy,ou=Managers,dc=adatum,dc=com"

Question: What criteria would you use to select between using csvde, ldifde, and the DS
commands?
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Lesson 2
Using Windows PowerShell for AD DS Administration
Windows PowerShell is the preferred scripting environment in Windows Server 2012. It is much easier
to use than previous scripting languages such as Microsoft® Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript).
Windows PowerShell includes an extensive list of cmdlets to manage AD DS objects. You can use cmdlets
to create, modify, and remove user accounts, groups, computer accounts, and organizational units (OUs).

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Use Windows PowerShell cmdlets to manage user accounts.

• Use Windows PowerShell cmdlets to manage groups.

• Use Windows PowerShell cmdlets to manage computer accounts.

• Use Windows PowerShell cmdlets to manage OUs.

Using Windows PowerShell Cmdlets to Manage User Accounts

You can use Windows PowerShell cmdlets to
create, modify, and delete user accounts. You can
use these cmdlets for individual operations or as
part of a script to perform bulk operations. Some
of the cmdlets for managing user accounts are in
the following table.

Cmdlet Description

New-ADUser Creates user accounts.

Set-ADUser Modifies properties of user accounts.

Remove-ADUser Deletes user accounts.

Set-ADAccountPassword Resets the password of a user account.

Set-ADAccountExpiration Modifies the expiration date of a user account.

Unlock-ADAccount Unlocks a user account when it is locked after exceeding the

accepted number of incorrect login attempts.

Enable-ADAccount Enables a user account.

Disable-ADAccount Disables a user account.

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Create New User Accounts

When you use the New-ADUser cmdlet to create new user accounts, you can set most user properties
including a password. For example:

• If you do not use the -AccountPassword parameter, no password is set and the user account is
disabled. The -Enabled parameter cannot be set as $true when no password is set.

• If you use the -AccountPassword parameter to specify a password, then you must specify a variable
that contains the password as a secure string, or choose to be prompted for the password. A secure
string is encrypted in memory. If you set a password then you can enable the user account by setting
the -Enabled parameter as $true.

Some commonly used parameters for the New-ADUser cmdlet are listed in the following table.

Parameter Description

AccountExpirationDate Defines the expiration date for the user account.

AccountPassword Defines the password for the user account.

ChangePasswordAtLogon Requires the user account to change passwords at the next logon.

Department Defines the department for the user account.

Enabled Defines whether the user account is enabled or disabled.

HomeDirectory Defines the location of the home directory for a user account.

HomeDrive Defines the drive letters that are mapped to the home directory
for a user account.

GivenName Defines the first name for a user account.

Surname Defines the last name for a user account.

Path Defines the OU or container where the user account will be

created.

The following is an example of a command that you could use to create a user account with a prompt for
a password:

New-ADUser "Sten Faerch" -AccountPassword (Read-Host -AsSecureString "Enter password")

-Department IT

Question: Are all cmdlet parameters that you use to manage user accounts the same?
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Using Windows PowerShell Cmdlets to Manage Groups

You can use Windows PowerShell to create,
modify, and delete groups. You can use these
cmdlets for individual operations or as part of a
script to perform bulk operations. Some of the
cmdlets for managing groups are listed in the
following table.

Cmdlet Description

New-ADGroup Creates new groups.

Set-ADGroup Modifies properties of groups.

Get-ADGroup Displays properties of groups.

Remove-ADGroup Deletes groups.

Add-ADGroupMember Adds members to groups.

Get-ADGroupMember Displays membership of groups.

Remove-ADGroupMember Removes members from groups.

Add-ADPrincipalGroupMembership Adds group membership to objects.

Get-ADPrincipalGroupMembership Displays group membership of objects.

Remove-ADPrincipalGroupMembership Removes group membership from an object.

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Create New Groups

You can use the New-ADGroup cmdlet to create groups. However, when you create groups using the
New-ADGroup cmdlet, you must use the GroupScope parameter in addition to the group name. This is
the only required parameter. The following table lists commonly used parameters for New-ADGroup.

Parameter Description

Name Defines the name of the group.

GroupScope Defines the scope of the group as DomainLocal, Global, or Universal. You
must provide this parameter.

DisplayName Defines the LDAP display name for the object.

GroupCategory Defines whether it is a security group or a distribution group. If you do not

specify either, a security group is created.

ManagedBy Defines a user or group that can manage the group.

Path Defines the OU or container in which the group is created.

SamAccountName Defines a name that is backward compatible with older operating systems.

The following command is an example of what you could type at a Windows PowerShell prompt to create
a new group:
New-ADGroup -Name "CustomerManagement" -Path "ou=managers,dc=adatum,dc=com" -GroupScope
Global -GroupCategory Security

Manage Group Membership

There are two sets of cmdlets that you can use to manage group membership: *-ADGroupMember, and
*-ADPrincipalGroupMembership. The distinction between these two sets of cmdlets is the perspective
used when modifying group membership. They are:
• The *-ADGroupMember cmdlets modify the membership of a group. For example, you add or
remove members of a group.
o You cannot pipe a list of members to these cmdlets.

o You can pass a list of groups to these cmdlets.

• The *-ADPrincipalGroupMembership cmdlets modify the group membership of an object such as a
user. For example, you can modify a user account to add it as a member of a group.
o You can pipe a list of members to these cmdlets.
o You cannot provide a list of groups to these cmdlets.

Note: Piping is a common process in scripting languages that allow you to use the output
of one cmdlet as input for the next cmdlet in the command. For example, the command below
creates a user account, and then enables the account:

New-ADUser –Name "Sten Faerch" -AccountPassword (Read-Host -AsSecureString "Enter

password") | Enable-Account
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The following is a command you could use to add a member to a group:

Add-ADGroupMember -Name “CustomerManagement” -Members “Joe”

Using Windows PowerShell Cmdlets to Manage Computer Accounts

You can use Windows PowerShell to create,
modify, and delete computer accounts. You can
use these cmdlets for individual operations or as
part of a script to perform bulk operations. Some
of the cmdlets for managing computer accounts
are listed in the following table.

Cmdlet Description

New-ADComputer Creates a new computer account.

Set-ADComputer Modifies properties of a computer account.

Get-ADComputer Displays properties of a computer account.

Remove-ADComputer Deletes a computer account.

Test-ComputerSecureChannel Verifies or repairs the trust relationship between a

computer and the domain.

Reset-ComputerMachinePassword Resets the password for a computer account.

Create New Computer Accounts

You can use the New-ADComputer cmdlet to create a new computer account before the computer is
joined to the domain. You do this so you can create the computer account in the correct OU before
deploying the computer.

The following table lists commonly used parameters for New-ADComputer.

Parameter Description

Name Defines the name of the computer account.

Path Defines the OU or container where the computer account will be created.

Enabled Defines whether the computer account is enabled or disabled. By default, the
computer account is enabled and a random password is generated.

The following is an example that you can use to create a computer account:

New-ADComputer -Name LON-SVR8 -Path "ou=marketing,dc=adatum,dc=com" -Enabled $true

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Repair the Trust Relationship for a Computer Account

You can use the Test-ComputerSecureChannel cmdlet with the -Repair parameter to repair a lost trust
relationship between a computer and the domain. You must run the cmdlet on the computer with the lost
trust relationship.

The following is a command that you could use to repair the trust relationship for a computer account:

Test-ComputerSecureChannel -Repair

Using Windows PowerShell Cmdlets to Manage OUs

You can use Windows PowerShell cmdlets to
create, modify, and delete OUs. You can use these
cmdlets for individual operations or as part of a
script to perform bulk operations. Some of the
cmdlets for managing OUs are listed in the
following table.

Cmdlet Description

New-ADOrganizationalUnit Creates OUs.

Set-ADOrganizationalUnit Modifies properties of OUs.

Get-ADOrganizationalUnit Displays properties of OUs.

Remove-ADOrganizationalUnit Deletes OUs.

Create New OUs

You can use New-ADOrganizationalUnit cmdlet to create a new OU to represent departments or
physical locations within in your organization.
The following table shows commonly used parameters for the New-ADOrganizationalUnit cmdlet.

Parameter Description

Name Defines the name of the new OU.

Path Defines the location of the new OU.

ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion Prevents the OU from being deleted accidentally.

The default value is $true.

The following is an example you can use when you want to create a new OU:

New-ADOrganizationalUnit -Name Sales -Path "ou=marketing,dc=adatum,dc=com"

-ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion $true

Question: In the slide example, is the ProtectedFromAccidentalDeletion parameter

required?
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Lesson 3
Performing Bulk Operations with Windows PowerShell
Windows PowerShell is a powerful scripting environment that you can use to perform bulk operations,
which are normally tedious to perform manually. You can also perform some bulk operations in graphical
tools.

To perform bulk operations using Windows PowerShell, you must first understand how to create queries
for a list of AD DS objects, and how to work with .csv files. Then you can create scripts that perform the
bulk operations that you require.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Describe bulk operations.
• Use graphical tools to perform bulk operations.
• Query AD DS objects by using Windows PowerShell.
• Modify AD DS objects by using Windows PowerShell.
• Use .csv files with Windows PowerShell.
• Modify and execute Windows PowerShell scripts to perform bulk operations.

What Are Bulk Operations?

A bulk operation is a single action that changes
multiple objects. Performing a bulk operation
is much faster than changing many objects
individually. It might also be more accurate,
because performing many individual actions
increases the likelihood of making a typographical
mistake. However, due to the nature of Bulk
Operations, if a mistake is introduced, it may
multiply itself to every single object being
changed. Therefore, ensure you test your bulk
operation on a smaller object set before executing
it on all the elements you want to modify.

The operations below are examples of common bulk operations in a Windows Server environment:

• Create new user accounts based on information from a spreadsheet.

• Disable all user accounts that have not been used in the past 6 months.
• Change the department name for all user belonging to a given department.

You can perform bulk operations with graphical tools, at a command prompt, or by using scripts. Each
method for performing bulk operations has different capabilities.
For example:

• Graphical tools tend to be limited in the properties that they can modify.
• Command-line tools tend to be more flexible than graphical tools when defining queries, and they
have more options for modifying object properties.
• Scripts can combine multiple command-line actions for the most complexity and flexibility.
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Demonstration: Using Graphical Tools to Perform Bulk Operations

You can use the graphical tools Active Directory Administrative Center and Active Directory Users and
Computers to modify the properties of multiple objects simultaneously.

Note: When you use graphical tools to modify multiple user accounts simultaneously, you
are limited to modifying the properties that display in the user interface.

To perform a bulk operation using graphical tools, perform the following steps:

1. Perform a search or create a filter to display the objects that you want to modify.

2. Select the objects.

3. Examine the properties of the objects.

4. Modify the properties that you want to change.

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• Create a query for all users.

• Configure the Company attribute for all users.

• Verify that the Company attribute has been modified.

Demonstration Steps
Create a query for all users
1. Sign in to LON-DC1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. On LON-DC1, open Active Directory Administrative Center.

3. Go to Global Search, and add the criteria Object type is user/inetOrgPerson
/computer/group/organization unit.

4. Verify that the criteria that you added is for the type User, and perform the search.

Configure the Company attribute for all users

1. Select all the user accounts and modify their properties.

2. Make the Company name A. Datum.

Verify that the Company attribute has been modified

• Open the properties of Adam Barr, and verify that the Company is A. Datum.
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Querying Objects with Windows PowerShell

In Windows PowerShell, you use the Get-*
cmdlets to obtain lists of objects, such as user
accounts. You can also use these cmdlets to
generate queries for objects on which you can
perform bulk operations. The following table lists
commonly used parameters with the Get-AD*
cmdlets.

Parameter Description

SearchBase Defines the AD DS path to begin searching, for example, the domain or an OU.

SearchScope Defines at what level below the SearchBase that the search should be performed.
You can choose to search only in the base, one level down, or the entire subtree.

ResultSetSize Defines how many objects to return in response to a query. To ensure that all
objects are returned, set this to $null.

Properties Defines which object properties to return and display. To return all properties,
type an asterisk (*). You do not need to use this parameter to use a property for
filtering.

Create a Query
You can use the Filter parameter or the LDAPFilter parameter to create queries for objects with the
Get-AD* cmdlets. The Filter parameter is used for queries written in Windows PowerShell. The
LDAPFilter parameter is used for queries written as LDAP query strings.

Windows PowerShell is preferred because:

• It is easier to write queries in Windows PowerShell.

• You can use variables inside the queries.

• There is automatic conversion of variable types, when it is required.

The following table lists commonly used operators that you can use in Windows PowerShell.

Operator Description
-eq Equal to

-ne Not equal to

-lt Less than

-le Less than or equal to

-gt Greater than

-ge Greater than or equal to

-like Uses wildcards for pattern matching

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Filter
As previously mentioned, you can use the Filter parameter to filter data retrieved by a Get-* cmdlet.
The Filter parameter uses the same syntax as the Where-Object cmdlet in Windows PowerShell. As an
example, the command below retrieves all user accounts that have Smith as their last name, followed by
the output of the command:

> Get-ADUser -Filter {sn -eq "Smith"}

DistinguishedName : CN=Denise Smith,OU=Marketing,DC=Adatum,DC=com

Enabled : True
GivenName : Denise
Name : Denise Smith
ObjectClass : user
ObjectGUID : 1ff1b2cb-38c1-4bc7-bda7-511e19744d2a
SamAccountName : Denise
SID : S-1-5-21-322346712-1256085132-1900709958-1407
Surname : Smith
UserPrincipalName : [email protected]

DistinguishedName : CN=Tony Smith,OU=IT,DC=Adatum,DC=com

Enabled : True
GivenName : Tony
Name : Tony Smith
ObjectClass : user
ObjectGUID : ac7eb8db-3cf1-4e6d-91d3-7527e540c284
SamAccountName : Tony
SID : S-1-5-21-322346712-1256085132-1900709958-1408
Surname : Smith
UserPrincipalName : [email protected]

One of the characteristics of all Get-* cmdlets that are used to retrieve data from Active Directory is that
they do not always return all properties for the objects they retrieve. For instance, looking at the output
above you only see some of the properties that a user account has in Active Directory. You do not see, for
instance, the mail property. You can use the -Properties parameters to retrieve properties not returned
by default when running Get-* cmdlets.
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For example, the code below returns the same list of users, but this time with the mail and
PasswordLastSet properties:

> Get-ADUser -Filter {sn -eq "Smith"} -Properties mail,passwordlastset

DistinguishedName : CN=Denise Smith,OU=Marketing,DC=Adatum,DC=com

Enabled : True
GivenName : Denise
Name : Denise Smith
ObjectClass : user
ObjectGUID : 1ff1b2cb-38c1-4bc7-bda7-511e19744d2a
PasswordLastSet : 7/9/2013 12:51:30 PM
SamAccountName : Denise
SID : S-1-5-21-322346712-1256085132-1900709958-1407
Surname : Smith
UserPrincipalName : [email protected]

DistinguishedName : CN=Tony Smith,OU=IT,DC=Adatum,DC=com

Enabled : True
GivenName : Tony
Name : Tony Smith
ObjectClass : user
ObjectGUID : ac7eb8db-3cf1-4e6d-91d3-7527e540c284
PasswordLastSet : 7/9/2013 12:51:30 PM
SamAccountName : Tony
SID : S-1-5-21-322346712-1256085132-1900709958-1408
Surname : Smith
UserPrincipalName : [email protected]

The following is a command that you use to display all of the properties for a user account:

Get-ADUser -Name “Administrator” -Properties *

The following is a command that you use to return all the user accounts in the Marketing OU, and all of
its child OUs:

Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "ou=Marketing,dc=adatum,dc=com" -SearchScope subtree

The following is a command that you use to show all of the user accounts with a last logon date older
than a specific date:

Get-ADUser -Filter {lastlogondate -lt "January 1, 2012"}

The following is a command that you use to show all of the user accounts in the Marketing department
that have a last logon date older than a specific date:

Get-ADUser -Filter {(lastlogondate -lt "January 1, 2012") -and (department -eq

"Marketing")}

Additional Reading: For more information about filtering with Get-AD* cmdlets, see the
article about_ActiveDirectory_Filter at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=266740.

LDAPFilter
You can also use the LDAPFilter parameter to filter data retrieved by a Get-* cmdlet. The LDAPFilter
parameter takes a string value that uses the same syntax you use to build an LDAP query. For example,
the command below retrieves all users whose last name is Smith:

> Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter "(sn=Smith)"

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Search-ADAccount
One of the downfalls of the Get-AD* cmdlets is how they deal with the userAccountControl property.
This property is a 4-byte bitmap, where each bit corresponds to a different property linked to an Active
Directory account. The table below shows some of the bits in the bit map:

Hexadecimal Decimal
Identifier Description
value value

0x00000001 1 ADS_UF_SCRIPT Logon script is executed

0x00000002 2 ADS_UF_ACCOUNTDISABLE User account is disabled

0x00000008 8 ADS_UF_HOMEDIR_REQUIRED A home folder is required

0x00000010 16 ADS_UF_LOCKOUT User account is locked out

Additional Reading: For the full list of flags in the UserAccountControl property, visit
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331075.

When you read the userAccountControl, you receive a numerical value. Not a group of true/false values
per individual flag. For example, the code below shows the userAccountControl property for all users
whose last name begin with S.

> Get-ADUser -Filter {sn -like "Sm*"} -Properties userAccountControl|Select

Name,userAccountControl|FT -AutoSize

Name userAccountControl
---- ------------------
Denise Smith 66048
Tony Smith 66048

Imagine that you need to retrieve a list of all disabled accounts in Active Directory. To do that, you need
to retrieve all accounts where the userAccountControl property has the second to last bit enabled. You
can do this by using the code below:
> Get-ADUser -LDAPFilter "(userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2)"|Select Name

Memorizing, or even looking up, flags in the userAccountControl property is a time consuming job. Of
course, you can create scripts that already have the code built-in and just reuse them. But it would be
much better to have a command that abstracts all that work for you—and that is exactly what the
Search-ADAccount cmdlet does. Here is how you retrieve a list of disabled accounts by using the
Search-ADAccount cmdlet:
> Search-ADAccount -AccountDisabled | Select name
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That is much easier than using Get-ADUser. The Search-ADAccount cmdlet uses the following
parameters:

Parameter Description

AccountDisabled Retrieves a list of disabled accounts.

AuthType Specifies the authentication type used when running this command.

AccountExpired Retrieves a list of expired accounts that have.

AccountExpiring Retrieves a list of accounts that expire within a given time span.

AccountInactive Retrieves a list of accounts that will become inactive within a given time
span.

LockedOut Retrieves a list of accounts that are locked out.

PasswordExpired Retrieves a list of accounts that have their password expired.

PasswordExpiring Retrieves a list of accounts that have their password about to expire
within a time span.

PasswordNeverExpires Retrieves a list of accounts whose password never expires.

ComputersOnly Retrieves computer accounts.

UsersOnly Retrieves user accounts.

TimeSpan Used in conjunction with PasswordExpiring, AccountExpiring and

AccountInactive to specify the time span for those parameters.

DateTime Used in conjunction with PasswordExpiring, AccountExpiring and

AccountInactive to specify the expiry date for those parameters.

SearchBase Specifies the base LDAP container for the search.

SearchScope Specifies the scope for the search.

Server Specifies the server to connect to.

Here are some examples of the Search-ADAccount cmdlet:

# Retrieve all disabled user accounts

Search-ADAccount -AccountDisabled -UsersOnly

# Retrieve all user accounts inactive for the last 5 days

Search-ADAccount -AccountInactive -TimeSpan -5 -UsersOnly

# Retrieve all user accounts whose password will expire on 7/4/2014

Search-ADAccount -AccountExpiring -DateTime "4/7/2014" -UsersOnly

# Retrieve all computer accounts that are locked out

Search-ADAccount -ComputersOnly -LockedOut

Question: What is the difference between using -eq and -like when comparing strings?
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Modifying Objects with Windows PowerShell

To perform a bulk operation, you need to pass the
list of objects that you have queried to another
cmdlet to modify the objects. In most cases, you
use the Set-AD* cmdlets to modify the objects.

To pass the list of queried objects to another

cmdlet for further processing, you use the pipe
( | ) character. The pipe character passes each
object from the query to a second cmdlet, which
then performs a specified operation on each
object.

The following is a command that you could use

for those accounts that do not have the Company
attribute set. It generates a list of user accounts and sets the Company attribute to A. Datum.

Get-ADUser -Filter {company -notlike "*"} | Set-ADUser -Company "A. Datum"

Additional Reading: For more information on the Set-ADUser cmdlet, visit

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331074.

The following is a command that you could use to generate a list of user accounts that have not logged
on since a specific date, and then disable them:

Get-ADUser -Filter {lastlogondate -lt "January 1, 2012"} | Disable-ADAccount

Use Objects from a Text File

Instead of using a list of objects from a query to perform a bulk operation, you can use a list of objects
in a text file. This is useful when you have a list of objects to modify or remove, and it is not possible to
generate that list by using a query. For example, the human resources department might generate a list
of user accounts to be disabled. There is no query that can identify a list of users that have left the
organization.

When you use a text file to specify a list of objects, the text file needs to have the name of each object on
a single line.

The following is a command that you could use to disable the user accounts that are listed in a text file:

Get-Content C:\users.txt | Disable-ADAccount

Question: Which attributes of a user account can you use when creating a query by using
the Filter parameter?
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Working with CSV Files

A .csv file can contain much more information
than a simple list. Similar to a spreadsheet, a
.csv file can have multiple rows and columns of
information. Each row in the .csv file represents
a single object, and each column in the .csv file
represents a property of the object. This is useful
for bulk operations such as creating user accounts
where multiple pieces of information about each
object are required.

You can use the Import-CSV cmdlet to read the

contents of a .csv file into a variable, and then
work with the data. After the data is imported into
the variable, you can then refer to each individual row of data and each individual column of data. Each
column of data has a name that is based on the header row (the first row) of the .csv file. You can refer to
each column by name.

The following is an example a .csv file with a header row:

FirstName,LastName,Department

Greg,Guzik,IT

Robin,Young,Research

Qiong,Wu,Marketing

Use Foreach to Process CSV Data

In many cases, you will be creating script that will be reused for multiple .csv files, and you will not know
how many rows there are in each .csv file. In these cases, you can use a foreach loop to process each row
in a .csv file. This type of loop does not require that you know how many rows there are. During each
iteration of the foreach loop, a row from the .csv is imported into a variable that is then processed.

The following is a command that you could use to import a .csv file into a variable, and use a foreach
loop to display the first name from each row in a .csv file:

$users=Import-CSV –LiteralPath “C:\users.csv”

foreach ($user in $users)
{
Write-Host "The first name is:" $user.FirstName"
}

Question: In the foreach loop, how does $i change?

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Demonstration: Performing Bulk Operations with Windows PowerShell

You can use a script to combine multiple Windows PowerShell commands to perform more complex
tasks. Within a script, you often use variables and loops to process data. Windows PowerShell scripts have
a .ps1 extension.

The execution policy on a server determines whether scripts are able to run. The default execution policy
on Windows Server 2012 is RemoteSigned. This means that local scripts can run without being digitally
signed. You can control the execution policy by using the Set-ExecutionPolicy cmdlet.

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• Configure a department for users.

• Create an OU.

• Run a script to create new user accounts.

• Verify that new user accounts were created.

Demonstration Steps

Configure a department for users

1. On LON-DC1, open a Windows PowerShell Command Prompt window.
2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, search for user accounts in the Research OU using the following
command:

Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "ou=Research,dc=adatum,dc=com"

3. Set the department attribute of all users in the Research OU using the following command:

Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "ou=Research,dc=adatum,dc=com" | Set-ADUser

-Department Research

4. Display a table-formatted list of users in the Research department. Display the distinguished name
and department by using the following command:

Get-ADUser -Filter 'department -eq "Research"' | Format-Table

DistinguishedName,Department

5. Use the Properties parameter in the previous command so that the department is displayed correctly
in the output. Use the following command:

Get-ADUser -Filter 'department -eq "Research"' -Properties Department | Format-Table

DistinguishedName,Department

Create an OU
• At the Windows PowerShell prompt, create a new OU named LondonBranch using the following
command:

New-ADOrganizationalUnit LondonBranch -Path "dc=adatum,dc=com"

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Run a script to create new user accounts

1. Open E:\Labfiles\Mod04\DemoUsers.csv, and read the header row.

2. Edit DemoUsers.ps1, and review the contents of the script. Note that the script:
• Refers to the location of the .csv file.

• Uses a foreach loop to process the .csv file contents.

• Refers to the columns defined by the header in the .csv file.

3. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, change to the E:\Labfiles\Mod04 directory, and then run the
following command:

.\DemoUsers.ps1

Verify that new user accounts were created

1. In Server Manager, open Active Directory Administrative Center.
2. In Active Directory Administrative Center, go to Adatum (local)>LondonBranch, and verify that the
user accounts were created.

Note that the passwords are disabled because no password was set during creation.
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Lab: Automating AD DS Administration by Using Windows

PowerShell
Scenario
You have been working for A. Datum for several years as a desktop support specialist. In this role, you
visited desktop computers to troubleshoot app and network problems. You have recently accepted a
promotion to the server support team. One of your first assignments is configuring the infrastructure
service for a new branch office.

As part of configuring a new branch office, you need to create user and group accounts. Creating multiple
users with graphical tools is inefficient, so, you will use Windows PowerShell.

Objectives
After completing this lab, you will be able to:

• Create user accounts and groups by using Windows PowerShell.

• Use Windows PowerShell to create user accounts in bulk.

• Use Windows PowerShell to modify user accounts in bulk.

Lab Setup
Estimated time: 45 minutes

Virtual machines 20410C-LON-DC1

20410C-LON-CL1

User name Adatum\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

For this lab, you will use the available virtual machine environment. Before you begin the lab, you must
complete the following steps:

1. On the host computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V Manager.

2. In Hyper-V® Manager, click 20410C-LON-DC1, and in the Actions pane, click Start.
3. In the Actions pane, click Connect. Wait until the virtual machine starts.

4. Sign in using the following credentials:

o User name: Adatum\Administrator

o Password: Pa$$w0rd

5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-CL1. Do not sign in to LON-CL1 until directed to do so.
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Exercise 1: Creating User Accounts and Groups by Using Windows

PowerShell
Scenario
A. Datum Corporation has a number of scripts that have been used in the past to create user accounts by
using command-line tools. It has been mandated that all future scripting will be done by using Windows
PowerShell. As the first step in creating scripts, you need to identify the syntax required to manage AD DS
objects in Windows PowerShell.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Create a user account by using Windows PowerShell.

2. Create a group by using Windows PowerShell.

 Task 1: Create a user account by using Windows PowerShell

1. On LON-DC1, open a Windows PowerShell Command Prompt window.

2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, create a new OU named LondonBranch by typing the following
command:

New-ADOrganizationalUnit LondonBranch

3. Create a new user account for Ty Carlson in the LondonBranch OU using the following command:

New-ADUser -Name Ty -DisplayName "Ty Carlson" -GivenName Ty -Surname Carlson -Path

"ou=LondonBranch,dc=adatum,dc=com"

4. Change the blank password for the new account to Pa$$w0rd, using the following command:

Set-ADAccountPassword Ty

5. Enable the new user account using the following command:

Enable-ADAccount Ty

6. On LON-CL1, sign in as Ty with the password Pa$$w0rd.

7. Verify that the sign-in is successful, and then sign out of LON-CL1.

 Task 2: Create a group by using Windows PowerShell

1. On LON-DC1, at the Windows PowerShell prompt, create a new global security group for users in the
London branch office, using the following command:

New-ADGroup LondonBranchUsers -Path "ou=LondonBranch,dc=adatum,dc=com" -GroupScope

Global -GroupCategory Security

2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, add Ty as a member of LondonBranchUsers, using the following
command:

Add-ADGroupMember LondonBranchUsers -Members Ty

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3. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, confirm that Ty has been added as a member of
LondonBranchUsers, using the following command:

Get-ADGroupMember LondonBranchUsers

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have created user accounts and groups by using Windows
PowerShell.

Exercise 2: Using Windows PowerShell to Create User Accounts in Bulk

Scenario
You have been given a .csv file that contains a large list of new users for the branch office. It would be
inefficient to create these users individually with graphical tools. Instead, you will use a Windows
PowerShell script to create the users. A colleague that is experienced with scripting has provided you with
a script that she created. You need to modify the script to match the format of your .csv file.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Prepare the .csv file.

2. Prepare the script.

3. Run the script.

 Task 1: Prepare the .csv file

1. On LON-DC1, read the contents in E:\Labfiles\Mod04\LabUsers.ps1 to identify the header
requirements for the .csv file.
2. Edit the contents in C:\Labfiles\Mod04\LabUsers.csv, and add the appropriate header.

 Task 2: Prepare the script

1. On LON-DC1, use Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) to modify the variables
in LabUsers.ps1:
o $csvfile: E:\Labfiles\Mod04\labUsers.csv

o $OU: "ou=LondonBranch,dc=adatum,dc=com"
2. Save the modified LabUsers.ps1.
3. Review the contents of the script.

 Task 3: Run the script

1. On LON-DC1, open a Windows PowerShell Command Prompt window, and run
E:\Labfiles\Mod04\LabUsers.ps1.
2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt use the following command to verify that the users were created:

Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "ou=LondonBranch,dc=adatum,dc=com"

3. On LON-CL1, sign in as Luka with the password Pa$$w0rd.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have used Windows PowerShell to create user accounts in
bulk.
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Exercise 3: Using Windows PowerShell to Modify User Accounts in Bulk

Scenario
You have received a request to update all user accounts in the new branch office OU with the correct
address of the new building. You have also been asked to ensure that all of the new user accounts in the
branch office are configured to force users to change their passwords the next time they sign in.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Force all user accounts in LondonBranch to change their passwords at next sign in.

2. Configure the address for user accounts in LondonBranch.

 Task 1: Force all user accounts in LondonBranch to change their passwords at next
sign-in
1. On LON-DC1, open a Windows PowerShell Command Prompt window.

2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, create a query for user accounts in the LondonBranch OU using
the following command:

Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "ou=LondonBranch,dc=adatum,dc=com" | Format-Wide

DistinguishedName

3. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, modify the previous command to force all users to change their
password the next time they sign in by using the following command:

Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "ou=LondonBranch,dc=adatum,dc=com" | Set-ADUser

-ChangePasswordAtLogon $true

 Task 2: Configure the address for user accounts in LondonBranch

1. On LON-DC1, open Active Directory Administrative Center.

2. Open the properties for all user accounts in LondonBranch.

3. Set the address for multiple users as follows:

o Street: Branch Office

o City: London
o Country/Region: United Kingdom

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have modified user accounts in bulk.

 Prepare for the next module

When you finish the lab, revert all virtual machines back to their initial state by performing the following
steps:

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-CL1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-DC1.

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Lab Review Questions

Question: By default, are new user accounts enabled or disabled when you create them by
using the New-ADUser cmdlet?

Question: What file extension do Windows PowerShell scripts use?

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Module Review and Takeaways

Review Questions
Question: A colleague is creating a Windows PowerShell script that creates user accounts
from data in a .csv file. However, his script is experiencing errors when attempting to set a
default password. Why might this be happening?

Question: You are an administrator for a school district that creates 20,000 new user
accounts for students each year. The administration system for students can generate a list of
the new students and then export it as a .csv file. After the data has been exported to a .csv
file, what information do you need to work with the data in a script?
Question: The Research department in your organization has been renamed “Research and
Development.” You need to update the Department property of users in the Research
department to reflect this change.

You have created a query for user accounts with the department property set to Research,
by using the Get-ADUser cmdlet and the -Filter parameter. What is the next step to update
the department property to Research and Development?

Tools
Tool Use Where to find it

Csvde Csvde is a command-line tool that exports or In Windows Server 2012.

imports AD DS objects to or from a
comma-separated values (.csv) file.

Ldifdpe Ldifde is a command-line tool that you can use to In Windows Server 2012.
export, create, modify, or delete AD DS objects. Like
csvde, ldifde uses data that is stored in a file.

DS command-line You can use DS command-line tools to create, view, In Windows Server 2012
tools modify, and remove AD DS objects. These tools are
suitable for scripts and include: DSadd, DSget,
DSquery, DSmod, DSrm and DSmove.
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Module 5
Implementing IPv4
Contents:
Module Overview 5-1

Lesson 1: Overview of TCP/IP 5-2

Lesson 2: Understanding IPv4 Addressing 5-6

Lesson 3: Subnetting and Supernetting 5-11

Lesson 4: Configuring and Troubleshooting IPv4 5-16

Lab: Implementing IPv4 5-26
Module Review and Takeaways 5-31

Module Overview
IPv4 is the network protocol used on the Internet and local area networks. To ensure that you can you
understand and troubleshoot network communication, it is essential that you understand how IPv4 is
implemented. In this module, you will see how to implement an IPv4 addressing scheme, and determine
and troubleshoot network-related problems.

Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
• Describe the TCP/IP protocol suite.

• Describe IPv4 addressing.

• Determine a subnet mask necessary for subnetting or supernetting.

• Configure IPv4 and troubleshoot IPv4 communication.
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Lesson 1
Overview of TCP/IP
TCP/IP is an industry standard suite of protocols that provides communication in a heterogeneous
network. This lesson provides an overview of IPv4 and how it relates to other protocols to enable network
communication. It also covers the concept of sockets, which applications use to accept network
communications. Combined together, this lesson provides a foundation for understanding and
troubleshooting network communication.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the elements of the TCP/IP suite of protocols.

• Describe the individual protocols that make up the TCP/IP suite.

• Describe TCP/IP application layer protocols.

• Describe a socket, and identify port numbers for specified protocols.

The TCP/IP Protocol Suite

The tasks performed by TCP/IP in the
communication process are distributed between
protocols. These protocols are organized into four
distinct layers within the TCP/IP stack:

• Application layer. Applications use the

application layer protocols to access network
resources.

• Transport layer. The transport layer protocols

control data transfer reliability on the
network.

• Internet layer. The internet layer protocols

control packet movement between networks.

• Network interface layer. The network interface layer protocols define how datagrams from the
Internet layer are transmitted on the media.

Benefits of Architecture Layers

Rather than creating a single protocol, dividing the network functions into a stack of separate protocols
provides several benefits:

• Separate protocols make it easier to support a variety of computing platforms.

• Creating or modifying protocols to support new standards does not require modification of the entire
protocol stack.

• Having multiple protocols operating at the same layer makes it possible for applications to select the
protocols that provide only the level of service required.

• Because the stack is split into layers, the development of the protocols can proceed simultaneously by
personnel who are uniquely qualified in the operations of the particular layers.
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Protocols in the TCP/IP Suite

The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model
defines distinct layers related to packaging, and
sending and receiving data transmissions over a
network. The layered suite of protocols that form
the TCP/IP stack carry out these functions.

Application Layer
The application layer of the TCP/IP model
corresponds to the application, presentation, and
session layers of the OSI model. This layer
provides services and utilities that enable
applications to access network resources.

Transport Layer
The transport layer corresponds to the transport layer of the OSI model and is responsible for end-to-end
communication using TCP or User Datagram Protocol (UDP). The TCP/IP protocol suite offers application
programmers the choice of TCP or UDP as a transport layer protocol:

• TCP. Provides connection-oriented reliable communications for applications. Connection-oriented

communication confirms that the destination is ready to receive data before it sends the data. To
make communication reliable, TCP confirms that all packets are received. Reliable communication is
desired in most cases, and is used by most applications. Web servers, File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
clients, and other applications that move large amounts of data use TCP.
• UDP. Provides connectionless and unreliable communication. When using UDP, reliable delivery is the
responsibility of the application. Applications use UDP for faster communication with less overhead
than TCP. Applications such as streaming audio and video use UDP so that a single missing packet
will not delay playback. UDP is also used by applications that send small amounts of data, such as
Domain Name System (DNS) name lookups.
The transport layer protocol that an application uses is determined by the developer of an application,
and is based on the communication requirements of the application.

Internet Layer
The Internet layer corresponds to the network layer of the OSI model and consists of several separate
protocols, including: IP; Address Resolution Protocol (ARP); Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP);
and Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP). The protocols at the Internet layer encapsulate transport
layer data into units called packets, address them, and then route them to their destinations.
The Internet layer protocols are:

• IP. IP is responsible for routing and addressing. The Windows® 8 operating system and the Windows
Server® 2012 operating system implement a dual-layer IP protocol stack, including support for both
IPv4 and IPv6.

• ARP. ARP is used by IP to determine the media access control (MAC) address of local network
adapters—that is, adapters installed on computers on the local network—from the IP address of a
local host. ARP is broadcast-based, meaning that ARP frames cannot transit a router and are therefore
localized. Some implementations of TCP/IP provide support for Reverse ARP (RARP) in which the MAC
address of a network adapter is used to determine the corresponding IP address.

• IGMP. IGMP provides support for multitasking applications over routers in IPv4 networks.

• ICMP. ICMP sends error messages in an IP-based network.

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Network Interface Layer

The network interface layer (sometimes referred to as the link layer or data link layer) corresponds to the
data link and physical layers of the OSI model. The network interface layer specifies the requirements for
sending and receiving packets on the network media. This layer is often not formally considered part of
the TCP/IP protocol suite because the tasks are performed by the combination of the network adapter
driver and the network adapter.

TCP/IP Applications
Applications use application layer protocols to
communicate over the network. A client and
server must be using the same application layer
protocol to communicate. The following table lists
some common application layer protocols.

Protocol Description

HTTP Used for communication between web browsers and web

servers.

HTTP/Secure (HTTPS) A version of HTTP that encrypts communication between

web browsers and web servers.

FTP Used to transfer files between FTP clients and servers.

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Used to remotely control a computer that is running
Windows operating systems over a network.

Server Message Block (SMB) Used by servers and client computers for file and printer
sharing.

Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Used to transfer email messages over the Internet.

Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) Used to retrieve messages from some email servers.

Internet Message Application Protocol Used to retrieve messages from some email servers.
(IMAP)
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What Is a Socket?
When an application wants to establish
communication with an application on a
remote host, it creates a TCP or a UDP socket,
as appropriate. A socket identifies the following
as part of the communication process:

• The transport protocol that the application

uses, which could be TCP or UDP
• The TCP or UDP port numbers that the
applications are using

• The IPv4 or IPv6 address of the source and

destination hosts

This combination of transport protocol, IP address, and port creates a socket.

Well-Known Ports
Applications are assigned a port number between 0 and 65,535. The first 1,024 ports are known as
well-known ports and have been assigned to specific applications. Applications listening for connections
use consistent port numbers to make it easier for client applications to connect. If an application listens on
a non-standard port number, then you need to specify the port number when connecting to it. Client
applications typically use a random source port number above 1,024. The following table identifies some
of these well-known ports.

Port Protocol Application

80 TCP HTTP used by a web server

443 TCP HTTPS for a secure web server

110 TCP POP3 used for email retrieval

143 TCP IMAP used for email retrieval

25 TCP SMTP used for sending email messages

53 UDP DNS used for most name resolution requests

53 TCP DNS used for zone transfers

20, 21 TCP FTP used for file transfers

You need to know the port numbers that applications use so you can configure firewalls to allow
communication. Most applications have a default port number for this purpose, but it can be changed
when required. For example, some web-based applications run on a port other than port 80 or port 443.

Question: Are there other well-known ports that you can think of?
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Lesson 2
Understanding IPv4 Addressing
Understanding IPv4 network communication is critical to ensuring that you can implement, troubleshoot,
and maintain IPv4 networks. One of the core components of IPv4 is addressing. Understanding
addressing, subnet masks, and default gateways allows you to identify the proper communication
between hosts. To identify IPv4 communication errors, you need to understand how the communication
process is supposed to work.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe IPv4 Addressing.

• Identify public and private IPv4 addresses.

• Explain how dotted decimal notation relates to binary numbers.

• Describe a simple IPv4 network with classfull addressing.

• Describe a more complex IPv4 network with classless addressing.

IPv4 Addressing
To configure network connectivity, you must be
familiar with IPv4 addresses and how they work.
Network communication for a computer is
directed to the IPv4 address of that computer.
Therefore, each networked computer must be
assigned a unique IPv4 address.

Each IPv4 address is 32 bits long. To make IP

addresses more readable, they are displayed in
dotted decimal notation. Dotted decimal notation
divides a 32-bit IPv4 address into four groups of
8 bits, which are converted to a decimal number
between zero and 255. The decimal numbers are
separated by a period (dot). Each decimal number is called an octet, for example, the following IP address:
172.16.0.10.

Subnet Mask
Each IPv4 address is composed of a network ID and a host ID. The network ID identifies the network on
which the computer is located. The host ID uniquely identifies the computer on that specific network. A
subnet mask identifies which part of an IPv4 address is the network ID, and which part is the host ID.

In the simplest scenarios, each octet in a subnet mask is either 255 or 0. A 255 represents an octet that is
part of the network ID, while a 0 represents an octet that is part of the host ID. For example, a computer
with an IP address of 172.16.0.10 and a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 has a network ID of 172.16.0.0 and a
host ID of 0.0.0.10.

Note: The terms network, subnet, and VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) are often used
interchangeably. A large network is often subdivided into subnets, and VLANs are configured on
routers or on Layer 3 switches to represent subnets.
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Default Gateway
A default gateway is a device (usually a router), on a TCP/IP network that forwards IP packets to other
networks. The multiple internal networks in an organization can be referred to as an intranet.

On an intranet, any given network might have several routers that connect it to other networks, both local
and remote. You must configure one of the routers as the default gateway for local hosts. This enables the
local hosts to communicate with hosts on remote networks.
Before a host sends an IPv4 packet, it uses its own subnet mask to determine whether the destination
host is on the same network, or on a remote network. If the destination host is on the same network, the
sending host transmits the packet directly to the destination host. If the destination host is on a different
network, the host transmits the packet to a router for delivery.

When a host transmits a packet to a remote network, IPv4 consults the internal routing table to determine
the appropriate router for the packet to reach the destination subnet. If the routing table does not
contain any routing information about the destination subnet, IPv4 forwards the packet to the default
gateway. The host assumes that the default gateway contains the required routing information. The
default gateway is used in most cases.
Client computers usually obtain their IP addressing information from a Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) server. This is more straightforward than assigning a default gateway manually on each
host. Most servers have a static IP configuration that is assigned manually.
Question: How is network communication affected if a default gateway is configured
incorrectly?

Public and Private IPv4 Addresses

Devices and hosts that connect directly to the
Internet require a public IPv4 address. Hosts
and devices that do not connect directly to the
Internet do not require a public IPv4 address.

Public IPv4 Addresses

Public IPv4 addresses must be unique. Internet
Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assigns public
IPv4 addresses to regional Internet registries
(RIRs). RIRs then assign IPv4 addresses to Internet
service providers (ISPs). Usually your ISP allocates
you one or more public addresses from its address
pool. The number of addresses that your ISP
allocates to you depends upon how many devices and hosts that you have to connect to the Internet.

Private IPv4 Addresses

The pool of IPv4 addresses is becoming smaller, so RIRs are reluctant to allocate superfluous IPv4
addresses. Technologies such as network address translation (NAT) enable administrators to use a
relatively small number of public IPv4 addresses and at the same time, enable local hosts to connect to
remote hosts and services on the Internet.
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IANA defines the address ranges in the following table as private. Internet-based routers do not forward
packets originating from, or destined to, these ranges.

Network Range

10.0.0.0/8 10.0.0.0-10.255.255.255

172.16.0.0/12 172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255

192.168.0.0/16 192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255

How Dotted Decimal Notation Relates to Binary Numbers

When you assign IP addresses, you use dotted
decimal notation. Dotted decimal notation is
based on the decimal number system. However,
in the background, computers use IP addresses in
binary. To understand how to choose a subnet
mask for complex networks, you must understand
IP addresses in binary.
Within an 8-bit octet, each bit position has a
decimal value. A bit that is set to 0 always has a
zero value. A bit that is set to 1 can be converted
to a decimal value. The low-order bit—the
rightmost bit in the octet—represents a decimal
value of 1. The high-order bit—the leftmost bit in the octet—represents a decimal value of 128. If all bits
in an octet are set to 1, then the octet’s decimal value is 255 (that is: 128 + 64 + 32 + 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1).
That is the highest possible value of an octet.

Most of the time, you can use a calculator to convert decimal numbers to binary and vice versa. The
Calculator application included in Windows operating systems can perform decimal-to-binary
conversions, as shown in the following example.

Binary Dotted decimal notation

10000011 01101011 00000011 00011000 131.107.3.24

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Simple IPv4 Implementations

IPv4 Address Classes

The IANA organizes IPv4 addresses into classes.
Each class of address has a different default
subnet mask that defines the number of valid
hosts on the network. IANA has named the IPv4
address classes from Class A through Class E.

Classes A, B, and C are IP networks that you can

assign to IP addresses on host computers. Class D
addresses are used by computers and applications
for multicasting. The IANA reserves Class E for
experimental use. The following table lists the
characteristics of each IP address class.

Number of Number of hosts

Class First octet Default subnet mask
networks per network

A 1-127 255.0.0.0 126 16,777,214

B 128-191 255.255.0.0 16,384 65,534

C 192-223 255.255.255.0 2,097,152 254

Note: The Internet no longer uses routing based on the default subnet mask of IPv4
address classes.

Simple IPv4 Networks

You can use subnetting to divide a large network into multiple smaller networks. In simple IPv4 networks,
the subnet mask defines full octets as part of the network ID and host ID. A 255 represents an octet that is
part of the network ID, and a 0 represents an octet that is part of the host ID. For example, you can use
the 10.0.0.0 network with a subnet mask of 255.255.0.0 to create 256 smaller networks.

Note: The IPv4 address 127.0.0.1 is used as a loopback address; you can use this address to
test the local configuration of the IPv4 protocol stack. Consequently, the network address 127 is
not permitted for configuring IPv4 hosts.
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More Complex IPv4 Implementations

In complex networks, subnet masks might not be
simple combinations of 255 and 0. Rather, you
might subdivide one octet with some bits that are
for the network ID, and some that are for the host
ID. This allows you to have the specific number of
subnets and hosts that you require.

The following example shows a subnet mask that

can be used to divide a class B network into 16
subnets: 172.16.0.0/255.255.240.0

In many cases, rather than using a dotted decimal

representation of the subnet mask, the number of
bits in the network ID is specified instead. This is
called Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR).
The following is an example of CIDR notation: 172.16.0.0/20

Variable Length Subnet Masks

Modern routers support the use of variable length subnet masks (VLSMs). VLSMs allow you to create
subnets of different sizes when you subdivide a larger network. For example, you could subdivide a small
network with 256 addresses into three smaller networks with 128 addresses, 64 addresses, and 64
addresses. This allows you to use IP addresses in a network more efficiently.
Question: Does your organization use simple or complex networking?
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Lesson 3
Subnetting and Supernetting
In most organizations, you need perform subnetting to divide your network into smaller subnets and
allocate those subnets for specific purposes or locations. To do this you need to understand how to select
the correct number of bits to include in the subnet masks. In some cases, you may also need to combine
multiple networks into a single larger network through supernetting.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe how bits are used in a subnet mask or prefix length.

• Identify when to use subnetting.

• Calculate a subnet mask that supports a specific number of subnet addresses.

• Calculate a subnet mask that supports a specific number of host addresses.

• Identify an appropriate subnet mask for a scenario.

• Describe supernetting.

How Bits Are Used in a Subnet Mask or Prefix Length

In simple networks, subnet masks are composed
of four octets, and each octet has a value of 255
or 0. If the octet is 255, that octet is part of the
network ID. If the octet is 0, that octet is part of
the host ID.

In complex networks, you can convert the subnet

mask to binary, and evaluate each bit in the
subnet mask. A subnet mask is composed of
contiguous 1s and 0s. The 1s start at the leftmost
bit and continue uninterrupted until the bits
change to all 0s.

Note: Windows PowerShell® cmdlets for

configuring IPv4 use a prefix length value rather than a subnet mask to define the number of
network bits. The prefix length is the same number of bits used by CIDR notation.

You can identify the network ID of a subnet mask by the 1s. You can identify the host ID by the 0s. Any
bits taken from the host ID and allocated to the network ID must be contiguous with the original
network ID:

• Each 1 bit is part of the network ID.

• Each 0 bit is part of the host ID.

The mathematical process that is used to compare an IP address and a subnet mask is called ANDing.

When you use more bits for the subnet mask, you can have more subnets, but fewer hosts on each
subnet. Using more bits than you need allows for subnet growth, but limits growth for hosts. Using fewer
bits than you need allows for growth in the number of hosts you can have, but limits growth in subnets.
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The Benefits of Using Subnetting

When you subdivide a network into subnets, you
must create a unique ID for each subnet. These
unique IDs are derived from the main network
ID—you allocate some of the bits in the host ID to
the network ID. This enables you to create more
networks.

By using subnets, you can:

• Use a single, large network across multiple
physical locations.

• Reduce network congestion by segmenting

traffic and reducing broadcasts on each
segment.

• Increase security by dividing the network and using firewalls to control communication.
• Overcome limitations of current technologies, such as exceeding the maximum number of hosts that
each segment can have.

Calculating Subnet Addresses

Before you define a subnet mask, estimate how
many subnets and hosts for each subnet you may
require. This enables you to use the appropriate
number of bits for the subnet mask.

You can calculate the number of subnet bits that

you need in the network. Use the formula 2n,
where n is the number of bits. The result is the
number of subnets that your network requires.
The following table indicates the number of
subnets that you can create by using a specific
number of bits.

Number of bits (n) Number of subnets (2n)

1 2

2 4

3 8

4 16

5 32

6 64
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To determine the subnet addresses quickly, you can use the lowest value bit in the subnet mask. For
example, if you choose to subnet the network 172.16.0.0 by using 3 bits, this mean the subnet mask is
255.255.224.0. The decimal 224 is 11100000 in binary, and the lowest bit has a value of 32, so that is the
increment between each subnet address.

The following table shows the subnet addresses for this example; the 3 bits that you have chosen to use
to subnet the network are shown in bold type.

Binary network number Decimal network number

172.16.00000000.00000000 172.16.0.0

172.16.00100000.00000000 172.16.32.0

172.16.01000000.00000000 172.16.64.0

172.16.01100000.00000000 172.16.96.0

172.16.10000000.00000000 172.16.128.0

172.16.10100000.00000000 172.16.160.0

172.16.11000000.00000000 172.16.192.0

172.16.11100000.00000000 172.16.224.0

Note: You can use a subnet calculator to determine the appropriate subnets for your
network, rather than calculating them manually. Subnet calculators are widely available on the
Internet.

Calculating Host Addresses

To determine host bits in the mask, determine the
required number of bits for the supporting hosts
on a subnet. Calculate the number of host bits
required by using the formula 2n-2, where n is the
number of bits. This result must be at least the
number of hosts that you need for your network,
and the maximum number of hosts that you can
configure on that subnet.

On each subnet, two host IDs are allocated

automatically and cannot be used by computers.
An address with the host ID of all 0s represents
the network. An address with the host ID of all 1s
is the broadcast address for that network.
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The following table shows how many hosts a class C network has available based on the number of host
bits.

Number of bits (n) Number of hosts (2n-2)

1 0

2 2

3 6

4 14

5 30

6 62

You can calculate each subnet’s range of host addresses by using the following process:

1. The first host is one binary digit higher than the current subnet ID.

2. The last host is two binary digits lower than the next subnet ID.
The following table shows examples of calculating host addresses.

Network Host range

172.16.64.0/19 172.16.64.1 – 172.16.95.254

172.16.96.0/19 172.16.96.1 – 172.16.127.254

172.16.128.0/19 172.16.128.1 – 172.16.159.254

To create an appropriate addressing scheme for your organization, you must know how many subnets
you need, and how many hosts you need on each subnet. Once you have that information, you can
calculate an appropriate subnet mask.

Discussion: Creating a Subnetting Scheme for a New Office

Read the following scenario and answer the
questions on the slide.

You are identifying an appropriate network

configuration for a new campus. You have been
allocated the 10.34.0.0/16 network that you can
subnet as required.

There are four buildings on the new campus, and

each should have its own subnet to allow for
routing between the buildings. Each building will
have up to 700 users. Each building will also have
printers. The typical ratio of users to printers is 50
to 1.

You also need to allocate a subnet for the server data center that will hold up to 100 servers.
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What Is Supernetting?
Supernetting combines multiple small
networks into a single large network. This may be
appropriate when you have a small network that
has grown and you need to expand the address
space. For example, a branch office that is using
the network 192.168.16.0/24 and that exhausts
all of its IP addresses could be allocated the
additional network 192.168.17.0/24. If you use
the default subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 for
these networks then you must perform routing
between them. You can use supernetting to
combine them into a single network.

To perform supernetting, the networks that you are combining must be contiguous. For example,
192.168.16.0/24 and 192.168.17.0/24 can be supernetted, but you cannot supernet 192.168.16.0/24 and
192.168.54.0/24.

Supernetting is the opposite of subnetting. When you perform supernetting, you allocate bits from the
network ID to the host ID. The following table shows how many networks that you can combine by using
a specific number of bits.

Number of bits Number of networks combined

1 2

2 4

3 8

4 16

The following table shows an example of supernetting two class C networks. The portion of the subnet
mask that you are using as part of the network ID is shown in bold type.

Network Range

192.168.00010000.00000000/24 192.168.16.0-192.168.16.255

192.168.00010001.00000000/24 192.168.17.0-192.168.17.255

192.168.00010000.00000000/23 192.168.16.0-192.168.17.255
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Lesson 4
Configuring and Troubleshooting IPv4
If IPv4 is configured incorrectly, then it affects the availability of services that are running on a server. To
ensure the availability of network services, you need to understand how to configure and troubleshoot
IPv4. Windows Server 2012 introduces the ability to configure IPv4 by using Windows PowerShell which is
useful for scripting.

The troubleshooting tools in Windows Server 2012 are similar to previous versions of Windows client
operating systems and server operating systems. However, you may not be familiar with Network Monitor,
which you can use to perform detailed analysis of your network communication.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Configure IPv4 manually to provide a static configuration for a server.

• Configure a server so that it obtains an IPv4 configuration automatically.

• Explain how to use IPv4 troubleshooting tools.

• Explain how to use Windows PowerShell cmdlets for troubleshooting IPv4.

• Describe the troubleshooting process used to resolve fundamental IPv4 problems.

• Describe the function of Network Monitor.

• Use Network Monitor to capture and analyze network traffic.

Configuring IPv4 Manually

You typically configure servers with a static IP
address. This is done to ensure that you know and
can document the IP addresses that you use for
various services on your network. For example, a
DNS server is accessed at a specific IP address that
should not change.

IPv4 configuration includes:

• IPv4 address

• Subnet mask

• Default gateway

• DNS servers

Static configuration requires that you visit each computer and input the IPv4 configuration manually.
This method of computer management is reasonable for servers, but it is very time consuming for client
computers. Manually entering a static configuration also increases the risk of configuration mistakes.
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Configuring a Static IP Address by Using Windows PowerShell

Windows Server 2012 includes Windows PowerShell cmdlets that you can use to manage network
configuration. The following table describes some of the Windows PowerShell cmdlets that are available
for configuring IPv4.

Cmdlet Description of IPv4 configuration uses

New-NetIPAddress Creates a new IP address and binds it to a network adapter. You

cannot modify an existing IP address; you must remove an existing IP
address and then create a new IP address.

Set-NetIPAddress Changes the configuration of an IP address.

Set-NetIPInterface Enables or disables DHCP for an interface.

New-NetRoute Creates routing table entries, including the default gateway (0.0.0.0).
You cannot modify the next hop of an existing route; instead, you
must remove an existing route and create a new route with the
correct next hop.

Set-DNSClientServerAddress Configures the DNS server that is used for an interface.

The following code is an example of the Windows PowerShell cmdlets that you can use to configure the
interface Local Area Connection with the following parameters:

• Static IP address 10.10.0.10

• Subnet mask 255.255.255.0

• Default gateway 10.10.0.1

Local Area Connection is also configured to use DNS servers of 10.12.0.1 and 10.12.0.2.

New-NetIPAddress –InterfaceAlias "Local Area Connection" –IPAddress 10.10.0.10

-PrefixLength 24 –DefaultGateway 10.10.0.1
Set-DNSClientServerAddress –InterfaceAlias "Local Area Connection" -ServerAddresses
10.12.0.1,10.12.0.2

Configuring a Static IP Address by Using Netsh

You also can configure a static IP address either in the properties of the network connection or by using
the netsh command-line tool. For example, the following command configures the interface Local Area
Connection with the following parameters:
• Static IP address 10.10.0.10

• Subnet mask 255.255.255.0

• Default gateway 10.10.0.1

Netsh interface ipv4 set address name="Local Area Connection" source=static

addr=10.10.0.10 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.10.0.1

Additional Reading: For more information about net TCP/IP cmdlets in Windows
PowerShell, go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=269708.

Question: Do any computers or devices in your organization have static IP addresses?

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Configuring IPv4 Automatically

DHCP for IPv4 enables you to assign automatic
IPv4 configurations for large numbers of
computers without having to assign each one
individually. The DHCP service receives requests
for IPv4 configuration from computers that you
configure to obtain an IPv4 address automatically.
It also assigns additional IPv4 settings from scopes
that you define for each of your network’s
subnets. The DHCP service identifies the subnet
from which the request originated and assigns IP
configuration from the relevant scope.

DHCP helps simplify the IP configuration process;

however, you must be aware that if you use DHCP to assign IPv4 information and the service is
business-critical, you must do the following:
• Include resilience in your DHCP service design so that the failure of a single server does not prevent
the service from functioning.

• Configure the scopes on the DHCP server carefully. If you make a mistake, it can affect the entire
network and prevent communication.

If you use a laptop to connect to multiple networks (such as at work and at home), each network might
require a different IP configuration. Windows operating systems support the use of Automatic Private IP
Addressing (APIPA) or an alternate static IP address for this situation.

When you configure Windows-based computers to obtain an IPv4 address from DHCP, use the Alternate
Configuration tab to control the behavior if a DHCP server is not available. By default, Windows uses
APIPA to assign itself an IP address automatically from the 169.254.0.0 to 169.254.255.255 address range,
but with no default gateway or DNS server; this enables limited functionality.

APIPA is useful for troubleshooting DHCP; if the computer has an address from the APIPA range, it is an
indication that the computer cannot communicate with a DHCP server.

Windows Server 2012 also has Windows PowerShell cmdlets that you can use to enable DHCP for an
interface. The following table describes some of the available Windows PowerShell cmdlets that are
available for configuring DHCP on an interface.

Cmdlet Description

Get-NetIPInterface Obtains a list of interfaces and their configuration. This does not
include IPv4 configuration of the interface.

Set-NetIPInterface Enables or disables DHCP for an interface.

Get-NetAdapter Obtains a list of network adapters in a computer.

Restart-NetAdapter Disables and re-enables a network adapter. This forces a DHCP client to
obtain a new DHCP lease.

The following code is an example of how you can enable DHCP for the adapter Local Area Connection,
and ensure that it receives an address:

Set-NetIPInterface –InterfaceAlias "Local Area Connection" –Dhcp Enabled

Restart-NetAdapter –Name "Local Area Connection"
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Using Windows PowerShell Cmdlets to Troubleshoot IPv4

You can use command-line tools or Windows
PowerShell cmdlets in Windows Server 2012
to configure your network and perform
troubleshooting. Although you could use
Windows PowerShell in earlier versions
of Windows Server to perform network
troubleshooting and configuration, it required you
to use Windows Management Instrumentation
(WMI) objects, which are more difficult to use than
native Windows PowerShell cmdlets.

The following table lists some of the Windows

PowerShell cmdlets that you can use.

Cmdlet Purpose

Get-NetAdapter Obtains a list of network adapters in a computer.

Get-NetIPv4Protocol Gets information about the IP version 4 (IPv4) protocol

configuration. (Get-NetIP6Protocol returns the same information
for the IP version 6 (IPv6) protocol).

Restart-NetAdapter Disables and re-enables a network adapter.

Get-NetIPInterface Obtains a list of interfaces and their configuration.

Get-NetIPAddress Obtains a list of IP addresses that are configured for interfaces.

Get-NetRoute Obtains the list of routes in the local routing table.

Get-NetConnectionProfile Obtains the type of network (public, private, domain) to which a

network adapter is connected.

Get-DnsClient Retrieves configuration details specific to the different network

interfaces on a specified computer

Get-DNSClientCache Obtains the list of resolved DNS names that are stored in the DNS
client cache.

Get-DnsClientGlobalSetting Retrieves global DNS client settings such as the suffix search list.

Get-DNSClientServerAddress Obtains the list of DNS servers that are used for each interface.

Register-DnsClient Registers all of the IP addresses on the computer on the

configured DNS server.

Set-DnsClient Sets the interface-specific DNS client configurations on the

computer.

Set-DnsClientGlobalSetting Configures the global DNS client settings such as the suffix search
list.

Set-DnsClientServerAddress Configures the computer’s network adapter with the IP addresses

of the DNS server.
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Cmdlet Purpose

Set-NetIPAddress Sets information about the IP address configuration.

Set-NetIPv4Protocol Sets information about the IPv4 protocol configuration. (Set-

NetIP6Protocol returns the same information for the IPv6
protocol.)

Set-NetIPInterface Modifies the IP interface properties.

Test-Connection Runs connectivity tests that are similar to those that are used by
ping.

Test-NetConnection • Displays the following:

• Results of a DNS lookup
• Listing of IP interfaces
• Option to test a TCP connection
• IPsec rules
• Confirmation of connection establishment

Resolve-Dnsname Performs a DNS name query resolution for the specified name

IPv4 Troubleshooting Tools

Windows Server 2012 includes a number of
command-line tools that can help you diagnose
network problems. These tools were commonly
used in earlier Windows Server editions.

Ipconfig
Ipconfig is a command-line tool that displays the
current TCP/IP network configuration.
Additionally, you can use the ipconfig command
to refresh DHCP and DNS settings. The following
table describes the command-line options for
ipconfig.

Command Description

ipconfig /all View detailed configuration information

ipconfig /release Release the leased configuration back to the DHCP server

ipconfig /renew Renew the leased configuration

ipconfig /displaydns View the DNS resolver cache entries

ipconfig /flushdns Purge the DNS resolve cache

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Ping
Ping is a command-line tool that verifies IP-level connectivity to another TCP/IP computer. It sends
ICMP echo request messages and displays the receipt of corresponding echo reply messages. Ping is the
primary TCP/IP command that you use to troubleshoot connectivity; however, firewalls might block the
ICMP messages.

Tracert
Tracert is a command-line tool that identifies the path taken to a destination computer by sending a
series of ICMP echo requests. Tracert then displays the list of router interfaces between a source and a
destination. This tool also determines which router has failed, and what the latency (or speed) is. These
results might not be accurate if the router is busy, because the ICMP packets are assigned a low priority
by the router.

Pathping
Pathping is a command-line tool that traces a route through the network in a manner similar to Tracert.
However, Pathping provides more detailed statistics on the individual steps, or hops, through the network.
Pathping can provide greater detail, because it sends 100 packets for each router, which enables it to
establish trends.

Route
Route is a command-line tool that allows you to view and modify the local routing table. You can use this
to verify the default gateway, which is listed as the route 0.0.0.0. In Windows Server 2012, you can also use
Windows PowerShell cmdlets to view and modify the routing table. The cmdlets for viewing and
modifying the local routing table include Get-NetRoute, New-NetRoute, and Remove-NetRoute.

Telnet
You can use the Telnet Client feature to verify whether a server port is listening. For example, the
command telnet 10.10.0.10 25 attempts to open a connection with the destination server, 10.10.0.10, on
port 25, SMTP. If the port is active and listening, it returns a message to the Telnet client.

Netstat
Netstat is a command-line tool that enables you to view network connections and statistics. For example,
the command netstat –ab returns all listening ports and the executable that is listening.

Resource Monitor
Resource Monitor is a graphical tool that allows you to monitor system resource utilization. You can use
Resource Monitor to view TCP and UDP ports that are in use. You can also verify which applications are
using specific ports and the amount of data that they are transferring on those ports.

Network Diagnostics
Use Windows Network Diagnostics to diagnose and correct networking problems. In the event of a
Windows Server networking problem, the Diagnose Connection Problems option helps you diagnose
and repair the problem. Windows Network Diagnostics returns a possible description of the problem and
a potential remedy. However, the solution might require manual intervention from the user.

Event Viewer
Event logs are files that record significant events on a computer, such as when a process encounters an
error. When these events occur, the Windows operating system records the event in an appropriate event
log. You can use Event Viewer to read the event log. IP conflicts, which might prevent services from
starting, are listed in the System event log.
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The IPv4 Troubleshooting Process

The first step in troubleshooting a network
problem is identifying the scope of the problem.
The causes of a problem that affects a single
user will most likely differ from a problem that
affects all users. If a problem affects only a single
user, then the problem is likely related to the
configuration of that one computer. If a problem
affects all users, then the problem is likely either
a server configuration issue or a network
configuration issue. If a problem affects only a
group of users, then you need to determine the
common denominator among that group of users.

To troubleshoot network communication problems, you need to understand the overall communication
process. You can identify where the process is breaking down and preventing communication only when
you understand how the overall communication process works. This requires that you understand the
routing and firewall configuration on your network.
To help identify the routing path through your network, you can use the Windows PowerShell cmdlet
Test-NetConnection –TraceRoute, or you can use the command-line tool tracert.

The following are some of the steps that you can use to identify that cause of network communication
problems:
1. If you know what the correct network configuration for the host should be, then use one of the
following to verify that it is configured correctly:
• Windows PowerShell: Get-NetIPAddress

• Command-line: ipconfig

If the address that is returned is on the 169.254.0.0/16 network, it indicates that the host failed to
obtain an IP address from DHCP.

2. To see if the remote host responds, use one of the following:

• Windows PowerShell: Test-NetConnection

• Command-line: ping
When you use either method to return the DNS name of the remote host, you verify both name
resolution and whether the host responds. Be aware that Windows Firewall on member servers and
client computers often blocks ping attempts. When this happens, the lack of a ping response might
not be an indicator that the remote host is not functional, but only that the ping is being blocked. If
you can ping other remote hosts on the same network, this might mean that the problem is on the
remote host.
3. You can use an application to test the service you are connecting to on the remote host. For example,
use Windows Internet Explorer® to test connectivity to a web server. You can also use Telnet to
connect to the port of the remote application.
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4. To see if the default gateway responds, use one of the following:

• Windows PowerShell: Test-NetConnection

• Command-line: ping

Most routers respond to Test-NetConnection and ping requests. If you do not get a response when
you ping the default gateway, then there is likely a configuration error on the client computer, such
as the default gateway being configured incorrectly. It is also possible that the router is experiencing
errors.

Note: You can force ping to use IPv4 instead of IPv6 by using the -4 option.

Question: What additional steps might you use to troubleshoot network connectivity
problems?

What Is Microsoft Message Analyzer?

Microsoft Message Analyzer is a tool used to
capture network traffic and then display and
analyze information about that traffic. You can
use Microsoft Message Analyzer to monitor live
network traffic, or import, aggregate, and analyze
data from log and trace files. Microsoft Message
Analyzer replaces Network Monitor, which was
last released as Network Monitor 3.4.
You can use Microsoft Message Analyzer to
perform the following network analysis tasks:

• Capture message data

• Save message data
• Import message data

• View message data

• Filter message data

Microsoft Message Analyzer uses several built-in Trace Scenarios that you can access through the
Microsoft Message Analyzer console. Trace Scenarios contain specific capture settings that enable you to
quickly start a trace session and then capture the information you need for your troubleshooting task.
These Trace Scenarios include predefined capture configuration for Windows Firewall troubleshooting,
LAN and WAN monitoring, and Web Proxy troubleshooting. You can customize Trace Scenarios to
remove items that do not require monitoring.
The Microsoft Message Analyzer console contains a Charts tab that creates charts from captured data. You
can customize the parameters and data that will be included in the charts, including network transactions,
operations, and the network protocol. Furthermore, you can define different types of chart views, such as
Timeline Chart, Pie Chart, Grid View, or Bar Chart. Charts can help you understand incoming trace data
by presenting complicated traffic information visually. Often, this feature is helpful when you need to
perform mathematical calculations on the trace data, such as the number of retires required for a packet
being sent between hosts.
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Microsoft Message Analyzer introduces remote live monitoring, which is a feature that allows
administrators to monitor the network from a remote host. Administrators can connect to both remote
host network adapters and virtual machine network adapters in order to capture and analyze the network
traffic data.

Microsoft Message Analyzer is capable of loading data from native Microsoft Message Analyzer files,
event tracing log (.etl) files, Network Monitor capture files (.cap), comma-separated values (CSV) files, and
several other formats. You can download Microsoft Message Analyzer free from Microsoft’s website.

Reference Links: For more information about Microsoft Message Analyzer, see the
Microsoft Message Analyzer Operating Guide at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331073.
To download Microsoft Message Analyzer, go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331072.

Demonstration: How to Capture and Analyze Network Traffic by Using

Microsoft Message Analyzer
You can use Microsoft Message Analyzer to capture and view packets that are transmitted on a network.
This allows you to view detailed information that you would not normally be able to see. This type of
information can be useful for troubleshooting.

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• Capture network traffic with Microsoft Message Analyzer.

• Analyze captured network traffic.

• Filter network traffic.

Demonstration Steps
Start a new Capture/Trace in Microsoft Message Analyzer
1. Sign in to LON-SVR2 as Adatum\Administrator with a password of Pa$$w0rd.
2. Open a Windows PowerShell prompt and run the following command:

ipconfig /flushdns

3. From the Start screen open Microsoft Message Analyzer, choose Do not update items, and start a
new Capture/Trace for using the Firewall trace scenario.

Capture packets from a ping request

1. In Microsoft Message Analyzer, start a packet capture.

2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, run following cmdlet:

Test-NetConnection LON-DC1.adatum.com

3. In Microsoft Message Analyzer, stop the packet capture.

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Analyze the captured network traffic

1. In Microsoft Message Analyzer, in the results pan, under the Module column, select the first ICMP
packet group.

2. Expand the ICMP portion of the packet to view that it includes both Echo Request and Echo Reply
packets. This is a ping request that was executed when running Test-NetConnection cmdlet.

3. View the source and destination IP addresses for each packet.

Filter the network traffic

1. In Microsoft Message Analyzer, enter the following filter criteria, and then apply the filter:

*DestinationAddress == 172.16.0.10
2. Verify that only packets that match the filter are displayed.

3. Close Microsoft Message Analyzer.

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Lab: Implementing IPv4

Scenario
You have recently accepted a promotion to the server support team. One of your first assignments is
configuring the infrastructure service for a new branch office.

After a security review, your manager has asked you to calculate new subnets for the branch office to
support segmenting network traffic. You also need to troubleshoot a connectivity problem on a server in
the branch office.

Objectives
After completing this lab, you will be able to:

• Identify appropriate subnets for a given set of requirements.

• Troubleshoot IPv4 connectivity issues.

Lab Setup
Estimated Time: 45 minutes

Virtual machines 20410C-LON-DC1

20410C-LON-RTR
20410C-LON-SVR2

User name Adatum\Administrator

Password: Pa$$w0rd

For this lab, you will use the available virtual machine environment. Before you begin the lab, you must
complete the following steps:
1. On the host computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V Manager.

2. In Hyper-V® Manager, click 20410C-LON-DC1, and in the Actions pane, click Start.

3. In the Actions pane, click Connect. Wait until the virtual machine starts.

4. Sign in using the following credentials:

o User name: Adatum\Administrator

o Password: Pa$$w0rd

5. Repeat steps 2-4 for 20410C-LON-RTR, and 20410C-LON-SVR2.

Exercise 1: Identifying Appropriate Subnets

Scenario
The new branch office is configured with a single subnet. After a security review, all branch office network
configurations are being modified to place servers on a separate subnet from the client computers. You
need to calculate the new subnet mask and the default gateways for the subnets in your branch.
The current network for your branch office is 192.168.98.0/24. This network needs to be subdivided into
three subnets as follows:

• One subnet with at least 100 IP addresses for clients

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• One subnet with at least 10 IP addresses for servers

• One subnet with at least 40 IP addresses for future expansion

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Calculate the bits required to support the hosts on each subnet.

2. Calculate subnet masks and network IDs.

 Task 1: Calculate the bits required to support the hosts on each subnet
1. How many bits are required to support 100 hosts on the client subnet?

2. How many bits are required to support 10 hosts on the server subnet?
3. How many bits are required to support 40 hosts on the future expansion subnet?

4. If all subnets are the same size, can they be accommodated?

5. Which feature allows a single network to be divided into subnets of varying sizes?
6. How many host bits will you use for each subnet? Use the simplest allocation possible, which is one
large subnet and two equal-sized smaller subnets.

 Task 2: Calculate subnet masks and network IDs

1. Given the number of host bits allocated, what is the subnet mask that you will use for the client
subnet? Calculate the subnet mask in binary and decimal.

o The client subnet is using 7 bits for the host ID. Therefore, you can use 25 bits for the subnet
mask.

Binary Decimal

2. Given the number of host bits allocated, what is the subnet mask that you will use for the server
subnet? Calculate the subnet mask in binary and decimal.
o The server subnet is using 6 bits for the host ID. Therefore, you will use 26 bits for the subnet
mask.

Binary Decimal

3. Given the number of host bits allocated, what is the subnet mask that you can use for the future
expansion subnet? Calculate the subnet mask in binary and decimal.
o The future expansion subnet is using 6 bits for the host ID. Therefore, you will use 26 bits for the
subnet mask.

Binary Decimal
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4. For the client subnet, define the network ID, first available host, last available host, and broadcast
address. Assume that the client subnet is the first subnet allocated from the available address pool.
Calculate the binary and decimal versions of each address.

Description Binary Decimal

Network ID

First host

Last host

Broadcast

5. For the server subnet, define the network ID, first available host, last available host, and broadcast
address. Assume that the server subnet is the second subnet allocated from the available address
pool. Calculate the binary and decimal versions of each address.

Description Binary Decimal

Network ID

First host

Last host

Broadcast

6. For the future allocation subnet, define the network ID, first available host, last available host, and
broadcast address. Assume that the future allocation subnet is the third subnet allocated from the
available address pool. Calculate the binary and decimal versions of each address.

Description Binary Decimal

Network ID

First host

Last host

Broadcast

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have identified the subnets required to meet the
requirements of the lab scenario.
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Exercise 2: Troubleshooting IPv4

Scenario
A server in the branch office is unable to communicate with the domain controller in the head office. You
need to resolve the network connectivity problem.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Prepare for troubleshooting.

2. Troubleshoot IPv4 connectivity between LON-SVR2 and LON-DC1.

 Task 1: Prepare for troubleshooting

1. On LON-SVR2, open Windows PowerShell.

2. In the Windows PowerShell window, run the following cmdlet:

Test-NetConnection LON-DC1

3. Verify that you receive a reply that contains PingSucceded:True from LON-DC1.

4. Open a File Explorer window, and browse to \\LON-DC1\E$\Labfiles\Mod05.

5. From File Explorer, run the Break2.ps1 script by using PowerShell.

Note: This script creates the problem that you will troubleshoot and repair in the next task.

6. Close File Explorer.

 Task 2: Troubleshoot IPv4 connectivity between LON-SVR2 and LON-DC1

1. Use your knowledge of IPv4 to troubleshoot and repair the connectivity problem between LON-SVR2
and LON-DC1. Consider using the following tools:
o Test-NetConnection

o Test-NetConnection -TraceRoute

o Get-NetRoute
o New-NetRoute

2. When you have repaired the problem, run the Test-NetConnection LON-DC1 cmdlet from
LON-SVR2 to confirm that the problem is resolved.

Results: After completing this lab, you should have resolved an IPv4 connectivity problem.

 Prepare for the next module

When you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state. To do this, complete the
following steps.

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-RTR and 20410C-LON-SVR2.

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Lab Review Questions

Question: Why is variable-length subnetting required in this lab?

Question: Which Windows PowerShell cmdlet can you use to view the local routing table of
a computer instead of using route print?
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Module Review and Takeaways

Module Review Questions
Question: You have just started as a server administrator for a small organization with a
single location. The organization is using the 131.107.88.0/24 address range for the internal
network. Is this a concern?

Question: You are working for an organization that provides web hosting services to other
organizations. You have a single /24 network from your ISP for the web hosts. You are almost
out of IPv4 addresses and have asked ISP for an additional range of addresses. Ideally, you
would like to supernet the existing network with the new network. Are there any specific
requirements for supernetting?

Question: You have installed a new web-based application that runs on a non-standard port
number. A colleague is testing access to the new web-based application, and indicates that
he cannot connect to it. What are the most likely causes of his problem?

Best Practices
When implementing IPv4, use the following best practices:
• Allow for growth when planning IPv4 subnets. This ensures that you do not need to change you IPv4
configuration scheme.

• Define purposes for specific address ranges and subnets. This enables you to easily identify hosts
based on their IP address, and to use firewalls to increase security.

• Use dynamic IPv4 addresses for clients. It is much easier to manage the IPv4 configuration for client
computers by using DHCP than with manual configuration.
• Use static IPv4 addresses for servers. When servers have a static IPv4 address, it is easier to identify
where services are located on the network.

Common Issues and Troubleshooting Tips

Common Issue Troubleshooting Tip

IP conflicts

Multiple default gateways defined

Incorrect IPv4 configuration

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Tools
Tool Use Where to find it

Microsoft Message Capture and analyze network traffic Download from Microsoft website
Analyzer

Ipconfig View network configuration Command prompt

Ping Verify network connectivity Command prompt

Tracert Verify network path between hosts Command prompt

Pathping Verify network path and reliability Command prompt

between hosts

Route View and configure the local routing Command prompt

table

Telnet Test connectivity to a specific port Command prompt

Netstat View network connectivity Command prompt

information

Resource monitor View network connectivity Tools in Server Manager

information

Windows Network Diagnose problem with a network Properties of the network

Diagnostics connection connection

Event Viewer View network related system events Tools in Server Manager
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Module 6
Implementing Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Contents:
Module Overview 6-1

Lesson 1: Installing a DHCP Server Role 6-2

Lesson 2: Configuring DHCP Scopes 6-9

Lesson 3: Managing a DHCP Database 6-15

Lesson 4: Securing and Monitoring DHCP 6-19

Lab: Implementing DHCP 6-24
Module Review and Takeaways 6-29

Module Overview
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) plays an important role in the Windows Server® 2012
infrastructure. It is the primary means of distributing important network configuration information to
network clients, and it provides configuration information to other network-enabled services, including
Windows® Deployment Services (Windows DS) and Network Access Protection (NAP). To support and
troubleshoot a Windows Server–based network infrastructure, it is important that you understand how to
deploy, configure, and troubleshoot the DHCP server role.

Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
• Install the DHCP server role.

• Configure DHCP scopes.

• Manage a DHCP database.

• Secure and monitor the DHCP server role.

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Lesson 1
Installing a DHCP Server Role
Using DHCP can help simplify client computer configuration. This lesson describes the benefits of DHCP,
explains how the DHCP protocol works, and discusses how to control DHCP in a Windows Server 2012
network with Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS).

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the benefits of using DHCP.

• Explain how DHCP allocates IP addresses to network clients.

• Explain how the DHCP lease generation process works.

• Explain how the DHCP lease renewal process works.

• Describe the purpose of a DHCP relay agent.

• Describe how DHCP interacts with DNS.

• Explain how a DHCP server role is authorized.

• Explain how to add and authorize the DHCP server role.

Benefits of Using DHCP

The DHCP protocol simplifies configuration of IP
clients in a network environment. If you do not
use DHCP, each time you add a client to a
network, you need to configure it with
information about the network on which you
installed it, including the IP address, the network’s
subnet mask, and the default gateway for access
to other networks.

When you need to manage many computers in a

network, managing them manually can become a
time-consuming process. Many corporations
manage thousands of computer devices, including
handhelds, desktop computers, and laptops. It is not feasible to manually manage the network IP
configurations for organizations of this size.

With the DHCP server role, you can help to ensure that all clients have appropriate configuration
information, which helps to eliminate human error during configuration. When key configuration
information changes in the network, you can update it using the DHCP server role without having to
change the information directly on each computer.

DHCP is also a key service for mobile users who change networks often. DHCP enables network
administrators to offer complex network-configuration information to nontechnical users, without users
having to deal with their network-configuration details.

DHCP version 6 (v6) stateful and stateless configurations are supported for configuring clients in an IPv6
environment. Stateful configuration occurs when the DHCPv6 server assigns the IPv6 address to the client,
along with additional DHCP data. Stateless configuration occurs when the subnet router assigns the IPv6
address automatically, and the DHCPv6 server only assigns other IPv6 configuration settings.
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Clients can use the assigned DHCP address for a certain period of time known as a lease. You can set the
lease time to optimize your overall IP address scheme. Clients attempt to automatically renew their lease
after a period of time, usually after 50 percent of the lease period has passed. As long as there are IP
addresses available, the DHCP continues to provide the renewals.

NAP
NAP is part of a toolset that can prevent full access to an intranet for computers that do not comply with
system health requirements. NAP with DHCP helps isolate potentially malware-infected computers from
the corporate network. DHCP NAP enables administrators to ensure that DHCP clients are compliant with
internal security policies. For example, all network clients must be up-to-date and have a valid, up-to-date
antivirus program installed before they are assigned an IP configuration that allows full access to an
intranet.

Installing DHCP
You can install DHCP as a role on a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2012. A Server Core
installation allows you to create a server with a reduced attack surface. To manage DHCP from the Server
Core, you must install and configure the role from the command-line interface. You also can manage the
DHCP role running on Server Core installation of Windows Server 2012 from a graphical user interface
(GUI)-based console where the DHCP role is installed already.

Installing Windows Deployment Service and DHCP

Windows Deployment Service (WDS) uses the Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) for WDS clients that
are receiving an operating system installation. These clients may not yet have an operating system, but if
their network adapters are PXE-enabled, DHCP is used to assign them an IP address. The clients then use
the IP address to communicate with a PXE server to start the operating system installation. You must have
a working DHCP server with an active scope on the network for WDS to work properly.

You can install a WDS distribution point (DP) on a DHCP server, but special attention is needed to
configure the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ports, because both services use UDP port 67. The WDS
server needs the following ports opened:

• UDP Port 67 – DHCP

• UDP Port 69 – TFTP

• UDP Port 4001 – PXE

You can avoid this issue if you deploy the WDS DP on a different server from the DHCP server. If this is
not possible, you must configure the WDS service to listen on a different port by performing the following
steps:

1. Modify the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WDSServer\Providers\WDSPXE

2. Set the registry value to:

UseDHCPPorts = 0

3. To set the new configuration, run the following command on the WDS server:

WDSUTIL /Set-Server /UseDHCPPorts:No /DHCPOption60:Yes

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How DHCP Allocates IP Addresses

DHCP allocates IP addresses on a dynamic basis,
otherwise known as a lease. Although you can set
the lease duration to Unlimited, you typically set
the duration for not more than a few hours or
days. The default lease time for wired clients is
eight days, and for wireless clients it is three days.

DHCP uses IP broadcasts to initiate

communications. Therefore, DHCP servers are
limited to communication within their IP subnet.
This means that in many networks, there is a
DHCP server for each IP subnet.

By default, all Microsoft operating systems are

configured to obtain an IP address automatically. For a computer to be considered a DHCP client, it must
be configured to obtain an IP address automatically. In a network where a DHCP server is installed, DHCP
clients respond to DHCP broadcasts.

If a computer is configured with an IP address by an administrator, than that computer has a static IP
address and is considered a non-DHCP client, and does not communicate with a DHCP server.

How DHCP Lease Generation Works

DHCP uses a four-step lease-generation process
to assign an IP address to clients. Understanding
how each step of this process works helps you
troubleshoot problems when clients cannot obtain
an IP address.

The following are the four steps of the DHCP

lease-generation process:

1. The DHCP client broadcasts a

DHCPDISCOVER packet to every computer in
the subnet. The only computers that respond
are computers that have either the DHCP
server role or computers or routers that are
running a DHCP relay agent. In the latter case, the DHCP relay agent forwards the message to the
DHCP server with which it is configured.

2. A DHCP Server responds with a DHCPOFFER packet. This packet contains a potential address for the
client.

3. The client receives the DHCPOFFER packet. It might receive packets from multiple servers. If it does, it
usually selects the server that made the fastest response to its DHCPDISCOVER, which typically is the
DHCP server closest to the client. The client then broadcasts a DHCPREQUEST that contains a server
identifier. This informs the DHCP servers that receive the broadcast which server’s DHCPOFFER the
client has chosen to accept.
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4. The DHCP servers receive the DHCPREQUEST. Servers that the client have not accepted use this
message as the notification that the client declines that server’s offer. The chosen server stores the
IP address client information in the DHCP database and responds with a DHCPACK message. If the
DHCP server cannot provide the address that was offered in the initial DHCPOFFER, the DHCP server
sends a DHCPNAK message.

Additional Reading: For more information about DHCP technology in Windows Server
2012, see Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Overview at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=269709.

How DHCP Lease Renewal Works

When the DHCP lease reaches 50 percent of
the lease time, the client automatically attempts
to renew the lease. This process occurs in the
background. It is possible for a computer to have
the same DHCP-assigned IP address for a long
time if the computer is not restarted, as it will
renegotiate the lease periodically.

To attempt to renew the IP address lease, the

client sends a unicast DHCPREQUEST message.
The server that leased the IP address originally
sends a DHCPACK message back to the client. This
message contains any new parameters that have
changed since the original lease was created. Note that these packets are not broadcast, because the
client at this point has an IP address it can use for unicast communications.
If the DHCP client cannot contact the DHCP server, then the client waits until 87.5 percent of the lease
time expires. If the renewal is unsuccessful, or in other words 100 percent of the lease time has expired,
then the client computer attempts to contact the configured default gateway. If the gateway does not
respond, the client considers itself to be on a new subnet and enters the Discovery phase, where it
attempts to obtain an IP configuration from any DHCP server, as previously described.

Because client computers might be moved while they are turned off, for example a laptop computer that
is plugged into a new subnet, client computers also attempt renewal during the startup process, or when
the computer detects a network change. If renewal is successful, the lease period is reset.

DHCP Server Failover Protocol

The DHCP role on Windows Server 2012 supports a new feature named the DHCP Server Failover protocol.
This protocol enables synchronization of lease information between multiple DHCP servers. It also
increases DHCP service availability. If one DHCP server is not available, the other DHCP servers continue to
service clients in the same subnet.
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How DHCP Interacts with DNS

DHCP servers are primarily used to give client
computers IP addresses dynamically. DNS servers
are mainly used to find an IP address based on the
given name or to find a name based on a given IP
address. Starting with Windows 2000, DNS clients
can register their records through the DNS
dynamic update protocol.

Additionally, you can configure a DHCP server to

register and update client names and IP addresses
with a DNS server when those DHCP clients
belong to that DNS zone. DHCP option code 81
returns a client’s Fully Qualified Domain Name
(FQDN) to the DHCP server, which can then dynamically update the individual client’s resource record
back to the DNS server by using the DNS dynamic update protocol.

DNS Dynamic Update Protocol

Depending on how you configure the DNS dynamic update function on the DNS server, using the DNS
dynamic update protocol might not be secure. Instead, you can configure the secure DNS dynamic
update functionality. The DNS server accepts updates only from clients that are authorized to make DNS
dynamic updates to the objects they represent in AD DS. When using DHCP servers and DNS servers that
are set for secure DNS dynamic updates, you can add the DHCP server’s computer account to the AD DS
DnsUpdateProxy global group. Membership in this group ensures that the DHCP server can perform
secure DNS dynamic updates for a client’s resource records.

DHCP Policies
You can create DHCP policies In Windows Server 2012. Policy-based assignment allows the DHCP server
to evaluate requests for IP addresses against policies that you define. The policies apply to a specific scope
using a defined processing order and can be inherited from the server. When the request matches the
conditions of a policy the DHCP server provides specific settings to the client. You can use DHCP policies
to configure conditions based on the FQDN of the clients, and to register workgroup computers with a
guest DNS suffix.

Previous to Windows Server 2012 R2, if you wanted to prevent a DNS reverse lookup record in DHCP, also
known as pointer records registration (PTR), you had to disable both host and PTR record registration for
DHCP clients. In Windows Server 2012 R2, you can allow a DHCP server to register a client’s host record,
but not the PTR record.
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What Is a DHCP Relay Agent?

When initially attempting to get an IP address,
DHCP clients use IP broadcasts to initiate
communications Because of this, DHCP servers
and clients can only communicate within their IP
subnet. This means that in many networks, there is
a DHCP server for each IP subnet. If there are a
large number of subnets, it might be expensive to
deploy servers for every subnet. A single DHCP
server might service collections of smaller subnets.

For the DHCP server to respond to a DHCP client

request, it must be able to receive DHCP requests.
You can enable this by configuring a DHCP relay
agent on each subnet. A DHCP relay agent is a computer or router that listens for DHCP broadcasts from
DHCP clients and then relays them to DHCP servers in different subnets.
With the DHCP relay agent, the DHCP broadcast packets can be relayed into another IP subnet across a
router. Then, you can configure the DHCP relay agent in the subnet that requires IP addresses.
Additionally, you can configure the agent with the IP address of the DHCP server. The agent can then
capture the client broadcasts and forward them to the DHCP server in another subnet. You also can relay
DHCP packets into other subnets using a router that is compatible with RFC 1542.

DHCP Server Authorization

DHCP allows a client computer to acquire
configuration information about the network in
which it starts. DHCP communication typically
occurs before any authentication of the user or
computer; and because the DHCP protocol is
based on IP broadcasts, an incorrectly-configured
DHCP server in a network can provide invalid
information to clients. To avoid this, the server
must be authorized. DHCP authorization is the
process of registering the DHCP Server service in
the Active Directory domain to support DHCP
clients.

Active Directory Requirements

You must authorize the Windows Server 2012 DHCP server role in AD DS before it can begin leasing
IP addresses. It is possible to have a single DHCP server providing IP addresses for subnets that contain
multiple AD DS domains. Because of this, an Enterprise Administrator account must authorize the DHCP
server.

Note: For authorization purposes, you must be an Enterprise Administrator in all domains,
with the exception of the forest root domain. In the forest root domain, members of the Domain
Admins group belong to the Enterprise Administrator group, which has adequate privilege to
authorize a DHCP server.
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Standalone DHCP Server Considerations

A standalone DHCP server is a computer that is running Windows Server 2012, that is not part of an
AD DS domain, and that has the DHCP server role installed and configured. If the standalone DHCP server
detects an authorized DHCP server in the domain, it does not lease IP addresses and then automatically
shuts down.

Unauthorized DHCP Servers

Many network devices have built-in DHCP server software. As such, many routers can act as a DHCP
server, but often these servers do not recognize DHCP-authorized servers, and might lease IP addresses to
clients. In this situation you must perform an investigation to detect unauthorized DHCP servers, whether
they are installed on devices or on non-Microsoft servers. Once you detect unauthorized DHCP servers,
you should disable the DHCP service or functionality on them. You can find the IP address of the DHCP
server by issuing the ipconfig /all command on the DHCP client computer.

Demonstration: Adding the DHCP Server Role

In this demonstration, you will see how to install and authorize the DHCP server role.

Demonstration Steps
Install the DHCP server role
1. Sign in to LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. Open Server Manager and install the DHCP Server role.

3. In the Add Role Wizard, accept all the default settings.

4. Close Server Manager.

5. Repeat steps 1 through 4 on LON-SVR2.

Authorize the DHCP Server

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.
2. Open the DHCP console.

3. Authorize the lon-svr1.adatum.com server in AD DS.

4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 on LON-SVR2, replacing the FQDN in step 3 as LON-SVR2.

Note: Leave all virtual machines in their current state for the next demonstration.
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Lesson 2
Configuring DHCP Scopes
After you install the DHCP role on a server, you must configure the DHCP scopes. A DHCP scope is the
primary method you can use to configure options for a group of IP addresses. A DHCP scope is based on
an IP subnet, and can have settings specific to hardware or custom groups of clients. This lesson explains
DHCP scopes and how to manage them.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the purpose of a DHCP scope.

• Describe a DHCP reservation.

• Describe the DHCP Options.

• Explain how to apply DHCP Options.

• Create and configure a DHCP scope.

What Are DHCP Scopes?

A DHCP scope is a range of IP addresses that are
available for lease, and that are managed by a
DHCP server. A DHCP scope typically is confined
to the IP addresses in a given subnet.

For example, a DHCP scope for the network

192.168.1.0/24 (subnet mask of 255.255.255.0)
supports a range from 192.168.1.1 through
192.168.1.254. When a computer or device in the
192.168.1.0/24 subnet requests an IP address, the
scope that defined the range in this example
allocates an address between 192.168.1.1 and
192.168.1.254.

Note: Remember that the DHCP server, if deployed to the same subnet, consumes an IPv4
address. This address should be excluded from the IPv4 address range.

To configure a scope, you must define the following properties:

• Name and description. This property identifies the scope.

• IP address range. This property lists the range of addresses that can be offered for lease, and usually
lists the entire range of addresses for a given subnet.

• Subnet mask. This property is used by client computers to determine their location in the
organization’s network infrastructure.

• Exclusions. This property lists single addresses or blocks of addresses that fall within the IP address
range, but that will not be offered for lease.

• Delay. This property is the amount of time to delay before making DHCPOFFER.
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• Lease duration. This property lists the lease duration. Use shorter durations for scopes with limited IP
addresses, and longer durations for more static networks.

• Options. You can configure many optional properties on a scope, but typically you configure:
• Option 003 – Router (the default gateway for the subnet)

• Option 006 – Domain Name System (DNS) servers

• Option 015 – DNS suffix

IPv6 Scopes
You can configure the IPv6 scope options as a separate scope in the DHCP console’s IPv6 node. The IPv6
node contains several different options that you can modify, and an enhanced lease mechanism.

When configuring a DHCPv6 scope, you must define the following properties:
• Name and description. This property identifies the scope.

• Prefix. The IPv6 address prefix is analogous to the IPv4 address range; in essence, it defines the
network address.
• Exclusions. This property lists single addresses or blocks of addresses that fall within the IPv6 prefix
but will not be offered for lease.
• Preferred lifetimes. This property defines how long leased addresses are valid.

• Options. Like IPv4, you can configure many options.

Windows PowerShell
In Windows Server 2012, Microsoft introduced several new Windows PowerShell cmdlets to configure and
manage DHCP servers. Each cmdlet has parameters that need to be met, depending on actions to be
taken. Many of the new cmdlets addressed scope creation and management, as shown in the following
table.

Cmdlet name Description

Add-DhcpServerv4Scope Adds an IPv4 scope on the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

(DHCP) server service.

Add-DhcpServerv6Scope Adds an IPv6 scope to the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

(DHCP) server service with the specified parameters.

Get-DhcpServerv4Scope Returns the IPv4 scope configuration of the specified scopes.

Get-DhcpServerv4ScopeStatistics Gets the IPv4 scope statistics corresponding to the IPv4 scope
identifiers (IDs) specified for a Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) server service.

Get-DhcpServerv6Scope Gets the scope information for the specified IPv6 prefixes on the
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server service.

Get-DhcpServerv6ScopeStatistics Gets the IPv6 prefix statistics that correspond to the IPv6 prefix
specified for a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
server service.

Remove-DhcpServerv4Scope Deletes the specified IPv4 scopes from the Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server service.
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Cmdlet name Description

Remove-DhcpServerv6Scope Deletes the IPv6 Scopes from the Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) server service corresponding to the specified
prefixes.

Set-DhcpServerv4Scope Sets the properties of an existing IPv4 scope on the Dynamic

Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server service.

Set-DhcpServerv6Scope Modifies the properties of the IPv6 scope on the Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server service.

Additional Reading: For more information about DHCP Server cmdlets in Windows
PowerShell, go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331064.

Additional Reading: For additional Windows PowerShell cmdlets for DHCP added in
Windows Server 2012 R2, go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331065.

What Is a DHCP Reservation?

As a best practice, you should consider providing
network devices—such as network printers—with
a predetermined IP address. Using a DHCP
reservation, you can ensure that the IP addresses
that you set aside from a configured scope are not
assigned to another device. A DHCP reservation is
a specific IP address from within a scope that is
reserved permanently for lease to a specific
DHCP client. A DHCP reservation also ensures
that devices with reservations are guaranteed
an IP address even if a scope is depleted of
addresses. Configuring reservations enables you
to centralize management of fixed IP addresses.
Configuring DHCP Reservations

To configure a reservation, you must know the device’s network interface media access control (MAC)
address or physical address. This address indicates to the DHCP server that the device should have a
reservation. You can acquire a network interface’s MAC address by using the ipconfig /all command.
Typically, MAC addresses for network printers and other network devices are printed on the device. Most
laptop computers also note this information on the bottom of their chassis.
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What Are DHCP Options?

DHCP servers can configure more than just an
IP address, they also provide information about
network resources, such as DNS servers and the
default gateway. DHCP options are values for
common configuration data that apply to the
server, scopes, reservations, and class options. You
can apply DHCP options at the server, scope, user,
and vendor levels. An option code identifies the
DHCP options, and most option codes come from
the RFC documentation found on the Internet
Engineering Task Force (IETF) website.

Common DHCP Options

The following table lists the common option codes that Windows-based DHCP clients request.

Option code Name

1 Subnet mask

3 Router

6 DNS servers

15 DNS domain name

31 Perform router discovery

33 Static route

43 Vendor-specific information

47 NetBIOS scope ID

51 Lease time

58 Renewal (T1) time value

59 Rebinding (T2) time value

60 Preboot Execution (PXE) client

66 Boot server host name

67 Bootfile name

249 Classless static routes

PXE Boot options

Preboot Execution (PXE)-enabled network cards add the DHCP option 60 to their discover packets.
Normally, DHCP clients send a DHCP option 67 packet and then DHCP servers return a DHCP 68 option
offer. Because the ports used for DHCP are also used by the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) PXE
server function, if you have DHCP and a PXE server deployed on the same machine, you must set DHCP to
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make offers that also include the 60 option. A DHCP server then makes the DHCP 60 offer back to the
client. You need to set DHCP Options 60 (PXE Client), 66 (Boot Server Host Name), and 67 (Bootfile
Name). You can set options 66 and 67 in the Scope Options window in the DHCP console, but you must
set the 60 option via the command line.

The following code sample lists the procedure:

C:\WINDOWS\system32>netsh
netsh>dhcp
netsh dhcp>server \\<server_machine_name>
netsh dhcp>add optiondef 60 PXEClient String 0 comment=PXE support
netsh dhcp>set optionvalue 60 STRING PXEClient
netsh dhcp>exit

After this code has run, a PXE server then sends back boot server and boot information to the PXE-
enabled network client, which allows it to accept an operating system installation.

How Are DHCP Options Applied?

DHCP applies options to client computers.
You need to understand these options when
configuring DHCP, so you will know which level
settings has priority when you are configuring
different settings on multiple levels.

DHCP applies options in the following order:

1. Server level. A server-level option is assigned

to all DHCP clients of the DHCP server.

2. Scope level. A scope-level option is assigned

to all clients of a scope. Scope options
override server options.

3. Class level. A class-level option is assigned to all clients that identify themselves as members of a class.
Class options override both scope and server options.
4. Reserved client level. A reservation-level option is assigned to one DHCP client. Reserved client
options apply to devices that have a DHCP reservation.

If DHCP option settings are applied at each level and they conflict, then the option that is applied last
overrides the previously-applied setting. For example, if the default gateway is configured at the scope
level, and a different default gateway is applied for a reserved client, then the reserved client setting
becomes the effective setting.

You can also configure address assignment policies at the server level or at the scope level. Address
assignment policy contains a set of conditions that you define to lease different DHCP IP addresses and
settings to different types of DHCP clients, such as computers, laptops, network printers, or IP phones. The
conditions defined in these policies differentiate various types of clients, and include multiple criteria, such
as MAC address or vendor information.
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Demonstration: Creating and Configuring a DHCP Scope

You can create scopes using either the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) for the DHCP server
role, or the Netsh network configuration command-line tool. The Netsh command-line tool allows you
to manage scopes remotely if the DHCP server is running on a Server Core installation of Windows
Server 2012. The Netsh command-line tool is also useful for scripting and automating server provisioning.

In Windows Server 2012, Microsoft introduced several new Windows PowerShell cmdlets to configure and
manage DHCP servers.

In this demonstration, you will see how to configure scope and scope options by using both the DHCP
console and the new Windows PowerShell cmdlets.

Demonstration Steps

Configure scope and scope options in DHCP

1. In DHCP, in the navigation pane, expand lon-svr1.adatum.com, expand and right-click IPv4, and
then click New Scope.

2. Create a new scope with the following properties:

o Name: Branch Office

o IP Address Range: 172.16.0.100-172.16.0.200

o Length: 16

o Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0

o Exclusions: 172.16.0.190-172.16.0.200

o Other settings: use default values

o Configure options Router 172.16.0.1

3. Use default settings for all other pages, and then activate the scope.

Configure scope and scope options in DHCP with Windows PowerShell

1. In Windows PowerShell, type the following cmdlets:

Add-DhcpServerv4Scope –Name "Branch Office 2" –StartRange 10.10.0.100 –EndRange

10.10.0.200 –SubnetMask 255.255.0.0
Add-Dhcpserverv4ExclusionRange –ScopeID 10.10.0.0 –StartRange 10.10.0.190 –EndRange
10.10.0.200
Set-DhcpServerv4OptionValue –Router 10.10.0.1
Set-DhcpServerv4Scope –ScopeID 10.10.0.0 –State Active

2. In the DHCP Manager examine the scope just created.

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Lesson 3
Managing a DHCP Database
The DHCP database stores information about the IP address leases. If there is a problem, it is important
that you understand how to back up the database and resolve database issues. This lesson explains how to
manage the database and its data.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the DHCP database.

• Explain how to back up and restore a DHCP database.

• Explain how to reconcile a DHCP database.

• Explain how to move a DHCP database.

What Is a DHCP Database?

The DHCP database is a dynamic database
containing data that relates to scopes, address
leases, and reservations. The database also
contains the data file that stores both the DHCP
configuration information and the lease data for
clients that have leased an IP address from the
DHCP server. By default, the DHCP database files
are stored in the %systemroot%\System32\Dhcp
folder.

DHCP Service Database Files

The following table describes some of the DHCP
service database files.

File Description

Dhcp.mdb Dhcp.mdb is the DHCP server database file.

Dhcp.tmp Dhcp.tmp is a temporary file that the DHCP database uses as a swap file during
database index maintenance operations. Following a system failure, Dhcp.tmp
sometimes remains in the Systemroot\System32\Dhcp directory.

J50.log and J50.log and J50#####.log are logs of all database transactions. The DHCP
J50#####.log database uses this log to recover data when necessary.

J50.chk This is a checkpoint file.

Note: You should not remove or alter any of the DHCP service database files.

The DHCP server database is dynamic. It updates as DHCP clients are assigned, or as they release their
TCP/IP configuration parameters. Because the DHCP database is not a distributed database like the
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Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server database, maintaining the DHCP server database is less
complex.

By default, the DHCP database and related registry entries are backed up automatically at 60-minute
intervals. You can change this default interval by changing the value of BackupInterval in the following
registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DHCPServer\Parameters

You can also back up a DHCP database manually at any time.

Backing Up and Restoring a DHCP Database

You can back up a DHCP database manually, or
you can configure it to back up automatically. An
automatic backup is called a synchronous backup.
A manual backup is called an asynchronous
backup.

Automatic (Synchronous) Backup

The default backup path for the DHCP backup is
systemroot\System32\Dhcp\Backup. As a best
practice, you can modify this path in the server
properties to point to another volume.

Manual (Asynchronous) Backup

If you have an immediate need to create a backup, you can run the manual backup option in the DHCP
console. This action requires either administrative-level permissions, or that the user account be a member
of the DHCP administrators group.

What Is Backed Up?

When a synchronous or asynchronous backup occurs, the entire DHCP database is saved, including the
following:
• All scopes

• Reservations

• Leases
• All options, including server options, scope options, reservation options, and class options

• All registry keys and other configuration settings (for example, audit log settings and folder location
settings) that are set in DHCP server properties. These settings are stored in the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DHCPServer\Parameters

To back up this key, open Registry Editor and save the specified key to a text file.

Note: The DNS dynamic update credentials (user name, domain, and password) that the
DHCP server uses when registering DHCP client computers in DNS are not backed up with any
backup method.
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Restoring a Database
If you need to restore the database, use the Restore function in the DHCP server console. You will be
prompted for the backup’s location. Once you have selected the location, DHCP service stops, and the
database is restored. To restore the database, the user account must either have administrative-level
permissions, or be a member of the DHCP administrators group.

Backup Security
When the DHCP database file is backed up, it should be in a protected location that only the DHCP
administrators can access. This ensures that any network information in the backup files remains
protected.

Using Netsh
You also can use commands in the Netsh DHCP Server context to back up the database; this is useful for
backing up the database to a remote location using a script file.

The following command is a script that you can use from the Netsh DHCP Server prompt to back up the
DHCP data for all scopes:

export "c:\My Folder\Dhcp Configuration" all

To restore the DHCP database, use the following command:

import "c:\My Folder\Dhcp Configuration" all

Note: The Netsh DHCP Server context does not exist on server computers that do not have
the DHCP server role installed.

Using Windows PowerShell

In Windows Server 2012, Microsoft introduced several new Windows PowerShell cmdlets you can use to
configure and manage DHCP servers.

To back up the DHCP data for all scopes, use the following command:

Backup-DhcpServer -ComputerName lon-svr1.adatum.com -Path C:\Windows\system32\dhcp\backup

To restore the DHCP database, use the following command:

Restore-DhcpServer -ComputerName lon-svr1.adatum.com -Path

C:\Windows\system32\dhcp\backup

The export operation exports the DHCP server service configuration and lease data, to a specified file.

To export, use the following command:

Export-DhcpServer -ComputerName lon-svr1.adatum.com -File C:\exportdir\dhcpexport.xml

To import, use the following command:

Import-DhcpServer -ComputerName lon-svr2.adatum.com -File C:\exports\dhcpexport.xml

-BackupPath C:\dhcpbackup\
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Reconciling a DHCP Database

Reconciling scopes can fix inconsistencies that can
affect client computers.

The DHCP Server service stores scope IP address-

lease information in two forms:
• Detailed IP address lease information, which
the DHCP database stores

• Summary IP address lease information, which

the server’s Registry stores

When you are reconciling scopes, the detail and

summary entries are compared to find
inconsistencies.
To correct and repair these inconsistencies, you must reconcile any scope inconsistencies. After you select
and reconcile scope inconsistencies, the DHCP service either restores those IP addresses to the original
owner, or creates a temporary reservation for those addresses. These reservations are valid for the lease
time that is assigned to the scope. When the lease time expires, the addresses are then recovered for
future use.

Moving a DHCP Database

In the event that you must move the DHCP server
role to another server, as a best practice you
should also move the DHCP database to the same
server. This ensures that client leases are retained,
and reduces the likelihood of client-configuration
issues.

Initially, move the database by backing it up on to

the old DHCP server. Then, shut down the DHCP
service on the old DHCP server. Next, copy the
DHCP database to the new server, where you can
restore it using the normal database restore
procedure.
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Lesson 4
Securing and Monitoring DHCP
DHCP protocol has no built-in method for authenticating users. This means that if you do not take
precautions, IP leases could be granted to devices and users who are unauthorized.

DHCP is a core service in many organization’s network environments. If the DHCP service is not working
properly, or if there is a situation that is causing problems with the DHCP server, it is important that you
can identify the problem and determine potential causes to resolve the problem.

This lesson explains how to prevent unauthorized users from obtaining a lease, how to manage
unauthorized DHCP servers, and how to configure DHCP servers so that a specific group can manage
them.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Explain how to prevent an unauthorized computer from obtaining a lease.

• Explain how to restrict unauthorized, non-Microsoft DHCP servers from leasing IP addresses.

• Explain how to delegate administration of the DHCP server role.

• Describe DHCP statistics.

• Describe DHCP audit logging.

• Identify common issues that are possible with DHCP.

Preventing an Unauthorized Computer from Obtaining a Lease

DHCP by itself can be difficult to secure—it
is designed to work before the necessary
information is in place for a client computer to
authenticate with a domain controller. This is
why you should take precautions to prevent
unauthorized computers from obtaining a lease
with DHCP.
Basic precautions that you should take to limit
unauthorized access include:

• Ensuring that you reduce physical access. If

users can access an active network connection
to your network, their computers are likely to
be able to obtain an IP address. If a network port is not being used, you should disconnect it
physically from the switching infrastructure.

• Enabling audit logging on all DHCP servers. This can provide an historical view of activity, in addition
to allowing you to trace when an unauthorized user obtained an IP address in the network. Make sure
to review the audit logs at regular intervals.

• Requiring authenticated Layer 2 connections to the network: Most enterprise hardware switches now
support Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) 802.1X authentication. This allows
for port-level user authentication. Secure wireless standards, such as Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
Enterprise and WPA2 Enterprise, also use 802.1X authentication.
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• Implementing NAP. NAP enables administrators to validate that a client computer is compliant with
system health requirements, such as running all the latest Windows operating system updates, or
running an up-to-date antivirus client. If users who do not meet security requirements try to access
the network, they receive an IP address configuration to access a remediation network where they
can receive the necessary updates. The administrator can restrict access to the network by allowing
only healthy computers access to the internal local area network (LAN).

Restricting Unauthorized, Non-Microsoft DHCP Servers from Leasing IP

Addresses
Many devices and network operating systems
have multiple DHCP server implementations.
Networks are almost never homogeneous in
nature, so it is possible that at some point a DHCP
server that does not check for Active Directory–
authenticated servers will be enabled on the
network. In this case, clients might obtain
incorrect configuration data.
To eliminate an unauthorized DHCP server, you
must first locate it. You must then prevent it from
communicating on the network by disabling it
physically, or by disabling the DHCP service.
If users complain that they do not have connectivity to the network, check the IP address of their DHCP
server. Use the ipconfig /all command to check the IP address of the DHCP Server field. If the IP address
is not the IP address of an authorized DHCP server, then there is probably an unauthorized server in the
network.

You can use the DHCP Server Locator utility (Dhcploc.exe) to locate the DHCP servers that are active on a
subnet. The DHCP Server Locator utility is found on the Windows Server 2008 installation DVD
(\Support\Tools folder) or can be downloaded from the TechNet Gallery.

Delegating DHCP Administration

Ensure that only authorized persons can
administer the DHCP server role. You can do this
by performing either of the following tasks:

• Limit the membership of the DHCP

Administrators group

• Assign users that require read-only access to

DHCP membership of the DHCP Users group

The DHCP Administrators local group is used to

restrict and grant access to only administering
DHCP servers. The DHCP Administrators group is
automatically created in AD DS when the DHCP
server role is installed on a domain controller. It also is automatically created on a local computer when
the DHCP server role is installed on domain members or on standalone servers. The groups have no
members by default. Adding accounts to the membership of either group allows those accounts to
administer the DHCP server.
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Permissions Required to Authorize and Administer DHCP

Only Enterprise administrators can authorize a DHCP service. If an administrator with lower credentials
than an Enterprise administrator needs to authorize the domain the administrator should use Active
Directory delegation. Any user in the DHCP Administrators group can manage the server’s DHCP service.
Any user in the DHCP Users group can have read-only access to the DHCP console.

What Are DHCP Statistics?

DHCP statistics provide information about DHCP
activity and use. You can use this console to
determine quickly whether there is a problem
with the DHCP service or with the network’s DHCP
clients. An example in which statistics might be
useful is if you notice an excessive amount of
negative acknowledgement (NAK) packets, which
might indicate that the server is not providing the
correct data to clients.

You can configure the refresh rate for the statistics

in the General tab of server’s Properties dialog
box.

DHCP Server Statistics

DHCP server statistics provide an overview of DHCP server usage. You can use this data to quickly
understand the state of the DHCP server. Information such as number of offers, number of requests, total
in-use addresses, and total available addresses can help to provide a picture of the server’s health.

DHCP Scope Statistics

DHCP scope statistics provide far fewer details—such as total addresses in the scope, how many addresses
are in use, and how many addresses are available. If you notice that there are a low number of addresses
available in the server statistics, it might be that only one scope is near its depletion point. By using scope
statistics, an administrator can quickly determine the status of the particular scope with respect to the
addresses available.

What Is DHCP Audit Logging?

The DHCP audit log is a log that provides a
traceable log of DHCP server activity. You can use
this log to track lease requests, grants, and
denials. This information allows you to
troubleshoot DHCP server performance. The log
files are stored in the
%systemroot%\system32\dhcp folder by default.
You can configure the log file settings in the
server’s Properties dialog box.

The DHCP audit log files are named based on the

weekday that the file was created. For example, if
audit logging is enabled on a Monday, the file
name is DhcpSrvLog-Mon.log.
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DHCP Audit Log Fields

The following table describes the fields in a DHCP audit log.

Field Description

ID A DHCP server event ID code

Date The date on which the entry was logged on the DHCP server

Time The time at which the entry was logged on the DHCP server

Description A description of the DHCP server event

IP Address The IP address of the DHCP client

Host Name The host name of the DHCP client

MAC Address The MAC address used by the client’s network adapter hardware

Common Event ID Codes

Common event ID codes are written as follows:

• ID,Date,Time,Description,IP Address,Host Name,MAC Address

Common event ID codes include:

• 00,06/22/99,22:35:10,Started,,,,

• 56,06/22/99,22:35:10,Authorization failure, stopped servicing,,domain1.local,,

• 55,06/22/99,22:45:38,Authorized(servicing),,domain1.local

Discussion: Common DHCP Issues

The following table describes some common
DHCP issues. Enter the possible solutions in the
Solution column, and then discuss your answers
with the class.
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Issue Description Example Solution

Address The same IP An administrator deletes a

conflicts address is lease. However, the client that
offered to two had the lease is still operating
different as if the lease is valid. If the
clients. DHCP server does not verify
the IP address, it might lease
the IP address to another
machine, causing an address
conflict. This can also occur if
two DHCP servers have
overlapping scopes.

Failure to The client If a client’s network card driver

obtain a does not is configured incorrectly, it
DHCP receive a might cause a failure to obtain
address DHCP address a DHCP address. Additionally,
and instead the DHCP server or relay agent
receives an on the client’s subnet might be
Automatic not online. Another reason
Private IP might be that the DHCP server
Addressing has exhausted its scope, so the
(APIPA) scope should be extended or
self-assigned modified.
address.

Address The client is If the client is connected to the

obtained obtaining an wrong network, or if the DHCP
from an IP address relay agent is configured
incorrect from the incorrectly, this error could
scope wrong scope, occur.
causing it to
experience
communicatio
n problems.

DHCP The DHCP A hardware failure can cause

database database the database to become
suffers becomes corrupted.
data unreadable or
corruptio is lost due to a
n or loss hardware
failure.

DHCP The DHCP If all of the IP addresses that

server server’s IP are assigned to a scope are
exhausts scopes have leased, this error occurs.
its IP been
address depleted. Any
pool new clients
requesting an
IP address are
refused.
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Lab: Implementing DHCP

Scenario
A. Datum Corporation has an IT office and data center in London, which supports the London location
and other locations as well. A. Datum has recently deployed a Windows 2012 Server infrastructure with
Windows 8® clients.
You have recently accepted a promotion to the server support team. One of your first assignments is to
configure the infrastructure service for a new branch office. As part of this assignment, you need to
configure a DHCP server that will provide IP addresses and configuration to client computers. Servers are
configured with static IP addresses and do not use DHCP.

Objectives
After completing this lab, you should be able to:

• Implement DHCP.
• Implement a DHCP relay agent (optional).

Lab Setup
Estimated Time: 45 minutes

Virtual machines 20410C-LON-DC1

20410C-LON-SVR1
20410C-LON-RTR
20410C-LON-CL1
20410C-LON-CL2

User name Adatum\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

For this lab, you will use the available virtual machine environment. Before beginning the lab, you must
complete the following steps:

1. On the host computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V Manager.
2. In Microsoft Hyper-V® Manager, click 20410C-LON-DC1, and in the Actions pane, click Start.

3. In the Actions pane, click Connect. Wait until the virtual machine starts.

4. Sign in using the following credentials:

o User name: Administrator

o Password: Pa$$w0rd

o Domain: Adatum

5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for 20410C-LON-SVR1 and 20410C-LON-CL1.

6. For the optional Exercise 2, you should repeat steps 2 through 4 for 20410C-LON-RTR and
20410C-LON-CL2.
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Exercise 1: Implementing DHCP

Scenario
As part of configuring the infrastructure for the new branch office, you need to configure a DHCP server
that will provide IP addresses and configuration to client computers. Servers are configured with static IP
addresses and usually do not use DHCP for obtaining IP addresses.

One of the client computers in the branch office needs to access an accounting app in the head office.
The network team uses firewalls based on IP addresses to restrict access to this app. The network team has
requested that you assign a static IP address to this client computer. Rather than configuring a static IP
address on the client computer manually, you decide to create a reservation in DHCP for the client
computer.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Install the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server role.

2. Configure the DHCP scope and options.

3. Configure the client to use DHCP, and then test the configuration.

4. Configure a lease as a reservation.

 Task 1: Install the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server role
1. Sign in to LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Open Server Manager, and install the DHCP Server role.

3. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, accept all defaults.

 Task 2: Configure the DHCP scope and options

1. In Server Manager, open the DHCP console.

2. Authorize the lon-svr1.adatum.com server in AD DS.

3. In DHCP, in the navigation pane, browse to IPv4, right-click IPv4, and then click New Scope.

4. Create a new scope with the following properties:

o Name: Branch Office
o IP Address Range: 172.16.0.100-172.16.0.200
o Length: 16
o Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0
o Exclusions: 172.16.0.190-172.16.0.200
o Configure options Router 172.16.0.1
o For all other settings use default values

5. Activate the scope.

 Task 3: Configure the client to use DHCP, and then test the configuration
1. Sign in to 20410C-LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Reconfigure the Ethernet Connection using the following information:

o Configure Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)

o Obtain an IP address automatically
o Obtain DNS server address automatically
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3. Open the Command Prompt window, and then initiate the DHCP process using the ipconfig /renew
command.

4. To test the configuration, verify that LON-CL1 has received an IP address from the DHCP scope by
typing ipconfig /all in the Command Prompt window.

Note: This command returns information such as IP address, subnet mask, and DHCP
enabled status, which should be Yes.

 Task 4: Configure a lease as a reservation

1. To display the physical address of the network adapter, in the Command Prompt window, type
ipconfig /all.

2. Switch to LON-SVR1.

3. Open the DHCP console.

4. In the DHCP console, in the navigation pane, browse to Scope [172.16.0.0] Branch Office,
right-click Reservations, and then click New Reservation.

5. Create a new reservation for LON-CL1 using the physical address of the LON-CL1 network adapter,
and the IP address 172.16.0.155.
6. On LON-CL1, use the ipconfig command to renew and then verify the IP address.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have implemented DHCP, configured DHCP scope and
options, and configured a DHCP reservation.

 Prepare for the optional exercise

If you are going to complete the optional lab, revert the 20410C-LON-CL1 and 20410C-LON-SVR1 virtual
machines by performing the following steps:

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-CL1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1.

5. Start 20410C-LON-SVR1.

Exercise 2: Implementing a DHCP Relay Agent (Optional Exercise)

Scenario
To avoid configuring an addition DHCP server on the subnet, your manager has asked you to configure a
DHCP relay agent for another subnet in your branch office.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Install a DHCP relay agent.

2. Configure a DHCP relay agent.

3. Test the DHCP relay agent with a client.
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 Task 1: Install a DHCP relay agent

1. Sign in to LON-RTR as Adatum\Administrator with password Pa$$w0rd.

2. In Server Manager, open Routing and Remote Access.

3. Add the DHCP relay agent to the router.

 Task 2: Configure a DHCP relay agent

1. Open Routing and Remote Access.

2. Configure the DHCP relay agent by performing the following steps:

a. In the navigation pane, right-click DHCP Relay Agent, and then click New Interface.

b. In the New Interface for DHCP Relay Agent dialog box, click Ethernet 2, and then click OK.

c. In the DHCP Relay Agent Properties – Ethernet 2 Properties dialog box, click OK.

d. Right-click DHCP Relay Agent, and then click Properties.

e. In the DHCP Relay Agent Properties dialog box, in the Server address box, type 172.16.0.11,
click Add, and then click OK.

3. Close Routing and Remote Access.

 Task 3: Test the DHCP relay agent with a client

Note: To test how a client receives an IP address from the DHCP relay agent in another
subnet, you need to create another DHCP scope.

1. Sign in to LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Run Windows PowerShell as Administrator, and then type the following cmdlets:

Add-WindowsFeature -IncludeManagementTools dhcp

netsh dhcp add securitygroups
Restart-service dhcpserver

Add-DhcpServerInDC LON-SVR1 172.16.0.11

Add-DhcpServerv4Scope –Name "Branch Office 2" –StartRange 10.10.0.100 –EndRange
10.10.0.200 –SubnetMask 255.255.0.0
Add-Dhcpserverv4ExclusionRange –ScopeID 10.10.0.0 –StartRange 10.10.0.190 –EndRange
10.10.0.200
Set-DhcpServerv4OptionValue –Router 10.10.0.1
Set-DhcpServerv4Scope –ScopeID 10.10.0.0 –State Active

3. To test the client, switch to LON-CL2.

4. Open the Network and Sharing Center window, and then configure the Ethernet, Internet Protocol
Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) properties with the following settings:
o Obtain IP address automatically

o Obtain DNS server address automatically

5. Open the Command Prompt window.

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6. In the Command Prompt window, at a command prompt, type the following command:

Ipconfig /renew

7. Verify that IP address and DNS server settings on LON-CL2 are obtained from DHCP Server scope
installed on LON-SVR1.

Note: The IP address should be in the following range: 10.10.0.100/16 to 10.10.0.200/16.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have implemented a DHCP relay agent.

 Prepare for the next module

After you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state. To do this, complete the
following steps:
1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.
3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1, 20410C-LON-RTR, and 20410C-LON-CL2.

Lab Review Questions

Question: For what is the DHCP scope used?
Question: How should you configure a computer to receive an IP address from the DHCP
server?

Question: Why do you need MAC address for a DHCP server reservation?
Question: What information do you need to configure on a DHCP relay agent?
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Module Review and Takeaways

Module Review Questions
Question: You have two subnets in your organization. You want to use DHCP to allocate
addresses to client computers in both subnets, but you do not want to deploy two DHCP
servers. What factors must you consider?

Question: Your organization has grown, and your IPv4 scope is almost out of addresses.
What should you do?

Question: What information do you require to configure a DHCP reservation?

Question: Can you configure option 003 – Router as a Server-level DHCP scope option?

Best Practices
The following are some best practices you can follow:
• Design your IP addressing scheme carefully so that it accommodates the requirements of both your
current and future IT infrastructure.

• Determine which devices need DHCP reservations, such as network printers, network scanners, or IP-
based cameras.
• Secure your network from unauthorized DHCP servers.

• Configure the DHCP database on highly available disk drive configurations, such as a redundant array
of independent disks (RAID)-5 or RAID-1, to provide DHCP service availability in case of a disk failure.
• Back up the DHCP database regularly. Test the restore procedure in an isolated, non-production
environment.

• Monitor the system utilization of DHCP servers. Upgrade the DHCP server hardware if necessary to
provide better service performance.

Tools
Tool Use Where to find it

DHCP Graphical User Interface for managing DHCP Server Manager

Server

Windows Command-line interface for managing DHCP Windows taskbar on the Desktop
PowerShell Server

Ipconfig.exe Managing and troubleshooting client IP Command line

settings

Netsh.exe Configuring both client and server-side IP Command line

settings, including those for DHCP server role

Regedit.exe Editing and fine-tuning settings, including Windows interface or Command

those for the DHCP server role line
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7-1

Module 7
Implementing DNS
Contents:
Module Overview 7-1

Lesson 1: Name Resolution for Windows Clients and Servers 7-2

Lesson 2: Installing a DNS Server 7-15

Lesson 3: Managing DNS Zones 7-21

Lab: Implementing DNS 7-25

Module Review and Takeaways 7-30

Module Overview
Name resolution is the process of software translating between names that users can read and
understand, and numerical IP addresses, which are necessary for TCP/IP communications. Because of this,
name resolution is one of the most important concepts of every network infrastructure. You can think
about DNS as being like the Internet’s phone book for computers. Client computers use the name
resolution process when locating hosts on the Internet and when locating other hosts and services in
an internal network. Doman Name System (DNS) is one of the most common technologies for name
resolution. Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS) depends heavily on DNS, as does Internet traffic.
This module discusses some basic name resolution concepts, and installing and configuring a DNS Server
service and its components.

Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Describe name resolution for Windows® operating system clients and Windows Server® servers.
• Install and manage a DNS Server.

• Manage DNS zones.

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Lesson 1
Name Resolution for Windows Clients and Servers
You can configure a computer to communicate over a network by using a name in place of an IP address.
The computer then uses name resolution to find an IP address that corresponds to a name, such as a host
name. This lesson focuses on different types of computer names, the methods used to resolve them, and
how to troubleshoot problems with name resolution.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson you will be able to:

• Describe computer names.

• Describe DNS.

• Describe DNS zones and records.

• Describe how Internet DNS names are resolved.

• Describe split DNS.

• Describe Link-local Multicast Name Resolution.

• Describe how a client resolves a name.
• Troubleshoot name resolution.

What Are the Computer Names Assigned to Computers?

The TCP/IP set of protocols identifies source and
destination computers by their IP addresses.
However, computer users are much better at
using and remembering names than numbers.
Because of this, administrators usually assign
names to computers. Administrators then link
these names to computer IP addresses in a name
resolution system such as DNS. These names are
in either in host name format, for example
dc1.contoso.com, which is recognized by DNS, or
in NetBIOS name format, for example DC1, which
is recognized by Windows Internet Name Service
(WINS).

Name Type
The type of name that an app uses, either host name or NetBIOS name, is determined by the application
developer. If the application developer designs an application to request network services through
Windows sockets, host names are used. If, on the other hand, the application developer designs an
application to request services through NetBIOS, a NetBIOS name is used. Most current apps, including
Internet apps, use Windows sockets—and thus use host names—to access network services.

Host Names
A host name is a user-friendly name that is associated with a computer’s IP address to identify it as a
TCP/IP host. The host name can be up to 255 characters long, and can contain alphabetic and numeric
characters, periods, and hyphens.
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You can use host names in various forms. The two most common forms are:

• An alias

• A fully qualified domain name (FQDN)

An alias is a single name that is associated with an IP address, such as payroll. You can combine an alias
with a domain name to create an FQDN. An FQDN is structured for use on the Internet, and includes
periods as separators. An example of an FQDN is payroll.contoso.com.

Creating Host Names

When you select host names, you should create host names that are intuitive and relatively easy-to-
remember, yet still unique. The following lists some best practices to implement when creating host
names:

• Select computer names that are easy for users to remember.

• Identify the owner of a computer in the computer name. For example, john-doe-1 indicates that
John Doe uses the computer.

• Select names that describe the purpose of the computer. For example, a file server named past-
accounts-1 indicates that the file server stores information related to past accounts.
• Do not use character case to convey the owner or purpose of a computer. DNS is not case-sensitive.
• Match the Active Directory domain name to the primary DNS suffix of the computer name.

• Use unique names for all computers in your organization. Do not assign the same computer name to
different computers in different DNS domains.

What Is DNS?
DNS is a service that resolves FQDNs and other
host names to IP addresses. All Windows Server
operating systems include a DNS Server service.
When you use DNS, users on your network can
locate network resources by typing in user-
friendly names (for example, www.microsoft.com),
which the computer then resolves to an IP
address. The benefit is that IPv4 addresses may be
difficult to remember (for example, 131.107.0.32),
while a domain name typically is easier to
remember. In addition, you can use host names
that do not change while the underlying IP
addresses can be changed to suit your organizational needs.

DNS uses a database of names and IP addresses, stored in a file or in AD DS, to provide this service.
DNS client software performs queries on and updates to the DNS database. For example, within an
organization, a user who is trying to locate a print server can use the DNS name printserver.contoso.com,
and the DNS client software resolves the name to a printer’s IP address, such as 172.16.23.55. Even if the
printer’s IP address changes, the user-friendly name can remain the same.
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Originally, there was one file on the Internet that contained a list of all domain names and their
corresponding IP addresses. This list quickly became too long to manage and distribute. DNS was
developed to solve the problems associated with using a single Internet file. With the adoption of IPv6,
DNS becomes even more important, because IPv6 addresses are even more complex than IPv4 addresses
(for example, 2001:db8:4136:e38c:384f:3764:b59c:3d97).

DNS groups information about network resources into a hierarchical structure of domains.
The hierarchical structure of domains is an inverted tree structure beginning with a root domain at its
apex, and descending into separate branches with common levels of parent domains, and descending
downward even further into individual child domains.

As the Internet has grown, so has the number of domains from different countries. All countries in DNS
have top-level country codes. The governing bodies in these countries can further create second-level
domains that reflect categories such as .com, .org, and .net. For example, the United Kingdom (UK) has a
top-level domain named .uk, and has further broken this down to the second-level for various activities. A
commercial company in the UK may therefore have a FQDN of companyname.com.uk. This domain
would not be the same as companyname.com, which is at an entirely different level.

The representation of the entire hierarchical domain structure as shown in the following illustration is
known as a DNS namespace.

FIGURE 7.1: DNS NAMESPACE

The Internet uses a single DNS namespace with multiple root servers. To participate in the Internet DNS
namespace, a domain name must be registered with a DNS registrar. This ensures that no two
organizations attempt to use the same domain name.

If hosts that are located on the Internet do not need to resolve names in your domain, you can host a
domain internally, without registering it. However, you must still ensure that the domain name is unique
from Internet domain names, or connectivity to Internet resources might be affected. A common way to
ensure uniqueness is to create an internal domain in the .local domain. The .local domain is reserved for
internal use in much the same way that private IP addresses are reserved for internal use.

In addition to resolving host names to IP addresses, DNS can be used to:

• Locate domain controllers and global catalog servers. This is used when logging on to AD DS.
• Resolve IP addresses to host names. This is useful when a log file contains only the IP address of a
host.

• Locate a mail server for email delivery. This is used for the delivery of all Internet email.
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DNS Zones and Records

A DNS zone is the specific portion of a DNS
namespace (such as adatum.com) that contains
DNS records. A DNS zone is hosted on a DNS
server that is responsible for responding to
queries for records in a specific domain. For
example, the DNS server that is responsible for
resolving www.contoso.com to an IP address
would contain the contoso.com zone.

You can store DNS zone content in a file or in the

AD DS database. When the DNS server stores the
zone in a file, that file is located in a local folder
on the server. When the zone is not stored in
AD DS, only one copy of the zone is a writable copy, and all the other copies are read-only.

The most commonly used types of zones in Windows Server DNS are forward lookup zones and reverse
lookup zones.

Forward Lookup Zones

Forward lookup zones resolve host names to IP addresses and host common resource records, including:
• Host (A) records

• Alias (CNAME) records

• Service (SRV) records
• Mail exchanger (MX) records

• Start of authority (SOA) records

• Name server (NS) records
The most common record type is the host (A) resource record.

Reverse Lookup Zones

Reverse lookup zones resolve IP addresses to domain names. A reverse lookup zone functions in the
same manner as a forward lookup zone, but the IP address is part of the query and the host name is the
returned information. Reverse lookup zones are not always configured, but you should configure them to
reduce warning and error messages. Reverse lookup zones host SOA, NS, and pointer (PTR) resource
records.

PTR Records
When you create host records in the DNS console, you also have the option to make a PTR record at the
same time, if an appropriate reverse lookup zone exists. PTR records can be created automatically and
added to a reverse lookup zone when an A record is created in a forward lookup zone. These PTR records
are automatically deleted if the corresponding A resource record is deleted. You only need to manually
create a PTR record once. Since it is not tied to an A resource record, it is not deleted if the A resource
record is deleted. Client computers can create their PTR records when they dynamically update. A PTR
record is in the format of IP Address, type of record (PTR) and hostname.
Many standard Internet protocols rely on reverse lookup zone lookup data to validate forward lookup
zone information. For example, if the forward lookup indicates that training.contoso.com is resolved to
192.168.2.45, you can use a reverse lookup to confirm that 192.168.2.45 is associated with
training.contoso.com.
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Note: In Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012, you can also use DNSSec
technology to perform similar type of verification. There are new enhancements to DNSSec in
Windows Server 2012 R2 in encryption key management; however, these enhancements are
beyond the scope of this lesson.

Many email servers use a reverse lookup as one way of reducing spam. By performing a reverse lookup,
email servers try to detect open Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) servers (open relays).

Having a reverse lookup zone is important if you have apps that rely on looking up hosts by their IP
addresses. Many apps record this information in security or event logs. If you see suspicious activity from
a particular IP address, you can look up the host name using the reverse lookup zone information.

Resource Records
The DNS zone file stores resource records. Resource records specify a resource type and the IP address
to locate the resource. The most common resource record is a host (A) resource record. This is a simple
record that resolves a host name to an IP address. The host can be a workstation, server, or another
network device, such as a router.
Resource records also help find resources for a particular domain. For instance, when a Microsoft
Exchange Server needs to find the server that is responsible for delivering mail for another domain, it
requests the mail exchanger (MX) resource record for that domain. This record points to the host (A)
resource record of the host that is running the SMTP mail service.
Resource records also can contain custom attributes. MX records, for instance, have a Preference attribute,
which is useful if an organization has multiple mail servers. The MX record tells the sending server which
mail server the receiving organization prefers. SRV records also contain information about the port the
service is listening to, and the protocol that you should use to communicate with the service.

How Internet DNS Names Are Resolved

When resolving DNS names on the Internet, an
entire system of computers is used rather than just
a single server. There are hundreds of servers on
the Internet, called root servers, which manage the
overall practice of DNS resolution. These servers
are represented by 13 FQDNs. A list of these 13
servers is preloaded on each DNS server. When
you register a domain name on the Internet, you
are paying to become part of this system.

To see how these servers work together to resolve

a DNS name, look at the following name
resolution process for the name
www.microsoft.com:

1. A workstation queries the local DNS server for the IP address www.microsoft.com.

2. If the local DNS server does not have the information, it queries a root DNS server for the location of
the .com DNS servers.

3. The local DNS server queries a .com DNS server for the location of the microsoft.com DNS servers.

4. The local DNS server queries the microsoft.com DNS server for the IP address of www.microsoft.com.

5. The IP address of www.microsoft.com is returned to the workstation.

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The name resolution process can be modified by caching or forwarding:

• Caching. After a local DNS server resolves a DNS name, it caches the results for the period of time
defined by the time to live (TTL) value in the SOA record for the DNS zone. The default TTL is one
hour. Subsequent resolution requests for the DNS name are given the cached information. Note that
the TTL is not set by the caching server, but by the authoritative DNS server that resolved the name
from its zone. When the TTL expires, the caching server must delete it. Subsequent requests for the
same name would require a new name resolution request to the authoritative server.
• Forwarding. Instead of querying root servers, you can configure a DNS server to forward DNS
requests to another DNS server. For example, requests for all Internet names can be forwarded to a
DNS server at an Internet service provider (ISP).

What is Split DNS?

In Microsoft operating systems, DNS has two
major functions: to resolve IP addresses to names
(and vice versa), and to facilitate domain-level
communications and authentication for AD DS.
The ability to store service locator (SRV) records
allows domain-joined clients to find domain
controllers (DCs) for domain authentication
and security while load balancing access to the
various DC’s using DNS round-robin functionality.
However, Internet-level untrusted users from
outside the firewall should never be able to
access the SRV records and other sensitive AD DS
information from the internal DNS servers. That data must remain separate and inaccessible from outside
the firewall. At the same time, DNS records of servers and services hosting Internet level resources, such as
web, mail and proxy servers, must remain accessible.
Split DNS, also known as Split–brain DNS, uses the same DNS domain name for both Internet and internal,
domain-joined resources. However, the DNS server role is assigned to separate servers: one or more
servers for the Internet, and the other server(s) for the AD DS domain. Deploying DNS in this manner
requires extra steps to ensure the separation of sensitive information found on the AD DS domain side
from the Internet side, and to ensure that outside the firewall access only goes to the DNS server
deployed on the Internet side.

Because DNS is such a vital function for the AD DS, the DNS server role is usually included with domain
controllers when they are deployed. This role can be integrated into AD DS so that DNS records are stored
as Active Directory objects and attributes. The DNS zone type in this instance is referred to as Active
Directory Integrated (ADI). ADI zones replace DNS zone transfers with AD DS replication and can ensure
secure dynamic updates of client records to the zone. In a domain, using ADI DNS is considered a best
practice.

With Split DNS, internal clients are only configured with the IP addresses of the ADI DNS servers, which
are domain controllers. All client DNS dynamic updates are written to the servers. All DNS queries from
internal clients go only to these DNS servers. If any resolutions for names are needed beyond the internal
domain, such as for Internet web servers, the ADI DNS servers forward these requests to the Internet-
facing DNS server. The Internet-facing DNS servers are normally deployed in the perimeter network
between the firewalls. Although they have the same domain name as the ADI DNS servers, the Internet-
facing DNS servers do not store the same data. All records in the Internet-facing DNS server zone are
created manually. Normally the Internet-facing DNS server zone only contains records for itself and other
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When a query to the Internet-facing DNS server comes in from the Internet requesting a resolution
on any domain-level resource, such as an SRV record, the Internet-facing DNS server rejects the query
because it does not have any of the SRV records—these are only stored in the domain ADI DNS servers.
Because it considers itself authoritative for the zone, the Internet-facing DNS server does not make an
iterative query to the ADI DNS servers.

To further enhance security, you can set a firewall rule on the inside firewall, that is, the firewall between
the internal and perimeter networks, to reject all DNS (UDP port 53) queries from the perimeter to the
internal network, while still allowing DNS replies.

Note: When using DirectAccess for portable clients, be aware that when the client is
deployed outside of the internal network it uses the Name Resolution Policy Table (NRPT) for
continued access to internal resources. This sends DNS name queries for internal resources to the
ADI DNS servers. With split DNS and DirectAccess clients, you need to add the Fully Qualified
Domain Names (FQDN) of any Internet-level web servers kept in the perimeter network to the
NRPT as a firewall exception rule.

What Is Link-local Multicast Name Resolution?

In Windows Server 2012, a new method for
resolving names to IP addresses is Link-local
Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR). Because
of various limitations that are beyond the scope
of this lesson, LLMNR typically is used only on
localized networks. Although LLMNR is able to
resolve IPv4 addresses, it has been designed
specifically for IPv6; therefore, if you want to use
it, you must have IPv6 supported and enabled on
your hosts.

LLMNR is commonly used in networks where:

• There are no DNS or NetBIOS services for
name resolution.

• Implementation of these services is not practical for any reason.

• These services are not available.
For example, you might want to set up a temporary network for testing purposes without a server
infrastructure.

LLMNR is supported on Windows Vista®, Windows Server 2008, and all newer Windows operating
systems. It uses a simple system of request and reply messages to resolve computer names to IPv6 or IPv4
addresses. For a node to respond to a LLMNR request Network Discovery must be enabled, but Network
Discovery is not needed just to make a request for name resolution.

To use LLMNR, you need to turn on the Network Discovery feature for all nodes on the local subnet.
This feature is available in the Network and Sharing Center. Be aware that Network Discovery is usually
disabled for any network that you designate as Public.
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If you want to control the use of LLMNR on your network, you can configure it via Group Policy. To
disable LLMNR via Group Policy, set the following Group Policy value:

Group Policy = Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Network\DNS Client\Turn off

Multicast Name Resolution.
Set this value to Enabled if you do not want to use LLMNR, or to Disabled if you want to use LLMNR.

How a Client Resolves a Name

Windows operating systems support a number of
different methods for resolving computer names,
such as DNS, WINS, and the host name resolution
process.

DNS
As previously discussed, DNS is the Microsoft
standard for resolving host names to IP Addresses.
For more information on DNS, refer back to
second topic of this Lesson, What is DNS.

WINS
WINS provides a centralized database for
registering dynamic mappings of a network’s NetBIOS names. Windows operating systems retain support
for WINS to provide backward compatibility.

You can resolve NetBIOS names by using:

• Broadcast messages. Broadcast messages, however, do not work well on large networks because
routers do not propagate broadcasts.

• Lmhosts file on all computers. Using an Lmhosts file for NetBIOS name resolution is a high
maintenance solution, because you must maintain the file manually on all computers.
• Hosts file on all computers. Similar to an Lmhosts file, you can also use a hosts file for NETBIOS name
resolution. This file is also stored locally on each machine, and it is used for fixed mappings of names
to IP addresses, on local network segment.

Note: The DNS server role in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 also
provides a new zone type, the GlobalNames zone. You can use GlobalNames zone to resolve
single-label names that are unique across an entire forest. This eliminates the need to use the
NetBIOS-based WINS to provide support for single-label names.

Host Name Resolution Process

When an app specifies a host name and uses Windows sockets, TCP/IP uses the DNS resolver cache and
DNS when attempting to resolve the host name. The hosts file is loaded into the DNS resolver cache. If
NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled, TCP/IP also uses NetBIOS name resolution methods when resolving host
names.

Windows operating systems resolve host names by performing the following tasks in this specific order:

1. Checks whether the host name is the same as the local host name.
2. Searches the DNS resolver cache. In the DNS client resolver cache, entries from hosts file are
preloaded.
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3. Sends a DNS request to its configured DNS servers.

4. Searches the network using LLMNR, if it is enabled.

5. Converts the host name to a NetBIOS name and checking the local NetBIOS name cache.

6. Contacts the host’s configured WINS servers.

7. Broadcasts as many as three NetBIOS name query request messages on the subnet that is attached
directly.
8. Searches the Lmhosts file.

Note: You can control the order used to resolve names. For example, if you disable
NetBIOS over TCP/IP, none of the NetBIOS name resolution methods are attempted.
Alternatively, you can modify the NetBIOS node type, which changes the order in which the
NetBIOS name resolution methods are attempted.

Additional Reading: To learn more about LLMNR, please see

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331077.

Troubleshooting Name Resolution

Like most of other technologies, name resolution
sometimes requires troubleshooting. Issues can
occur when the DNS server, its zones, and its
resource records are not configured properly.
When resource records are causing issues, it
can sometimes be difficult to identify the issue
because configuration problems are not always
obvious.

Windows Server 2012 R2 Cmdlets

Additionally, Windows Server 2012 R2 provides
the following functionality:

• Step-DnsServerSigningKeyRollover. This cmdlet forces a Key Signing Key (KSK) rollover when
waiting for a parent delegation signer (DS) update. If a server that is hosting a securely-delegated
zone is unable to check to determine that the DS record in its parent is updated, this parameter
allows you to force a rollover. The server expects the DS record to be manually updated in the parent.

• Add-DnsServerTrustAnchor -Root. The Root parameter set enables you to retrieve trust anchors
from the URL specified in the RootTrustAnchorsURL property of the DNS server. This cmdlet has the
following alias: Retrieve-DnsServerRootTrustAnchor.

• RootTrustAnchorsURL. The Get-DnsServerSetting and Set-DnsServerSetting cmdlets are

extended to add a new output string of RootTrustAnchorURL.

Windows PowerShell® has extended functionality in Windows Server 2012 R2 with enhanced zone-level
statistics that are accessible through the Get-DnsServerStatistics cmdlet.

Additional Reading: For more information on the parameters for the

Get-DnsServerStatistics cmdlet, go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331076.
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The following table details the ZoneTransferStatistics cmdlet, which returns information about full and
incremental zone transfers.

Functionality Returns information about zone transfer requests:

RequestReceived • Received when the DNS server is a primary server for a zone

RequestSent • Sent when the DNS server is a secondary server for a zone

ResponseReceived • Received when the DNS server is a secondary server for a zone

SuccessReceived • Successful and received when the DNS server is a secondary server
for a zone

SuccessSent • Successful and received when the DNS server is a primary server
for a zone

The following table details the ZoneUpdateStatistics cmdlet.

Functionality Dynamic update information:

DynamicUpdateReceived • Dynamic update requests that are received by the DNS server

DynamicUpdateRejected • Dynamic updates that are rejected by the DNS server

To get zone level statistics, type the following code at an elevated Windows PowerShell prompt:

PS C:\> $statistics = Get-DnsServerStatistics –ZoneName Adatum.com

$statistics.ZoneQueryStatistics
$statistics.ZoneTransferStatistics
$statistics.ZoneUpdateStatistics

Command-Line Tools and Commands for Troubleshooting

The command-line tools and commands that you use to troubleshoot these and other configuration
issues are as follows:

• Nslookup. Use this tool to query DNS information. The tool is flexible and can provide valuable
information about DNS server status. You also can use it to look up resource records and validate
their configuration. Additionally, you can test zone transfers, security options, and MX record
resolution.

• DNSCmd. Use this command-line tool to manage the DNS server role. This tool is useful in scripting
batch files to help automate routine DNS management tasks or to perform simple unattended setup
and configuration of new DNS servers on your network.

• Dnslint. Use this tool to diagnose common DNS issues. This tool diagnoses configuration issues in
DNS quickly, and can generate a report in HTML format regarding the status of the domain that you
are testing.

Reference Links: The Dnslint command can be downloaded from

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=286763.
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• Ipconfig. Use this command to view and modify IP configuration details that the computer uses. This
tool includes additional command-line options that you can use to troubleshoot and support DNS
clients. You can view the client local DNS cache using the command ipconfig /displaydns, and you
can clear the local cache using ipconfig /flushdns. If you want to reregister a host in DNS, you can
use ipconfig /registerdns.

• Monitoring on DNS server. Perform simple local queries and recursive queries from the DNS server
Monitoring tab to test if the server can communicate with upstream servers. You also can schedule
these tests for regular intervals. The DNS server Monitoring tab is available only in Windows Server
2008 and Windows Server 2012 in the DNS Server Name Properties dialog box.

In Windows Server 2012, there is a new set of Windows PowerShell cmdlets in that you can use for DNS
client and server management. Some of the most commonly used cmdlets are as follows:

• Clear-DNSClientCache. This cmdlet clears the client cache, similar to ipconfig /flushdns.
• Get-DNSClient. This cmdlet displays the details of the network interfaces.

• Get-DNSClientCache. This cmdlet displays the content of the local DNS client cache.

• Register-DNSClient. This cmdlet registers all of the IP addresses on the computer onto the
configured DNS server.
• Resolve-DNSName. This cmdlet performs a DNS name resolution for a specific name, similar to
nslookup.
• Set-DNSClient. This cmdlet sets the interface-specific DNS client configurations on the computer.

• Test-DNSServer. This cmdlet tests that a specified computer is a functioning DNS server.

The Troubleshooting Process

When you troubleshoot name resolution, you must understand what name resolution methods the
computer is using, and in what order the computer uses them. Be sure to clear the DNS resolver cache
between resolution attempts.
If you cannot connect to a remote host and suspect a name resolution problem, you can troubleshoot the
name resolution by performing the following steps:

1. Open an elevated command prompt, and then clear the DNS resolver cache by typing the following
command at a command prompt:

ipconfig /flushdns

Alternatively, you can open Windows PowerShell and type the equivalent cmdlet at a Windows
PowerShell prompt:

Clear-DNSClientCache

2. Attempt to ping the remote host by its IP address. This helps identify whether the issue is related to
name resolution. If the ping succeeds by using the IP address but fails by using its host name, then
the problem is related to name resolution.

3. Attempt to ping the remote host by using its host name. For accuracy, use the FQDN with a trailing
period. For example, if you were working at Contoso, Ltd., you would enter the following command at
a command prompt:

Ping LON-dc1.contoso.com
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4. If the ping is successful, the problem is probably not related to name resolution. If the ping is
unsuccessful, edit the C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts text file, and then add the appropriate
entry to the end of the file. For instance, in the previous Contoso, Ltd. example, you would add the
following line and then save the file:

10.10.0.10LON-dc1.contoso.com

5. Perform the Ping-by-host-name test once more. Name resolution should now be successful. Verify
that the name was resolved correctly by examining the DNS resolver cache. To display the DNS
resolver cache, at a command prompt type the following, or use the equivalent Windows PowerShell
cmdlet:

Ipconfig /displaydns

6. Remove the entry that you added to the hosts file, and then clear the resolver cache once more.

7. At the command prompt, type the following command:

Nslookup.exe -d LON-dc1.contoso.com. > filename.txt

Examine the contents of the filename.txt file to identify the failed stage in name resolution.

Note: You should also know how to interpret the DNS resolver cache output so that you
can identify whether the name resolution problem is with the client computer’s configuration, the
name server, or the configuration of records within the name server zone database. Interpreting
the DNS resolver cache output is beyond the scope of this lesson.

Demonstration: Troubleshooting Name Resolution

In this demonstration, you will see how to use Windows PowerShell cmdlets and command-line tools to
troubleshoot DNS.

Demonstration Steps
Use Windows PowerShell cmdlets to troubleshoot DNS
1. Sign in to LON-DC1 and LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with a password of Pa$$w0rd.

2. On LON-CL1, open Windows PowerShell, run the following cmdlet, and then examine the results:

Get-DnsClientServerAddress

3. In the Network and Sharing Center, record the static TCP/IP address properties, and then change
the network interface to automatic.

4. Switch back to Windows PowerShell and run the following cmdlet, and then make a note of the
results:

Get-DnsClientServerAddress
Clear-DnsClientCache

5. Write the Interface Index value of the Ethernet interfaces’ IPv4 row, here:

6. Run the following cmdlet:

Resolve-DnsName lon-dc1
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Note that that the cmdlet issues the following error message: “A DNS server is not found.”

7. Run the following cmdlets, where X is the Interface Index value that you wrote down in step 5:

Set-DnsClientServerAddress –InterfaceIndex X –ServerAddress 172.16.0.10

Get-DnsClientServerAddress
Resolve-DnsName lon-dc1

The error does not report back, and an address is returned.

8. Switch back to the Network and Sharing Center and enter the static TCP/IP you wrote down
earlier.
9. In Windows PowerShell, use the following cmdlets:

Get-DnsClientCache

Clear-DnsClientCache
Get-DnsClientCache
Get-DnsClientGlobalSetting
Register-DnsClient

10. Close both the Windows PowerShell and the Network and Sharing Center windows.

Using Command-line tools to troubleshoot DNS

1. Run an elevated Command Prompt as Administrator and run ipconfig /all.
2. Run the nslookup command, and then search for the LON-CL1 address. Close the nslookup
command.

3. Switch to LON-DC1 and open an elevated Command Prompt as Administrator.

4. Run the dnscmd /? Command, and note the options.
5. Run ipconfig /displaydns and note the output values displayed.

6. Run the command ipconfig /flushdns and then run ipconfig /displaydns again.

7. Run the ping command on LON-CL1.

8. Use the ipconfig /displaydns command to display the host record for LON-CL1.

Although the request packets are ignored, note that the command returned the FQDN, which proves
that the name resolution was successful.

9. Close all open windows and then sign out from LON-CL1 and LON-DC1.
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Lesson 2
Installing a DNS Server
To use a DNS Server, you must first install it. Installing the DNS Server service on a DNS server is a simple
procedure. To manage your DNS Server service, it is important that you understand the DNS server
components and their purpose. In this lesson, you will learn about DNS components and how to install
and manage the DNS Server role.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the components of a DNS solution.

• Describe root hints.

• Describe DNS queries.

• Describe forwarding.

• Explain how DNS server caching works.

• Explain how to install the DNS server role.

What Are the Components of a DNS Solution?

The components of a DNS solution include DNS
servers, DNS servers on the Internet, and DNS
resolvers (or DNS clients).

DNS Server
A DNS server answers recursive and iterative DNS
queries. DNS servers also can host one or more
zones of a particular domain. Zones contain
different resource records. DNS servers also can
cache lookups to save time for common queries.

DNS Servers on the Internet

DNS servers on the Internet are accessible
publicly. These servers host information about public domains, such as common top-level domains (TLDs),
for example, .com, .net, and .edu.

DNS Resolver
The DNS resolver generates and sends iterative or recursive queries to the DNS Server. A DNS resolver
can be any computer that is performing a DNS lookup that requires interaction with the DNS server. DNS
servers also can issue DNS requests to other DNS servers.
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What Are Root Hints?

Root hints are a list of the 13 FQDNs on the
Internet that your DNS server uses if it cannot
resolve a DNS query by using its own zone data,
a DNS forwarder, or its own cache. The root hints
list the highest servers in the DNS hierarchy, and
can provide the necessary information for a DNS
server to perform an iterative query to the next
lowest layer of the DNS namespace.

Root Servers are installed automatically when

you install the DNS role. They are copied from
the cache.dns file that is included in the DNS role
setup files. You also can add root hints to a DNS
server to support lookups for non-contiguous domains within a forest.

When a DNS server communicates with a root hint server, it uses only an iterative query. To configure a
server to use only recursive queries to a forwarder, configure the forwarder on the DNS server properties.
If you want to disable all iterative queries, deselect the Use root hints if no forwarders are available
check box on the Forwarders tab. If you configure the server to use only a forwarder, and you disable root
hints, it attempts to send a recursive query to its forwarding server; if the forwarding server does not
answer this query, the first server responds that the host could not be found.

It is important to understand that recursion on a DNS server and recursive queries are not the same thing.
Recursion on a DNS server means that the server uses its root hints to try to resolve a DNS query, whereas
a recursive query is a query that is made to a DNS server in which the requester asks the server to assume
the responsibility for providing a complete answer to the query.

What Are DNS Queries?

A DNS query is a name resolution query
that is sent to a DNS Server. The DNS server
then provides either an authoritative or a
non-authoritative response to the client query.

Note: It is important to note that DNS

servers also can act as DNS resolvers, and send
DNS queries to other DNS servers.

Authoritative or Non-Authoritative
Responses
The two types of responses are:

• Authoritative. An authoritative response is one in which the server returns an answer that it knows is
correct, because the request is directed to the authoritative server that manages the domain. A DNS
server is authoritative when it hosts a primary or secondary copy of a DNS zone.

• Non-authoritative. A non-authoritative response is one where the DNS server that contains the
requested domain in its cache answers a query by using forwarders or root hints. Because the answer
provided might not be accurate (because only the authoritative DNS server for the given domain can
issue that information), it is called a non-authoritative response.
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If the DNS server is authoritative for the query’s namespace, the DNS server checks the zone and then
does one of the following:

• Returns the requested address.

• Returns an authoritative “No, that name does not exist.”

Note: An authoritative answer can be given only by the server with direct authority for the
queried name.

If the local DNS server is non-authoritative for the query’s namespace, the DNS server does one of the
following:

• Checks its cache and returns a cached response.

• Forwards the unresolvable query to a specific server, called a forwarder.

• Uses well-known addresses of multiple root servers to find an authoritative DNS server to resolve the
query. This process uses root hints.

Recursive Queries
In a recursive query, the requester asks the DNS server to obtain a fully resolved IP address of the
requested resource, before returning the answer to the requestor. The DNS server may have to perform
several queries to other DNS servers before it finds the answer. Recursive queries are generally made by a
DNS client to a DNS server, or by a DNS server that is configured to pass unresolved queries to another
DNS server, in the case of a DNS server configured to use a forwarder.

A recursive query has two possible results:

• The DNS server returns the IP address of the host requested.

• The DNS server cannot resolve an IP address.

For security reasons, it sometimes is necessary to disable recursive queries on a DNS server so that the
DNS server in question does not attempt to forward its DNS requests to another server. This is useful
when you do not want a particular DNS server to communicate outside its local network.

Iterative Queries
Iterative queries access domain name information that resides across the DNS system. You can use
iterative queries to resolve names across many servers quickly and efficiently. When a DNS server receives
a request that it cannot answer using its local information or its cached lookups, it makes the same
request to another DNS server by using an iterative query. When a DNS server receives an iterative query,
it might answer with either the IP address for the domain name (if known), or with a referral to the DNS
servers that are responsible for the domain being queried. The DNS server continues this process until it
locates a DNS server that is authoritative for the queried name, or until an error or time-out condition is
met.
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What Is Forwarding?
A forwarder is a network DNS server that
forwards queries for external names to DNS
servers outside of its network. You also can create
and use conditional forwarders to forward queries
according to specific domain names.

Once you designate a network DNS server as

a forwarder, other DNS servers in the network
forward the queries that they cannot resolve
locally to that server. By using a forwarder, you
can manage name resolution for names outside of
your network, such as names on the Internet. This
improves the efficiency of name resolution for
your network’s computers.
The forwarder must be able to communicate with the DNS server that is located on the Internet. This
means either you configure it to forward requests to another DNS server, or you configure it to use root
hints to communicate.

Best Practice: Use a central forwarding DNS server for Internet name resolution. This can
improve security because you can isolate the forwarding DNS server in a perimeter network,
which ensures that no server within the network is communicating directly to the Internet.

Conditional Forwarder
A conditional forwarder is a DNS server on a network that forwards DNS queries according to the query’s
DNS domain name. For example, you can configure a DNS server to forward all queries that it receives for
names ending with corp.contoso.com to the IP address of a specific DNS server, or to the IP addresses of
multiple DNS servers. This is useful when you have multiple DNS namespaces in a forest.

Conditional Forwarding in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012

In Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012, the conditional forwarder configuration is in a
node in the DNS console. You can replicate this information to other DNS servers through Active
Directory–integrated DNS.

Best Practice: Use conditional forwarders if you have multiple internal namespaces. This
results in faster name resolution.
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How DNS Server Caching Works

DNS caching increases the performance of the
organization’s DNS system by decreasing the time
it takes to provide DNS lookups.

When a DNS server resolves a DNS name

successfully, it adds the name to its cache. Over
time, this builds a cache of domain names and
their associated IP addresses for most of the
domains that the organization uses or accesses.
The default time to keep a name in the cache is
one hour. The zone owner can change this by
modifying the SOA record for the appropriate
DNS zone.

A caching-only server is the ideal type of DNS server to use as a forwarder. It does not host any DNS zone
data; it only answers lookup requests for DNS clients.
In Windows Server 2012, you can access the content of the DNS server cache by selecting the Advanced
view in the DNS Manager console. In this view, cached content is displayed as a node in DNS Manager.
You can also delete single entries (or the entire cache) from the DNS server cache. Alternatively, you can
use the Windows PowerShell Get-DNSServerCache cmdlet to view the cache content.

The DNS client cache is stored on the local computer by the DNS client service. To view client-side
caching, at a command prompt run the ipconfig /displaydns command. This displays the local
DNS client cache. If you need to clear the local cache, you can use the Windows PowerShell
Get-DNSClientCache and Clear-DNSClientCache cmdlets, or the ipconfig /flushdns command.
To prevent DNS client caches from being overwritten, use the DNS Cache Locking feature available in
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012. When enabled, the cached records cannot be
overwritten for the duration of the time-to-live (TTL) value. Cache locking provides improved security
against cache poisoning attacks. This type of attack occurs when a false name resolution is provided by
an attacker’s DNS server. This false data is kept in the cache for as long as the attacker’s DNS server has
set the TTL value for that record, and therefore falsifies or poisons the cache.

How to Install the DNS Server Role

The DNS server role is not installed on Windows
Server 2012 by default. Instead, you must add it
in a role-based manner when you configure the
server to perform the role. You install the DNS
server role by using the Add Roles and Features
Wizard in Server Manager.

You can also add the DNS server role when you
promote your server to a domain controller. You
do this from the domain controller Options page
of the Active Directory Domain Services
Installation Wizard.
Once you install the DNS server role, the DNS
Manager snap-in becomes available to add to your administrative consoles. The snap-in is added
automatically to the Server Manager console and to the DNS Manager console. You can run the DNS
Manager from the Start screen by typing dnsmgmt.msc.
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When you install the DNS server role, the dnscmd.exe command-line tool is also added. You can use the
DNSCmd tool to script and automate DNS configuration. For help with this tool, at a command prompt,
type dnscmd.exe /?
In Windows Server 2012, another method you can use to manage a DNS server is to use Windows
PowerShell. It is recommended that you use Windows PowerShell cmdlets for command-line-based
management of the DNS server. In addition, you can use the command-line tools Nslookup, DNSCmd,
Dnslint, and Ipconfig in the Windows PowerShell environment.
To administer a remote DNS server, add the Remote Server Administrative Tools to your administrative
workstation, which must be running a Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) or newer Windows operating
system.

Demonstration: Installing the DNS Server Role

Many organizations now have or will want more than one DNS server on their network. You can install
additional DNS servers by using the Server Manager console. If you want to enable your DNS server to
resolve Internet names, you will most likely want to enable forwarding.
In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• Install a second DNS server.

• Create a forward lookup zone by using Windows PowerShell.

• Configure forwarding.

Demonstration Steps
Install a second DNS server
1. Sign in to LON-DC1 and LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Administrator with a password of Pa$$w0rd.
2. On LON-SVR1, open Server Manager.

3. Start the Add Roles and Features Wizard.

4. Add the DNS Server role.

Create a forward lookup zone by using Windows PowerShell

1. In Windows PowerShell, run the following cmdlet:

Add-DnsServerPrimaryZone –Name fabrikam.com –DynamicUpdate Secure –ReplicationScope

Domain

2. Go to the DNS Console and verify that the fabrikam.com forward lookup zone was created with the
appropriate settings.

Configure forwarding
• Configure the DNS Server with a forwarder on IP address 172.16.0.10.

Note: Leave all virtual machines in their current state for the next demonstration.
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Lesson 3
Managing DNS Zones
The DNS server hosts zone data in an Active Directory database or in the zone file. Also, the DNS server
can host several types of zones. In this lesson, you will learn about DNS zone types and about Active
Directory–integrated DNS zones.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe DNS zone types.

• Describe dynamic updates.

• Describe Active Directory–integrated zones.

• Explain how to create an Active Directory–integrated zone.

What Are DNS Zone Types?

There are four DNS zone types:
• Primary

• Secondary

• Stub
• Active Directory–integrated

Primary Zone
When the DNS server is both the host and the
primary source for information about a zone, the
zone is a primary zone. In addition, the DNS server
stores the master copy of the zone data either in a
local file or in AD DS. When the DNS server stores the zone data in a file, the primary zone file by default
is named zone_name.dns, and is located on the server in the %windir%\System32\Dns folder. When the
zone is not stored in AD DS, the primary zone server is the only DNS server that has a writable copy of the
database.

Secondary Zone
When the DNS server is the host, but is the secondary source for zone information, the zone is a
secondary zone. The zone information at this server must be obtained from another DNS server that also
hosts the zone. This DNS server must have network access to the DNS server to receive updated zone
information.

Because a secondary zone is a copy of a primary zone that another server hosts, the secondary zone
cannot be stored in AD DS. Secondary zones can be useful if you are replicating data from non-Windows
DNS zones.
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Stub Zone
A stub zone is a replicated copy of a zone that contains only those resource records that are necessary
to identify that zone’s authoritative DNS servers. A stub zone resolves names between separate DNS
namespaces, which might be necessary when a corporate merger requires that the DNS servers for two
separate DNS namespaces resolve names for clients in both namespaces.

A stub zone consists of the following:

• The delegated zone’s SOA resource record, NS resource records, and A resource records

• The IP address of one or more master servers used to update the stub zone

The master servers for a stub zone are one or more DNS servers that are authoritative for the child zone.
Usually this is the DNS server that is hosting the primary zone for the delegated domain name.

Active Directory–Integrated Zone

If AD DS stores the zone data, DNS can use the multimaster replication model to replicate the primary
zone data. This enables you to simultaneously edit zone data on more than one DNS server.

What Are Dynamic Updates?

A dynamic update is an update to DNS in real
time. Dynamic updates are important for DNS
clients that change locations, because they can
dynamically register and update their resource
records without manual intervention.

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)

client service performs the registration, regardless
of whether the client’s IP address is obtained from
a DHCP server, or is fixed. The registration occurs
during the following events:

• When the client starts and the DHCP client

service is started

• When an IP address is configured, added, or changed on any network connection

• When an administrator executes the Windows PowerShell cmdlet Register-DNSClient or runs the
ipconfig /registerdns at a command prompt

The process of dynamic updates is as follows:

1. The client identifies a name server and sends an update. If the name server hosts only a secondary
zone, the name server refuses the client’s update. If the zone is not an Active Directory–integrated
zone, the client may have to do this several times.
2. If the zone supports dynamic updates, the client eventually reaches a DNS server that can write to the
zone. This DNS server is one of the following:
a. The primary server for a standard, file-based zone

b. Any domain controller that is a name server for an Active Directory–integrated zone, which is, by
default, considered primary because it is writable

3. If the zone is configured for secure dynamic updates, the DNS server refuses the change. The client
then authenticates and resends the update.
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In some configurations, you may not want clients to update their records even in a dynamic update zone.
In this case, you can configure the DHCP server to register the records on the client’s behalf. By default, a
client registers that it is a (host/address) record, and the DHCP server registers the PTR (pointer/reverse
lookup) record.

By default, Windows operating systems attempt to register their records with their DNS server. You can
modify this behavior in the client IP configuration, or through Group Policy. Domain Controllers also
register their SRV records (and their host records) in DNS. SRV records are registered automatically each
time the NETLOGON service starts.

What Are Active Directory–Integrated Zones?

A DNS server can store zone data in the AD DS
database provided that the DNS server is an
AD DS domain controller. When the DNS server
stores zone data in this way, this creates an Active
Directory–integrated zone.
The benefits of an Active Directory–integrated
zone are significant:

• Multimaster updates. Unlike standard primary

zones, which can only be modified by a single
primary server, Active Directory–integrated
zones can be written to by any writable
domain controller to which the zone is
replicated. This builds redundancy into the DNS infrastructure. In addition, Multimaster updates are
particularly important in organizations that use dynamic update zones and have locations that are
distributed geographically. Clients can update their DNS records without having to connect to a
potentially geographically-distant primary server.

• Replication of DNS zone data by using AD DS replication. One of the characteristics of Active
Directory replication is attribute-level replication in which only changed attributes are replicated. An
Active Directory–integrated zone can thus avoid replicating the entire zone file as in traditional DNS
zone transfer models.
• Secure dynamic updates. An Active Directory–integrated zone can enforce secure dynamic updates.
• Granular security. As with other Active Directory objects, an Active Directory-integrated zone enables
you to delegate administration of zones, domains, and resource records by modifying the access
control list (ACL) on the zone.
Question: Can you think of any disadvantages to storing DNS information in AD DS?
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Demonstration: Creating an Active Directory–Integrated Zone

To create an Active Directory integrated zone, you must install a DNS server on a domain controller. All
changes in an Active Directory–integrated zone replicate to the other DNS servers that are on domain
controllers through the AD DS multimaster replication model.

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• Promote a server as a domain controller.

• Create an Active Directory–integrated zone.

• Create a record.
• Verify replication to a second DNS server.

Demonstration Steps
Promote a server as a domain controller
1. Install the AD DS server role on LON-SVR1.

2. Start the Active Directory Domain Services Configuration Wizard.

3. Install the DNS Server service.

Create an Active Directory–integrated zone

1. On LON-DC1, open the DNS Manager console.

2. Start the New Zone Wizard.

3. Create a new Active Directory–integrated forward lookup zone named Contoso.com that allows only
secure dynamic updates.

4. Review the records in the Contoso.com zone.

Create a record
• Create a New Host record in Contoso.com zone named www, and have it point to 172.16.0.100.

Verify replication to a second DNS server

• Verify that new record is replicating to the LON-SVR1 DNS server.
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Lab: Implementing DNS

Scenario
Your manager has asked you to configure the domain controller in the branch office as a DNS server. You
have also been asked to create some new host records to support a new app that is being installed.
Finally, you need to configure forwarding on the DNS server in the branch office to support Internet name
resolution.

Objectives
After completing this lab, you should be able to:

• Install and configure DNS.

• Create host records in DNS.

• Manage the DNS server cache.

Lab Setup
Estimated Time: 40 minutes

Virtual machines 20410C-LON-DC1

20410C-LON-SVR1
20410C-LON-CL1

User name Adatum\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

For this lab, you will use the available virtual machine environment. Before beginning the lab, you must
complete the following steps:
1. On the host computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V Manager.

2. In Hyper-V® Manager, click 20410C-LON-DC1, and in the Actions pane, click Start.

3. In the Actions pane, click Connect. Wait until the virtual machine starts.

4. Sign in using the following credentials:

o User name: Administrator

o Password: Pa$$w0rd

o Domain: Adatum

5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 for 20410C-LON-SVR1 and 20410C-LON-CL1.

Exercise 1: Installing and Configuring DNS

Scenario
Contoso is a partner organization working closely with users in the new branch office. In order to support
name resolution between A Datum’s branch office and Contoso, you decide to enable DNS forwarding
between the two DNS domains.

As part of configuring the infrastructure for the new branch office, you must configure a DNS server that
provides name resolution for the branch office. This includes the forwarding for Contoso.com
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The DNS server in the branch office will be a domain controller. The Active Directory integrated zones
required to support logons will be replicated automatically to the branch office.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Configure LON-SVR1 as a domain controller without installing the Domain Name System (DNS) server
role.

2. Create and configure Contoso.com zone on LON-DC1.

3. Review configuration settings on the existing DNS server to confirm root hints.
4. Add the DNS server role for the branch office on the domain controller.

5. Verify replication of the Adatum.com Active Directory®–integrated zone.

6. Use Windows PowerShell commands to test non-local resolution.

7. Configure Internet name resolution to forward to the head office.

8. Use Windows PowerShell to confirm name resolution.

 Task 1: Configure LON-SVR1 as a domain controller without installing the Domain

Name System (DNS) server role
1. Use Add roles and features in Server Manager to add the Active Directory Domain Services role
to LON-SVR1.

2. Start the Add Roles and Features Wizard to promote LON-SVR1 to domain controller.

3. Choose to add LON-SVR1 as an additional domain controller in Adatum.com domain.

4. Do not install the DNS server.

 Task 2: Create and configure Contoso.com zone on LON-DC1

1. On the LON-DC1 virtual machine, open the DNS Manager console.
2. Create new Forward Lookup Zone with the following parameters:

o Zone name: contoso.com

o Zone type: Primary Zone

o Store the zone in Active Directory: No

 Task 3: Review configuration settings on the existing DNS server to confirm root
hints
1. In DNS Manager on LON-DC1, open the Properties dialog box for LON-DC1.

2. Review root hints and forwarder configuration.

 Task 4: Add the DNS server role for the branch office on the domain controller
• Use Server Manager to add the DNS Server role to LON-SVR1.

 Task 5: Verify replication of the Adatum.com Active Directory®–integrated zone

1. On LON-SVR1, open the DNS Manager console.

2. Expand Forward Lookup Zones and verify that both the Adatum.com and _msdcs.Adatum.com
zones are replicated.
3. If you do not see these zones, open Active Directory Sites and Services, force replication between
LON-DC1 and LON-SVR1, and then repeat steps 1 and 2.
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 Task 6: Use Windows PowerShell commands to test non-local resolution

1. On LON-SVR1, make 127.0.0.1 the preferred DNS server for LON-SVR1 using the following
Windows PowerShell cmdlet, where X is the Interface Index number, which you can find in the
Get-DnsClient cmdlet:

Set-DnsClientServerAddress –InterfaceIndex X –ServerAddress 0.0.0.0

2. Open a Windows PowerShell window on LON-SVR1, and try to resolve www.contoso.com by using
the Resolve-DNSName cmdlet.

You receive a negative reply (this is expected).

 Task 7: Configure Internet name resolution to forward to the head office

1. Type the following cmdlet, and then press Enter:

Set-DnsServerForwarder –IPAddress '172.16.0.10' –PassThru

2. Type the following cmdlet, and then press Enter:

Restart-Computer

 Task 8: Use Windows PowerShell to confirm name resolution

1. Sign in to LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. In Windows PowerShell, type the following cmdlet, and then press Enter:

nslookupwww.contoso.com

You should get a reply and an IP address.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have installed and configured DNS on 20410C-
LON-SVR1.

Exercise 2: Creating Host Records in DNS

Scenario
Several new web-based apps are being implemented in the A. Datum head office. Each app requires that
you configure a host record in DNS. You have been asked to create the new host records for these apps.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Configure a client to use LON-SVR1 as a DNS server.

2. Create several host records for web apps in the Adatum.com domain.

3. Verify replication of new records to LON-SVR1.

4. Use the ping command to locate new records from LON-CL1.

 Task 1: Configure a client to use LON-SVR1 as a DNS server

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator using the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Open Control Panel.

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3. Open the Properties dialog box for the Ethernet adapter.

4. Configure the preferred DNS server to be 172.16.0.11.

 Task 2: Create several host records for web apps in the Adatum.com domain
1. On LON-DC1, open DNS Manager.

2. Navigate to the Adatum.com forward lookup zone.

3. Create a new record named www with the IP address 172.16.0.200.

4. Create a new record named ftp with IP address 172.16.0.201.

 Task 3: Verify replication of new records to LON-SVR1

1. On LON-SVR1, open DNS Manager.

2. Navigate to the Adatum.com forward lookup zone.

3. Ensure that records www and ftp display.

Note: If the www and ftp resource records do not display within several minutes, refresh
the Adatum.com zone.

 Task 4: Use the ping command to locate new records from LON-CL1
1. On LON-CL1, open a Command Prompt window.

2. Ping www.adatum.com. Ensure that ping resolves this name to 172.16.0.200.

3. Ping ftp.adatum.comand ensure that it resolves to 172.16.0.201.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have configured DNS records.

Exercise 3: Managing the DNS Server Cache

Scenario
After you changed some host records in zones configured on LON-DC1, you noticed that clients that use
LON-SVR1 as their DNS server were still receiving old IP addresses during the name resolving process. You
want to determine which component is caching this data.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Use the ping command to locate an Internet record from LON-CL1.

2. Update an Internet record to point to the LON-DC1 IP address.

3. Examine the content of the DNS cache.

4. Clear the cache, and retry the ping command.

 Task 1: Use the ping command to locate an Internet record from LON-CL1
1. On LON-CL1, in the Command Prompt window, use ping to locate www.contoso.com.

2. Ensure that the name resolves to an IP address, and then document the IP address.
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 Task 2: Update an Internet record to point to the LON-DC1 IP address

1. On LON-DC1, open the DNS Manager console.

2. Navigate to the contoso.com forward lookup zone.

3. Change the IP address for the record www to 172.16.0.10.

4. From LON-CL1, ping www.contoso.com.

Note that this record is still resolved with the old IP.

 Task 3: Examine the content of the DNS cache

1. On LON-SVR1, in the DNS Manager console, enable Advanced View.

2. Browse the content of the Cached Lookups container for the com namespace and note the IP
address for www record.

3. On LON-CL1, at a command prompt, type ipconfig /displaydns.

4. Examine the cached content and notice the IP address for the www record.

 Task 4: Clear the cache, and retry the ping command

1. Clear the cache on the LON-SVR1 DNS server, by using the Clear-DNSServerCache cmdlet.

2. Retry the ping to www.contoso.com on LON-CL1.

The result still returns the old IP address.

3. Clear the client resolver cache on LON-CL1 by typing ipconfig /flushdns in the Command Prompt
window.
4. On LON-CL1, retry ping to www.contoso.com. (The result should work.)

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have examined the DNS server cache.

 Prepare for the next module

After you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines to their initial state.

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1 and 20410C-LON-CL1.

Lab Review Questions

Question: Can you install the DNS server role on a server that is not a domain controller? If
yes, are there any limitations?
Question: What is the most common way to carry out Internet name resolution on a local
DNS?

Question: How can you browse the content of the DNS resolver cache on a DNS server?
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Module Review and Takeaways

Module Review Questions
Question: You are troubleshooting DNS name resolution from a client computer. What must
you remember to do before each test?

Question: You are deploying DNS servers into an Active Directory domain, and your
customer requires that the infrastructure is resistant to single points of failure. What must
you consider when planning the DNS configuration?

Question: What benefits do you realize by using forwarders?

Best Practices
When implementing DNS, use the following best practices:

• Always use host names instead of NetBIOS names.

• Use forwarders rather than root hints.

• Be aware of potential caching issues when troubleshooting name resolution.

• Use Active Directory–integrated zones instead of primary and secondary zones.

Common Issues and Troubleshooting Tips

Common Issue Troubleshooting Tip

Clients sometimes cache invalid DNS

records.

DNS Server performs slowly.

Tools
Tool Use Where to find it

DNS Manager console Manage DNS server role Administrative Tools

Nslookup Troubleshoot DNS Command-line tool

Ipconfig Troubleshoot DNS Command-line tool

Windows PowerShell cmdlets Manage and troubleshoot DNS Windows PowerShell

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Module 8
Implementing IPv6
Contents:
Module Overview 8-1

Lesson 1: Overview of IPv6 8-2

Lesson 2: IPv6 Addressing 8-7

Lesson 3: Coexistence with IPv4 8-13

Lesson 4: IPv6 Transition Technologies 8-17

Lab: Implementing IPv6 8-22
Module Review and Takeaways 8-27

Module Overview
IPv6 is a technology that helps the Internet support a growing user base and an increasingly large
number of IP-enabled devices. IPv4 has been the underlying Internet protocol for almost thirty years.
Its robustness, scalability, and limited feature set is now challenged by the growing need for new IP
addresses. This is due in large part to the rapid growth of new network-aware devices.

This module discusses the features and benefits of IPv6, how IPv6 affects IPv4 networks, and how to
integrate IPv6 into IPv4 networks by using various transition technologies.

Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Describe the features and benefits of IPv6.

• Describe IPv6 addressing.

• Describe IPv6 coexistence with IPv4.

• Describe IPv6 transition technologies.

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Lesson 1
Overview of IPv6
IPv6 has been included with Windows® client operating systems and servers beginning with Windows
Server® 2008. The use of IPv6 is becoming more common on corporate networks and on the Internet.

It is important for you to understand how this technology affects current networks, and how to integrate
IPv6 into those networks. This lesson discusses the benefits of IPv6, and how it differs from IPv4.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the benefits of IPv6.

• Describe the differences between IPv4 and IPv6.

• Describe the IPv6 address format.

Benefits of IPv6
IPv6 support is included in Windows Server 2012
and Windows 8. The following list of benefits
describes why IPv6 is being implemented.

Larger Address Space

The IPv6 address space is 128-bit, which is much
larger than the 32-bit address space in IPv4.
A 32-bit address space has 232 or 4,294,967,296
possible addresses; a 128-bit address space
has 2128 or
340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,
456 (or 3.4x1038 or 340 undecillion) possible
addresses. As the Internet continues to grow, IPv6
provides for the required larger address space.

Hierarchical Addressing and Routing Infrastructure

The public IPv6 address space is allocated more efficiently than it is for IPv4. IPv4 addresses are not all
allocated in geographical blocks, but IPv6 public addresses are. This means that even though there are
many more addresses, Internet routers can process data much more efficiently because of address
optimization.

Stateless and Stateful Address Configuration

IPv6 has auto-configure capability without Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), and it can
discover router information so that hosts can access the Internet. This is referred to as a stateless address
configuration. A stateful address configuration is when you use the DHCPv6 protocol. This provides
network administrators with flexibility in how IPv6 addresses and configuration information is distributed
to clients.
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Required Support for IPsec

The IPv6 standards require support for the Authentication Header (AH) and encapsulating security
payload (ESP) headers that are defined by Internet Protocol security (IPsec). Although support for specific
IPsec authentication methods and cryptographic algorithms are not specified, IPsec is defined from the
start as the way to protect IPv6 packets. This guarantees the availability of IPsec on all IPv6 hosts. IPsec
support was not required for IPv4 hosts, but was commonly implemented.

End-to-End Communication
One of the design goals for IPv6 is to provide sufficient address space so that you do not have to use
translation mechanisms such as Network Address Translation (NAT). This simplifies communication
because IPv6 hosts can communicate directly with each other over the Internet. This also simplifies
support for apps such as video conferencing and other peer-to-peer apps. However, many organizations
may choose to continue using translation mechanisms as a security measure.

Required Support for Quality of Service

An IPv6 packet contains a Quality of Service (QoS) field that specifies how fast the packet should be
processed. This enables IPv6 packet traffic to be assigned a priority. For example, when you are streaming
video traffic, it is critical that the packets arrive in a timely manner. You can set the QoS field to ensure
that network devices recognize that the packet delivery is time sensitive. Support for QoS was optional for
IPv4 hosts.

Improved Support for Single-Subnet Environments

All IPv6 hosts are configured automatically with a link-local address that allows the host to communicate
on the local subnet. However, like Automatic Private IP Addressing (APIPA), which was optionally
implemented in IPv4 environments, computers are not configured automatically with a default gateway or
Domain Name System (DNS) server.

Extensibility
IPv6 has been designed so that developers can extend it with much fewer constraints than IPv4. As a
network administrator, you will not be extending IPv6, but programs that you purchase may take
advantage of this to enhance IPv6 functionality.

Differences Between IPv4 and IPv6

When the IPv4 address space was designed, it was
unimaginable that it could ever be exhausted.
However, because of changes in technology and
an allocation practice that did not anticipate the
growth of number of Internet hosts, it was clear
by 1992 that a replacement would be necessary.

When the IPv6 address space was designed,

the addresses were made 128 bits long so that
the address space could be subdivided into
hierarchical routing domains that reflect modern-
day Internet topology. With 128 bits, there are
enough bits to create multiple levels of hierarchy,
and there is flexibility for designing hierarchical
addressing and routing. These features are currently
lacking on the IPv4-based Internet.
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IPv4 and IPv6 Comparison

The following table highlights additional differences between IPv4 and IPv6.

IPv4 IPv6

Fragmentation is performed by both routers and Fragmentation is not performed by routers, only
the sending host. by the sending host.

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) uses broadcast ARP Request frames are replaced with multicast
ARP Request frames to resolve an IPv4 address to Neighbor Solicitation messages.
a link-layer address.

Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) IGMP is replaced with Multicast Listener
manages local subnet group membership. Discovery (MLD) messages.

Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Router ICMP Router Discovery is replaced with required
Discovery—which is optional—determines the ICMPv6 Router Solicitation and Router
IPv4 address of the best default gateway. Advertisement messages.

Uses host (A) resource records in the DNS to map Uses IPv6 host (AAAA) resource records in DNS to
host names to IPv4 addresses. map host names to IPv6 addresses.

Uses pointer (PTR) resource records in the Uses pointer (PTR) resource records in the
IN-ADDR.ARPA DNS domain to map IPv4 IP6.ARPA DNS domain to map IPv6 addresses to
addresses to host names. host names.

Must support a 576-byte packet size (possibly Must support a 1280-byte packet size (without
fragmented). fragmentation).

IPv6 Address Format

The most distinguishing feature of IPv6 is its use
of much larger addresses. IPv4 addresses are
expressed in 4 groups of decimal numbers, such
as 192.168.1.1. Each grouping of numbers
represents a binary octet. In binary, 192.168.1.1 is
as follows:
11000000.10101000.00000001.00000001
(4 octets = 32 Bits)

However, an IPv6 address is 4 times larger than an

IPv4 address. Because of this, IPv6 addresses are
expressed in hexadecimal (hex). For example:

2001:DB8:0:2F3B:2AA:FF:FE28:9C5A
This might seem complex for end users, but the assumption is that users will rely on DNS names to
resolve hosts and will rarely type IPv6 addresses manually. The IPv6 address in hexadecimal is also easier
to convert between binary and hexadecimal than it is to convert between binary and decimal. This
simplifies working with subnets, and calculating hosts and networks.
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Hexadecimal Numbering System (Base 16)

In the hexadecimal numbering system, some letters represent numbers; this is because there must be 16
unique symbols for each position. Because 10 symbols (0 through 9) already exist, there must be six new
symbols for the hexadecimal system; hence, the letters A through F are used. The hexadecimal number 10
is equal to the decimal number 16.

Note: You can use the Calculator app included with Windows Server 2012 to convert
between binary, decimal, and hexadecimal numbers.

To convert an IPv6 binary address that is 128 bits long, you break it into 8 blocks of 16 bits. You then
convert each of these 8 blocks of 16 bits into 4 hexadecimal characters. For each of the blocks, you
evaluate 4 bits at a time. You should number each section of 4 binary numbers 1, 2, 4, and 8, starting
from the right and moving left. That is:

• The first bit [0010] is assigned the value of 1.

• The second bit [0010] is assigned the value of 2.

• The third bit [0010] is assigned the valued of 4.

• The fourth bit [0010] is assigned the value of 8.

To calculate the hexadecimal value for this section of 4 bits, add up the value of each bit that is set to 1.
In the example of 0010, the only bit that is set to 1 is the bit assigned the value 2. The rest are set to 0.
Therefore, the hexadecimal value of this section of 4 bits is 2.

Converting from Binary to Hexadecimal

The following table describes converting 8 bits of binary into hexadecimal for the binary number
[0010][1111]:

Binary 0010 1111

Values of each binary position 8421 8421

Adding values where the bit is 1 0+0+2+0=2 8+4+2+1=15 or hexadecimal F

The following example is a single IPv6 address in binary form. Note that the binary representation of the
IP address is quite long. The following two lines of binary numbers represent one IP address:
0010000000000001000011011011100000000000000000000010111100111011
0000001010101010000000001111111111111110001010001001110001011010

The 128-bit address is now divided along 16-bit boundaries (8 blocks of 16 bits):

0010000000000001 0000110110111000 0000000000000000 0010111100111011

0000001010101010 0000000011111111 1111111000101000 1001110001011010
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Each block is further broken into sections of 4 bits. The following table shows the binary and
corresponding hexadecimal values for each section of 4 bits:

Binary Hexadecimal

[0010][0000][0000][0001] [2][0][0][1]

[0000][1101][1011][1000] [0][D][B][8]

[0000][0000][0000][0000] [0][0][0][0]

[0010][1111][0011][1011] [2][F][3][B]

[0000][0010][1010][1010] [0][2][A][A]

[0000][0000][1111][1111] [0][0][F][F]

[1111][1110][0010][1000] [F][E][2][8]

[1001][1100][0101][1010] [9][C][5][A]

Each 16-bit block is expressed as 4 hexadecimal characters, and is then delimited with colons. The result is
as follows:
2001:0DB8:0000:2F3B:02AA:00FF:FE28:9C5A

You can simplify IPv6 representation further by removing the leading zeros within each 16-bit block.
However, each block must have at least a single digit. With leading zero suppression, the address
representation becomes the following:
2001:DB8:0:2F3B:2AA:FF:FE28:9C5A

Compressing Zeros
When multiple contiguous zero blocks occur, you can compress these and represent them in the
address as a double colon (::); this further simplifies the IPV6 notation. The computer recognizes "::"
and substitutes it with the number of blocks necessary to make the appropriate IPv6 address.
In the following example, the address is expressed using zero compression:

2001:DB8::2F3B:2AA:FF:FE28:9C5A

To determine how many 0 bits are represented by the "::", you count the number of blocks in the
compressed address, subtract this number from 8, and then multiply the result by 16. Using the previous
example, there are 7 blocks. Subtract 7 from 8, and then multiply the result (1) by 16. Thus, there are 16
bits or 16 zeros in the address where the double colon is located.

You can use zero compression only once in a given address. If you use it twice or more, then there is no
way to show how many 0 bits are represented by each instance of the double colon (::).

To convert an address into binary, use the reverse of the method described previously:

1. Add in 0s using zero compression.

2. Add leading 0s.

3. Convert each bit that is set to l (one) into its binary equivalent.
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Lesson 2
IPv6 Addressing
An essential part of working with IPv6 is understanding the different address types and when they are
used. This helps you understand the overall communication process between IPv6 hosts and perform
troubleshooting. You also need to understand the processes available for configuring a host with an IPv6
address to ensure that hosts are configured properly.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the structure of IPv6 addresses.

• Describe the structure of global unicast addresses.

• Describe unique local unicast addresses.

• Describe link-local unicast addresses and zone IDs.

• Describe address autoconfiguration for IPv6.

• Explain how to configure IPv6 client settings on a network host.

IPv6 Address Structure

Each IPv6 address is 128 bits long. The prefix is
the part of the address that indicates the bits that
have fixed values, or that are the subnet prefix’s
bits. This is equivalent to the network ID for IPv4
addresses.

Prefixes for IPv6 subnets, routes, and address

ranges are expressed in the same way as IPv4
Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR) notations.
An IPv6 prefix is written in address/prefix-length
notation. For example, 2001:DB8::/48 and
2001:DB8:0:2F3B::/64 are IPv6 address prefixes.

Note: IPv6 uses prefixes instead of a subnet

mask.

When a unicast IPv6 address is assigned to a host, the prefix is 64 bits long. The remaining 64 bits are
allocated to the interface identifier, which uniquely identifies the host on that network. The interface
identifier can be either randomly generated, assigned by DHCPv6, or based on the media access control
(MAC) address of the network. By default, the host bits are generated randomly unless assigned by
DHCPv6.

Note: The routes on an IPv6 router have varying prefix sizes that are determined by the
size of the network.
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IPv6 Equivalents to IPv4 Special Addresses

The following table shows IPv6 equivalents to some common IPv4 addresses.

IPv4 Address IPv6 Address

Unspecified address 0.0.0.0 ::

Loopback address 127.0.0.1 ::1

Autoconfigured addresses 169.254.0.0/16 FE80::/64

Broadcast address 255.255.255.255 Uses multicasts instead

Multicast addresses 224.0.0.0/4 FF00::/8

Global Unicast Addresses

Global unicast addresses are equivalent to public
IPv4 addresses that are available from an Internet
Service Provider (ISP). They are routable and
reachable globally on the IPv6 portion of the
Internet. Unlike the limited number of internet-
addressable IPv4 addresses that remain, there are
many global unicast addresses available for use.
The global unicast address space is designed to
allow each ISP customer to obtain a large number
of IPv6 addresses. The first 48 bits are used to
identify the customer site. The next 16 bits are
allocated for the customer to perform subnetting
within their own network.

Note: The network 2001:0db8::/32 is reserved for documentation and is not routable.

The structure of a global unicast address is as follows:

• Fixed portion set to 001. The three high-order bits are set to 001. The address prefix for currently
assigned global addresses is 2000::/3. Therefore, all global unicast addresses begin with either 2 or 3.

• Global routing prefix. This field identifies the global routing prefix for a specific organization’s site.
The combination of the three fixed bits and the 45-bit global routing prefix is used to create a 48-bit
site prefix, which is assigned to an organization’s individual site. Once the assignment occurs, routers
on the IPv6 Internet then forward IPv6 traffic that matches the 48-bit prefix to the routers of the
organization’s site.

• Subnet ID. The Subnet ID is used within an organization’s site to identify subnets. This field is 16 bits
long. The organization’s site can use these 16 bits within its site to create 65,536 subnets, or multiple
levels of addressing hierarchy, and an efficient routing infrastructure.

• Interface ID. The Interface ID identifies the interface on a specific subnet within the site. This field is 64
bits long. This is either randomly generated or assigned by DHCPv6. In the past, the Interface ID was
based on the MAC address of the network interface card to which the address was bound.
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Unique Local Unicast Addresses

Unique local unicasts addresses are the IPv6
equivalent of IPv4 private addresses. These
addresses are routable within an organization,
but not on the Internet.

IPv4 private IP addresses were a relatively small

part of the overall IPv4 address space, and many
companies used the same address space. This
caused problems when separate organizations
tried to communicate directly. It also caused
problems when merging the networks of two
organizations—possibly following a merger or a
buyout.

To avoid the duplication problems experienced with IPv4 private addresses, the IPv6 unique local address
structure allocates 40-bits to an organization identifier. The 40-bit organization identifier is randomly
generated. The likelihood of two randomly generated 40-bit identifiers being the same is very small. This
ensures that each organization has a unique address space.
The first 7 bits of the organization identifier have the fixed binary value of 1111110. All unique local
addresses have the address prefix of FC00::/7. The Local (L) flag (the 8th bit) is set to 1 to indicate a local
address. An L flag value set to 0 has not yet been defined. Therefore, unique local addresses with the
L flag set to 1 have the address prefix of FD::/8.

Link-Local Unicast Addresses

All IPv6 hosts have a link-local address that is used
for communication only on the local subnet. The
link-local address is generated automatically, and
is non-routable. In this way, link-local addresses
are similar to IPv4 APIPA addresses. However, a
link-local address is an essential part of IPv6
communication.
Link-local addresses are used for communication
in many scenarios where IPv4 would have used
broadcasts. For example, link-local addresses are
used when communicating with a DHCPv6 server.
Link-local addresses are also used for neighbor
discovery, which is the IPv6 equivalent of ARP in IPv4.

The prefix for link-local addresses is always FE80::/64. The final 64 bits are the interface identifier.

Zone ID
Regardless of the number of network interfaces in the host, each IPv6 host has a single link-local address.
If the host has multiple network interfaces, the same link-local address is reused on each interface. To
make it possible for hosts to identify link-local communication on each unique network interface, a zone
ID is added to the link-local address.
A zone ID is used in the following format:

Address%zone_ID
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Each sending host determines the zone ID that it will associate with each interface. There is no negotiation
of zone ID between hosts. For example, on the same network, host A might use 3 for the zone ID on its
interface, and host B might use 6 for the zone ID on its interface.

Each interface in a Windows-based host is assigned a unique interface index, which is an integer. In
addition to physical network cards, interfaces also include loopback and tunnel interfaces. Windows-based
IPv6 hosts use the interface index of an interface as the zone ID for that interface.
In the following example, the interface ID for the network interface is 3.

fe80::2b0:d0ff:fee9:4143%3

Autoconfiguring IPv6 Addresses

In most cases, you will use autoconfiguration to
provide IPv6 hosts with an IPv6 address. Unlike
IPv4 which uses primarily DHCP servers to provide
addressing information, IPv6 also uses routers as
part of the autoconfiguration process. The routers
can provide the network address and a default
gateway to clients in Router Advertisement
messages.

Types of Autoconfiguration
Types of autoconfiguration include:

• Stateless. With stateless autoconfiguration,

address configuration is based on the receipt of Router Advertisement messages only. Stateless
autoconfiguration includes a router prefix, but does not include additional configuration options such
as DNS servers.
• Stateful. With stateful autoconfiguration, address configuration is based on the use of a stateful
address configuration protocol such as DHCPv6 to obtain addresses and other configuration options.
A host uses stateful address configuration when:
o It receives instructions to do so in router advertisement messages.

o There are no routers present on the local link.

• Both. With both, configuration is based on both receipt of router advertisement messages, and on
DHCPv6.

Stateful Configuration
With stateful configuration, organizations can control how IPv6 addresses are assigned using DHCPv6. If
there are any specific scope options that you need to configure—such as the IPv6 addresses of DNS
servers—then a DHCPv6 server is necessary.

When IPv6 attempts to communicate with a DHCPv6 server, it uses multicast IPv6 addresses. This is
different from IPv4, which uses broadcast IPv4 addresses.
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Autoconfigured Address States

During autoconfiguration, the IPv6 address of a host goes through several states that define the life cycle
of the IPv6 address. Autoconfigured addresses are in one or more of the following states:

• Tentative. In the tentative state, verification is occurring to determine if the address is unique.
Duplicate address detection performs verification. When an address is in the tentative state, a node
cannot receive unicast traffic.
• Valid. In the valid state, the address has been verified as unique, and can send and receive unicast
traffic.

• Preferred. In the preferred state, the address enables a node to send and receive unicast traffic to and
from it.

• Deprecated. In a deprecated state, the address is valid, but its use is discouraged for new
communication.
• Invalid. In the invalid state, the address no longer allows a node to send or receive unicast traffic.

The Autoconfiguration Process

The process of IPv6 autoconfiguration follows these six general steps:
1. The client derives a link local address.

2. The client checks for address conflicts using neighbor solicitation and verifies that the-link local
address is unique.
3. The client checks for routers on the network.
4. The client checks to see which prefixes are configured on the router.

5. The client adds the prefixes locally.

6. If the Managed or Other flag is set then the client checks for DHCPv6 to obtain other configuration
information.

Demonstration: Configuring IPv6 Client Settings

In most cases, IPv6 is configured dynamically by using DHCPv6 or router advertisements. However, you
can also configure IPv6 manually with a static IPv6 address. The process for configuring IPv6 is similar to
the process for configuring IPv4.

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• View IPv6 configuration by using IPconfig and Get-NetIPAddress.
• Configure IPv6 on a domain controller and a server.
• Verify IPv6 communication is functional.

Demonstration Steps
View IPv6 configuration by using IPconfig and Get-NetIPAddress
1. Sign in to LON-DC1 and LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. On LON-DC1, open a Windows PowerShell® prompt.

3. Use the ipconfig command to view the link-local IPv6 address on the Ethernet.
4. Use the Get-NetIPAddress cmdlet to view the network configuration and link-local IPv6 address on
the Ethernet adapter.
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Configure IPv6 on LON-DC1

1. On LON-DC1, use Server Manager to open the Local Server Properties dialog box, and then click
Ethernet.

2. Open the Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) Properties dialog box, and enter the following
information:
o Use the following IPv6 address
o IPv6 address: FD00:AAAA:BBBB:CCCC::A
o Subnet prefix length: 64
o Use the following DNS server addresses
o Preferred DNS server: ::1

Configure IPv6 on LON-SVR1

1. On LON-DC1, use Server Manager to open the Local Server Properties dialog box, and then click
Ethernet.
2. Open the Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) Properties dialog box, and enter the following:
o Use the following IPv6 address
o IPv6 address: FD00:AAAA:BBBB:CCCC::15
o Subnet prefix length: 64
o Use the following DNS server addresses
o Preferred DNS server: FD00:AAAA:BBBB:CCCC::A

Verify that IPv6 communication is functional

1. On LON-SVR1, open a Windows PowerShell prompt.
2. Use ipconfig to view the IPv6 address for the Ethernet adapter.
3. Use ping -6 to test IPv6 communication with LON-DC1.
4. Use ping -4 to test IPv4 communication with LON-DC1.
5. Use Test-NetConnection cmdlet to test IPv6 communication with IPv6 address of
LON-DC1 FD00:AAAA:BBBB:CCCC::.
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Lesson 3
Coexistence with IPv4
From its inception, IPv6 was designed for long-term coexistence with IPv4; in most cases your network will
use both IPv4 and IPv6 for many years. Consequently, you need to understand how they coexist.

This lesson provides an overview of the technologies that support the two IP protocols’ coexistence. This
lesson also describes the different node types and IP stack implementations of IPv6. Finally, this lesson
explains how DNS resolves names to IPv6 addresses and the various types of IPv6 transition technologies.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe IP node types.

• Describe methods to provide coexistence for IPv4 and IPv6.

• Configure DNS to support IPv6.

• Explain IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling.

What Are Node Types?

When planning an IPv6 network, you should
know what types of nodes or hosts are on the
network. Describing the nodes in a specific way
helps to define their capabilities on the network.
Understanding the capabilities of each type of
node is important if you use tunneling, because
certain kinds of tunnels require specific node
types. The descriptions for the various types of
nodes are as follows:

• IPv4-only node. This is a node that

implements only IPv4 (and has only IPv4
addresses) and does not support IPv6.
• IPv6-only node. This is a node that implements only IPv6 (and has only IPv6 addresses) and does not
support IPv4. This node is able to communicate only with IPv6 nodes and program, and is not
common today. However, it might become more prevalent as smaller devices (such as cellular phones
and handheld computers), use the IPv6 protocol exclusively.

• IPv6/IPv4 node. This is a node that implements both IPv4 and IPv6. Windows Server 2008 and newer
Windows Server operating systems, and Windows Vista and newer Windows client operating systems,
use IPv4 and IPv6 by default.

• IPv4 node. This is a node that implements IPv4. It can be an IPv4-only node or an IPv6/IPv4 node.

• IPv6 node. This is a node that implements IPv6. It can be an IPv6-only node or an IPv6/IPv4 node.

Coexistence occurs when the largest number of nodes (IPv4 or IPv6 nodes) can communicate using an
IPv4 infrastructure, an IPv6 infrastructure, or an infrastructure that is a combination of IPv4 and IPv6.
You will achieve true migration when all IPv4 nodes are converted to IPv6-only nodes. However, for the
foreseeable future, you can achieve practical migration when as many IPv4-only nodes as possible are
converted to IPv6/IPv4 nodes. IPv4-only nodes can communicate with IPv6-only nodes only when you
are using an IPv4-to-IPv6 proxy or translation gateway.
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IPv4 and IPv6 Coexistence

Rather than replacing IPv4, most organizations
add IPv6 to their existing IPv4 network. Starting
with Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista,
Windows operating systems support the
simultaneous use of IPv4 and IPv6 through a dual
IP layer architecture. The Windows Server 2003
operating system uses less efficient dual-stack
architecture.

Dual IP Layer Architecture

A dual IP layer architecture was implemented
beginning with Windows Vista, and continuing
through Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.
This architecture contains both IPv4 and IPv6 Internet layers with a single implementation of transport
layer protocols such as TCP and User Datagram Protocol (UDP). Dual stack makes it easier to migrate to
IPv6, and there are fewer files to maintain to provide IPv6 connectivity. IPv6 is also available without
adding any new protocols in the network-card configuration.

Dual Stack Architecture

Dual stack architecture contains both IPv4 and IPv6 Internet layers, and has separate protocol stacks that
contain separate implementations of transport layer protocols, such as TCP and UDP. Tcpip6.sys, the IPv6
protocol driver in Windows Server 2003, contains a separate implementation of TCP and UDP.

DNS Infrastructure Requirements

Just as DNS is used as a supporting service on an IPv4 network, it is also used on an IPv6 network. When
you add IPv6 to the network, you need to ensure that you add the records that are necessary to support
IPv6 name-to-address and address-to-name resolution. The DNS records that are required for coexistence
are:
• Host (A) resource records for IPv4 nodes

• IPv6 host (AAAA) resource records for IPv6 nodes

• Reverse lookup pointer (PTR) resource records for IPv4 and IPv6 nodes

Note: In most cases, the IPv6 host (AAAA) resource records that IPv6 nodes require are
registered in DNS dynamically.

When a name can be resolved to both an IPv4 and IPv6 address, both addresses are returned to the client.
The client then chooses which address to use based on prefix polices. In these prefix policies each prefix
has a precedence level assigned to it. A higher precedence is preferred over a lower precedence.
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The following table lists typical prefix policies for Windows Server 2012.

Prefix Precedence Label Description

::1/128 50 0 IPv6 loopback

::/0 40 1 Default gateway

::ffff:0:0/96 10 4 IPv4 compatible address

2002::/16 7 2 6to4

2001::/32 5 5 Teredo

FC00::/7 3 13 Unique local

::/96 1 3 IPv4 compatible address (depreciated)

fec0::/10 1 11 Site local (depreciated)

3ffe::/16 1 12 6Bone (depreciated)

Note: You can view the prefix policies in Windows Server 2012 by using the Windows
PowerShell Get-NetPrefixPolicy cmdlet.

Additional Reading: For more information about prefix policies, see Source and
Destination Address Selection for IPv6 at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=269711.

Demonstration: Configuring DNS to Support IPv6

Similar to IPv4 nodes, IPv6 nodes use dynamic DNS automatically created host records. You can also
manually create host records for IPv6 addresses. An IPv6 host (AAAA) resource record is a unique record
type and different from an IPv4 host (A) resource record.
In this demonstration, you will see how to:
• Configure an IPv6 host (AAAA) resource record for an IPv6 address.
• Verify name resolution for an IPv6 host (AAAA) resource record.

Demonstration Steps
Configure an IPv6 host (AAAA) resource record
1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, open the DNS tool and browse to the Adatum.com forward
lookup zone.
2. In DNS Manager, verify that IPv6 addresses have been registered dynamically for LON-DC1 and
LON-SVR1.
3. Create a new host record in Adatum.com with the following settings:
o Name: WebApp
o IP address: FD00:AAAA:BBBB:CCCC::A
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Verify name resolution for an IPv6 host (AAAA) resource record

1. On LON-SVR1, if necessary, open a Windows PowerShell prompt.

2. Use ping to test communication with WebApp.adatum.com.

3. Use the Test-NetConnection cmdlet to test communication with WebApp.adatum.com.

What Is IPv6 Over IPv4 Tunneling?

IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling is the encapsulation of
IPv6 packets with an IPv4 header so that IPv6
packets can be sent over an IPv4-only
infrastructure. Within the IPv4 header:

• The IPv4 Protocol field is set to 41 to

indicate an encapsulated IPv6 packet.
• The Source and Destination fields are set to
IPv4 addresses of the tunnel endpoints. You
can configure tunnel endpoints manually as
part of the tunnel interface, or they can be
derived automatically.

Unlike tunneling for the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) and Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
(L2TP), there is no exchange of messages for tunnel setup, maintenance, or termination. Additionally, IPv6
over IPv4 tunneling does not provide security for tunneled IPv6 packets. This means that when you use
IPv6 tunneling, it does not need to establish a protected connection first.

You can manually configure IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling, or use automated technologies such as ISATAP,
6to4, or Teredo that implement IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling.
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Lesson 4
IPv6 Transition Technologies
Transitioning from IPv4 to IPv6 requires coexistence between the two protocols. Too many programs,
apps and services rely on IPv4 for it to be removed quickly. However, there are several technologies that
aid transition by allowing communication between IPv4-only and IPv6-only hosts. There are also
technologies that allow IPv6 communication over IPv4 networks.

This lesson provides information about Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP), 6to4,
and Teredo, which help provide connectivity between IPv4 and IPv6 technology. This lesson also
addresses PortProxy, which provides compatibility for apps.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe ISATAP.
• Describe 6to4.

• Describe Teredo.
• Describe PortProxy.

• Describe the transition process from IPv4 to IPv6.

What Is ISATAP?
ISATAP is an address-assignment technology that
you can use to provide unicast IPv6 connectivity
between IPv6/IPv4 hosts over an IPv4 intranet.
IPv6 packets are tunneled in IPv4 packets for
transmission over the network. Communication
can occur directly between two ISATAP hosts on
an IPv4 network, or communication can go
through an ISATAP router if one network has only
IPv6-only hosts.

ISATAP hosts do not require any manual

configuration, and can create ISATAP addresses
using standard address autoconfiguration
mechanisms. Although the ISATAP component is enabled by default, it only assigns ISATAP-based
addresses if it can resolve the ISATAP name on your network.

An ISATAP address that is based on a private IPv4 address is formatted like the following example:
[64-bit unicast prefix]:0:5EFE:w.x.y.z

An ISATAP address that is based on a public IPv4 address is formatted like the following example:
[64-bit unicast prefix]:200:5EFE:w.x.y.z

For example, FD00::5EFE:192.168.137.133 is an example of a private IPv4 address, and

2001:db8::200:5EFE:131.107.137.133 is an example of a public IPv4 address.
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What Is an ISATAP Router?

If there are no IPv6-only hosts, then the ISATAP router advertises the IPv6 prefix that is used by ISATAP
clients. The ISATAP interface on client computers is configured to use this prefix. When programs use the
ISATAP interface to deliver data, the IPV6 packet is encapsulated in an IPv4 packet for delivery to the IPv4
address of the destination ISATAP host.

If there are IPv6-only hosts, then the ISATAP router also unpacks IPv6 packets. ISATAP hosts send packets
to the IPv4 address of the ISATAP router. The ISATAP router then unpacks the IPv6 packets and sends
them on to the IPv6-only network.

How to Enable ISATAP Tunneling

You can initiate ISATAP tunneling in many ways, but the simplest way is to configure an ISATAP host
record in DNS that resolves to the IPv4 address of the ISATAP router. Windows hosts that can resolve this
name automatically begin using the specified ISATAP router. By using this method, you can configure
ISATAP for several computers simultaneously.
You can also define ISATAP name resolution in a hosts file, but this is not recommended because it is
difficult to manage.

Note: By default, DNS servers on Windows Server 2008 or newer Windows Server operating
systems have a global query block list that prevents ISATAP resolution, even if the host record is
created and properly configured. You need to remove ISATAP from the global query block list in
DNS if you are using an ISATAP host record to configure ISATAP clients.

Other ways you can configure hosts with an ISATAP router are:
• Use the Windows PowerShell cmdlet Set-NetIsatapConfiguration -Router x.x.x.x.
• Use Netsh Interface IPv6 ISATAP Set Router x.x.x.x.

• Configure the ISATAP Router Name Group Policy setting.

Note: All ISATAP nodes are connected to a single IPv6 subnet. This means that all ISATAP
nodes are part of the same Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS) site, which may not be
desirable.
As such, you should use ISATAP only for limited testing. For intranet-wide deployment, you
should instead deploy native IPv6 support.

What Is 6to4?
6to4 is a technology that you use to provide
unicast IPv6 connectivity over the IPv4 Internet.
You can use 6to4 to provide IPv6 connectivity
between two IPv6 sites or between an IPv6 host
and an IPv6 site. However, 6to4 is not suitable for
scenarios that require NAT.

A 6to4 router provides a site with IPv6

connectivity over the IPv4 Internet. The 6to4
router has a public IPv4 address that is configured
on the external interface, and a 6to4 IPv6 address
that is configured on the internal interface. To
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configure client computers, the internal interface advertises the 6to4 network. Any client computer that
begins to use the 6to4 network address is a 6to4 host. The 6to4 hosts in the site send 6to4 packets to the
6to4 router for delivery to other sites over the IPv4 Internet.

The IPv6 network address that is used for 6to4 is based on the IPv4 address of the external interface on an
IPv6 router. The format of the IPv6 is 2002:WWXX:YYZZ:Subnet_ID:Interface_ID, where WWXX:YYZZ is the
colon-hexadecimal representation of w.x.y.z, a public IPv4 address.
When a single host on the IPv4 Internet participates in 6to4, it is configured as a host/router. A 6to4
host/router does not perform routing for other hosts, but does generate its own Ipv6 network used for
6to4.

Enabling 6to4 Router Functionality in Windows Operating Systems

In most cases, you use existing network infrastructure components to act as a 6to4 router. However, you
can configure Windows Server 2012 as a 6to4 router in the following ways:

• Enable Internet Connection Sharing. When you enable Internet Connection Sharing, Windows
Server 2012 is configured automatically as a 6to4 router.

• Use Windows PowerShell. You can use the Set-Net6to4Configuration cmdlet to configure 6to4.

What Is Teredo?
Teredo is similar to 6to4 in that it allows you
to tunnel IPv6 packets over the IPv4 Internet.
However, Teredo functions correctly even when
NAT is used for Internet connectivity. Teredo is
required because many organizations use private
IP addresses, which require NAT to access the
Internet. If a NAT device can be configured as a
6to4 router, then Teredo is not required.

Note: Teredo is only used if native IPv6,

6to4, or ISATAP do not provide connectivity.

IPv6 communication between two Teredo clients over the IPv4 Internet requires a Teredo server that is
hosted on the IPv4 Internet. The Teredo server facilitates communication between the two Teredo clients
by acting as a known central point for initiating communication. Typically, hosts behind a NAT device are
allowed to initiate outbound communication, but are not allowed to accept inbound communication. To
work around this problem, both Teredo clients initiate communication with the Teredo server. After
connection is initiated with the Teredo server, and after the NAT device has allowed outbound
communication, any further communication occurs directly between the two Teredo clients.

Note: Several public Teredo servers are available for use on the Internet. Windows
operating systems use the Microsoft-provided Teredo server at teredo.ipv6.microsoft.com by
default.

Teredo can also facilitate communication with IPv6-only hosts on the IPv6 Internet by using a Teredo
relay. The Teredo relay forwards packets from a Teredo client to the IPv6 Internet.
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You can configure Windows Server 2012 as a Teredo client, Teredo relay, or Teredo server. To configure
Teredo use the Windows PowerShell cmdlet Set-NetTeredoConfiguration. The default configuration for
Teredo is as a client. When configured as a client, Teredo is disabled when attached to a domain network.
To enable Teredo on a domain network, you must configure it as an enterprise client.

Teredo Address Structure

A Teredo address is a 128-bit IPv6 address, but it uses a different structure than typical unicast IPv6
addresses. The structure is as follows:

• 2001::/32 (32 bits). This is the Teredo-specific prefix that is used by all Teredo addresses.

• Teredo server IPv4 address (32 bits). This identifies the Teredo server.

• Options (16 bits). There are a number of options that describe the communication configuration, such
as whether the client is behind NAT.

• Obscured external port (16 bits). This is the external port used for communication by the NAT device
for this communication. It is obscured to prevent the NAT device from translating it.
• Obscured external IP address (32 bits). This is the external IP address of the NAT device. It is obscured
to prevent the NAT device from translating it.

What Is PortProxy?
Application developers use specific network
application programmer interfaces (APIs) to access
network resources when they are writing apps.
Modern APIs are able to use either IPv4 or IPv6,
and leave the responsibility of choosing the IP
version to the operating system. However, some
older apps use APIs that can only use IPv4.
You use the PortProxy service to allow programs
or apps that do not support IPv6 to communicate
with IPv6 hosts. You enable PortProxy on the
server where the program or app is running.
Incoming IPv6 packets for the program or app are
translated to IPv4, and then passed on to the program or app.

You can also use PortProxy as a proxy between IPv4-only and IPv6-only hosts. To do this, you must
configure DNS to resolve the name of the remote host as the address of the PortProxy computer. For
example, an IPv4-only host would resolve the name of an IPv6-only host as the IPv4 address of the
PortProxy computer. Packets would then be sent to the PortProxy computer, which would then proxy
them to the IPv6-only computer.

PortProxy has the following limitations:

• It is limited to TCP connections only. It cannot be used for programs or apps that use UDP.
• It cannot change address information that is embedded in the data portion of the packet. If the
program or app (such as File Transfer Protocol (FTP)) embeds address information in the data portion,
then it will not work.

You can configure PortProxy on Windows Server 2012 by using netsh interface portproxy. However, it is
generally preferred to use a tunneling technology instead of PortProxy.
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Process for Transitioning to IPv6

The industry-wide migration from IPv4 to IPv6
is expected to take considerable time. This was
taken into consideration when designing IPv6
and as a result, the transition plan for IPv6 is a
multistep process that allows for extended
coexistence.

To achieve the goal of an IPv6-only environment,

use the following general guidelines:

• Upgrade your programs and apps to be

independent of either IPv6 or IPv4. For
example, you can change apps to use
new Windows Sockets APIs so that name
resolution, socket creation, and other functions are independent regardless of whether you are using
IPv4 or IPv6.
• Upgrade routing infrastructure for native IPv6 routing. You must upgrade routers to support both
native IPv6 routing and IPv6 routing protocols.

• Upgrade devices to support IPv6. The majority of current networking hardware supports IPv6, but
many other types of devices do not. You need to verify that all network attached devices—such as
printers and scanners—also support IPv6.

• Update the DNS infrastructure to support IPv6 address and pointer (PTR) resource records. You
might have to upgrade the DNS infrastructure to support the new IPv6 host address (AAAA) resource
records (required) and pointer (PTR) resource records in the IP6.ARPA reverse domain, but this is
optional. Additionally, ensure that the DNS servers support both DNS traffic over IPv6, and DNS
dynamic update for IPv6 host address (AAAA) resource records so that IPv6 hosts can register their
names and IPv6 addresses automatically.

• Upgrade hosts to IPv6/IPv4 nodes. You must upgrade hosts to use both IPv4 and IPv6. This allows
hosts to access both IPv4 and IPv6 resources during the migration process.

Most organizations will probably add IPv6 to an existing IPv4 environment and continue to have
coexistence for an extended time. Many legacy programs, apps, and devices that do not support IPv6 are
still in existence, and coexistence is much simpler than using transition technologies such as ISATAP. You
should only remove IPv4 after resources that depend on it are either removed or updated to use IPv6.

IPv6 is enabled by default for Windows Vista and newer Windows client operating systems, and Windows
Server 2008 and newer Windows Server operating systems. As a best practice, you should not disable IPv6
unless there is a technical reason to do so. Some features in Windows operating systems rely on IPv6.
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Lab: Implementing IPv6

Scenario
The IT manager at A. Datum has been briefed by several program and app vendors about newly added
support for IPv6 in their products. A. Datum does not have IPv6 support in place at this time. The IT
manager would like you to configure a test lab that uses IPv6. As part of the test lab configuration, you
also need to configure ISATAP to allow communication between an IPv4 network and an IPv6 network.

This is the layout of the completed test environment.

FIGURE 8.1: END RESULT OF THE LAB

Objectives
After completing this lab, you will be able to:
• Configure an IPv6 network.

• Configure an ISATAP router.

Lab Setup
Estimated time: 30 minutes

Virtual machines 20410C-LON-DC1

20410C-LON-RTR
20410C-LON-SVR2

User name Adatum\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

For this lab, you will use the available virtual machine environment. Before beginning the lab, you must
complete the following steps:

1. On the host computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V Manager.
2. In Hyper-V® Manager, click 20410C-LON-DC1, and in the Actions pane, click Start.

3. In the Actions pane, click Connect. Wait until the virtual machine starts.

4. Sign in using the following credentials:

o User name: Administrator
o Password: Pa$$w0rd
o Domain: Adatum
5. Repeat steps 2 to 4 for 20410C-LON-RTR and 20410C-LON-SVR2.
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Exercise 1: Configuring an IPv6 Network

Scenario
For the first step in configuring the test lab, you need to configure LON-DC1 as an IPv4-only node, and
LON-SVR2 as an IPv6-only node. You also need to configure LON-RTR to support IPv6 routing by adding
a network to an interface on the IPv6 network, and by enabling router advertisements. The router
advertisements allow the IPv6 clients on the IPv6 network to obtain the correct IPv6 network
automatically through stateless configuration.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Verify IPv4 routing.

2. Disable IPv6 on LON-DC1.

3. Disable IPv4 on LON-SVR2.

4. Configure an IPv6 network on LON-RTR.

5. Verify IPv6 on LON-SVR2.

 Task 1: Verify IPv4 routing

1. On LON-SVR2, open a Windows PowerShell prompt.
2. Ping LON-DC1 to verify that IPv4 is routing through LON-RTR.

3. Use the ipconfig command to verify that LON-SVR2 has only a link-local IPv6 address that cannot be
routed.
4. Use the Get-NetIPAddress cmdlet to view the network configuration and link-local IPv6 address on
the Ethernet adapter.

 Task 2: Disable IPv6 on LON-DC1

1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, select Local Server, and then select 172.16.0.10, IPv6 enabled to
open the Network Connections window.

2. In the Network Connections window, open the Ethernet Properties dialog box, and then disable
IPv6 for Ethernet adapter to make LON-DC1 an IPv4-only host.

 Task 3: Disable IPv4 on LON-SVR2

1. On LON-SVR2, in Server Manager, select Local Server, and then select 10.10.0.11, IPv6 enabled to
open the Network Connections window.
2. In Network Connections window, open the Ethernet Properties dialog box, and then disable IPv4 for
Ethernet, to make LON-SVR2 an IPv6-only host.

 Task 4: Configure an IPv6 network on LON-RTR

1. On LON-RTR, open Windows PowerShell.

2. Configure a network address that will be used on the IPv6 network by using the following Windows
PowerShell New-NetRoute cmdlet to add an IPv6 network on Ethernet 2 to the local routing table:

New-NetRoute -InterfaceAlias "Ethernet 2" -DestinationPrefix 2001:db8:0:1::/64

-Publish Yes
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3. Allow clients to obtain the IPv6 network access automatically from LON-RTR by using the following
Set-NetIPInterface cmdlet to enable router advertisements on Ethernet 2:

Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceAlias "Ethernet 2" -AddressFamily IPv6 -Advertising

Enabled

4. Use ipconfig to verify that Ethernet 2 has an IPv6 address on the 2001:db8:0:1::/64 network.

This address is used for communication on the IPv6-only network.

 Task 5: Verify IPv6 on LON-SVR2

• On LON-SVR2, use ipconfig to verify that the Ethernet has an IPv6 address on the 2001:db8:0:1::/64
network.

The network address was obtained from the router through stateless configuration.

Results: After completing the exercise, you will have configured an IPv6–only network.

Exercise 2: Configuring an ISATAP Router

Scenario
After configuring the infrastructure for an IPv4-only network and an IPv6-only network, you need to
configure LON-RTR as an ISATAP router to support communication between the IPv4–only nodes and the
IPv6-only nodes.

To configure LON-RTR as an ISATAP router, you need to enable the IPv4 interface as the ISATAP router.
Then you configure an IPv6 network on the ISATAP interface and enable advertising of the network route
that includes that network. ISATAP clients will obtain the IPv6 network automatically from the
advertisements.
To enable ISATAP automatically on clients, you need to create an ISATAP host record in DNS. Clients that
can resolve this name automatically become ISATAP clients. To allow clients to resolve this name, you
must remove ISATAP from the global query block list on the DNS server.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Add an ISATAP host record to DNS.

2. Enable the ISATAP router on LON-RTR.

3. Remove ISATAP from the Global Query Block List.

4. Enable LON-DC1 as an ISATAP client.

5. Test connectivity.

 Task 1: Add an ISATAP host record to DNS

1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, open the DNS tool.
2. Add an ISATAP host record in the Adatum.com domain that resolves to 172.16.0.1. ISATAP clients
resolve this host name to find the ISATAP router.
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 Task 2: Enable the ISATAP router on LON-RTR

1. On LON-RTR, configure the IP address of the Ethernet adapter as the ISATAP router. Use the
following Set-NetIsatapConfiguration cmdlet to enable ISATAP:

Set-NetIsatapConfiguration -Router 172.16.0.1

2. Use the following Get-NetIPAddress cmdlet to identify the interface index of the ISATAP interface
with 172.16.0.1 in the link-local address.

Get-NetIPAddress | Format-Table InterfaceAlias,InterfaceIndex,IPv6Address

Record the Interface index here:

3. Use the Get-NetIPInterface cmdlet to verify the following on the ISATAP interface:
o Forwarding is enabled
o Advertising is disabled

Get-NetIPInterface -InterfaceIndex IndexYouRecorded -PolicyStore ActiveStore |

Format-List

4. The ISATAP interface for an ISATAP router must have forwarding enabled and advertising enabled.
Use the following Set-NetIPInterface cmdlet to enable router advertisements on the ISATAP
interface:

Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceIndex IndexYouRecorded -Advertising Enabled

5. Create a new IPv6 network that will be used for the ISATAP network. Use the following
New-NetRoute cmdlet to configure a network route for the ISATAP interface:

New-NetRoute -InterfaceIndex IndexYouRecorded -DestinationPrefix 2001:db8:0:2::/64

-Publish Yes

6. Use the following Get-NetIPAddress cmdlet to verify that the ISATAP interface has an IPv6 address
on the 2001:db8:0:2::/64 network:

Get-NetIPAddress -InterfaceIndex IndexYouRecorded

 Task 3: Remove ISATAP from the Global Query Block List

1. On LON-DC1, in Windows PowerShell, run the following cmdlet:
dnscmd /config /globalqueryblocklist wpad

2. Restart the DNS service.

3. Ping isatap.adatum.com to verify it can be resolved.

The name should resolve and you should receive four replies from 172.16.0.1.

 Task 4: Enable LON-DC1 as an ISATAP client

1. On LON-DC1, use the following Set-NetIsatapConfiguration cmdlet to enable ISATAP:
Set-NetIsatapConfiguration -State Enabled

2. Use ipconfig to verify that the Tunnel adapter for ISATAP has an IPv6 address on the 2001:db8:0:2/64
network.
Notice that this address includes the IPv4 address of LON-DC1.
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 Task 5: Test connectivity

1. On LON-SVR2, use the following ping command to test connectivity to the ISATAP address for
LON-DC1:

ping 2001:db8:0:2:0:5efe:172.16.0.10

2. Use the Server Manager to modify the properties of TCP/IPv6 on the Ethernet, and add
2001:db8:0:2:0:5efe:172.16.0.10 as the preferred DNS server.

3. Use the ping command to test connectivity to LON-DC1.

Note: A ping from LON-DC1 to LON-SVR2 does not respond because the firewall
configuration on LON-SVR2 blocks ping requests.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have configured an ISATAP router on LON-RTR to allow
communication between an IPv6–only network and an IPv4–only network.

 Prepare for the next module

After you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines to their initial state.
To do this, complete the following steps.

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.
3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1, 20410C-LON-RTR and 20410C-LON-SVR2.

Lab Review Questions

Question: Did you configure IPv6 statically or dynamically in this lab?

Question: Why did you not need to configure LON-DC1 with the IPv4 address of the ISATAP
router?
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Module Review and Takeaways

Review Questions
Question: What is the main difference between 6to4 and Teredo?

Question: How can you provide a DNS server to an IPv6 host dynamically?

Question: Your organization is planning to implement IPv6 internally. After some research,
you have identified unique local IPv6 addresses as the correct type of IPv6 addresses to use
for private networking. To use unique local IPv6 addresses, you must select a 40-bit identifier
that is part of the network. A colleague suggests using all zeros for the 40 bits. Why is this
not a good idea?

Question: How many IPv6 addresses should an IPv6 node be configured with?

Best Practices
Use the following best practices when implementing IPv6:

• Do not disable IPv6 on Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012.

• Enable coexistence of IPv4 and IPv6 in your organization rather than using transition technologies.

• Use unique local IPv6 addresses on your internal network.

• Use Teredo to implement IPv6 connectivity over the IPv4 Internet.

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Module 9
Implementing Local Storage
Contents:
Module Overview 9-1

Lesson 1: Overview of Storage 9-2

Lesson 2: Managing Disks and Volumes 9-12

Lesson 3: Implementing Storage Spaces 9-23

Lab: Implementing Local Storage 9-29

Module Review and Takeaways 9-34

Module Overview
Storage is one of the key components that you must consider when planning and deploying a Windows
Server® 2012 operating system. Most organizations require a great deal of storage because users work
regularly with apps that create new files that require storage in a central location. When users keep their
files for longer periods of time, storage demands increase. Every time a user logs on to a server, an audit
trail is created in an event log; this also uses storage. Even as files are created, copied, and moved, storage
is required.
This module introduces you to different storage technologies. It discusses how to implement the storage
solutions in Windows Server 2012, and how to use Storage Spaces, a new feature that you can use to
combine disks into pools that are then managed automatically.

Objectives
After completing this module you will be able to:

• Describe various storage technologies.

• Explain how to manage disks and volumes.

• Explain how to implement Storage Spaces.

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Lesson 1
Overview of Storage
When you plan a server deployment, one of the key components that you require is storage. There are
various types of storage that you can utilize, such as locally-attached storage, storage that is remotely
accessed via Ethernet, or storage connected with optical fiber. You should be aware of each solution’s
benefits and limitations.

As you prepare to deploy storage for your environment, you need to make some important decisions. This
lesson addresses questions to consider, such as:
• Does the storage need to be fast?

• Does the storage need to be highly available?

• How much storage does your deployment actually require?

• How much resilience do you need to add to the initial storage requirement to ensure that your
investment remains secure in the future?

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Describe disk types and performance.

• Describe direct-attached storage.

• Describe network-attached storage.
• Describe a storage area network (SAN).

• Describe Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID).

• Describe RAID levels.
• Describe the new file and storage service features in Windows Server 2012 and Windows
Server 2012 R2.

Disk Types and Performance

There are various types of disks available that you
can use to provide storage to server and client
systems. The speed of disks is measured in Input
Outputs per second (IOPS).The most common
types of disks are:
• Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (EIDE).
EIDE is based on standards that were created
in 1986. The Integrated Drive Electronics
(IDE) interface supports both the Advanced
Technology Attachment 2 (ATA-2) and
Advanced Technology Attachment Packet
Interface (ATAPI) standards. Enhanced refers to
the ATA-2 (Fast ATA) standard. Due to the addressing standards of this technology, there is a
128 gigabyte (GB) limitation on storage using EIDE. Also, the speed of an EIDE drive is limited to a
maximum of 133 megabytes (MB) per second. EIDE drives are almost never used on servers today.
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• Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA). Introduced in 2003, SATA is a computer bus interface,
or channel, for connecting the motherboard or device adapters to mass storage devices such as hard
disk drives and optical drives. SATA was designed to replace EIDE. It is able to use the same low-level
commands as EIDE, but SATA host adapters and devices communicate via a high-speed serial cable
over two pairs of conductors. It can operate at speeds of 1.5, 3.0, and 6.0 GB per second, depending
on the SATA revision (1, 2 or 3 respectively). SATA disks are generally low-cost disks that provide
mass storage. Because SATA drives are less expensive than other drive options, but also provide less
performance, organizations might choose to deploy SATA drives when they require large amounts of
storage but not high performance. SATA disks are also less reliable compared to serial attached SCSI
(SAS) disks.

A variation on the SATA interface is eSATA, which is designed to enable high-speed access to
externally-attached SATA drives.

• Small computer system interface (SCSI). SCSI is a set of standards for physically connecting and
transferring data between computers and peripheral devices. SCSI was originally introduced in 1978
and became a standard in 1986. Similar to EIDE, SCSI was designed to run over parallel cables;
however, recently the usage has been expanded to run over other mediums. The 1986 parallel
specification of SCSI had initial speed transfers of 5 MB per second. The more recent 2003
implementation, Ultra 640 SCSI, also known as Ultra 5, can transfer data at speeds of 640 MB per
second. SCSI disks provide higher performance than SATA disks, but are also more expensive.

• SAS. SAS is a further implementation of the SCSI standard. SAS depends on a point-to-point serial
protocol that replaces the parallel SCSI bus technology, and uses the standard SCSI command set. SAS
offers backward-compatibility with second generation SATA drives. SAS drives are reliable and made
for 24 hours a day, seven days a week (24/7) operation in data centers. With up to 15,000 rotations
per minute (RPM), these disks are also the fastest traditional hard disks.

• Solid State Drives (SSDs). SSDs are data storage devices that use solid-state memory to store data
rather than using the spinning disks and movable read/write heads that are used in other disks. SSDs
use microchips to store the data and do not contain any moving parts. SSDs provide fast disk access,
use less power, and are less susceptible to failure from being dropped than traditional hard disks
(such as SAS drives), but are also much more expensive per GB of storage. SSDs typically use a SATA
interface, so you can usually replace hard disk drives with SSDs without any modifications.

Note: Fibre Channel, FireWire, or USB-attached disks are also available storage options.
They define either the transport bus or the disk type. For example, USB-attached disks use mostly
with SATA or SSD drives to store data.

What Is Direct Attached Storage?

Almost all servers provide some built-in storage.
This type of storage is referred to as direct
attached storage (DAS). DAS can include disks
that are physically located inside the server or
connect directly with an external array, or disks
that connect to the server with a USB cable or
an alternative method. Because DAS storage is
physically connected to the server, if the server
suffers a power failure, the storage is unavailable.
DAS comes in various disk types such as SATA,
SAS or SSD, which affect the speed and the
performance of the storage, and has both
advantages and disadvantages.
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Advantages of Using DAS

A typical DAS system is made up of a data storage device that includes a number of hard disk drives that
connect directly to a computer through a host bus adapter (HBA). Between the DAS and the computer,
there are no network devices such as hubs, switches, or routers. Instead, the storage is connected directly
to the server that utilizes it, making DAS the easiest storage system to deploy and maintain.

DAS is also usually the least expensive storage available today, and is widely available in various speeds
and sizes to accommodate various installations. In addition to being inexpensive, DAS is very easy to
configure. In most instances, you would simply plug in the device, ensure that the running Windows®
operating system recognizes it, and then use Disk Management to configure the disks.

Disadvantages of Using DAS

Storing data locally on DAS makes data centralization more difficult because the data is located on
multiple servers. This can make it more complex to back up the data and, for users, more difficult to locate
the data they want to find. Furthermore, if any one device that has DAS connected to it suffers a power
outage, the storage on that computer becomes unavailable.

DAS also has drawbacks in its access methodologies. Due to the way reads and writes are handled by the
server operating system, DAS can be slower than other storage technologies. Another drawback is that
DAS shares the processing power and server memory of the server to which it is connected. This means
that, on very busy servers, disk access might become slow when the operating system is overloaded.

What Is Network Attached Storage?

Network attached storage (NAS) is storage that is
connected to a dedicated storage device and then
accessed over the network. NAS is different from
DAS in that the storage is not directly attached
to each individual server, but rather is accessible
across the network to many servers. NAS has two
distinct solutions: a low-end appliance (NAS only),
and an enterprise-class NAS that integrates with
SAN.

Each NAS device has a dedicated operating

system that solely controls the access to the
data on the device, which reduces the overhead
associated with sharing the storage device with other server services. An example of NAS software is
Windows Storage Server, a feature of Windows Server 2012.
NAS devices typically provide file-level access to the storage. This means that the data on the storage is
accessible only as files, and you must use protocols like Common Internet Files System (CIFS), Server
Message Block (SMB), or Network File System (NFS) to access the files.

To enable NAS storage, you need a storage device. Frequently, these devices do not have any server
interfaces such as keyboards, mice, and monitors. To configure the device, you need to provide a network
configuration and then access the device across the network. You can then create network shares on the
device by using the name of the NAS and the share created. These shares are then accessible to users on
the network.
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Advantages of Using NAS

NAS is an ideal choice for organizations that are looking for a simple and cost-effective way to
achieve fast data access for multiple clients at the file level. Users of NAS benefit from performance and
productivity gains because the processing power of the NAS device is dedicated solely to the distribution
of the files.

NAS also fits nicely into the market as a mid-priced solution. It is not expensive, but it suits more needs
than DAS in the following ways:
• NAS storage is usually much larger than DAS.

• NAS offers a single location for all critical files, rather than dispersing them on various servers or
devices with DAS.

• NAS offers centralized storage at an affordable price.

• NAS units are accessible from any operating system. They often have multi-protocol support and can
serve up data via CIFS and NFS simultaneously. For example, Windows and Linux hosts can
simultaneously access a NAS unit.

NAS can also be considered a Plug and Play solution that is easy to install, deploy, and manage, with or
without IT staff onsite.

Disadvantages of Using NAS

NAS is slower than SAN technologies. NAS is frequently accessed via Ethernet protocols. Because of this, it
relies heavily on the network supporting the NAS solution. For this reason, NAS is commonly used as a file
sharing/storage solution and cannot (and should not) be used with data-intensive applications such as
Microsoft® Exchange Server and Microsoft SQL Server®.
NAS is affordable for small to mid-size businesses, but provides less performance and may be less reliable
than a SAN. For this reason, most large enterprises use SANs rather than NAS.

Additional Reading: For more information about Windows Storage Server 2012 R2, see
Windows Server 2012 R2 at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=199647.

What Is a SAN?
The third type of storage is a storage area
network (SAN). A SAN is a high-speed network
that connects computer systems or host servers
to high-performance storage subsystems. A SAN
usually includes various components such as host
bus-adapters (HBAs), special switches to help
route traffic, and storage disk arrays with logical
unit numbers (LUNs) for storage.
A SAN enables multiple servers to access a pool of
storage in which any server can potentially access
any storage unit. Because a SAN uses a network,
you can use a SAN to connect many different
devices and hosts and provide access to any connected device from anywhere.

SANs provide block level access. This means that, rather than accessing the content on the disks as files by
using a file access protocol, SANs write blocks of data directly to the disks using protocols such as Fibre
Channel over Ethernet (FCOE) or Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI).
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Today, most SAN solutions offer SAN and NAS together. The backend head units, disks, and technologies
are identical; the access method is the only thing that changes. Enterprises often provision block storage
from the SAN to the servers using FCOE or iSCSI, whereas NAS services are made available via CIFS and
NFS.

Advantages of Using SAN

SAN technologies read and write at block levels, making data access much faster. For example, with most
DAS and NAS solutions, if you write a file of 8 GB, the entire file has to be read/written and its checksum
calculated. With a SAN, the file is written to the disk based on the block size for which the SAN is set up.
This speed is accomplished by using fiber channel and block level writing, instead of having to read/write
an entire file by using a checksum.

SANs also provide:

• Centralization of storage into a single pool, which enables storage resources and server resources to
grow independently. They also enable storage to be dynamically assigned from the pool when it is
required. Storage on a given server can be increased or decreased as needed without complex
reconfiguring or re-cabling of devices.
• Common infrastructure for attaching storage, which enables a single common management model
for configuration and deployment.

• Storage devices that are inherently shared by multiple systems.

• Data transfer directly from device to device without server intervention.

• A high level of redundancy. Most SANs are deployed with multiple network devices and paths
through the network. As well, the storage device contains redundant components such as power
supplies and hard disks.

Disadvantages of Using SAN

The main drawback to SAN technology is that due to the complexities in the configuration, SAN often
requires management tools and expert skills. It is also considerably more expensive than DAS or NAS—an
entry level SAN can often cost as much as a fully-loaded server with a DAS or an NAS device, and that is
without any SAN disks or configuration.
To manage a SAN, you often use command-line tools. You must have a firm understanding of the
underlying technology, including the LUN setup, the Fibre Channel network, the block sizing, and other
factors. In addition, each storage vendor often implements SANs using different tools and features.
Because of this, organizations often have dedicated personnel whose only job is to manage the SAN
deployment.

Note: You can implement SANs using a variety of technologies. The most common options
are Fibre Channel and iSCSI.
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What Is RAID?
RAID is a technology that you can use to
configure storage systems to provide high
reliability and (potentially) high performance.
RAID implements storage systems by combining
multiple disks into a single logical unit called a
RAID array. Depending on the configuration, a
RAID array can withstand the failure of one or
more of the physical hard disks contained in the
array, and/or provide higher performance than is
available by using a single disk.

RAID provides an important component—

redundancy—that you can use when planning
and deploying Windows Server 2012 servers. In most organizations, it is important that the servers are
available all of the time. Most servers provide highly redundant components such as redundant power
supplies and redundant network adapters. The goal of this redundancy is to ensure that the server
remains available even when a single component on the server fails. By implementing RAID, you can
provide the same level of redundancy for the storage system.

How RAID Works

RAID enables fault tolerance by using additional disks to ensure that the disk subsystem can continue to
function even if one or more disks in the subsystem fail. RAID uses two options for enabling fault
tolerance:

• Disk mirroring. With disk mirroring, all of the information that is written to one disk is also written to
another disk. If one of the disks fails, the other disk is still available.

• Parity information. Parity information is used in the event of a disk failure to calculate the information
that was stored on a disk. If you use this option, the server or RAID controller calculates the parity
information for each block of data that is written to the disks, and then stores this information on
another disk or across multiple disks. If one of the disks in the RAID array fails, the server can use the
data that is still available on the functional disks along with the parity information to recreate the
data that was stored on the failed disk.
RAID subsystems can also provide potentially better performance than single disks by distributing disk
reads and writes across multiple disks. For example, when implementing disk striping, the server can read
information from all hard disks in the stripe set. When combined with multiple disk controllers, this can
provide significant improvements in disk performance.

Note: Although RAID can provide a greater level of tolerance for disk failure, you should
not use RAID to replace traditional backups. If a server has a power surge or catastrophic failure
and all of the disks fail, then you would still need to rely on standard backups.

Hardware RAID vs. Software RAID

Implement hardware RAID by installing a RAID controller in the server and then configure it by using the
RAID controller configuration tool. With this implementation, the RAID configuration is hidden from the
operating system, but the RAID arrays are exposed to the operating system as single disks. The only
configuration you need to perform in the operating system is to create volumes on the disks.
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Software RAID is implemented by exposing all of the disks that are available on the server to the
operating system, and then configuring RAID from within the operating system. Windows Server 2012
supports the use of software RAID, and you can use Disk Management to configure several different levels
of RAID.

When choosing to implement hardware or software RAID, consider the following:

• Hardware RAID requires disk controllers that are RAID–capable. Most disk controllers shipped with
new servers have this functionality.

• To configure hardware RAID, you need to access the disk controller management program. Normally,
you can access this during the server boot process or by using a web page that runs management
software.

• Implementing disk mirroring for the disk containing the system and boot volume with software RAID
can require additional configuration when a disk fails. Because the RAID configuration is managed by
the operating system, you must configure one of the disks in the mirror as the boot disk. If that disk
fails, you may need to modify the boot configuration for the server to start the server. This is not an
issue with hardware RAID, because the disk controller accesses the available disk and exposes it to the
operating system.
• In older servers, you may get better performance with software RAID when using parity, because the
server processor can calculate parity more quickly than the disk controller can. This is no longer an
issue with newer servers, where you may get better performance on the server because you can
offload the parity calculations to the disk controller.

RAID Levels
When implementing RAID, you need to decide
what level of RAID to implement. The following
table lists the features for each different RAID
level.
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Level Description Performance Space utilization Redundancy Comments

RAID 0 Striped set High read All space on the A single disk Use only in
without parity and write disks is available failure results situations where
or mirroring performance in the loss of you require high
Data is written all data performance
sequentially to and can tolerate
each disk data loss

RAID 1 Mirrored set Good Can only use the Can tolerate Frequently used
without parity performance amount of space a single disk for system and
or striping that is available failure boot volumes
Data is written on the smallest with hardware
to both disks disk RAID
simultaneously

RAID 2 Data is written Extremely Uses one or Can tolerate Requires that all
in bits to each high more disks for a single disk disks be
disk with performance parity failure synchronized
parity written Not currently
to separate used
disk or disks

RAID 3 Data is written Very high Uses one disk for Can tolerate Requires that all
in bytes to performance parity a single disk disks be
each disk with failure synchronized
parity written Rarely used
to separate
disk or disks

RAID 4 Data is written Good read Uses one disk for Can tolerate Rarely used
in blocks to performance, parity a single disk
each disk with poor write failure
parity written performance
to a dedicated
disk

RAID 5 Striped set Good read Uses the Can tolerate Commonly used
with performance, equivalent of a single disk for data storage
distributed poor write one disk for failure where
parity performance parity performance is
Data is written not critical, but
in blocks to maximizing disk
each disk with usage is
parity spread important
across all disks

RAID 6 Striped set Good read Uses the Can tolerate Commonly used
with dual performance, equivalent of two disk for data storage
distributed poor write two disks for failures where
parity performance parity performance is
Data is written not critical but
in blocks to maximizing disk
each disk with usage and
double parity availability are
written across important
all disks
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(continued from previous page)

Level Description Performance Space utilization Redundancy Comments

RAID Striped sets in Very good Only half the Can tolerate Not commonly
0+1 a mirrored set read and disk space is the failure of used
A set of drives write available due to two or more
is striped, and performance mirroring disks as long
then the strip as all failed
set is mirrored disks are in
the same
striped set

RAID Mirrored set in Very good Only half the Can tolerate Frequently used
1+0 (or a stripe set read and disk space is the failure of in scenarios
10) Several drives write available due to two or more where
are mirrored performance mirroring disks as long performance
to a second as both disks and redundancy
set of drives, in a mirror do are critical, and
and then one not fail the cost of the
drive from required
each mirror is additional disks
striped is acceptable

RAID Striped set Good read The equivalent Provides This level is
5+0 (or with performance, of at least two better fault recommended
50) distributed better write disks is used for tolerance for applications
parity in a performance parity than a single that require high
stripe set than RAID 5 RAID level fault tolerance,
Drives are capacity, and
striped with random
RAID 5, and positioning
then striped performance
without parity Requires at least
six drives

Note: The most common RAID levels are RAID 1 (also known as mirroring), RAID 5 (also
known as striped set with distributed parity), and RAID 1+0 (also known as mirrored set in a
stripe set).

Question: Should all disks be configured with the same amount of fault tolerance?
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Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Storage Features

Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012
R2 include some important enhancements to the
File and Storage Services server role. The new
features include:

• Storage Spaces. Storage Spaces is a storage

virtualization feature that you can use to
add multiple physical disks of any type and
size to a storage pool, and then create highly
available virtual disks from the storage pool.
With Storage Spaces, you can implement and
manage a storage infrastructure that provides
a high level of performance and redundancy
without implementing any special storage infrastructure.
• Data deduplication. Data deduplication optimizes volume storage by finding redundant data on a
volume, and then ensuring that the data is stored only once on the volume. It does this by storing
the data in a single location, and then providing a reference to this single location in place of other
redundant copies of the data. Data is segmented into 32 KB to 218 KB chunks, so data deduplication
can optimize not only redundant files, but also portions of files that are redundant on the volume.

• iSCSI Target Server. Windows Server 2012 includes the iSCSI Target Server role to provide block
storage to other servers and applications. iSCSI enables you to deploy a highly available SAN
infrastructure using a standard network infrastructure. Windows Server 2012 R2 provides
enhancements to the iSCSI Target Server role by supporting the creation of larger virtual disks that
use the .vhdx format, optimizing disk caching, and increasing the number of sessions per server.

• Management enhancements. Windows Server 2012 provides a single management console for the
File and Storage Services server role. You can use this console to manage all the file and storage
components on a local or a remote server. Windows Server 2012 also provides new Windows
PowerShell commands you can use to manage disks and storage.

• Work Folders. Work Folders enable users to access work files on computers and devices that are not
members of an AD DS domain. You can synchronize the Work Folder contents from corporate file
servers to the devices, so that users can work with the files easily. Administrators can maintain control
over corporate data by setting permissions and device management policies to manage how users
can use Work Folders.

• Distributed File System (DFS) enhancements. Windows Server 2012 R2 provides several new features
for DFS, including the following:
o A Windows PowerShell module for managing DFS
o A database cloning feature for initial synchronization
o A database corruption recovery feature
o An option to disable cross-file remote differential compression (RDC)

If you disable cross-file RDC, the network bandwidth used for replication increases; however, this
decreases the processor load on file servers.

Note: Storage Spaces and storage pools are covered later in this lesson. The other storage
enhancements are covered in Course 20411C: Administering Windows Server 2012 and Course
20412C: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services.
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Lesson 2
Managing Disks and Volumes
Identifying which storage technology that you want to deploy is the first critical step in making sure that
your environment is prepared for data storage requirements. This, however, is only the first step. There are
other steps that you need to take to prepare for data storage requirements.

For example, once you have identified the best storage solution, or have chosen a combination of storage
solutions, you need to figure out the best way to manage that storage. Ask yourself the following
questions:
• What disks are you going to allocate to a storage pool?

• Are the type of file systems going to be the same for all disks?

This lesson addresses these and similar questions, including why it is important to manage disks and what
tools you need to manage disks.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Explain how to select a partition table format.

• Describe the difference between basic and dynamic disk types.

• Explain how to select a file system.

• Describe a resilient file system.

• Describe mount points and links.

• Explain how to create mount points and links.

• Describe the process of extending and shrinking volumes.

Selecting a Partition Table Format

A partition table format, or partition style, refers
to the method that an operating system such as
Windows Server 2012 uses to organize partitions
or volumes on a disk. For Windows operating
systems, you can decide between master boot
record (MBR) and globally unique identifier
(GUID) partition table (GPT).

MBR
The MBR partition table format is the standard
partitioning scheme that has been used on hard
disks since the first personal computers came out
in the 1980s. The MBR partition table format has
the following characteristics:
• A partition supports a maximum of four primary partitions per drive.

• A partition can have maximum of 2 terabytes (TB) (2.19 x 10^12 bytes).

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• If you initialize a disk larger than 2 TB using MBR, the disks are only able to store volumes up to 2 TB
and the rest of the storage is not used. You must convert the disk to GPT if you want to use all of its
space.

Note: You can use the MBR partition table format for disk drives that never surpass 2 TB in
size. This provides you with a bit more space, because GPT requires more disk space than MBR.

GPT
The GPT was introduced with Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP 64-bit Edition to overcome the
limitations of MBR, and to address larger disks. GPT has the following characteristics:

• GPT is the successor of MBR partition table format.

• GPT supports a maximum of 128 partitions per drive.

• A partition can have up to 18 exabytes (EB).

• A hard disk can have up to 8 zettabytes (ZB), with 512 kilobytes (KB) logical block addressing (LBA).

• To boot from a GPT partition table, your BIOS must support GPT.

Note: If your hard disk is larger than 2 TB, you must use the GPT partition table format.

Additional Reading: For frequently asked questions about the GUID partitioning table disk
architecture, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=266748.

Selecting a Disk Type

When selecting a type of disk for use in Windows
Server 2012, you can choose between basic disks
and dynamic disks.

Basic Disk
Basic storage uses normal partition tables that
are used by all versions of the Windows operating
system. A disk that is initialized for basic storage
is called a basic disk. A basic disk contains basic
partitions, such as primary partitions and
extended partitions. You can subdivide extended
partitions into logical drives.

By default, when you initialize a disk in the Windows operating system, the disk is configured as a basic
disk. You can easily convert basic disks to dynamic disks without any loss of data; however, when
converting a dynamic disk to basic disk, all data on the disk is lost.

There is no performance gain by converting basic disks to dynamic disks, and some applications cannot
address data that is stored on dynamic disks. For these reasons, most administrators do not convert basic
disks to dynamic disks unless they need to use some of the additional volume configuration options that
are available with dynamic disks.
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Dynamic Disk
Dynamic storage was introduced in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server operating system. With dynamic
storage, you can perform disk and volume management without the need to restart computers running
Windows operating systems. A disk that is initialized for dynamic storage is called a dynamic disk. A
dynamic disk contains dynamic volumes.

When you configure dynamic disks, you create volumes rather than partitions. A volume is a storage unit
that is made from free space on one or more disks. You can format the volume with a file system, and can
assign it a drive letter or configure it with a mount point.

The following is a list of the dynamic volumes that are available:

• Simple volumes. A simple volume uses free space from a single disk. It can be a single region on a
disk, or consist of multiple, concatenated regions. A simple volume can be extended within the same
disk or extended to additional disks. If a simple volume is extended across multiple disks, it becomes a
spanned volume.

• Spanned volumes. A spanned volume is created from free disk space from multiple disks that is linked
together. You can extend a spanned volume onto a maximum of 32 disks. A spanned volume cannot
be mirrored, and is not fault-tolerant; therefore, if you lose one disk, you will lose the entire spanned
volume.

• Striped volumes. A striped volume has data that is spread across two or more physical disks. The
data on this type of volume is allocated alternately and evenly to each of the physical disks. A striped
volume cannot be mirrored or extended, and is not fault-tolerant. This means that the loss of one disk
causes the immediate loss of all the data. Striping is also known as RAID-0.
• Mirrored volumes. A mirrored volume is a fault-tolerant volume that has all data duplicated onto two
physical disks. All of the data on one volume is copied to another disk to provide data redundancy. If
one of the disks fails, the data can still be accessed from the remaining disk. A mirrored volume
cannot be extended. Mirroring is also known as RAID-1.

• RAID-5 volumes. A RAID-5 volume is a fault-tolerant volume that has data striped across a minimum
of three or more disks. Parity is also striped across the disk array. If a physical disk fails, the portion of
the RAID-5 volume that was on that failed disk can be re-created from the remaining data and the
parity. A RAID-5 volume cannot be mirrored or extended.

Required Disk Volumes

Regardless of which type of disk you use, you must configure both a system volume and a boot volume
on one of the hard disks in the server:

• System volumes. The system volume contains the hardware-specific files that are needed to load
Windows operating system (for example, Bootmgr and BOOTSECT.bak). The system volume can—but
does not have to—be the same as the boot volume.

• Boot volumes. The boot volume contains the Windows operating system files that are located in the
%Systemroot% and %Systemroot%\System32 folders. The boot volume can—but does not have to—
be the same as the system volume.

Note: When you install the Windows 8 operating system or the Windows Server 2012
operating system in a clean installation, a separate system volume is created to enable encrypting
the boot volume by using Windows BitLocker® drive encryption.
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Additional Reading:

• For more information about how basic disks and volumes work, see
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=199648.
• For more information about dynamic disks and volumes, see
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=199649.

Selecting a File System

When you configure your disks in Windows Server
2012, you can choose between file allocation table
(FAT), the NTFS file system, and Resilient File
System (ReFS) file systems.

FAT
The FAT file system is the most simplistic of the
file systems that Windows operating systems
support. The FAT file system is characterized by a
table that resides at the very top of the volume.
To protect the volume, two copies of the FAT file
system are maintained in case one becomes
damaged. In addition, the file allocation tables
and the root directory must be stored in a fixed location so that the system’s boot files can be correctly
located.
A disk formatted with the FAT file system is allocated in clusters, whose sizes are determined by the size
of the volume. When a file is created, an entry is created in the directory, and the first cluster number
containing data is established. This entry in the table indicates either that this is the last cluster of the file,
or points to the next cluster. There is no organization to the FAT directory structure, and files are given the
first open location on the drive.

Because of the size limitation with the file allocation table, the original release of FAT could only access
partitions that were less than 2 GB in size. To enable larger disks, Microsoft developed FAT32. FAT32
supports partitions of up to 2 TB.

FAT does not provide any security for files on the partition. You should never use FAT or FAT32 as the file
system for disks attached to Windows Server 2012 servers. You might consider using FAT or FAT32 to
format external media such as USB flash media.

The file system designed especially for flash drives is Extended FAT (exFAT). It can be used where FAT32 is
not suitable, such as when you need a disk format that works with a television, which requires a disk that
is larger than 2 TB. A number of media devices support exFAT, such as modern flat panel TVs, media
centers, and portable media players.

NTFS
NTFS is the standard file system for all Windows operating systems beginning with Windows NT® Server
3.1. Unlike FAT, there are no special objects on the disk, and there is no dependence on the underlying
hardware, such as 512-byte sectors. In addition, in NTFS there are no special locations on the disk, such as
the tables.

NTFS is an improvement over FAT in several ways, such as better support for metadata, and the use of
advanced data structures to improve performance, reliability, and disk space utilization. NTFS also has
additional extensions such as security access control lists (ACLs), which you can use for auditing, file
system journaling, and encryption.
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NTFS is required for a number of Windows Server 2012 roles and features such as Active Directory®
Domain Services (AD DS), Volume Shadow Services (VSS), Distributed File System (DFS) and File
Replication Services (FRS). NTFS also provides a much higher level of security than FAT or FAT 32.

Resilient File System (ReFS)

ReFS was introduced with Windows Server 2012 to enhance the capabilities of NTFS. ReFS was developed
to improve upon NTFS by offering larger maximum sizes for individual files, directories, disk volumes, and
other items. Additionally, ReFS offers greater resiliency, meaning better data verification, error correction,
and scalability.

You should use ReFS with very large volumes and very large file shares to overcome the NTFS limitation
of error checking and correction. Because ReFS was not available prior to Windows Server 2012 (the only
choice was NTFS), it makes sense to use ReFS with Windows Server 2012 instead of NTFS to achieve better
error checking, better reliability, and less corruption. ReFS cannot be used for the boot volume.

Additional Reading: For more information on how FAT works, see

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=199652.

Additional Reading: For more information on how NTFS works, see

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=199654.

Question: What file system do you currently use on your file server? Will you continue to use it?

What Is ReFS?
ReFS is a new feature in Windows Server 2012.
ReFS is based on the NTFS file system, and
provides the following advantages:
• Metadata integrity with checksums
• Expanded protection against data corruption
• Maximizes reliability, especially during a loss
of power (while NTFS has been known to
experience corruption in similar
circumstances)
• Large volume, file, and directory sizes
• Storage pooling and virtualization, which
makes creating and managing file systems easier
• Redundancy for fault tolerance
• Disk scrubbing for protection against latent disk errors
• Resiliency to corruptions with recovery for maximum volume availability
• Shared storage pools across machines for additional failure tolerance and load balancing

ReFS inherits some features from NTFS, including the following:

• BitLocker drive encryption
• ACLs for security
• Update sequence number (USN) journal
• Change notifications
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• Symbolic links, junction points, mount points and reparse points

• Volume snapshots
• File IDs

Because ReFS uses a subset of features from NTFS, it is designed to maintain backward compatibility with
NTFS. Therefore, applications that run on Windows Server 2012 can access files on ReFS just as they would
on NTFS. However, an ReFS–formatted drive is not recognized when placed in computers that are running
Windows Server operating systems previous to Windows Server 2012. ReFS drives can be used with
Windows 8.1, but not with Windows 8.
With NTFS, you can change the size of a cluster; however, with ReFS, each cluster has a fixed size of 64 KB,
which you cannot change. Encrypted File System (EFS) for files is not supported in ReFS.

As its name implies, the new file system offers greater resiliency, meaning better data verification, error
correction, and scalability.

Beyond its greater resiliency, ReFS also surpasses NTFS by offering larger maximum sizes for individual
files, directories, disk volumes, and other items, as listed in the following table.

Attribute Limit

Maximum size of a single file Approximately 16 EB

(18.446.744.073.709.551.616 bytes)

Maximum size of a single volume 2^78 bytes with 16 KB cluster size

(2^64 * 16 * 2^10)
Windows stack addressing allows 2^64 bytes

Maximum number of files in a directory 2^64

Maximum number of directories in a volume 2^64

Maximum file name length 32,000 Unicode characters

Maximum path length 32,000

Maximum size of any storage pool 4 petabytes (PB)

Maximum number of storage pools in a system No limit

Maximum number of spaces in a storage pool No limit

Additional Reading: For more information about ReFS, see

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkID=270872.
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What Are Mount Points and Links?

With NTFS and ReFS file systems, you can create
mount points and links to refer to files, directories,
and volumes.

Mount Points
Mount points are used in Windows operating
systems to make a portion of a disk or the entire
disk useable by the operating system. Most
commonly, mount points are associated with
drive-letter mappings so that the operating
system can gain access to the disk through the
drive letter.

Since the Windows 2000 Server was first introduced, you have been able to enable volume mount points,
which you can then use to mount a hard disk to an empty folder that is located on another drive. For
example, if you add a new hard disk to a server, rather than mounting the drive using a drive letter, you
can assign a folder name such as C:\datadrive to the drive. When you do this, any time you access the
C:\datadrive folder, you are actually accessing the new hard disk.
Volume mount points can be useful in the following scenarios:
• If you are running out of drive space on a server and you want to add disk space without modifying
the folder structure. You can add the hard disk, and configure a folder to point to the hard disk.

• If you are running out of available letters to assign to partitions or volumes. If you have several hard
disks that are attached to the server, you may run out of available letters in the alphabet to which you
can assign drive letters. By using a volume mount point, you can add additional partitions or volumes
without using more drive letters.

• If you need to separate disk input/output (I/O) within a folder structure. For example, if you are using
an application that requires a specific file structure, but which uses the hard disks extensively, you can
separate the disk I/O by creating a volume mount point within the folder structure.

Note: You can assign volume mount points only to empty folders on an NTFS partition.
This means that if you want to use an existing folder name, you must first rename the folder,
create and mount the hard disk using the required folder name, and then copy the data to the
mounted folder.

Links
A link is a special type of file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an
absolute or relative path. Windows supports the following two types of links:

• A symbolic file link (also known as a soft link)

• A symbolic directory link (also known as a directory junction)

A link that is stored on a server share could refer back to a directory on a client that is not actually
accessible from the server where the link is stored. Because the link processing is done from the client,
the link would work correctly to access the client, even though the server cannot access the client.

Links operate transparently. Applications that read or write to files that are named by a link behave as
if they are operating directly on the target file. For example, you can use a symbolic link to link to a
Hyper-V® parent virtual hard disk file (.vhd) from another location. Hyper-V uses the link to work with
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the parent virtual hard disk (VHD) as it would the original file. The benefit of using symbolic links is that
you do not need to modify the properties of your differencing VHD.

Note: In Hyper-V, you can use a differencing VHD to save space by making changes only to
the child VHD, when the child VHD is part of a parent/child VHD relationship.

Links are sometimes easier to manage than mount points. Mount points force you to place the files on the
root of the volumes, whereas with links, you can be more flexible with where you save files.

You can create links by using the mklink.exe command-line tool.

Demonstration: Creating Mount Points and Links

In this demonstration, you will see how to:
• Create a mount point.

• Create a directory junction for a folder.

• Create a hard link for a file.

Demonstration Steps
Create a mount point
1. Sign in to LON-SVR1 with the username Adatum\Administrator and the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. Open Computer Management, and then expand Disk Management.

3. In Disk Management, initialize Disk2 with GPT (GUID Partition Table).

4. On Disk 2, create a Simple Volume with the following parameters:

o Size: 4000 MB

o Do not assign a drive letter or drive path

o File system: NTFS

o Volume label: MountPoint

5. Wait until the volume is created, right-click MountPoint, and then click Change Drive Letter and
Paths.
6. Change the drive letter as follows:

o Mount in the following empty NTFS folder

o Create new Folder C:\MountPointFolder and use it as mount point.

7. On the taskbar, open a File Explorer window, and then click Local Disk (C:). You should now see the
MountPoint folder with a size of 4,095,996 KB assigned to it. Notice the icon that is assigned to the
mount point.

Create a directory junction for a folder

1. Open a Command Prompt window.

2. Create a folder in C:\ called CustomApp, and run the following:

copy C:\windows\system32\notepad.exe C:\CustomApp.
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3. At the command prompt, type mklink /j AppLink CustomApp, and then press Enter.

4. In a File Explorer window, browse to C:\AppLink. Notice that because it is a link, the directory path in
the address bar is not updated to C:\CustomApp.

Create a hard link for a file

1. At a command prompt, type mklink /h C:\AppLink\Notepad2.exe C:\AppLink\Notepad.exe.

2. In File Explorer, notice that Notepad2.exe appears exactly the same as Notepad.exe. Both file names
point to the same file.

Extending and Shrinking Volumes

In versions of Windows prior to Windows Server
2008 or Windows Vista®, you required additional
software to shrink or extend a volume on your
disk. Since Windows Server 2008 and Windows
Vista, this functionality is included in the Windows
operating system so you can use the Disk
Management snap-in to resize NTFS volumes.

When you want to resize a volume, you must be

aware of the following:
• You only have the ability to shrink or extend
NTFS volumes. FAT, FAT32 or exFAT volumes
cannot be resized.
• You can only extend ReFS volumes, not shrink them.
• You can extend a volume using free space on the same disk and on other disks. When you extend a
volume with other disks, you create a dynamic disk with a spanned volume. In a spanned volume, if
one disk fails, all data on the volume is lost. In addition, a spanned volume cannot contain boot or
system partitions, thus you cannot extend your boot partitions by using another disk.

• When you want to shrink a partition, immovable files such as page files are not relocated. This means
that you cannot reclaim space beyond the location where these files are on the volume. If you have
the requirement to shrink a partition further, you need to delete or move the immovable files. For
example, you can remove the page file, shrink the volume, and then add the page file back again.

Note: As a best practice for shrinking volumes, you should defragment the files on the volume
before you shrink it. This procedure returns the maximum amount of free disk space. During the
defragmenting process, you can identify any immoveable files.

• If bad clusters exist on the partition, you cannot shrink it.

To modify a volume, you can use Disk Management, the Diskpart.exe tool, or the Resize-Partition cmdlet
in Windows PowerShell®.

Additional Reading: For more information about how to extend a basic volume, see
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=266749.
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Additional Reading: For more information about how to shrink a basic volume, see
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=266750.

Managing Virtual Hard Disks

Starting with Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2,
you can manage virtual hard disks within the
operating system in much the same way that you
can manage physical disks. For example, you can
create and attach a virtual hard disk and use it for
storing data. The virtual hard disk appears as
another drive letter in the disk or folder
management tools.

Virtual hard disks are files that represent a

traditional hard disk drive. Typically, virtual hard
disks are used with Hyper-V as the operating
system disk and the storage disks for virtual
machines. In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, you can access the same virtual hard disks from
within the operating system. The virtual hard disks have the following characteristics:
• In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, you can only work with .vhd files.
• In Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 or later, you can also create and manage .vhdx files, which
enable much larger disk sizes as well as provide other benefits.

Note: For details on the differences between .vhd and .vhdx files, see Module 13, which
covers the use of virtual hard disks in Hyper-V.

• You can create and attach virtual hard disks using disk management tools such as Disk Management
and Diskpart. After creating and attaching the virtual hard disk, you can create volumes on the drive
and format the partition.
• You can configure Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 or later versions to start from a virtual hard
disks using the native VHD boot feature. This feature enables you to configure multiple operating
systems on a single computer and choose which operating system to use when you start the
computer.

• You can attach virtual hard disks that have been created using Hyper-V or that have been created on
another computer. For example, if you create a virtual hard disk in Hyper-V, you can copy that virtual
hard disk to another computer, and then use the native VHD boot feature to start the computer using
the virtual disk that you created in Hyper-V.

• You can use virtual hard disks as a deployment technology. For example, you can use Hyper-V to
create a standard image for desktop or server computers, and then distribute the image to other
computers.
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Demonstration: Managing Virtual Hard Disks

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• Create a virtual hard disk.

• Manage a virtual hard disk.

Demonstration Steps
Create a virtual hard disk
1. In Server Manager, open Disk Management.

2. Create a new .vhdx file named DiskF.vhdx in the Documents folder. Assign a size of 10 MB, and
configure the file as dynamically expanding.
3. Verify that the .vhdx file was created in the documents folder.

Manage a virtual hard disk

1. In Disk Management, initialize the disk and create and format a new volume using all the space on
the disk and a volume label Data.

2. Verify that the new disk appears in File Manager.

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Lesson 3
Implementing Storage Spaces
Managing physical disks that are attached directly to a server has proven to be a tedious task for
administrators. To overcome this problem, many organizations use SANs that essentially group physical
disks together.

SANs require specialized configuration and sometimes specialized hardware, which makes them
expensive. To overcome these issues, you can use Storage Spaces, which is a Windows Server 2012 feature
that pools disks together and presents them to the operating system as a single disk. This lesson explains
how to configure and implement the Storage Spaces feature.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the Storage Spaces feature.

• Describe various options for configuring virtual disks.

• Describe advanced management options for Storage Spaces.

• Describe how to configure Storage Spaces.

• Compare Storage Spaces with other storage methods.

What Is the Storage Spaces Feature?

Storage Spaces is a storage virtualization
capability that is built into Windows Server 2012
and Windows 8 and later. It is a feature that is
available for both NTFS and ReFS volumes,
providing redundancy and pooled storage for
numerous internal and external drives of differing
sizes and interfaces. You can use Storage Spaces
to add physical disks of any type and size to a
storage pool, and then create highly available
virtual disks from the storage pool. The primary
advantage of Storage Spaces is that you do not
manage single disks, but can manage multiple
disks as one unit.

To create a highly-available virtual disk, you need the following:

• Physical disk. Physical disks are disks such as SATA or SAS disks. If you want to add physical disks to a
storage pool, the disks need to satisfy the following requirements:
o One physical disk is required to create a storage pool; a minimum of two physical disks is
required to create a resilient mirror virtual disk.
o A minimum of three physical disks are required to create a virtual disk with resiliency through
parity.
o Three-way mirroring requires at least five physical disks.
o Disks must be blank and unformatted; no volume must exist on them.
o Disks can be attached using a variety of bus interfaces including SAS, SATA, SCSI, and USB. If you
want to use failover clustering with storage pools, you cannot use SATA, USB or SCSI disks.
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• Storage pool. A storage pool is a collection of one or more physical disks that you can use to create
virtual disks. You can add to a storage pool any available physical disk that is not formatted or
attached to another storage pool.

• Virtual disk (or storage space). This is similar to a physical disk from the perspective of users and
applications. However, virtual disks are more flexible because they include thin provisioning or just-
in-time (JIT) allocations, and they include resiliency to physical disk failures with built-in functionality
such as mirroring.
• Disk drive. This is a volume that you can access from your Windows operating system, for example, by
using a drive letter.

New Features of Windows Server2012 R2 Storage Spaces

Storage Spaces were first introduced in Windows 2012. Windows Server 2012 R2 provides the following
enhancements to Storage Spaces:

• Tiered Storage Spaces. Tiered Storage Spaces allow you to use a combination of disks in a Storage
Space: very fast, but small-capacity hard disks (such as SSDs) alongside slower, but large-capacity
hard disks. When you use this combination of disks, Storages Spaces automatically moves frequently-
accessed data to the faster hard disks and moves less frequently-accessed data to the slower disks. By
default, Storage Spaces moves data once day at 01:00 A.M. You can also configure where files will be
stored. The advantage to this is if you have files that are frequently accessed, you can pin them to the
faster disk. The goal of tiering is to balance capacity against performance. Windows Server 2012 R2
only supports two levels of disk tiers.

• Write-back caching. The purpose of write-back caching is to optimize the process of writing data to
the disks in a Storage Space. Write-back caching typically works with tired Storage Spaces. If the
server running the Storage Space detects a peak in disk-writing activity, it automatically starts writing
data to the faster disks. Write-back caching is enabled by default. Write-back caching is limited to 1
GB by default.

Virtual Disk Configuration Options

You can create virtual disks from storage pools.
If your storage pool contains more than one disk,
you can also create redundant virtual disks. To
configure virtual disks or Storage Spaces in Server
Manager or Windows PowerShell, you need to
consider the following features and their
redundancy functionalities.

Storage Layout
Configure this feature to define the number of
disks from the storage pool that are allocated.
Valid options include:

• Simple. A simple space has data striping but no redundancy. In data striping, logically sequential
data is segmented across all disks in a way that access to these sequential segments can be made
to different physical storage drives. Striping makes it possible to access multiple segments of data
concurrently. Do not host important data on a simple volume, because it provides no failover
capabilities when the disk that is storing the data fails.
• Two-way and three-way mirrors. Mirror spaces maintain two or three copies of the data that they
host (two data copies for two-way mirrors and three data copies for three-way mirrors). Data
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duplication happens with every write to ensure that all data copies are always current. Mirror spaces
also stripe the data across multiple physical drives. Mirror spaces provide the benefit of greater data
throughput and lower access latency. They also do not introduce a risk of corrupting at-rest data, and
do not require the extra journaling stage when writing data.

• Parity. A parity space is similar to RAID 5. Data, along with parity information, is striped across
multiple physical drives. Parity enables Storage Spaces to continue to service read and write requests
even when a drive has failed. Parity is always rotated across available disks to enable I/O optimization.
Storage spaces require a minimum of three physical drives for parity spaces. Parity spaces have
increased resiliency through journaling.

Disk Sector Size

A storage pool’s sector size is set when it is created. If the list of drives being used contains only 512
and/or 512e drives, then the pool is defaulted to 512e. A 512 disk uses 512 byte sectors. A 512e drive is a
hard disk with 4,096 byte sectors that emulates 512 byte sectors. If the list contains at least one 4 KB drive,
then the pool sector size is defaulted to 4 KB. Optionally, an administrator can explicitly define the sector
size that is inherited by all contained spaces in the pool. After an administrator defines this, the Windows
operating system only permits you to add drives that have a compliant sector size, that is: 512 or 512e for
a 512e storage pool, and 512, 512e, or 4 KB for a 4 KB pool.

Drive Allocation
This defines how the drive is allocated to the pool. Options are:
• Automatic. This is the default allocation when any drive is added to a pool. Storage Spaces can
automatically select available capacity on data-store drives for both storage space creation and JIT
allocation.

• Manual. Administrators can choose to specify Manual as the usage type for drives that are added to
a pool. A manual drive is not used automatically as part of a storage space unless it is specifically
selected at the creation of that storage space. This usage property makes it possible for administrators
to specify particular types of drives for use by only certain Storage Spaces.

• Hot Spare. Drives added as Hot Spares to a pool are reserve drives that are not used in the creation of
a storage space. If a failure occurs on a drive that is hosting columns of a storage space, a reserve
drive is called upon to replace the failed drive.

Provisioning Schemes
You can provision a virtual disk by using two different schemes:
• Thin provisioning space. Thin provisioning is a mechanism that allows storage to be easily allocated
on a just-enough and JIT basis. Storage capacity in the pool is organized into provisioning slabs that
are not allocated until the point in time when datasets grow to require the storage. As opposed to
the traditional fixed storage allocation method—where large pools of storage capacity are allocated
but may remain unused—thin provisioning optimizes utilization of available storage. Organizations
are also able to save on operating costs such as electricity and floor space that are associated with
keeping unused drives operating. The downside of using thin provisioning is lower disk performance.

• Fixed provisioning space. With Storage Spaces, fixed provisioned spaces also employ the flexible
provisioning slabs. The difference between thin provisioning and a fixed provisioning space is that
the storage capacity in the fixed provisioning space is allocated at the same time that the space is
created.

Cluster Disk Requirement

Failover clustering prevents interruption to workloads or data in the event of a machine failure. For a pool
to support failover, clustering all assigned drives must support a multi-initiator protocol, such as SAS.
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Note: You can use Storage Spaces to create both thin and fixed provisioning virtual
disks within the same storage pool. Having both provisioned types in the same storage pool
is convenient, particularly when they are related to the same workload. For example, you can
choose to have a thin provisioning space to host a database and a fixed provisioning space to
host its log.

Question: What is the name for a virtual disk that is larger than the amount of disk space
available on the physical disks portion of the storage pool?

Advanced Management Options for Storage Spaces

Server Manager provides you with basic
management of virtual disks and storage pools. In
Server Manager, you can create storage pools,
add and remove physical disks from pools, and
create, manage, and delete virtual disks. For
example, in Server Manager you can view the
physical disks that are attached to a virtual disk. If
any of these disks are unhealthy, you will see an
unhealthy disk icon next to the disk name.

To correct a failed disk in a virtual disk or storage

pool, you must remove the disk that is causing the
problem. Tools such as defragmenting, scan disk,
or chkdsk cannot repair a storage pool. To replace a failed disk, you add a new disk to the pool. The new
disk resynchronizes automatically when disk maintenance occurs during daily maintenance. Alternatively,
you can trigger disk maintenance manually.

Windows PowerShell provides advanced management options for virtual disks and storage pools. Some
examples of management cmdlets are listed in the following table.

Windows PowerShell cmdlet Description

Get-StoragePool Lists storage pools

Get-VirtualDisk Lists virtual disks

Repair-VirtualDisk Repairs a virtual disk

Get-PhysicalDisk | Where{$_.HealthStatus –ne “Healthy”} Lists unhealthy physical disks

Reset-PhysicalDisk Removes a physical disk from a

storage pool

Get-VirtualDisk | Get-PhysicalDisk Lists physical disks that are used for

a virtual disk

Additional Reading: To learn more about storage cmdlets in Windows PowerShell, see
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=266751.
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Demonstration: Configuring Storage Spaces

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• Create a storage pool.

• Create a virtual disk and a volume.

Demonstration Steps
Create a storage pool
1. Sign in as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. On LON-SVR1, in Server Manager, access File and Storage Services and Storage Pools.
3. In the STORAGE POOLS pane, create a New Storage Pool named StoragePool1, and add all of the
available disks.

Create a virtual disk and a volume

1. In the VIRTUAL DISKS pane, create a New Virtual Disk with the following settings:
o Storage pool: StoragePool1

o Disk name: Simple vDisk

o Storage layout: Simple
o Provisioning type: Thin

o Size: 2 GB
2. On the View results page, wait until the task completes, and then ensure that the Create a volume
when this wizard closes check box is selected.

3. In the New Volume Wizard, create a volume with these settings:

o Virtual disk: Simple vDisk

o File system: ReFS

o Volume label: Simple Volume

4. Wait until the task completes, and then click Close.
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Discussion: Comparing Storage Spaces with Other Storage Solutions

Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 provides
an alternative to using more traditional storage
solutions such as SANs and NAS.

Consider the questions on the slide and in

the table below. Write your responses to the
questions in the following table to prepare for
the class discussion.

Question Your Response

Does your
organization
currently use
SANs or NAS?

What are the

advantages of
using Storage
Spaces
compared to
using SANs or
NAS?

What are the

disadvantages
of using
Storage Spaces
compared to
using SANs or
NAS?

In what
scenarios would
you
recommend
each option?
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Lab: Implementing Local Storage

Scenario
Your manager has asked to add disk space to a file server. After creating volumes, your manager has also
asked you to resize those volumes based on updated information he has been given. Finally, you need to
make data storage redundant by creating a three-way mirrored virtual disk.

Objectives
After completing this lab, you will be able to:

• Install and configure a new disk.

• Resize volumes.

• Configure a redundant storage space.

Lab Setup
Estimated Time: 30 minutes

Virtual machines 20410C-LON-DC1

20410C-LON-SVR1

User name Adatum\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

For this lab, you will use the available virtual machine environment. Before beginning the lab, you must
complete the following steps:
On the host computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V Manager.

1. In Hyper-V® Manager, click 20410C-LON-DC1, and in the Actions pane, click Start.

2. In the Actions pane, click Connect. Wait until the virtual machine starts.
3. Sign in using the following credentials:

o User name: Administrator

o Password: Pa$$w0rd

o Domain: Adatum

4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1.

Exercise 1: Installing and Configuring a New Disk

Scenario
The file server in your branch office is low on disk space. You need to add a new disk to the server and
create volumes based on specifications provided by your manager.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Initialize a new disk.
2. Create and format two simple volumes on the disk.
3. Verify the drive letter in a File Explorer window.
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 Task 1: Initialize a new disk

1. Sign in to LON-SVR1 with the username Adatum\Administrator and the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. In Server Manager, open Computer Management, and then access Disk Management.

3. Initialize Disk2 and configure it to use GPT (GUID Partition Table).

 Task 2: Create and format two simple volumes on the disk

1. In the Computer Management console, on Disk 2, create a Simple Volume with the following
attributes:

o Volume size: 4000 MB

o Drive Letter: F

o File system: NTFS

o Volume label: Volume1

2. In the Computer Management console, on Disk 2, create a Simple Volume with the following
attributes:

o Volume size: 5000 MB

o Drive Letter: G
o File system: ReFS

o Volume label: Volume2

 Task 3: Verify the drive letter in a File Explorer window

1. Use File Explorer to make sure you can access the following volumes:
o Volume1 (F:)

o Volume2 (G:)
2. On Volume2 (G:), create a folder named Folder1.

Results: After you complete this lab, you should have initialized a new disk, created two simple volumes,
and then formatted them. You should also have verified that the drive letters you assigned are available in
File Explorer.

Exercise 2: Resizing Volumes

Scenario
After installing the new disk in your file server, you are contacted by your manager who indicates that the
information he gave you was incorrect. He now needs you to resize the volumes without losing any data.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Shrink Volume1.
2. Extend Volume2.
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 Task 1: Shrink Volume1

• Use Disk Management to shrink Volume1 (F:) to 3000 MB.

 Task 2: Extend Volume2

1. Use Disk Management to extend Volume2 (G:) by 1000 MB.

2. Use File Explorer to verify that the folder Folder1 is still on drive G.

Results: After this lab, you should have made one volume smaller, and extended another.

Exercise 3: Configuring a Redundant Storage Space

Scenario
Your server does not have a hardware-based RAID card, but you have been asked to configure redundant
storage. To support this feature, you need to create a storage pool.

After creating the storage pool, you also need to create a redundant virtual disk. Because the data is
critical, the request for redundant storage specifies that you must use a three-way mirrored volume.
Shortly after the volume is in use, a disk fails and you have to add another disk to the storage pool to
replace it.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Create a storage pool from five disks that are attached to the server.

2. Create a three-way mirrored virtual disk.

3. Copy a file to the volume, and verify that it is visible in File Explorer.
4. Remove a physical drive.

5. Verify that the write.exe file is still accessible.

6. Add a new disk to the storage pool and remove a broken disk.

 Task 1: Create a storage pool from five disks that are attached to the server
1. On LON-SVR1, open Server Manager.

2. In the left pane, click File and Storage Services, and then in the Servers pane, click Storage Pools.
3. Create a storage pool with the following settings:

o Name: StoragePool1

o Physical disks:
 PhysicalDisk3
 PhysicalDisk4
 PhysicalDisk5
 PhysicalDisk6
 PhysicalDisk7
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 Task 2: Create a three-way mirrored virtual disk

1. On LON-SVR1, in Server Manager, in the VIRTUAL DISKS pane, create a virtual disk with the following
settings:

o Storage pool: StoragePool1

o Name: Mirrored Disk

o Storage Layout: Mirror

o Resiliency settings: Three-way mirror

o Provisioning type: Thin

o Virtual disk size: 10 GB

2. In the New Volume Wizard, create a volume with the following settings:
o Virtual disk: Mirrored Disk

o Drive letter: H

o File system: ReFS

o Volume label: Mirrored Volume

 Task 3: Copy a file to the volume, and verify that it is visible in File Explorer
1. Open a Command Prompt window.

2. Type the following command:

Copy C:\windows\system32\write.exe H:\

3. Open File Explorer from the taskbar, and access Mirrored Volume (H:). You should now see write.exe
in the file list.

 Task 4: Remove a physical drive

• On Host machine, in Hyper-V Manager, in the Virtual Machines pane, change 20410C-LON-SVR1
settings to the following:
o Remove Hard Drive that begins with 20410C-LON-SVR1-Disk5.

 Task 5: Verify that the write.exe file is still accessible

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.

2. Open File Explorer and browse to H:\write.exe to ensure access to the file is still available.
3. In Server Manager, in the STORAGE POOLS pane, on the menu bar, click the Refresh “Storage
Pools” button.

Notice the warning that displays next to Mirrored Disk.

4. Open the Mirrored Disk Properties dialog box, and access the Health pane.

Notice that the Health Status indicates a Warning. The Operational Status should indicate
Incomplete or Degraded.

 Task 6: Add a new disk to the storage pool and remove a broken disk
1. Switch to LON-SVR1.

2. In Server Manager, in the STORAGE POOLS pane, on the menu bar, click the Refresh “Storage
Pools” button.
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3. In the STORAGE POOLS pane, right-click StoragePool1, click Add Physical Disk, and then click
PhysicalDisk8 (LON-SVR1).

4. Open Windows PowerShell and run the following commands to remove the disconnected disk.
a. Get-PhysicalDisk Note the FriendlyName for the disk that shows an OperationalStatus of Lost
Communication.

b. $Disk = Get-PhysicalDisk –FriendlyName diskname Replace diskname with the name of the
disk you noted in previously.

c. Remove-PhysicalDisk –PhysicalDisks $disk _StoragePoolFriendlyName StoragePool1

5. In Server Manager, refresh the storage pools view to see the warnings disappear.

Results: After completing this lab, you should have created a storage pool and added five disks to it. Then
you should have created a three-way mirrored, thinly provisioned virtual disk from the storage pool. You
should have also copied a file to the new volume and verified that it is accessible. Next, after removing a
physical drive, you should have verified that the virtual disk was still available and could be accessed.
Finally, you should have added another physical disk to the storage pool.

 Prepare for the next module

After you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state. To do this, complete the
following steps.
1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1.

Lab Review Questions

Question: At a minimum, how many disks must you add to a storage pool to create a three-
way mirrored virtual disk?
Question: You have a USB-attached disk, four SAS disks, and one SATA disk that are
attached to a Windows Server 2012 server. You want to provide a single volume to your
users that they can use for file storage. What would you use?
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Module Review and Takeaways

Module Review Questions
Question: Your current volume runs out of disk space. You have another disk available in the
same server. What actions in the Windows operating system can you perform to help you
add disk space?

Question: What are the two different types of disks in Disk Management?
Question: What are the most important implementations of RAID?

Question: You attach five 2 TB disks to your Windows Server 2012 computer. You want to
manage them almost automatically, and if one disk fails, you want to make sure the data is
not lost. What feature can you implement to accomplish this?

Best Practices
The following are recommended best practices:
• If you want to shrink a volume, defragment the volume first so you can reclaim more space from the
volume.

• Use the GPT partition table format for disks larger than 2 TB.
• For very large volumes, use ReFS.

• Do not use FAT or FAT32 on Windows Server operating system disks.

• Use the Storage Spaces feature to have the Windows operating system manage your disks.

Tools
Tool Use Where to find it

Disk Management • Initialize disks In Server Manager on the

Tools menu (part of
• Create and modify volumes
Computer Management)

Diskpart.exe • Initialize disks Command prompt

• Create and modify volumes from a
command prompt

Mklink.exe • Create a symbolic link to a file or folder Command prompt

Chkdsk.exe • Check a disk for a NTFS–formatted volume Command prompt

• Cannot be used for ReFS or virtual disks

Defrag.exe • Disk defragmentation tool for NTFS– Command prompt

formatted volumes.
• Cannot be used for ReFS or virtual disks
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Module 10
Implementing File and Print Services
Contents:
Module Overview 10-1

Lesson 1: Securing Files and Folders 10-2

Lesson 2: Protecting Shared Files and Folders by Using Shadow Copies 10-15
Lesson 3: Configuring Work Folders 10-18

Lesson 4: Configuring Network Printing 10-25

Lab: Implementing File and Print Services 10-31
Module Review and Takeaways 10-38

Module Overview
Accessing files and printers on the network is one of the most common activities in the Windows Server®
environment. Reliable, secure access to files and folders and print resources is often the first requirement
of a Windows Server 2012-based network. To provide access to file and print resources on your network,
you must understand how to configure these resources within Windows Server 2012 server, and how to
configure appropriate access to the resources for users in your environment.
This module discusses how to provide these important file and print resources with Windows Server 2012.
It describes how to secure files and folders, how to protect previous versions of files and folders by using
shadow copies, and how to give workers remote access to corporate files by implementing the new Work
Folders role service. It also describes new network printing features that help manage the network
printing environment.

Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
• Secure shared files and folders.

• Protect shared files and folders by using shadow copies.

• Configure the Work Folders role service.

• Configure network printing.
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Lesson 1
Securing Files and Folders
The files and folders that your servers store typically contain your organization’s business and functional
data. Providing appropriate access to these files and folders, usually over the network, is an important part
of managing file and print services in Windows Server 2012.

This lesson gives you information necessary to secure files and folders on your Windows Server 2012
servers, so that your organization’s data is available yet protected.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe NTFS file system permissions.

• Describe a shared folder.

• Describe permissions inheritance.

• Explain how effective access and permissions work when you access shared folders.

• Describe access-based enumeration.

• Describe Offline files.

• Explain how to create and configure a shared folder.

What Are NTFS Permissions?

NTFS permissions are assigned to files or folders
on a storage volume that is formatted with NTFS.
The permissions that you assign to NTFS files and
folders govern user access to these files and
folders.
The following points describe the key aspects of
NTFS permissions:

• NTFS permissions can be configured for an

individual file or folder, or sets of files or
folders.

• NTFS permissions can be assigned individually

to objects that include users, groups, and computers.

• NTFS permissions are controlled by granting or denying specific types of NTFS file and folder access,
such as Read or Write.
• NTFS permissions can be inherited from parent folders. By default, the NTFS permissions that are
assigned to a folder are also assigned to newly created folders or files within that parent folder.

NTFS Permission Types

There are two assignable NTFS permissions types: standard, and advanced.

Standard Permissions
Standard permissions provide the most commonly used permission settings for files and folders. You
assign standard permissions in the Permissions for folder name dialog box.
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The following table details the standard permissions options for NTFS files and folders.

File permissions Description

Full Control Grants the user complete control of the file or folder, including control of
permissions.

Modify Grants the user permission to read, write, or delete a file or folder, including
creating a file or folder. It also grants permission to execute files.

Read and Execute Grants the user permission to read a file and start apps.

Read Grants the user permission to view file or folder content.

Write Grants the user permission to write to a file.

List folder contents Grants the user permission to view a list of the folder’s contents.
(folders only)

Note: Granting users Full Control permissions on a file or a folder gives them the ability to
perform any file system operation on the object, and the ability to change permissions on the
object. They can also remove permissions on the resource for any or all users, including you.

Advanced Permissions
Advanced permissions can provide a much greater level of control over NTFS files and folders. Advanced
permissions are accessible by clicking the Advanced button from the Security tab of a file or folder’s
Properties dialog box.
The following table details the Advanced permissions for NTFS files and folders.

File permissions Description

Traverse The Traverse Folder permission applies only to folders. This permission grants or
Folder/Execute denies users the right to browse through folders to reach other files or folders,
File even if the user has no permissions for the traversed folders. The Traverse Folder
permission takes effect only when the group or user is not granted the Bypass
Traverse Checking user right. By default, the Everyone group is given the Bypass
Traverse Checking user right.
The Execute File permission grants or denies access to run program files.
If you set the Traverse Folder permission on a folder, the Execute File permission is
not automatically set on all files in that folder.

List Folder/Read The List Folder permission grants the user permission to view file names and
Data subfolder names. This permission applies only to folders and affects only the
contents of that folder—it does not affect whether the folder itself is listed. In
addition, this setting has no effect on viewing the file structure from a
command-line interface.
The Read Data permission grants or denies the user permission to view data in
files. The Read Data permission applies only to files.

Read Attributes The Read Attributes permission grants the user permission to view the basic
attributes of a file or a folder such as Read-only and Hidden attributes. Attributes
are defined by NTFS.
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File permissions Description

Read Extended The Read Extended Attributes permission grants the user permission to view the
Attributes extended attributes of a file or folder. Extended attributes are defined by apps,
and can vary by app.

Create The Create Files permission applies only to folders, and grants the user permission
Files/Write Data to create files in the folder.
The Write Data permission grants the user permission to make changes to the file
and overwrite existing content by NTFS. The Write Data permission applies only to
files.

Create Folders The Create Folders permission grants the user permission to create folders within
/Append Data the folder. The Create Folders permission applies only to folders.
The Append Data permission grants the user permission to make changes to the
end of the file, but not to delete or overwrite existing data. The Append Data
permission applies only to files.

Write Attributes The Write Attributes permission grants the user permission to change the basic
attributes of a file or folder, such as Read-only or Hidden. Attributes are defined
by NTFS.
The Write Attributes permission does not imply that you can create or delete files
or folders; it includes only the permission to make changes to the attributes of a
file or folder. To grant Create or Delete permissions, see the Create Files/Write
Data, Create Folders/Append Data, Delete Subfolders and Files, and Delete entries
in this table.

Write Extended The Write Extended Attributes permission grants the user permission to change
Attributes the extended attributes of a file or folder. Extended attributes are defined by
programs and apps, and can vary by each one.
The Write Extended Attributes permission does not imply that the user can create
or delete files or folders; it includes only the permission to make changes to the
attributes of a file or folder. To grant Create or Delete permissions, see the Create
Files/Write Data, Create Folders/Append Data, Delete Subfolders and Files, and
Delete entries in this table.

Delete The Delete Subfolders and Files permission grants the user permission to delete
Subfolders and subfolders and files, even if the Delete permission is not granted on the subfolder
Files or file. The Delete Subfolders and Files permission applies only to folders.

Delete The Delete permission grants the user permission to delete the file or folder. If
you have not been assigned Delete permission on a file or folder, you can still
delete the file or folder if you are granted Delete Subfolders and Files permissions
on the parent folder.

Read Read Permissions grants the user permission to read permissions about the file or
Permissions folder, such as Full Control, Read, and Write.

Change Change Permissions grants the user permission to change permissions on the file
Permissions or folder, such as Full Control, Read, and Write.
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File permissions Description

Take Ownership The Take Ownership permission grants the user permission to take ownership of
the file or folder. The owner of a file or folder can change permissions on it,
regardless of any existing permissions that protect the file or folder.

Synchronize The Synchronize permission assigns different threads to wait on the handle for the
file or folder, and then synchronize with another thread that may signal it. This
permission applies only to multiple-threaded, multiple-process programs and
apps.

Note: Standard permissions are combinations of several individual Advanced permissions

that are grouped into commonly used file and folder scenarios.

NTFS Permissions Examples

The following are basic examples of assigning NTFS permissions:
• For a folder called Marketing Pictures, an administrator has chosen to assign Adam Carter Allow
permissions for the Read permission type. Under default NTFS permissions behavior, Adam Carter
will have Read access to the files and folders that are contained in the Marketing Pictures folder.

• When applying NTFS permissions, the results are cumulative. For example, in the previous example,
say that Adam Carter is also a part of the Marketing group. The Marketing group has been given
Write permissions on the Marketing Pictures folder. When we combine the permissions assigned to
Adam Carter’s user account with the permissions assigned to the Marketing group, Adam will have
both Read and Write permissions for the Marketing Pictures folder.

Important Rules for NTFS Permissions

There are two important groups of NTFS permissions:

• Explicit vs. Inherited. When you apply NTFS permissions, permissions that are explicitly applied to a
file or a folder take precedence over those that are inherited from a parent folder.

• Deny vs. Allow. After NTFS permissions have been divided into explicit and inherited permissions, any
existing Deny permissions override conflicting Allow permissions within the group.

Therefore, taking these rules into account, NTFS permissions are applied in the following order:
1. Explicit Deny

2. Explicit Allow

3. Inherited Deny

4. Inherited Allow

It is important to remember that NTFS permissions are cumulative, and these rules apply only when two
NTFS permission settings conflict with each other.

How to Configure NTFS Permissions

You can view and configure NTFS permissions by following these steps:

1. Right-click the file or folder for which you want to assign permissions, and then click Properties.

2. In the Properties dialog box, click the Security tab.

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3. In the Security tab, select the user or group that you want to view or edit the specific permissions of.

4. To modify existing permissions or add new users or groups, click the Edit button.

This opens the Permissions dialog box.

What Are Shared Folders?

Shared folders are a key component to granting
access to files on your server from the network.
When you share a folder, the folder and all of its
contents are made available to multiple users
simultaneously over the network. Shared folders
maintain a separate set of permissions from the
NTFS permissions, which apply to the folder’s
contents. These permissions provide an extra level
of security for files and folders that are made
available on the network.

Most organizations deploy dedicated file servers

to host shared folders. You can store files in
shared folders according to categories or functions. For example, you can put shared files for the Sales
department in one shared folder, and shared files for the Marketing department in another.

Note: The sharing process applies only to the folder level. You cannot share an individual
file or a group of files.

Accessing a Shared Folder

Users typically access a shared folder over the network by using its Universal Naming Convention (UNC)
address. The UNC address contains the name of the server on which the folder is hosted, and the actual
shared folder name, separated by a backward slash (\) and preceded by two backward slashes (\\). For
example, the UNC path for the Sales shared folder on the LON-SVR1 server is \\LON-SVR1\Sales.

Sharing a Folder on the Network

Windows Server 2012 provides different ways to share a folder:

• Click the appropriate drive, and then in the Files and Storage Services section in Server Manager, click
the New Share task.

• Use the File Sharing Wizard, either from the folder’s shortcut menu, or by clicking the Share button
on the Sharing tab of the folder’s Properties dialog box.
• Use Advanced Sharing by clicking the Advanced Sharing button on the Sharing tab of the folder’s
Properties dialog box.

• Use the Net share command-line tool from a command–line window.

• Use the New-SMBShare cmdlet in Windows PowerShell®.

Note: When you are setting up a shared folder, you will be asked to give it a name. This
name does not have to be the same name as the actual folder; it can be a descriptive name that
better describes the folder contents to network users.
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Administrative Shares
If you have shared folders that need to be available from the network, but should be hidden from
users browsing the network, you can create administrative (or hidden) shared folders. You can access an
administrative shared folder by typing in its UNC path, but the folder will not be visible if you browse the
server by using File Explorer. Administrative shared folders also typically have a more restrictive set of
permissions to reflect the administrative nature of the folder’s contents.

To hide a shared folder, append the dollar symbol ($) to the folder’s name. For example, a shared folder
on LON-SVR1 named Sales can be made into a hidden shared folder by naming it Sales$. The shared
folder is accessible over the network by using the UNC path \\LON-SVR1\Sales$.

Note: Shared folder permissions apply only to users who access the folder over the
network. They do not affect users who access the folder locally on the computer where the folder
is stored.

Shared Folder Permissions

Just like NTFS permissions, you can assign shared folder permissions to users, groups, or computers.
However, unlike NTFS permissions, shared folder permissions are not configurable for individual files or
folders within the shared folder. Shared folder permissions are set once for the shared folder itself, and
apply universally to the entire contents of the shared folder for users who access the folder over the
network.
When you create a shared folder, the default assigned shared permission for the Everyone group is set to
Read.

The following table lists the permissions that you can grant to a shared folder.

Shared folder
Description
permission

Read Users can view folder and file names, view file data and attributes, run program
files and scripts, and navigate the folder structure within the shared folder.

Change Users can create folders, add files to folders, change data in files, append data to
files, change file attributes, delete folders and files, and perform all tasks permitted
by the Read permission.

Full Control Users can change file permissions, take ownership of files, and perform all tasks
permitted by the Change permission.

Note: When you assign Full Control permissions on a shared folder to a user, that user
can modify permissions on the shared folder, which includes removing all users (including
administrators), from the shared folder’s permissions list. In most cases, you should grant Change
Permission instead of Full Control permission.
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Permissions Inheritance
By default, NTFS and shared folders use
inheritance to propagate permissions throughout
a folder structure. When you create a file or a
folder, it is automatically assigned the permissions
that are set on any folders that exist above it
(parent folders) in the hierarchy of the folder
structure.

How Inheritance Is Applied

Consider the following example. Adam Carter is a
member of the Marketing group and the New
York Editors group. The following table is a
summary of the permissions for this example:

Folder or File Assigned Permissions Adam’s Permissions

Marketing (folder) Read – Marketing Read

Marketing Pictures (folder) None set Read (inherited)
New York (folder) Write – New York Editors Read(i) + Write
Fall_Composite.jpg (file) None set Read(i) + Write(i)

In this example, Adam is a member of two groups that are assigned permissions for files or folders within
the folder structure. They are as follows:

• The top-level folder, Marketing, has an assigned permission for the Marketing Group giving them
Read access.

• In the next level, the Marketing Pictures folder has no explicit permissions set, but because of
permissions inheritance Adam has Read access to this folder and its contents from the permissions
that are set on the Marketing folder.
• In the third level, the New York folder has Write permissions assigned to one of Adam’s groups—New
York Editors. In addition to this explicitly assigned Write permission, the New York folder also inherits
the Read permission from the Marketing folder. These permissions pass down to file and folder
objects, cumulating with any explicit Read and Write permissions set on those files.

• The fourth and last level is the Fall_Composite.jpg file. Even though no explicit permissions have been
set for this file, Adam has both Read and Write access to the file due to the inherited permissions
from both the Marketing folder and the New York folder.

Permission Conflicts
Sometimes, explicitly set permissions on a file or folder conflict with permissions inherited from a parent
folder. In these cases, the explicitly assigned permissions always override the inherited permissions. In the
given example, if Adam Carter was denied Write access to the parent Marketing folder, but then explicitly
granted Write access to the New York folder, the granted Write access permissions take precedence over
the inherited deny Write access permission.

Blocking Inheritance
You can also disable the inheritance behavior for a file or a folder (and its contents) on an NTFS drive. You
do this when you want to explicitly define permissions for a set of objects without including any of the
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inherited permissions from any parent folders. Windows Server 2012 provides an option for blocking
inheritance on a file or a folder. To block inheritance on a file or folder, complete the following steps:

1. Right-click the file or folder where you want to block inheritance, and then click Properties.
2. In the Properties dialog box, click the Security tab, and then click Advanced.

3. In the Advanced Security Settings dialog box, click Change Permissions.

4. In the next Advanced Security Settings dialog box, click Disable inheritance.
5. At this point, you are prompted to either convert the inherited permissions into explicit permissions
or remove all inherited permissions from the object to start with a blank permissions slate.

Resetting Default Inheritance Behavior

After you block inheritance, changes made to permissions on the parent folder structure no longer
have an effect on the permissions for the child object (and its contents) that has blocked inheritance,
unless you reset that behavior from one of the parent folders by selecting the Replace All Child Objects
With Inheritable Permissions From This Object option. When you select this option, the existing set of
permissions on the current folder are propagated down to all child objects in the tree structure, and
override all explicitly assigned permissions for those files and folders. This check box is located directly
under the Include Inheritable Permissions From This Object’s Parent check box.

Effective Permissions
Access to a file or folder in Windows Server 2012
is granted based on a combination of permissions.
When a user attempts to access a file or folder,
the permission that applies is dependent on
various factors, including:

• Explicitly defined and inherited permissions

that apply to the user

• Explicitly defined and inherited permissions

that apply to the groups to which the user
belongs
• How the user is accessing the file or folders:
locally, or over the network

Effective NTFS permissions are the cumulative permissions that are assigned to a user for a file of folder
based on the factors listed above. The following principles determine effective NTFS permissions:

• Cumulative permissions are the combination of the highest NTFS permissions granted to the user and
to all the groups of which the user is a member. For example, if a user is a member of a group that
has Read permission and is a member of a group that has Modify permission, the user is assigned
cumulative Modify permissions.

• Deny permissions override equivalent Allow permissions. However, an explicit Allow permission can
override an inherited Deny permission. For example, if a user is denied Write access to a folder via an
inherited Deny permission, but is explicitly granted Write access to a subfolder or a particular file, the
explicit Allow overrides the inherited Deny for the particular subfolder or file.

• You can apply permissions to a user or to a group. Assigning permissions to groups is preferred
because they are more efficient than managing permissions that are set for many individuals.
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• NTFS file permissions take priority over folder permissions. For example, if a user has Read permission
to a folder, but has been granted Modify permission to certain files in that folder, the effective
permission for those files will be set to Modify.

• Every object in an NTFS drive or in Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS) is owned. The owner
controls how permissions are set on the object and to whom permissions are granted. For example, a
user who creates a file in a folder where they have Modify permissions can change the permissions on
the file to Full Control.

Effective Access Tool

Windows Server 2012 provides an Effective Access tool that shows the effective NTFS permissions on a file
or folder for a user, based on permissions assigned to the user account and groups to which the user
account belongs. You can access Effective Access tool by the following steps:

1. Right-click the file or folder for which you want to analyze permissions, and then click Properties.
2. In the Properties dialog box, click the Advanced button.

3. In the Advanced Security Settings dialog box, click the Effective Access tab.

4. Choose a user or group to evaluate by using Select a user.

Combining NTFS Permissions and Shared Folder Permissions

NTFS permissions and shared folder permissions work together to control access to file and folder
resources that are accessed from a network. When you configure access to network resources on an NTFS
drive, use the most restrictive NTFS permissions to control access to folders and files, and combine them
with the most restrictive shared folder permissions to control access to the network.

How Combining NTFS and Shared Folder Permissions Works

When you apply both NTFS and shared folder permissions, remember that the more restrictive of the two
permissions dictates the access that a user will have to a file or folder. The following two examples explain
this further:
• If you set the NTFS permissions on a folder to Full Control, but you set the shared folder permissions
to Read, then that user has only Read permission when accessing the folder over the network. Access
is restricted at the shared folder level, and any greater access at the NTFS permissions level does not
apply.

• Likewise, if you set the shared folder permission to Full Control, and you set the NTFS permissions to
Write, then the user will have no restrictions at the shared folder level, but the NTFS permissions on
the folder grants only Write permissions to that folder.
The user must have appropriate permissions on both the NTFS file or folder and the shared folder. If no
permissions exist for the user (either as an individual or as the member of a group) on either resource,
access is denied.

Considerations for Combined NTFS and Shared Folder Permissions

The following are several considerations that make administering permissions more manageable:

• Grant permissions to groups instead of users. Groups can always have individuals added or deleted,
while permissions on a case-by-case basis are difficult to track and cumbersome to manage.

• Use Deny permissions only when necessary. Because Deny permissions are inherited, assigning deny
permissions to a folder can result in users not being able to access files further down in the folder
structure tree. You should assign Deny permissions only in the following situations:

o To exclude a subset of a group that has Allow permissions

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o To exclude one specific permission when you have granted Full Control permissions to a user or a
group

• Never deny the Everyone group access to an object. If you deny the Everyone group access to an
object, you deny Administrators access—including yourself. Instead, remove the Everyone group
from the permissions list, as long as you grant permissions for the object to other users, groups, or
computers.
• Grant permissions to an object that is as high in the folder structure as possible, so that the security
settings are propagated throughout the tree. For example, instead of bringing groups representing
all departments of the company together into a Read folder, assign Domain Users (which is a default
group for all user accounts on the domain) to the share. In this manner, you eliminate the need to
update department groups before new users receive the shared folder.

• Use NTFS permissions instead of shared permissions for fine-grained access. Configuring both NTFS
and shared folder permissions can be difficult. Consider assigning the most restrictive permissions for
a group that contains many users at the shared folder level, and then use NTFS permissions to assign
permissions that are more specific.

What Is Access-Based Enumeration?

With access-based enumeration, users see only
the files and folders which they have permission
to access. Access-based enumeration provides a
better user experience because it displays a less
complex view of the contents of a shared folder,
making it easier for users to find the files that they
need. Windows Server 2012 allows access-based
enumeration of folders that a server shares over
the network.

Enabling Access-Based Enumeration

To enable access-based enumeration for a shared
folder:

1. Open Server Manager.

2. In the navigation pane, click File and Storage Services.

3. In the navigation pane, click Shares.

4. In the Shares pane, right-click the shared folder for which you want to enable access-based
enumeration, and then click Properties.

5. In the Properties dialog box, click Settings, and then select Enable access-based enumeration.

When Enable access-based enumeration is selected, access-based enumeration is enabled on the

shared folder. This setting is unique to each shared folder on the server.

Note: The File and Storage Services console is the only place in the Windows Server 2012
interface where you can configure access-based enumeration for a shared folder. Access-based
enumeration is not available in any of the properties dialog boxes that are accessible by
right-clicking the shared folder in File Explorer.
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What Are Offline Files?

An offline file is a copy of a network file that is
stored on a client computer. By using offline files,
users can access network-based files when their
client computer is disconnected from the network.

If offline files and folders have been edited or

modified by the client, then the changes are
synchronized with the network copy of the files
the next time the client reconnects to the
network. The synchronization schedule and
behavior of offline files is controlled by the
Windows client operating system.

Offline files are available with the following

operating systems:
• Windows 8.1
• Windows 8
• Windows Server 2012 R2
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows 7
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2008
• Windows Vista®
• Windows Server 2003

Note: Offline files is not available in home versions of Windows operating systems.

Offline Settings
With Windows Server 2012, you view the Offline Settings dialog box for a shared folder by clicking the
Caching button in the Advanced Sharing dialog box. The following options are available within the Offline
Settings dialog box:
• Only the files and programs that users specify are available offline. This is the default option when
you set up a shared folder. When you use this option, no files or programs are available offline by
default, and users control which files and programs they want to access when they are not connected
to the network. Alternatively, you can choose the Enable BranchCache option. This option enables
computers that are accessing the files to cache files downloaded from the folder using Windows
BranchCache®. You must install and configure BranchCache on the Windows Server 2012 server to
select this option.

• No files or programs from the shared folder are available offline. This option blocks client computers
from making copies of the files and programs on the shared folder.
• All files and programs that users open from the shared folder are automatically available offline.
Whenever a user accesses the shared folder or drive and opens a file or program in it, that file or
program is made automatically available offline to that user. Files and programs that are made
automatically available offline remain in the offline files cache and synchronize with the version on
the server until the cache is full or the user deletes the files. Files and programs that are not opened
are not available offline.
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• Optimized for performance. If you select this option, executable files (.exe, .dll) that are run from the
shared folder by a client computer are cached on that client computer automatically. The next time
the client computer runs the executable files, it will access its local cache instead of the shared folder
on the server.

Note: The Offline Files feature must be enabled on the client computer for files and
programs to be cached automatically. In addition, the Optimized For Performance option does
not have any effect on client computers that use Windows Vista or older Windows operating
systems, because these operating systems perform the program-level caching automatically, as
specified by this option.

The Always Offline Mode

You can configure Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 computers to use the Always Available Offline
Mode when accessing shared folders. When you configure this option, client computers always use the
locally cached version of the files from a network share, even if they are connected to the file server by a
high-speed network connection.
This configuration typically results in faster access to files for client computers, especially when
connectivity or speed of a network connection is intermittent. Synchronization with the files on the server
occurs according to the offline files configuration of the client computer.

How to Enable the Always Offline Mode

To enable Always Offline mode, use Group Policy to enable the Configure slow-link mode setting, and
set the latency value to 1. The Configure slow-link mode setting is located in Group Policy under the
Computer Configuration\Administrative Policies\Network\Offline Files node.

Demonstration: Creating and Configuring a Shared Folder

Creating and configuring a shared folder is typically done within File Explorer, from the file or folder’s
Properties dialog box on the Sharing tab. When creating a shared folder, always ensure that you set
permissions that are appropriate for all of the files and folders within the shared folder location.

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• Create a shared folder.

• Assign permissions for the shared folder.

• Configure access-based enumeration.

• Configure offline files.

Demonstration Steps
Create a shared folder
1. Sign in to LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. On drive E, create a folder named Data.

3. Share the Data folder.
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Assign permissions for the shared folder

• Grant the Authenticated Users Change permissions for the Data folder.

Configure access-based enumeration

1. Open Server Manager.

2. Navigate to the Share pane in the File and Storage Services management console.

3. Open the Data Properties dialog box for \\LON-SVR1\Data, and enable access-based enumeration.

Configure offline files

1. Open the Data Properties dialog box for E:\Data.

2. Navigate to the Sharing tab, and open the Advanced Sharing settings.
3. Open the Caching settings, and then disable offline files.
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Lesson 2
Protecting Shared Files and Folders by Using Shadow
Copies
You use shadow copies to restore previous versions of files and folders. It is much faster to restore a
previous version of a file from a shadow copy than from a traditional backup copy, which might be stored
offsite. Files and folders can be recovered by administrators, or directly by end users.

This lesson introduces you to shadow copies, and shows you how to configure a schedule of shadow
copies in Windows Server 2012.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe shadow copies.

• Describe considerations for scheduling shadow copies.

• Identify methods for restoring data from shadow copies.

• Restore data from a shadow copy.

What Are Shadow Copies?

A shadow copy is a static image (or a snapshot)
of a set of data, such as a file or folder. Shadow
copies provide the capability to recover files and
folders based on snapshots of storage drives. After
a snapshot is taken, you can view and potentially
restore previous versions of files and folders from
that snapshot.
A shadow copy does not make a complete copy
of all files for each snapshot. Instead, after a
snapshot is taken, Windows Server 2012 tracks
changes to the drive. A specific amount of disk
space is allocated for tracking the changed disk
blocks. When you access a previous version of a file,
some of the content might be in the current version
of the file, and some might be in the snapshot.

By default, the changed disk blocks are stored on the same drive as the original file, but you can modify
where they are stored. You can also define how much disk space is allocated for shadow copies. Multiple
snapshots are retained until the allocated disk space is full, after which, older snapshots are removed to
make room for new snapshots. The amount of disk space that is used by a snapshot is based on the size of
disk changes between snapshots.

Because a snapshot is not a complete copy of files, you cannot use shadow copies as a replacement for
traditional backups. If the disk containing a drive is lost or damaged, then the snapshots of that drive are
also lost.

Shadow copies are suitable for recovering data files, but not for more complex data (such as databases),
that need to be logically consistent before a backup is performed. A database that is restored from
previous versions is likely to be corrupt and require database repairs.
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Considerations for Scheduling Shadow Copies

The default schedule for creating shadow copies is
Monday through Friday at 07:00 A.M., and again
at noon. You can modify the default schedule as
desired for your organization.

When scheduling shadow copies:

• Consider that increasing the frequency of

shadow copies increases the load on the
server. As a best practice, you should not
schedule drive shadow copies more than
once each hour.
• Increase the frequency of shadow copies for
frequently changing data. This increases the
likelihood that recent file changes are
captured.

• Increase the frequency of shadow copies for

important data. This increases the likelihood
that recent file changes are captured.

Restoring Data from a Shadow Copy

Previous versions of files can be restored by
either users or administrators. Most users are
unaware that they can do this, and they will need
instructions on how to restore a previous version
of a file.

Administrators can access and restore previous

versions of files directly on the server that stores
the files. Users can access and restore previous
versions of files over the network from a file share.
In both cases, previous versions are accessed from
the Properties dialog box of the file or folder.

When viewing previous versions of a folder, you

can browse the available files and select only the file that you need. If multiple versions of files are
available, you can review each version before deciding which one to restore. Finally, you can copy a
previous version of a file to an alternate location instead of restoring it to its previous location. This
prevents overwriting the current file version.

Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating system clients can access previous file versions without installing
any additional software. The ability to access previous file versions is no longer supported in Windows
operating systems before Windows Vista.
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Demonstration: Restoring Data from a Shadow Copy

You can create shadow copies using the default schedule, or you can modify the schedule to provide
more frequent snapshots. In either case, you will only see the versions of the file as it has changed. Taking
a shadow copy of a file that has not changed has no actual effect on the shadow copy. No additional
versions are available, and no space is used in the snapshot for that particular file.

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• Configure shadow copies.

• Create a new file.

• Create a shadow copy.

• Modify the file.

• Restore the previous version.

Demonstration Steps
Configure shadow copies
1. On LON-SVR1, open File Explorer.
2. Enable Shadow Copies for Local Disk (C:).

Create a new file

1. Open File Explorer.
2. Create a folder on drive C named Data.

3. Create a text file named TestFile.txt in the Data folder.

4. Change the contents of TestFile.txt by adding and saving the text Version 1.

Create a shadow copy

1. In File Explorer, right-click Local Disk (C:), and then click Configure Shadow Copies.

2. In the Shadow Copies dialog box, click Create Now.

3. When the shadow copy is complete, click OK.

Modify the file

1. Open TestFile.txt as a Notepad document.

2. In Notepad, type Version 2.

3. Save the changes.

Restore the previous version

1. In File Explorer, right-click TestFile.txt, and then click Restore previous versions.
2. Choose the most recent version.

3. In the Are you sure you want to restore message, click Restore.

4. Open TestFile.txt and verify that the previous version is restored.

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Lesson 3
Configuring Work Folders
More and more, information workers want the ability to use their own devices such as smart phones and
tablets to access corporate data files while out of the office. The Work Folders role service address this by
allowing users to store and access work files from anywhere while complying with corporate policies. This
is accomplished by synchronizing corporate data to user devices from a centralized, on-premise server
using a new synchronization protocol. The corporate organization still maintains control of the data by
implementing policies such as encryption.

Lesson Objectives
After completing the lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the Work Folders role service.

• Discuss the benefits and limitations of Work Folders.

• Describe Work Folders components.

• Configure Work Folders.

What is the Work Folders Role Service?

Work Folders is a new role service of the File and
Storage Services role and is only available in
Windows Server 2012 R2. Work Folders allows
users to synchronize corporate data to all of
their devices. When a user creates or modifies a
file in a Work Folders folder on any device or PC,
it is automatically replicated (using Secure Sockets
Layer (SSL) connections on port 443) to a folder
known as the sync share on the corporate file
server. The changes in the sync share are then
securely replicated to that user’s other devices if
those devices are configured to use Work Folders.
A sync share maps to a physical location on the file
server where files are stored. New folders or existing
shared folders can be mapped to sync shares.

Client computers can be configured to connect to the sync share either manually or automatically.
Once configured on the client computer, the work folder appears to the user like any other folder in File
Explorer. Users can create files and folders in the work folder just as they do in any other network shared
folder. These files and folders will be synchronized to all other devices configured to use Work Folders.
Other factors to keep in mind when working with Work Folders are:

• Corporate security polices can be applied to the data to enforce encryption, lock devices, and wipe
corporate data off of devices.

• File management technologies such as quotas, file screens, reporting, and classification can be
applied to files and folders held in Work Folders.

• Client devices are limited to one synchronize partnership per user per device.
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How Files Stay In Synchronization

Once the synchronize partnership is established between the client and the server, a data directory is
created on the NTFS volume on the client device. A hidden version database is also created and stored in
the user profile—this database tracks the metadata of the files and folders stored in the work folders and
detects when changes occur. A hidden download staging directory is used to accept updated files from
the Work Folders server.

The first time a user synchronizes a device, a data directory and upload staging directory is created on
the server for that user. One version-database is created on the sync share for each user. Synchronization
occurs through change detection on the client or by polling. Polling is done every 10 minutes by default.
When a local change is detected on a device, the client connects to the server and uploads the change to
the upload staging directory. Then the change is applied to the user’s data directory on the server.
Synchronization is always initiated by the client device.

Conflict Resolution
If a file is edited and saved on different devices at the same time, both copies will be uploaded to
the server. One of the file names will have the name of the device it was saved on appended to it. For
example, a user opens, edits, and saves a file named Doc1 on his office PC; he then edits the offline
version on his tablet. When the tablet version synchronizes, the file will be saved as Doc1 name of tablet.
There will now be two versions of the file in the sync share.

Backup and Recovery

Files can be selectively restored either on the server or the client. The restored file is seen as just another
change and becomes the authoritative version that will be synchronized to the other devices.
When you are backing up client systems, do not backup the version database; it will rebuild itself from the
server.

For server disaster scenarios, the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) writer supports a full server restore.
Because synchronizations are initiated by the client the database becomes current automatically after
receiving updates from clients.

Comparing Work Folders to Cloud-based Storage

For organizations that want to maintain data storage on-premise and already have established practices
around data management and storage, Work Folders provides a solution that users will find familiar.
Cloud-based technologies such as SkyDrive Pro® are good solutions for organizations that use SharePoint
and need the collaboration features of Office 365.

Benefits and Limitations of Work Folders

Work Folders provides a number of benefits that
cannot be achieved using existing technologies,
but there are limitations to what Work Folders can
do.

Benefits
Work Folders provides the following benefits:

• It is available for domain joined and non-

domain joined systems. Users need to provide
credentials to connect from non-domain
joined devices.
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• It provides a single point of access to work files on a user’s work and personal computers and devices.

• It provides access to work files while users are offline.

• It synchronizes files for the users when the computer or device next has Internet or network access.

• It can be deployed alongside existing technologies such as Folder Redirection and Offline Files.

• Data can be encrypted while in-transit as well as when it is sitting on the device itself.

• Administrators can configure security policies. These policies may include to instruct user computers
and devices to encrypt work folders and to use a lock-screen password.

• It can use existing file server management technologies such as file classification and folder quotas to
manage user data.

• Failover Clustering can be used to ensure high-availability.

Limitations
Work Folders has the following limitations:
• Work Folders are currently supported on Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 only.

• It does not provide collaboration functionality such as sharing synchronized files or folders with other
users.
• There is no ability to selectively synchronize files in work folders; all files are synchronized.
• Users synchronized to their own folder on the file server—there is no support for synchronizing to
other file shares.

Work Folder Components

In order to implement Work Folders there are
specific software requirements and both server
and client side components that need to be
configured.

Software Requirements
Work Folders has the following software
requirements for file servers:
• A server running Windows Server 2012 R2 for
hosting sync shares and user data

• An NTFS formatted volume to store user files

• A server certificate from a certification authority

(CA) that is trusted by your users – a public CA
is best
To enable users to synchronize across the Internet, there are additional requirements:

• The file server must be accessible from the Internet

• A publicly registered domain name and associated Domain Name System (DNS) records
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Work Folders has the following software requirements for client computers:

• Windows 8.1

• Windows RT 8.1

• An NTFS formatted volume to store user files

Note: A Windows Server 2012 R2 cannot be a client of Work Folders.

Server Components
Work Folders is a role service of the File and Storage Services role. The Work Folders role service can be
installed on any edition of Windows Server 2012 R2 and can be installed alongside any other roles or
programs. For example, a domain controller or Exchange server can also host Work Folders.

Installing the Work Folders role service also installs the following roles and role services:

• File Server role service

• Web Server Role (Internet Information Services (IIS)) role

• IIS Management Console role service

• IIS Hostable Web Core role service

Once the role service is installed, the sync share must be created. You can create multiple sync shares on a
file server. Each one maps to different file system locations with different users and groups having access
and different policies defined per share.

Client Components
The ability to connect to and manage Work Folders folders and files is built into Windows 8.1.
Deployment can be manual or automatic.

Manual Deployment
A built-in item in Control Panel named Work Folders is used to supply the user’s corporate email address.
This email address is used to construct the URL for the Work Folders server and that URL is used to
connect to the Work Folders folder. If there is no corporate email address the URL can be entered
manually.

Opt-in Deployment
Work Folders settings can be delivered via Group Policy, Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration
Manager or by Windows Intune™. After the settings are delivered, the user can then decide if they want to
use Work Folders on that device.

Mandatory Deployment
Settings are delivered via Group Policy, System Center 2012 Configuration Manager or by Windows
Intune™. No user action is required. Work Folders is configured on the device.
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Configuring Work Folders

There are a number of steps on both the server

and a client that must be completed in order to
successfully configure Work Folders.

Server Configuration
Server configuration begins with the addition
of the Work Folders role service and then the
configuration of the sync share as outlined in
the following steps:

1. Use Server Manager or Windows PowerShell

to add the Work Folders role service and
dependent role services.

The following Windows PowerShell command adds the Work Folders role service:
Add-WindowsFeature FS-SyncShareService

2. Use the New Sync Share Wizard or Windows PowerShell to create a sync share. You must provide the
following information:

o The name of the server that will host the sync share.

o The path to the sync share. This is a path to a local folder or an existing shared folder on the local
server. If you are using an existing shared folder then the work folders can also be accessed by
the UNC path.
o The folder naming format. This is in the form of an email address or a user alias. The user alias is
compatible with technologies such as home folders. You can also specify that only a subfolder of
the sync share will be synchronized.
o The name of the sync share. This is the friendly name the sync share is known by.

o The names of the users or groups that will have access to the sync share. By default, inherited
permissions on the user folders is disabled and the user is granted exclusive access to the folder,
but you can change that.

o You can specify whether to encrypt the work folders and whether to automatically lock the
screen and require a password.
Windows PowerShell cmdlets New-SyncShare and Set-SyncShare are used to create and modify the
sync share. The following example creates a sync share named SalesShare at the local path of
C:\SalesShare, grants access to the Sales group, and sets the conflict resolution method to keep the
latest file saved.

New-SyncShare SalesShare -path C:\SalesShare -User Contoso\Sales -ConflictResolution

KeepLatest

The server must have an SSL certificate installed in the computer’s Trusted Root Certification Authority.
The common name (CN) in the certificate must match the name used as the Work Folders URL. For
example, if the client is making a request to https://syncsvr.contoso.com, then the CN must also be
https://syncsvr.contoso.com.

Note: A single file server can host multiple sync shares, which will require a certificate with
multiple hostnames (a Subject Alternative Name (SAN) certificate can be used).
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Client Configuration
Clients can be configured either manually or automatically. In either case the Work Folders connection
uses SSL, therefore clients must trust the server certificate. Although it is possible to use an internal CA,
those certificates are not normally trusted by non-domain joined devices. As a best practice, purchase the
server certificate from a public CA.

Reference Links: For more information about certificates for Work Folders see the article
"Work Folders Certificate Management" at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331094.

Manual Configuration
This requires the user to launch the Work Folders item in Control Panel and enter their corporate email
address. This address is used to build the URL (by default HTTPS://FQDN) of the file server, which will
connect the user to Work Folders. If the URL cannot be discovered by using the user’s email address, the
URL can be input manually.

Automatic Configuration using Group Policy

Automatic configuration can be accomplished via Group Policy. The following Group Policy settings are
used for configuring client computers:

Setting Description

Force automatic This computer configuration setting specifies whether Work Folders will be
setup for all users set up automatically for all users on this computer. This prevents users from
manually specifying the local folder in which files are stored. Work Folders uses
the settings specified in the user Group Policy configuration for Work Folders.

Specify Work This user configuration setting specifies the Work Folders server as well as
Folders settings whether or not the users are allowed to change settings on domain-joined
computers. When enabled, users receive settings for the Work Folders URL and
they can be prevented from manually specifying the local folder in which work
folders are stored. The default location is %userprofile%\Work Folders.

Note: Automatic configuration using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager or

Windows Intune is beyond the scope of this course.

Demonstration: How to Configure Work Folders

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• Install the Work Folders role service.

• Create a sync share for work folders on a file server.

• Configure Work Folder access on a Windows 8.1 client.

• Create a file in the work folder.

• Configure Work Folders to synchronize data on a second Windows 8.1 client.

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Demonstration Steps
Install the Work Folders role service
• On LON-SVR1, install the Work Folders role service.

Create a sync share on a file server

• In Server Manager, in File and Storage Services use the New Sync Share Wizard to create a new sync
share with the following parameters:
o Server Name: LON-SVR1
o Select by file share: Data
o Structure for user folders: User alias
o Sync share name: WorkFolders
o Grant synchronize access to groups: Domain Users
o Device policies: Automatically lock screen, and require a password

Configure Work Folder access on a Windows 8.1 client

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Navigate to C:\Labfiles\Mod10 and run the WorkFolders.bat.

This batch file adds a registry entry that allows unsecured connections to work folders.

3. Open Control Panel and, in System and Security, open the Work Folders item.
4. Setup Work Folders as follows:

Click Enter a Work Folders URL instead.

o Work Folders URL: http://lon-svr1.adatum.com
Normally this requires a secure connection
o Work Folders location: Accept default
o Policies: Accept the policies
5. Set up the Work Folders folder.

6. Open File Explorer.

Notice there is now a Work Folders folder under the This PC folder.

Create a file in the work folder

• Open the Work Folders folder and create a new text document.

Synchronize data on a second client computer

1. Sign in to LON-CL2 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. Navigate to C:\Labfiles\Mod10 and double-click SetIP.bat.
This configures the IP address of the client to be on the correct subnet.
3. Repeat steps 2 through 6 from the Configure Work Folder access on a Windows 8.1 Client task.

4. Open the Work Folders folder and notice the file you created is available from this computer.

5. Close all open windows.

6. Use Hyper-V Manager on the host computer to Revert 20410C-LON-CL2.
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Lesson 4
Configuring Network Printing
By using the Print and Document Services role in Windows Server 2012, you can share printers on a
network and centralize print server and network printer management. By using the Print Management
console, you can monitor print queues, and receive important notifications regarding print server activity.

Windows Server 2012 introduces new features and important changes to the Print and Document Services
role that you can use to manage your network printing environment better. This lesson explains the
important aspects of network printing, and introduces new network printing features that are available in
Windows Server 2012.

Lesson Objectives
After completing the lesson, you will be able to:
• Identify the benefits of network printing.
• Describe Enhanced Point and Print.
• Identify security options for network printing.
• Create multiple configurations for a print device.
• Describe printer pooling.
• Describe Branch Office Direct Printing.
• Identify methods for deploying printers to clients.

Benefits of Network Printing

You can configure network printing by using
Windows Server 2012 as a print server for users.
In this configuration, client computers submit
print jobs to the print server for delivery to a
printer that is connected to the network.

Benefits of Network Printing

• Centralized management. The biggest benefit
of using Windows Server 2012 as a print
server is centralized management of printing.
Instead of managing client connections to
many individual devices, you manage their
connection to the server. You install printer
drivers centrally on the server, and then distribute them to workstations.

• Simplified troubleshooting. By installing printer drivers centrally on a server, you also simplify
troubleshooting. It is relatively easy to determine whether printing problems are caused by the
printer, server, or client computer.

• Lower costs. A network printer is more expensive than those typically used for local printing, but it
also has significantly lower consumables costs and better quality printing. Therefore, the cost of
printing is still minimized, because the initial cost of the printer is spread over all the computers that
connect to that printer. For example, a single network printer could service 100 users or more.

• Users can search for printers easily. You can also publish network printers in AD DS, which allows
users to search for printers in their domain.
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Enterprise Print Management

Windows Server 2012 provides a Print Management console that allows administrators to manage
printing for the entire enterprise from a single interface. The Print Management console provides real-
time information about the status of printers and print servers on the network and can take actions such
as sending notifications or running scripts when printers need attention. With this console you can
connect to and manage printers on print servers running Microsoft Windows 2000 and higher.

The Print Services Tools are not installed by default; you install the role using Server Manager or Windows
PowerShell. Once installed, Print Services can detect print devices that exist on the same subnet as the
print server, install the appropriate printer drivers, set up print queues and share the printers. Printers can
then be deployed to users or computers through either existing or new group policies directly from the
Print Management console.

Reference Links: For more information see the TechNet article Print Management Step-
by-Step Guide at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331093.

What Is Enhanced Point and Print?

Enhanced Point and Print is a new feature in
Windows Server 2012 that makes it easier to
install drivers for network printers. Enhanced Point
and Print uses the new version 4 (v4) driver type
that is introduced in Windows Server 2012 and
Windows 8.

Understanding V3 Drivers and V4

Drivers
The Windows printer driver standard that is
used in previous versions of Windows Server
has existed in relatively the same form since
the introduction of version 3 (v3) drivers in the
Microsoft Windows 2000 operating systems. With v3 drivers, printer manufacturers create customized
print drivers for each specific device that they produce, to ensure that Windows apps can use all of their
printer’s features. With the v3 model, printer infrastructure management requires administrators to
maintain drivers for each print device in the environment, and separate 32-bit and 64-bit drivers for a
single print device, to support both platforms.

Introducing the V4 Printer Driver

Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 include support for v4 print drivers, which enables improved print
device driver management and installation. Under the v4 model, print device manufacturers can create
Print Class Drivers that support similar printing features and printing language that may be common to a
large set of devices. Common printing languages may include Printer Control Language (PCL), .ps, or XML
Paper Specification (XPS).
V4 drivers are typically delivered by using Windows Update or Windows Software Update Services. Unlike
v3 drivers, v4 drivers are not delivered from a printer store that is hosted on the print server.
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The v4 driver model provides the following benefits:

• Sharing a printer does not require provisioning drivers that match the client architecture.

• Driver files are isolated on a per-driver basis, preventing driver file naming conflicts.

• A single driver can support multiple devices.

• Driver packages are smaller and more streamlined than v3 drivers, resulting in faster driver installation
times.
• The printer driver and the printer user interface can be deployed independently.

Using Enhanced Point and Print for Driver Installation

Under the v4 model, printer sharing and driver installation operates automatically under Enhanced Point
and Print. When a network printer is installed on a client computer, the server and client work together to
identify the print device. The driver then installs directly from the driver store on the client machine, or
from Windows Update or Windows Software Update Services.
With Enhanced Point and Print, the print device drivers no longer need to be maintained on the print
server. Driver installation for network print devices becomes faster because printer drivers no longer need
to be transferred over the network from server to client.
If the driver store on the client machine does not contain a driver for the network printer that is being
installed, and if an appropriate driver cannot be obtained from Windows Update or Windows Server
Update Services, Windows uses a fallback mechanism to enable cross-platform printing using the print
driver from the print server.

Security Options for Network Printing

When a printer is shared over a network, in
many cases no security is required. The printer
is considered open-access, meaning everyone
is allowed to print on it. This is the default
configuration for a printer that is shared on a
Windows server.
The permissions that are available for shared
printing include:

• Print: This permission allows users to print

documents on the printer. By default, the
Everyone group is assigned this permission.

• Manage this printer: This permission allows users to modify printer settings, including updating
drivers. By default, this permission is given to Administrators, Server Operators, and Print Operators.
• Manage documents: This permission allows users to modify and delete print jobs in the queue. This
permission is assigned to CREATOR OWNER, which means that the user who creates a print job
manages that job. Administrators, Server Operators, and Print Operators also have this permission
for all print jobs.
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Demonstration: Creating Multiple Configurations for a Print Device

Creating multiple configurations for a print device enables you to assign print queues to specific users or
groups so that they can print high priority jobs to a printer that is being used by other users. When a print
job is sent to the high priority print queue, the print server will process the job before any jobs coming
from the normal priority queue.

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• Create a shared printer.

• Create a second shared printer using the same port.

• Increase printing priority for a high priority print queue.

Demonstration Steps

Create a shared printer

1. On LON-SVR1, open the Devices and Printers window.
2. Add a printer using the LPT1 local port, and the Brother Color Leg Type1 Class driver.

3. Name the printer AllUsers.

4. Share the printer using the default settings.

Create a second shared printer using the same port

1. On LON-SVR1, pen the Devices and Printers window.
2. Add a printer using the LPT1 local port, and the Brother Color Leg Type1 Class driver.

3. Name the printer Executives.

4. Share the printer using the default settings.

Increase printing priority for a high priority print queue

1. Open the Executives Printer properties window.

2. Increase the Priority to 10.

What Is Printer Pooling?

Printer pooling is a way to combine multiple
physical printers into a single logical unit. To client
computers, the printer pool appears to be a single
printer. When jobs are submitted to the printer
pool, any available printer in the printer pool can
process them.

Printer pooling increases the scalability and

availability of network printing by using a printer
pool. If one printer in the pool is unavailable (for
example, from a large print job, a paper jam,
or being offline), all jobs are distributed to the
remaining printers. If a printer pool does not have
sufficient capacity, you can add another printer to
the printer pool without performing any client
configuration.
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A printer pool is configured on a server by specifying multiple ports for a printer. Each port is the location
of one physical printer. In most cases, the ports are an IP address on the network, instead of a local LPT or
USB connection.

The requirements for a printer pool are as follows:

• Printers must use the same driver: Clients use a single printer driver for generating print jobs. All
printers must accept print jobs in the same format. In many cases, this means that a single printer
model is used.

• Printers should be in the same location: The printers in a printer pool should be located physically
close together. When users retrieve their print jobs, they must check all printers in the printer pool to
find their document. There is no way for users to know which printer has printed their document.

What Is Branch Office Direct Printing?

Branch Office Direct Printing reduces network
costs for organizations that have centralized their
Windows Server roles. When Branch Office Direct
Printing is enabled, Windows clients obtain printer
information from the print server, but send the
print jobs directly to the printer. The print data no
longer travels to the central server and then back
to the branch office printer. This configuration
reduces traffic between the client computer, the
print server, and the branch office printer, and
results in increased network efficiency.

Branch Office Direct Printing is transparent to the

user. In addition, the user can print even if the print server is unavailable for some reason (for example if
the wide area network (WAN) link to the data center is down). This is because the printer information is
cached on the client computer in the branch office.

Configuring Branch Office Direct Printing

Branch Office Direct Printing is configured by an administrator using the Print Management console or a
Windows PowerShell command-line interface.
To configure Branch Office Direct Printing from the Print Management console, use the following steps:
1. In Server Manager, open the Print Management console.

2. In the navigation pane, expand Print Servers, and then expand the print server that is hosting the
network printer for which Branch Office Direct Printing will be enabled.
3. Click the Printers node, right-click the desired printer, and then click Enable Branch Office Direct
Printing.

To configure Branch Office Direct Printing using Windows PowerShell, type the following cmdlet at a
Windows PowerShell prompt:
Set-Printer -name "<Printer Name Here>" -ComputerName <Print Server Name Here>
-RenderingMode BranchOffice
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Deploying Printers to Clients

Deploying printers to clients is a critical part of
managing printing services on the network. A
well-designed system for deploying printers is
scalable and can be used to manage hundreds or
thousands of computers.

The options for deploying printers are:

• Group Policy preferences. You can use Group

Policy preferences to deploy shared printers
to Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7,
and Windows 8 clients. The printer can be
associated with either the user account or
computer account, and can be targeted by
group. For Windows XP computers, you must
install the Group Policy Preference Client
Extension.

• Group Policy Object (GPO) created by Print Management. The Print Management administrative tool
can add printers to a GPO for distribution to client computers based on either a user account or a
computer account. Windows XP computers must be configured to run PushPrinterConnections.exe.

• Manual installation. Each user can add printers manually by either browsing the network or using
the Add Printer Wizard. It is important to note that network printers that are installed manually are
available only to the user that installed them. If multiple users share a computer, they must each
install the printer manually.
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Lab: Implementing File and Print Services

Scenario
Your manager has recently asked you to configure file and print services for the branch office. This
requires you to configure a new shared folder that will be used by multiple departments, configure
shadow copies on the file servers, and configure a printer pool.

Many other users want to be able to work on their data files while they are connected across the Internet
to other devices, for example, Windows RT-based tablets. You must ensure that these users are able to
access their work-related data files from other locations when offline.

Objectives
After performing this lab you will be able to:

• Create and configure a file share.

• Configure shadow copies.

• Enable and configure Work Folders.

• Create and configure a printer pool.

Lab Setup
Estimated time: 60 minutes

Virtual machines 20410C-LON-CL1

20410C-LON-DC1
20410C-LON-SVR1

User name Adatum\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

For this lab, you will use the available virtual machine environment. Before beginning the lab, you must
complete the following steps:

1. On the host computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V Manager.
2. In Hyper-V® Manager, click 20410C-LON-DC1 and in the Actions pane, click Start.

3. In the Actions pane, click Connect.

Wait until the virtual machine starts.

4. Sign in using the following credentials:

o User name: Administrator

o Password: Pa$$w0rd

o Domain: Adatum

5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for 20410C-LON-SVR1.

6. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-CL1. Do not sign in to LON-CL1 until directed to do so.
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Exercise 1: Creating and Configuring a File Share

Scenario
Your manager has asked you to create a new shared folder for use by all departments. There will be a
single file share with separate folders for each department. To ensure that users only see files to which
they have access, you need to enable access-based enumeration on the share.

There have been problems in other branch offices with conflicts when offline files are used for shared data
structures. To avoid conflicts, you need to disable Offline Files for this share.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Create the folder structure for the new share.

2. Configure NTFS permissions on the folder structure.

3. Create the shared folder.

4. Test access to the shared folder.

5. Enable access-based enumeration.

6. Test access to the share.

7. Disable Offline Files for the share.

 Task 1: Create the folder structure for the new share

• On LON-SVR1, open File Explorer and create the following folders:

o E:\Data
o E:\Data\Development

o E:\Data\Marketing

o E:\Data\Research
o E:\Data\Sales

 Task 2: Configure NTFS permissions on the folder structure

1. In File Explorer, block the NTFS permissions inheritance for E:\Data, and when prompted, convert
inherited permissions into explicit permissions.
2. In File Explorer, remove permissions for LON-SVR1\Users on subdirectories in E:\Data.

3. In File Explorer, add the following NTFS permissions for the folder structure:

Folder Permissions

E:\Data No change

E:\Data\Development Modify: Adatum\Development

E:\Data\Marketing Modify: Adatum\Marketing

E:\Data\Research Modify: Adatum\Research

E:\Data\Sales Modify: Adatum\Sales

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 Task 3: Create the shared folder

1. In File Explorer, share the E:\Data folder.

2. Assign the following permissions to the shared folder:

o Change: Adatum\Authenticated Users

 Task 4: Test access to the shared folder

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Bernard with the password Pa$$w0rd.

Note: Bernard is a member of the Development group.

2. Open File Explorer.

3. Navigate to \\LON-SVR1\Data.

4. Attempt to open the Development, Marketing, Research, and Sales folders.

Note: Bernard should have access to the Development folder. However, although Bernard
can still see the other folders, he does not have access to their contents.

5. Sign out of LON-CL1.

 Task 5: Enable access-based enumeration

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.
2. Open Server Manager.

3. Click File and Storage Management.

4. Click Shares.
5. Open the Properties dialog box for the Data share, and on the Settings page, enable Access-based
enumeration.

 Task 6: Test access to the share

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Bernard with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Open File Explorer, and navigate to \\LON-SVR1\Data.

Note: Bernard can now view only the Development folder, the folder for which he has been
assigned permissions.

3. Open the Development folder to confirm access.

4. Sign out of LON-CL1.

 Task 7: Disable Offline Files for the share

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.
2. Open File Explorer.
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3. Navigate to drive E.

4. Open the Properties dialog box for the Data folder, and disable Offline file caching.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have created a new shared folder for use by multiple
departments.

Exercise 2: Configuring Shadow Copies

Scenario
A. Datum Corporation stores daily backups offsite for disaster recovery. Every morning the backup from
the previous night is taken offsite. To recover a file from backup requires the backup tapes to be shipped
back onsite. The overall time to recover a file from backup can be a day or more.
Your manager has asked you to ensure that shadow copies are enabled on the file server so you can
restore recently modified or deleted files without using a backup tape. Because the data in this branch
office changes frequently, you have been asked to configure a shadow copy to be created once per hour.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Configure shadow copies for the file share.

2. Create multiple shadow copies of a file.

3. Recover a deleted file from a shadow copy.

 Task 1: Configure shadow copies for the file share

1. On LON-SVR1.

2. Open File Explorer.

3. Navigate to drive E, right-click Allfiles (E:), and then click Configure Shadow Copies.

4. Enable Shadow Copies for drive E.

5. Configure the settings to schedule hourly shadow copies for drive E.

 Task 2: Create multiple shadow copies of a file

1. On LON-SVR1, switch to File Explorer, and navigate to E:\Data\Development.
2. Create a new text file named Report.txt.

3. Switch back to the Allfiles (E:) Properties dialog box; it should still be opened on the Shadow
Copies tab. Click Create Now.

 Task 3: Recover a deleted file from a shadow copy

1. On LON-SVR1, switch back to File Explorer.

2. Delete the Report.txt file.

3. Open the Properties dialog box for E:\Data\Development, and then click the Previous Versions
tab.

4. Open the most recent version of the Development folder, and then copy the Report.txt file.
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5. Paste the file back into the Development folder.

6. Close File Explorer and all open windows.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have enabled shadow copies on the file server.

Exercise 3: Enabling and Configuring Work Folders

Scenario
You must now enable and configure Work Folders to support the requirements of your users. Domain
users have their own Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 tablet devices and want access to their work data
from anywhere. When they return to work, they want to be able to synchronize these data files. You will
use Group Policy to force the Work Folders settings to users and test the settings.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:
1. Install the Work Folders role service.

2. Create a Sync Share on the File Server.

3. Automate settings for users via Group Policy.
4. Test synchronization.

 Task 1: Install the Work Folders role service

• On LON-SVR1, use Windows PowerShell to run the following command to install the Work Folders
role service:
Add-WindowsFeature FS-SyncShareService
Note that the name of the feature is case-sensitive.

 Task 2: Create a Sync Share on the File Server

1. On LON-SVR1, use Windows PowerShell to run the following command to create the sync share
named Corp:
New-SyncShare Corp –path C:\CorpData –User “Adatum\Domain Users”
2. Open Server Manager and view the Work Folders to ensure the sync share was created.

 Task 3: Automate settings for users via Group Policy

1. On LON-DC1, create a GPO named Work Folders and link it to the Adatum.com domain.

2. Edit the Work Folders GPO as follows:

o Navigate to User Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates\Windows Components
\Work Folders.
o Enable the Specify Work Folders settings policy and specify the Work Folders URL as
http://lon-svr1.Adatum.com.
o Select Force automatic setup to force automatic setup.

3. Close all open windows.

 Task 4: Test synchronization

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. Use File Explorer to navigate to C:\Labfiles\Mod10 and double-click WorkFolders.bat

This adds a registry entry to allow unsecured connections to the work folders.
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3. Sign out of LON-CL1.

4. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator.

5. In File Explorer, open Work Folders and create a new text document named TestFile2.

6. Switch to LON-SVR1 and use File Explorer to open C:\CorpData\Administrator.

Ensure the new text file you created exists.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have installed the Work Folders role service, created a
sync share, and created a Group Policy Object to deliver the settings to the users automatically. You will
have also tested the settings.

Exercise 4: Creating and Configuring a Printer Pool

Scenario
Your manager has asked you to create a new shared printer for your branch office. However, instead of
creating the shared printer on the local server in the branch office, he has asked you to create the shared
printer in the head office and use Branch Office Direct Printing. This allows the printer to be managed in
the head office, but prevents print jobs from traversing WAN links.

To ensure high availability of this printer, you need to format it as a pooled printer. Two physical print
devices of the same model have been installed in the branch office for this purpose.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:
1. Install the Print and Document Services server role.

2. Install a printer.

3. Configure printer pooling.

4. Install a printer on a client computer.

 Task 1: Install the Print and Document Services server role

1. On LON-SVR1, open Server Manager.
2. Install the Print and Document Services role, and accept the default settings.

 Task 2: Install a printer

1. On LON-SVR1, use the Print Management console to install a printer with following parameters:
o IP Address: 172.16.0.200
o Driver: Microsoft XPS Class Driver

o Name: Branch Office Printer

2. Share the printer.

3. List the printer in AD DS.
4. Enable Branch Office Direct Printing.
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 Task 3: Configure printer pooling

1. On LON-SVR1, in the Print Management console, create a new port with the following configuration:
o Type: Standard TCP/IP port

o IP Address: 172.16.0.201

o Connection: Generic Network Card

2. Open the Branch Office Printer Properties dialog box, and on the Ports tab, enable printer pooling.
3. Select port 172.16.0.201 as the second port.

 Task 4: Install a printer on a client computer

• On LON-CL1, add a printer, selecting the Branch Office Printer on LON-SVR1 printer.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have installed the Print and Document Services server role
and installed a printer with printer pooling.

 Prepare for the next module

After you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines to their initial state.
To do this, complete the following steps.

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-SVR1, and then click Revert.
3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-CL1 and 20410C-LON-DC1.

Lab Review Questions

Question: How does implementing access-based enumeration benefit the users of the Data
shared folder in this lab?

Question: Is there another way you could recover the file in the shadow copy exercise? What
benefit do shadow copies provide in comparison?

Question: In Exercise 3, how could you configure Branch Office Direct Printing if you were in
a remote location and did not have access to the Windows Server 2012 GUI for the print
server?
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Module Review and Takeaways

Review Questions
Question: How does inheritance affect explicitly assigned permissions on a file?

Question: Why should you not use shadow copies as a means for data backup?

Question: In which scenarios could Branch Office Direct Printing be beneficial?

Tools
Tool Use Where to find it

Effective Access Tool Assessing combined permissions Under Advanced, on the Security
for a file, folder, or shared folder. tab of the Properties dialog box of a
file, folder or shared folder.

Net share Configuring Windows Server 2012 Command Prompt window.

command-line tool networking components.

Print Management Managing the print environment in The Tools menu in Server Manager.
console Windows Server 2012.
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Module 11
Implementing Group Policy
Contents:
Module Overview 11-1

Lesson 1: Overview of Group Policy 11-2

Lesson 2: Group Policy Processing 11-10

Lesson 3: Implementing a Central Store for Administrative Templates 11-16

Lab: Implementing Group Policy 11-20

Module Review and Takeaways 11-24

Module Overview
Maintaining a consistent computing environment across an organization is challenging. Administrators
need a mechanism to configure and enforce user and computer settings and restrictions. Group Policy can
provide that consistency by enabling administrators to centrally manage and apply configuration settings.
This module provides an overview of Group Policy and provides details about how to implement Group
Policy.

Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
• Create and manage Group Policy Objects.

• Describe Group Policy processing.

• Implement a Central Store for administrative templates.

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Lesson 1
Overview of Group Policy
You can use Group Policy to control the settings of the computing environment. It is important to
understand how Group Policy functions, so you can apply Group Policy correctly. This lesson provides an
overview of Group Policy structure, and defines local and domain-based Group Policy Objects (GPOs). It
also describes the types of settings available for users and groups.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the components of Group Policy.

• Describe multiple local GPOs.

• Describe storage options for domain GPOs.

• Describe GPO policies and preferences.

• Describe starter GPOs.

• Describe the process of delegating GPO management.

• Describe the process of creating and managing GPOs.

Components of Group Policy

Group Policy settings are configuration settings
that allow administrators to enforce settings by
modifying the computer-specific and user-specific
registry settings on domain-based computers. You
can group together Group Policy settings to make
GPOs, which you can then apply to users or
computers.

GPOs
A Group Policy Object (GPO) is an object that
contains one or more policy settings that apply
configuration setting for users, computers, or
both. GPO templates are stored in SYSVOL, and
GPO container objects are stored in Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS). You can manage GPOs by
using the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). Within the GPMC, you can open and edit a GPO by
using the Group Policy Management Editor window. GPOs are linked to Active Directory containers to
apply settings to the objects in those containers.

Group Policy Settings

A Group Policy setting is the most granular component of Group Policy. It defines a specific configuration
setting to apply to an object (a computer or a user, or both) within AD DS. Group Policy has thousands of
configurable settings. These settings can affect nearly every area of the computing environment.

Not all settings can be applied to all older versions of Windows Server® and Windows® operating systems.
Each new version introduces new settings and capabilities that only apply to that specific version. If a
computer has a Group Policy setting applied that it cannot process, the setting is simply ignored.
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Most policy settings have the following three states:

• Not Configured. The GPO does not modify the existing configuration of the particular setting for the
user or computer.
• Enabled. The policy setting is applied.

• Disabled. The policy setting is specifically reversed.

By default, most settings are set to Not Configured.

Note: Some settings are multi-valued or have text string values. These are typically used to
provide specific configuration details to apps or operating system components. For example, a
setting might provide the URL of the home page used in Windows Internet Explorer® or the path
to blocked apps.

The effect of a configuration change depends on the policy setting. For example, if you enable the
Prohibit Access to Control Panel policy setting, users cannot open Control Panel. If you disable the policy
setting, you ensure that users can open Control Panel. Notice the double negative in this policy setting:
You disable a policy that prevents an action, thereby allowing the action.

Group Policy Settings Structure

There are two distinct areas of Group Policy settings:

• User settings. These are settings that modify the HKey Current User hive of the registry.
• Computer settings. These are settings that modify the HKEY Local Machine hive of the registry.

User and computer settings each have three areas of configuration, as described in the following table.

Section Description

Software settings Contain software settings that can be deployed to either the user or the
computer. Software that is deployed to a user is specific to that user.
Software that is deployed to the computer is available to all users of
that computer.

Windows operating system Contain script settings and security settings for both user and computer,
settings and Internet Explorer maintenance settings for the user configuration.

Administrative templates Contain hundreds of settings that modify the registry to control various
aspects of the user and computer environment. New administrative
templates might be created by Microsoft or other vendors. You can add
these new templates to the GPMC. For example, there are Microsoft
Office templates that you can add to the GPME. You can download
these templates from the Microsoft website.

Group Policy Management Editor Window

The Group Policy Management Editor window displays the individual Group Policy settings that are
available in a GPO. These are displayed in an organized hierarchy that begins with the division between
computer settings and user settings, and then expands to show the Computer Configuration node and
the User Configuration node. The Group Policy Management Editor window is where you configure all
Group Policy settings and preferences.
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Group Policy Preferences

In addition to the Group Policy sections shown in the previous table, a Preferences node is present under
both the Computer Configuration and User Configuration nodes in the Group Policy Management Editor
window. Preferences provide even more capabilities with which to configure the environment, and are
discussed later in this module.

Local Group Policy

All systems that are running Microsoft Windows client or server operating systems also have available
local GPOs. Local policy settings only apply to the local machine, but you can export and import them to
other computers.

New in Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 R2 offers several new or updated Group Policy settings and features for computers
that run Windows Server 2012 R2 or Windows 8.1. These settings and features include the following:
• Faster processing by using a Group Policy Caching setting. This new setting allows computers to rely
on a local cache of a GPO when running in synchronous mode (which is the default mode for Group
Policy processing).
• Increased support for IPv6. New IPv6 settings include the ability to push IPv6 printers and IPv6 VPN
connections to computers. In addition, item-level targeting is available for IPv6.
• Extended logging for Group Policy operations. The Group Policy Operational event log contains more
details of operational events, including the length of processing time and the amount of time for
downloading policies, than previous versions. You can find this log here: Event Viewer\Applications
and Services\Microsoft\Windows\GroupPolicy\Operational.
• There are many new settings for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, including settings for
managing the Start screen layout, configuring charms, and customizing background colors.

What Are Multiple Local GPOs?

In Windows operating systems prior to
Windows Vista®, there was only one available
user configuration in the local Group Policy.
That configuration was applied to all users who
logged on from that local computer. This is still
true, but Windows Vista and newer Windows
client operating systems, and Windows Server
2008 and newer Windows Server operating
systems, have an added feature: multiple local
GPOs. Since Windows 8 and Windows Server
2012, you also can have different user settings for
different local users, but this is only available for
users’ configurations that are in Group Policy. In fact, there is only one set of computer configurations
available that affects all users of the computer.

Since Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, Computers that run Windows provide this ability with the
following three layers of local GPOs:
• Local Group Policy (contains the computer configuration settings)
• Administrators and Non-Administrators Local Group Policy
• User-specific Local Group Policy
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Note: The exception to this feature is domain controllers. Due to the nature of their role,
domain controllers cannot have local GPOs.

How the Layers Are Processed

The layers of local GPOs are processed in the following order:

1. Local Group Policy

2. Administrators and Non-Administrators Group Policy

3. User-specific Local Group Policy

With the exception of the Administrator or Non-Administrator categories, it is not possible to apply local
GPOs to groups, but only to individual local user accounts. Domain users are subject to the local Group
Policy, or to the Administrator or Non-Administrator settings, as appropriate.

Note: Domain administrators can disable processing local GPOs on clients that are running
Windows client operating systems and Windows Server operating systems by enabling the Turn
Off Local Group Policy Objects Processing policy setting.

Storage of Domain GPOs

Group Policy settings are presented as GPOs in
the GPMC, but a GPO is actually two components:
a Group Policy template, and a Group Policy
container.

Group Policy Template

Group Policy templates are the actual collection
of settings that you can change. The Group
Policy template is a collection of files stored in
the SYSVOL of each domain controller. SYSVOL
is located in the %SystemRoot% \SYSVOL\Domain
\Policies\GPOGUID path, where GPOGUID is the
globally unique identifier (GUID) of the Group
Policy container. When you create a GPO, a new Group Policy template is created in the SYSVOL folder,
and a new Group Policy container is created in AD DS.

Group Policy Container

The Group Policy container is an Active Directory object that is stored in the Active Directory database.
Each Group Policy container includes a GUID attribute that uniquely identifies the object within AD DS.
The Group Policy container defines basic attributes of the GPO such as links and version numbers, but it
does not contain any of the settings.
By default, when a Group Policy refresh occurs, the Group Policy client-side extensions (CSEs) only apply
settings in a GPO if the GPO has been updated.

The Group Policy client can identify an updated GPO by its version number. Each GPO has a version
number that is incremented each time a change is made. The version number is stored as an attribute
of the Group Policy container, and in a text file, GPT.ini, in the Group Policy Template folder. The Group
Policy Client knows the version number of each GPO that it has previously applied. If, during Group Policy
refresh, the Group Policy client discovers that the version number of the Group Policy container has been
changed, the CSEs are informed that the GPO is updated.
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When editing a Group Policy Object, the version you are editing is the version on the domain controller
that has the primary domain controller (PDC) emulator Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) role. It
does not matter what computer you are using to perform the editing, the GPMC is focused on the PDC
emulator by default. You can, however, change the focus of the GPMC to edit a version on a different
domain controller.

What Are Group Policy Preferences?

Group Policy preferences are a Group Policy
feature, which includes more than 20 Group Policy
extensions that expand the range of configurable
settings within a GPO. Configuring preferences
helps reduce the need for logon scripts.

Characteristics of Preferences
Preferences have the following characteristics:
• Preferences exist for both computers and
users.
• Unlike Group Policy settings, preferences are
not enforced, and users can change the
configurations that are established by preferences.
• Preferences can be managed through the Remote Server Administration Tool (RSAT).
• Preferences can be applied only once at startup or sign in, and can be refreshed at intervals.
• Unlike Group Policy settings, preferences are not removed when the GPO is no longer applied, but
you can change this behavior.
• You can target preferences easily to certain users or computers by using a variety of ways, such as by
the user’s security group membership or by the operating system version.
• Preferences are not available for local GPOs.
• Unlike a Group Policy setting, the user interface of a Group Policy preference setting is not disabled.

Common Uses for Group Policy Preferences

Although you can configure many settings through Group Policy preferences, the following are some of
the more common uses:
• Map network drives for users
• Configure desktop shortcuts for users or computers
• Set environment variables
• Map printers
• Set power options
• Configure Start menus
• Configure data sources
• Configure Internet options
• Schedule tasks
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What Are Starter GPOs?

Starter GPOs are templates that assist in the
creation of GPOs. When creating new GPOs, you
can choose to use a starter GPO as the source.
This makes it easier and faster to create multiple
GPOs with the same baseline configuration.

Available Settings
Starter GPOs contain settings from only the
Administrative Templates node of either the
User Configuration section or the Computer
Configuration section. The Software Settings and
Windows Settings nodes of Group Policy are not
available, because these nodes involve interaction
of services and are more complex and domain-dependent.

Exporting Starter GPOs

You can export starter GPOs to a Cabinet file (.cab) and then load that .cab file into another environment
that is completely independent of the source domain or forest. By exporting a starter GPO, you can send
the .cab file to other administrators, who can then use it in other areas. For example, you might create a
GPO that defines Internet Explorer security settings. If you want all sites and domains to employ the same
settings, then you could export the starter GPO to a .cab file, and then distribute it.

When to Use Starter GPOs

The most common situation in which you would use a starter GPO is when you want a group of settings
for a type of computer role. For example, you might want all corporate laptops to have the same desktop
restrictions, or all file servers to have the same baseline Group Policy settings, but enable variations for
different departments.

Included Starter GPOs

The GPMC includes a link to create a Starter GPO folder, which contains a number of predefined starter
GPOs. These policies provide preconfigured, security-oriented settings for Enterprise Clients (EC), in
addition to Specialized Security–Limited Functionality (SSLF) clients for both user and computer settings
on Windows Vista and Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) operating systems. You can use these
policies as starting points when you design security policies.

Delegating Management of GPOs

Administrators can delegate some of the Group
Policy administrative tasks to other users. These
users do not have to be domain administrators—
they can be users that are granted certain rights
to GPOs.

For example, a user who manages a particular

Organizational Unit (OU) could be tasked with
performing reporting and analysis duties, while
the help desk group is allowed to edit GPOs for
that OU. A third group made up of developers
might be put in charge of creating Windows
Management Instrumentation (WMI) filters.
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The following Group Policy administrative tasks can be delegated independently:

• Creating GPOs, including creating Starter GPOs

• Editing GPOs

• Managing Group Policy links for a site, domain, or OU

• Performing Group Policy modeling analysis

• Reading Group Policy results data

• Creating WMI filters

Members of the Group Policy Creator Owners group can create new GPOs and edit or delete GPOs that
they have created.

Group Policy Default Permissions

By default, the following users and groups have full access to manage Group Policy:

• Domain Admins
• Enterprise Admins

• Creator Owner

• Local System
The Authenticated User group has Read and Apply Group Policy permissions only.

Permissions for Creating GPOs

By default, only Domain Admins, Enterprise Admins, and Group Policy Creator Owners can create new
GPOs. You can use two methods to grant a group or user this right:
• Add the user to the Group Policy Creator Owners group

• Explicitly grant the group or user permission to create GPOs by using the GPMC

Permissions for Editing GPOs

To edit a GPO, the user must have both Read and Write access to the GPO. You can grant this permission
by using the GPMC.

Managing GPO Links

The ability to link GPOs to a container is a permission that is specific to that container. In the GPMC, you
can manage this permission by using the Delegation tab on the container. You can also delegate it
through the Delegation of Control Wizard in Active Directory Users and Computers.

Group Policy Modeling and Group Policy Results

You can delegate the ability to use the reporting tools either through the GPMC or through the
Delegation of Control Wizard in Active Directory Users and Computers.

Creating WMI Filters

You can delegate the ability to create and manage WMI filters either through the GPMC or through the
Delegation of Control Wizard in Active Directory Users and Computers.
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Demonstration: Creating and Managing GPOs

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• Create a GPO by using the GPMC.

• Edit a GPO in the Group Policy Management Editor window.

• Use Windows PowerShell to create a GPO.

Demonstration Steps
Create a GPO by using the GPMC
• Sign in to LON-DC1 as Administrator with a password of Pa$$w0rd, and create a policy named
Prohibit Windows Messenger.

Edit a GPO in the Group Policy Management Editor window

1. Edit the policy to prohibit the use of Windows Messenger.
2. Link the Prohibit Windows Messenger GPO to the domain.

Use Windows PowerShell to create a GPO named Desktop Lockdown

• In Windows PowerShell, import the grouppolicy module, and then use the following New-GPO
cmdlet:

New-GPO –Name "Desktop Lockdown"

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Lesson 2
Group Policy Processing
Understanding how Group Policy is applied is the key to being able to develop a Group Policy strategy.
This lesson shows you how Group Policy is associated with Active Directory objects, how it is processed,
and how to control the application of Group Policy. After creating the GPOs and configuring the settings
you want to apply, they must be linked to containers. GPOs are applied in a specific order. This order
might determine what settings are applied to objects. There are two default policies that are automatically
created. You can use these policies to deliver password and security settings for the domain and for
domain controllers. The application of policies can also be controlled through security filtering.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe a GPO link.

• Explain how to apply GPOs to containers and objects.

• Describe the Group Policy processing order.

• Describe the default GPOs.

• Describe GPO security filtering.

GPO Links
Once you have created a GPO and defined all the
settings that you want it to deliver, the next step is
to link the policy to an Active Directory container.
A GPO link is the logical connection of the policy
to a container. You can link a single GPO to
multiple containers by using the GPMC. You can
link GPOs to the following types of containers:

• Sites
• Domains

• Organizational Unit (OUs)

Once a GPO is linked to a container, by default

the policy is applied to all the objects in the container, and subsequently all the child containers under
that parent object. This is because the default permissions of the GPO are such that Authenticated Users
have Read and Apply Group Policy permission. You can modify this behavior by managing permissions on
the GPO.

You can disable links to containers, which removes the configuration settings. You can also delete links.
Deleting links does not delete the actual GPO, only the logical connection to the container.

GPOs cannot be linked directly to users, groups, or computers. In addition, GPOs cannot be linked to the
system containers in AD DS, including Builtin, Computers, Users, or Managed Service Accounts. The AD DS
system containers receive Group Policy settings from GPOs that are linked to the domain level only.
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Applying GPOs
Computer configuration settings are applied
at startup, and then are refreshed at regular
intervals. Any startup scripts are run at computer
startup. The default interval is every 90 minutes,
but this is configurable. The exceptions to this
default interval are domain controllers, which
have their settings refreshed every five minutes.

User settings are applied at logon and are

refreshed at regular, configurable intervals. The
default for this is also 90 minutes. Any logon
scripts are run at sign in.

Note: A number of user settings require two

sign ins before the user sees the effect of the GPO. This is because multiple users signing in to the
same computer use cached credentials to speed up sign ins. This means that, although the policy
settings are being delivered to the computer, the user is already signed in and thus the settings
do not take effect until the next sign in. The Folder Redirection setting is an example of this.

You can change the refresh interval by configuring a Group Policy setting. For computer settings, the
refresh interval setting is found in the Computer Configuration\Policies\Administrative Templates
\System\Group Policy node. For user settings, the refresh interval is found at the corresponding settings
under User Configuration. An exception to the refresh interval is the security settings. The security settings
section of the Group Policy is refreshed at least every 16 hours, regardless of the interval that you set for
the refresh interval.

You can also refresh Group Policy manually. The command-line utility Gpupdate refreshes and delivers
any new Group Policy configurations. The Gpupdate /force command refreshes all the Group Policy
settings. There is also a new Windows PowerShell Invoke-Gpupdate cmdlet, which performs the same
function.
A new feature in Windows Server 2012 and in Windows 8 is Remote Policy Refresh. This feature allows
administrators to use the GPMC to target an OU and force Group Policy refresh on all of its computers
and their currently signed-in users. To force a Group Policy refresh, right-click any OU, and then click
Group Policy Update. The update occurs within 10 minutes.

Group Policy Processing Order

GPOs are not applied simultaneously; rather,
they are applied in a logical order. GPOs that
are applied later in the process of applying GPOs
overwrite any conflicting policy settings that were
applied earlier.

GPOs are applied in the following order:

1. Local GPOs. Local GPOs are processed first.
Computers running Windows operating
systems already have a configured local
Group Policy.
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2. Site GPOs. Policies that are linked to sites are processed next.

3. Domain GPOs. Policies that are linked to the domain are processed next. There are often multiple
polices at the domain level. These policies are processed in order of preference.
4. OU GPOs. Policies linked to OUs are processed next. These policies contain settings that are unique to
the objects in that OU. For example, the Sales users might have special required settings. You can link
a policy to the Sales OU to deliver those settings.

5. Child OU policies. Any policies that are linked to child OUs are processed last.

Objects in the containers receive the cumulative effect of all polices in their processing order. In the case
of a conflict between settings, the last policy applied takes effect. For example, a domain-level policy
might restrict access to registry editing tools, but you could configure an OU-level policy and link it to the
IT OU to reverse that policy. Because the OU-level policy is applied later in the process, access to registry
tools would be available.

Note: Other methods such as Enforcement and Inheritance Blocking can change the effect
of policies on containers.

If multiple policies are applied at the same level, the administrator can assign a preference value to
control the order of processing. The default preference order is the order in which the policies were
linked.
The administrator can also disable the user or computer configuration of a particular GPO. If one section
of a policy is known to be empty, it should be disabled to speed up policy processing. For example, if
there is a policy that only delivers user desktop configuration, the administrator could disable the
computer side of the policy.

What Are the Default GPOs?

During the installation of the AD DS role, two
default GPOs are created: Default Domain Policy,
and Default Domain Controllers Policy.

Default Domain Policy

The Default Domain Policy is linked to the domain
and affects all security principles in the domain.
It contains the default password policy settings,
the account lockout settings, and the Kerberos
protocol. As a best practice, this policy should not
have other settings configured. If you need to
configure other settings to apply to the entire
domain, then you should create new policies to
deliver the settings, and then link those policies to the domain.

Note: Currently, fine-grained password policies are the typical enterprise method, although
they are beyond the scope of this module.
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Default Domain Controllers Policy

The Default Domain Controllers Policy is linked to the Domain Controllers OU, and should only affect
domain controllers. This policy is designed to provide auditing settings and user rights, and should not be
used for other purposes.

GPO Security Filtering

By nature, a GPO applies to all the security
principles in the container, and all child containers
below the parent. However, you might want to
change that behavior and have certain GPOs
apply only to particular security principles. For
example, you might want to exempt certain users
in an OU from a restrictive desktop policy. You
can accomplish this through security filtering.

Each GPO has an Access Control List (ACL) that

defines permissions to that GPO. The default
permission is for Authenticated Users to have the
Read and Apply Group Policy permissions applied.

By adjusting the permissions in the ACL, you can control which security principles receive permission to
have the GPO settings applied. There are two approaches you might take to do this:

• Deny access to the Group Policy

• Limit permissions to Group Policy

Note: The Authenticated Users group includes all user and computer accounts that have
been authenticated to AD DS.

Deny Access to Group Policy

If most security principles in the container should receive the policy settings but some should not, then
you can exempt particular security principles by denying them access to the Group Policy. For example,
you might have a Group Policy that all the users in the Sales OU should receive except the Sales Managers
group. You can exempt that group (or user) by adding that group (or user) to the ACL of the GPO, and
then setting the permission to Deny.

Limit Permissions to Group Policy

Alternatively, if you have created a GPO that should only be applied to a few security principles in a
container, you can remove the Authenticated Users group from the ACL, add the security principles that
should receive the GPO settings, and then grant the security principles the Read and Apply Group Policy
permissions. For example, you might have a GPO with computer configuration settings that should only
apply to laptop computers. You could remove the Authenticated Users group from the ACL, add the
computer accounts of the laptops, and then grant the security principles the Read and Apply Group Policy
permission.

The ACL of a GPO is accessed in the GPMC by selecting the GPO in the Group Policy Object folder, and
then clicking the Delegation>Advanced tab.
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Note: As a best practice, you should never deny access to the Authenticated User group. If
you do, then security principles would never receive the GPO settings.

Discussion: Identifying Group Policy Application

For this discussion, review the AD DS structure in
the graphic, read the scenario, and then answer
the questions on the slide.

Scenario
The following illustration represents a portion
of the A. Datum Corporation’s AD DS structure,
which contains the Sales OU with its child OUs
and the Servers OU.

FIGURE 11.1: AD DS STRUCTURE

• GPO1 is linked to the Adatum domain container. The GPO configures power options that turn off the
monitors and disks after 30 minutes of inactivity, and restricts access to registry editing tools.
• GPO2 has settings to lock down the desktops of the Sales Users OU, and configure printers for Sales
Users.

• GPO3 configures power options for laptops in the Sales Laptops OU.

• GPO4 configures a different set of power options to ensure that the servers never go into power save
mode.

Some users in the Sales OU have administrative rights on their computers, and have created local policies
to specifically grant access to Control Panel.
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Discussion Questions
Based on this scenario, answer the following questions:

Question: What power options will the servers in the Servers OU receive?
Question: What power options will the laptops in the Sales Laptops OU receive?

Question: What power options will all other computers in the domain receive?

Question: Will users in the Sales Users OU who have created local policies to grant access to
Control Panel be able to access Control Panel?
Question: If you needed to grant access to Control Panel to some users, how would you
do it?

Question: Can GPO2 be applied to other department OUs?

Demonstration: Using Group Policy Diagnostic Tools

In this demonstration, you will see how to:
• Use Gpupdate to refresh Group Policy.

• Use the Gpresult cmdlet to output the results to an HTML file.

• Use the Group Policy Modeling Wizard to test the policy.

Demonstration Steps
Use Gpupdate to refresh Group Policy
• On LON-DC1, use Gpupdate to refresh the GPOs.

Use the Gpresult cmdlet to output the results to an HTML file

1. Use Gpresult /H to create an HTML file that displays the current GPO settings.
2. Open the HTML report and review the results.

Use the Group Policy Modeling Wizard to test the policy

• Use the Group Policy Modeling Wizard to simulate a policy application for users in the Managers OU
who sign in to any computer.
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Lesson 3
Implementing a Central Store for Administrative
Templates
Larger organizations might have many GPOs with multiple administrators managing them. When an
administrator edits a GPO, the template files are pulled from the local workstation. The Central Store
provides a single folder in SYSVOL that contains all of the templates required to create and edit GPOs.

This lesson discusses the files that make up the templates, and covers how to create a Central Store
location to provide consistency in the templates that administrators use.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the Central Store.

• Describe administrative templates.

• Describe how administrative templates work.

• Describe managed and unmanaged policy settings.

What Is the Central Store?

If your organization has multiple administration
workstations, there could be potential issues
when editing GPOs. If you do not have a Central
Store that contains the template files, then the
workstation from which you are editing will use
the .admx (ADMX) and .adml (ADML) files that
are stored in the local PolicyDefinitons folder.
If different administration workstations have
different operating systems or are at different
service pack levels, there might be differences
in the ADMX and ADML files. For example, the
ADMX and ADML files that are stored on a
workstation running Windows 7 with no service pack installed might not be the same as the files that are
stored on a domain controller running Windows Server 2012. This could lead to administrators not seeing
the same settings in a GPO.

The Central Store addresses this issue. The Central Store provides a single point from which administration
workstations can download the same ADMX and ADML files when editing a GPO. The Central Store is
detected automatically by Windows operating systems (Windows Vista or newer or Windows Server 2008
or newer). Because of this automatic behavior, the local workstation that the administrator uses to
perform administration always checks to see if a Central Store exists before loading the local ADMX and
ADML files in the Group Policy Management Editor window. When the local workstation detects a Central
Store, it then downloads the template files from there. In this way, there is a consistent administration
experience among multiple workstations.
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Creating and Provisioning the Central Store

You must create and provision the Central Store manually. First you must create a folder on a domain
controller, name the folder PolicyDefinitions, and store the folder at C:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\{Domain
Name}\Policies\. This folder is now your Central Store. You must then copy all the contents of the
C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions folder to the Central Store. The ADML files in this folder are also in a
language-specific folder (such as en-US).

What Are Administrative Templates?

An administrative template is made up of two
XML files types:

• ADMX files that specify the registry setting to

change. AMDX files are language-neutral.
• ADML files that generate the user interface to
configure the Administrative Templates policy
settings in the Group Policy Management
Editor window. ADML files are
language-specific.

ADMX and ADML files are stored in the

%SystemRoot%\PolicyDefinitions folder or in the
Central Store. You can also create your own custom administrative templates in XML format.
Administrative templates that control Microsoft Office products (such as Office Word, Office Excel and
Office PowerPoint) are also available from the Microsoft website.

Administrative templates have the following characteristics:

• They are organized into subfolders that house configuration options for specific areas of the
environment, such as network, system, and Windows components.

• The settings in the Computer section edit the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE registry hive, and settings in
the User section edit the HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hive.
• Some settings exist for both User and Computer. For example, there is a setting to prevent Windows
Messenger from running in both the User and the Computer templates. In case of conflicting settings,
the Computer setting prevails.

• Some settings are available only to certain versions of Windows operating systems. Double-clicking
the settings displays the supported versions for that setting. Any setting that cannot be processed by
an older Windows operating system is simply ignored by that system.

ADM Files
Prior to Windows Vista, administrative templates had an .adm file extension (ADM). ADM files were
language-specific, and were difficult to customize. ADM files are stored in SYSVOL as part of the Group
Policy template. If an ADM file is used in multiple GPOs, then the file is stored multiple times. This
increases the size of SYSVOL, and therefore increases the size of Active Directory replication traffic.
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How Administrative Templates Work

Administrative Templates have settings for almost
every aspect of the computing environment. Each
setting in the template corresponds to a registry
setting that controls an aspect of the computing
environment. For example, when you enable the
setting that prevents access to Control Panel, the
value in the registry key that controls that aspect
also changes.

The Administrative Templates node is organized

as shown in the following table.

Section Nodes

Computer settings • Control Panel

• Network
• Printers
• System
• Windows Components
• All Settings

User settings • Control Panel

• Desktop
• Network
• Shared Folders
• Start Menu and Taskbar
• System
• Windows Components
• All Settings

Most of the nodes contain multiple subfolders to further organize settings into logical groupings. Even
with this organization, finding the setting that you need might be a daunting task.

To help you locate settings in the All Settings folder you can filter the entire list of settings in either the
computer or the user section. The following filter options are available:
• Managed or unmanaged
• Configured or not configured
• Commented
• By keyword
• By platform

You can also combine multiple criteria. For example, you could filter to find all the configured settings
that apply to Internet Explorer 10 by using the keyword ActiveX.
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Managed and Unmanaged Policy Settings

There are two types of policy settings: managed,
and unmanaged. All policy settings in a GPO’s
Administrative Templates are managed policies.
The Group Policy service controls the managed
policy settings and removes a policy setting when
it is no longer within scope of the user or
computer. The Group Policy service does not
control unmanaged policy settings. These policy
settings are persistent. The Group Policy service
does not remove unmanaged policy settings.

Managed Policy Settings

A managed policy setting has the following
characteristics:
• The UI is locked so that a user cannot change the setting. Managed policy settings result in the
appropriate UI being disabled. For example, if you configure the desktop wallpaper through a Group
Policy setting, then those settings are grayed out in the user’s local UI.
• Changes are made in the restricted areas of the registry to which only administrators have access.
These reserved registry keys are:

o HKLM\Software\Policies (computer settings)

o HKCU\Software\Policies (user settings)
o HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies (computer settings)

o HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Policies (user settings)

• Changes made by a Group Policy setting and the UI lockout are released if the user or computer falls
out of scope of the GPO. For example, if you delete a GPO, managed policy settings that had been
applied to a user are released. Typically, the setting then resets to its previous state. Also, the UI
interface for the setting is enabled.

Unmanaged Policy Settings

In contrast, an unmanaged policy setting makes a change that is persistent in the registry. If the GPO no
longer applies, the setting remains. This is often called tattooing the registry—in other words, making a
permanent change. To reverse the effect of the policy setting, you must deploy a change that reverts the
configuration to the desired state. Additionally, an unmanaged policy setting does not lock the UI for that
setting.

By default, the Group Policy Management Editor hides unmanaged policy settings to discourage
administrators from implementing a configuration that is difficult to revert. Many of the settings that are
available in Group Policy preferences are unmanaged settings.
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Lab: Implementing Group Policy

Scenario
A. Datum Corporation is a global engineering and manufacturing company with a head office based in
London, England. An IT office and a data center are located in London to support the London location
and other locations. A. Datum has recently deployed a Windows Server 2012 infrastructure with
Windows 8 clients.

In your role as a member of the server support team, you help to deploy and configure new servers and
services into the existing infrastructure based on the instructions given to you by your IT manager.
Your manager has asked you to create a Central Store for ADMX files to ensure that everyone can edit
GPOs that have been created with customized ADMX files. You also need to create a starter GPO that
includes Internet Explorer settings, and then configure a GPO that applies GPO settings for the Marketing
department and the IT department.

Objectives
After completing this lab, you will be able to:
• Configure a Central Store.

• Create GPOs.

Lab Setup
Estimated Time: 40 minutes

Virtual machines 20410C-LON-DC1

20410C-LON-CL1

User name Adatum\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

Lab Setup Instructions

For this lab, you will use the available virtual machine environment. Before you begin the lab, you must
complete the following steps:
1. On the host computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V®
Manager.

2. In Hyper-V Manager, click 20410C-LON-DC1. In the Actions pane, click Start.

3. In the Actions pane, click Connect. Wait until the virtual machine starts.

4. Sign in using the following credentials:

o User name: Adatum\Administrator

o Password: Pa$$w0rd

5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-CL1. Do not sign in until directed to do so.
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Exercise 1: Configuring a Central Store

Scenario
A. Datum recently implemented a customized ADMX template to configure an app. A colleague obtained
the ADMX files from the vendor before creating the GPO with the configurations settings. The settings
were applied to the app as expected.

After implementation, you noticed that you are unable to modify the app settings in the GPO from any
location other than the workstation that was originally used by your colleague. To resolve this issue, your
manager has asked you to create a Central Store for administrative templates. After you create the Central
Store, your colleague will copy the vendor ADMX template from the workstation into the Central Store.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. View the location of administrative templates in a Group Policy Object (GPO).

2. Create a Central Store.

3. Copy administrative templates to the Central Store.

4. Verify the administrative template location in GPMC.

 Task 1: View the location of administrative templates in a Group Policy Object (GPO)
1. Sign in to LON-DC1 as Administrator with a password of Pa$$w0rd.
2. Start the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC).

3. In the Group Policy Object folder, open the Default Domain Policy and view the location of the
administrative templates.

 Task 2: Create a Central Store

1. Open File Explorer and browse to C:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\Adatum.com\Policies.

2. Create a folder to use for the Central Store and name it PolicyDefinitions.

 Task 3: Copy administrative templates to the Central Store

• Copy the contents of the default PolicyDefinitions folder located at C:\Windows\PolicyDefinitions
to the new PolicyDefinitions folder located at C:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\Adatum.com\Policies.

 Task 4: Verify the administrative template location in GPMC

1. Verify that the Group Policy Management Editor is using the ADMX files from the Central Store
PolicyDefinitions folder by viewing the location information text of the Administrative templates
folder.

2. Close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have configured a Central Store.
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Exercise 2: Creating GPOs

Scenario
After a recent meeting of the IT Policy committee, management has decided that A. Datum will use Group
Policy to restrict user access to the General page of Internet Explorer.

Your manager has asked you to create a starter GPO that can be used for all departments with default
restriction settings for Internet Explorer. You then need to create the GPOs that will deliver the settings for
members of all departments except for the IT department.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Create a Windows Internet Explorer Restriction default starter GPO.

2. Configure the Internet Explorer Restriction starter GPO.

3. Create an Internet Explorer Restrictions GPO from the Internet Explorer Restrictions starter GPO.

4. Test the GPO for Domain Users.

5. Use security filtering to exempt the IT Department from the Internet Explorer Restrictions policy.

6. Test the GPO app for IT department users.

7. Test Application of the GPO for other domain users.

 Task 1: Create a Windows Internet Explorer Restriction default starter GPO

1. Open the GPMC and create a starter GPO named Internet Explorer Restrictions.

2. Type a comment that states This GPO disables the General page in Internet Options.

 Task 2: Configure the Internet Explorer Restriction starter GPO

1. Configure the starter GPO to disable the General page of Internet Options and name it Internet
Explorer Restrictions.

Hint: Select All Settings in Administrative Templates and filter for an exact match by using
the keywords General page.

2. Close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

 Task 3: Create an Internet Explorer Restrictions GPO from the Internet Explorer
Restrictions starter GPO
• Create a new GPO named IE Restrictions that is based on the Internet Explorer Restrictions starter
GPO, and then link it to the Adatum.com domain.

 Task 4: Test the GPO for Domain Users

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Brad, with a password of Pa$$w0rd.

2. Open Control Panel.

3. Attempt to change your home page.

4. Open Internet Options to verify that the General tab has been restricted.

5. Sign out from LON-CL1.

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 Task 5: Use security filtering to exempt the IT Department from the Internet Explorer
Restrictions policy
1. On LON-DC1, open the GPMC.

2. Configure security filtering on the Internet Explorer Restrictions policy to deny access to the IT
department.

 Task 6: Test the GPO app for IT department users

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Brad, with a password of Pa$$w0rd.

2. Open Control Panel.

3. Attempt to change your home page. Verify that the Internet Properties dialog box opens to the
General tab, and all settings are available.

4. Sign out from LON-CL1.

 Task 7: Test Application of the GPO for other domain users

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Boris, with a password of Pa$$w0rd.
2. Open Control Panel.

3. Attempt to change your home page.

4. Open Internet Options to verify that the General tab has been restricted.
5. Sign out from LON-CL1.

Results: After completing this lab, you should have created a GPO.

 Prepare for the next module

After you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state. To do this, complete the
following steps:
1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.
2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-CL1.

Lab Review Questions

Question: What is the difference between ADMX and ADML files?

Question: The Sales Managers group should be exempted from the desktop lockdown
policy that is being applied to the entire Sales OU. All sales user accounts and sales groups
reside in the Sales OU. How would you exempt the Sales Managers group?

Question: What Windows command can you use to force the immediate refresh of all GPOs
on a client computer?
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Module Review and Takeaways

Module Review Questions
Question: What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of using site-level GPOs?

Question: You have a number of logon scripts that map network drives for users. Not all
users need these drive mappings, so you must ensure that only the desired users receive the
mappings. You want to move away from using scripts. What is the best way to map network
drives for selected users without using scripts?

Best Practices
The following are recommended best practices:
• Do not use the Default Domain and Default Domain Controllers policies for uses other than their
default uses. Instead, create new policies.
• Limit the use of security filtering and other mechanisms that make diagnostics more complex.
• If they have no settings configured, disable the User or Computer sections of policies.
• If you have multiple administration workstations, create a Central Store.
• Add comments to your GPOs to explain what the policies are doing.
• Design your OU structure to support Group Policy application.

Common Issues and Troubleshooting Tips

Common Issue Troubleshooting Tip

A user is experiencing
abnormal behavior on their
workstation.

All users in a particular OU are

having issues, and the OU has
multiple GPOs applied.

Tools
Tool Use Where to find it

Group Policy Controls all aspects of Group Policy In Server Manager, on the Tools
Management Console menu
(GPMC)

Group Policy Configure settings in GPOs Accessed by editing any GPO

Management Editor
snap-in

Resultant Set of Policy Determine what settings are applying In the GPMC
(RSoP) to a user or computer

Group Policy Modeling Test what would occur if settings In the GPMC
Wizard were applied to users or computers,
prior to actually applying the settings

Local Group Policy Configure Group Policy settings that Accessed by creating a new
Editor apply only to the local computer Microsoft Management Console
(MMC) on the local computer,
and adding the Group Policy
Management Editor snap-in
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Module 12
Securing Windows Servers Using Group Policy Objects
Contents:
Module Overview 12-1

Lesson 1: Windows Operating Systems Security Overview 12-2

Lesson 2: Configuring Security Settings 12-6

Lab A: Increasing Security for Server Resources 12-17

Lesson 3: Restricting Software 12-24

Lesson 4: Configuring Windows Firewall with Advanced Security 12-28
Lab B: Configuring AppLocker and Windows Firewall 12-33

Module Review and Takeaways 12-39

Module Overview
Protecting IT infrastructure has always been a priority for organizations. Many security risks threaten
companies and their critical data. When companies fail to have adequate security policies, they can lose
data, experience server unavailability, and lose credibility.

To protect against security threats, companies must have well-designed security policies that include
many organizational and IT-related components. Security policies must be evaluated on a regular basis
because as security threats evolve, so must IT evolve.

Before you begin designing security policies to help protect your organization’s data, services, and IT
infrastructure, you must learn how to identify security threats, plan your strategy to mitigate security
threats, and secure your Windows Server® 2012 infrastructure.

Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:
• Describe Windows Server operating system security.

• Configure security settings by using Group Policy.

• Increase security for server resources.

• Restrict unauthorized software from running on servers and clients.

• Configure Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.

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Lesson 1
Windows Operating Systems Security Overview
As organizations expand their availability of network data, apps, programs, and systems, ensuring the
security of network infrastructure becomes more challenging. Security technologies in Windows
Server 2012 enable organizations to provide better protection for their network resources and
organizational assets in increasingly complex environments and business scenarios. This lesson reviews
the tools and concepts that are available for implementing security within a Windows 8® and Windows
Server 2012 infrastructure.

Windows Server 2012 includes numerous features that provide different methods for implementing
security. These features combine to form the core of the security functionality of Windows Server 2012.
Understanding these features and their associated concepts and being familiar with their basic
implementation are critical to maintaining a secure environment.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Identify security risks for Windows Server 2012 and the costs associated with them.

• Apply the defense-in-depth model to increase security.

• Describe best practices for increasing Windows Server 2012 security.

Discussion: Identifying Security Risks and Costs

The first step in defending your systems is
identifying the potential security risks and their
associated costs. Once you do that, you can begin
to make accurate decisions about how to allocate
resources to mitigate those risks.

Review the question on the slide and participate

in the discussion to identify some of the security
risks in Windows-based networks, and their
associated costs.
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Applying Defense-In-Depth to Increase Security

You can mitigate risks to your organization’s
computer network by providing security at various
infrastructure layers. The term defense-in-depth is
often used to describe the use of multiple security
technologies at different points throughout your
organization.

Defense-in-depth technologies include layers of

security that extend from user policies, to the app,
and to the data itself.

Policies, Procedures, and Awareness

Security policy measures need to operate within
the context of organizational policies regarding security best practices. For example, enforcing a strong
user password policy is not helpful if users write down their passwords and place them next to their
computer screens; users must be educated about how to protect their passwords. Another example of a
security best practice is ensuring that users do not leave their desktop computer without first locking the
desktop or signing off of the computer. When establishing a security foundation for your organization’s
network, it is a good idea to start by establishing appropriate policies and procedures and then make
users aware of them. You can then progress to the other aspects of the defense-in-depth model.

Physical Security
If any unauthorized person can gain physical access to a computer on your network, then most other
security measures can be more easily bypassed. You must ensure that computers containing the most
sensitive data (such as servers) are physically secure, and that physical access is granted only to authorized
personnel.

Perimeter
These days, no organization is an isolated enterprise. Organizations operate within the Internet, and
many organizational network resources are available from the Internet. This might include a website that
describes your organization’s services, or internal services that you make available externally—such as web
conferencing and email—so that users can work from home or from branch offices.

Perimeter networks mark the boundary between public and private networks. Providing reverse proxy
servers in the perimeter network enables you to provide more secure corporate services across the public
network.
Many organizations implement network access quarantine control, where computers that connect to the
corporate network are checked for different security criteria, such as whether the computer has the latest
security updates, antivirus updates, and other company-recommended security settings. If these criteria
are met, the computer is allowed to connect to corporate network. If not, the computer is placed in an
isolated network, called a quarantine, with no access to corporate resources. Once the computer has its
security settings remediated, it is removed from the quarantine network and is allowed to connect to
corporate resources.

Note: A reverse proxy, such as Microsoft Forefront® Threat Management Gateway 2010
(Forefront TMG), enables you to publish services such as email or web services, from the
corporate intranet without placing the email or web servers in the perimeter or exposing them to
external users. Forefront TMG acts as both reverse proxy and as a firewall solution.
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Networks
Once you connect your computers to a network (either internal or public), they are susceptible to
a number of threats including eavesdropping, spoofing, denial of service, and replay attacks. By
implementing Internet Protocol Security (IPsec), you can encrypt network traffic and protect data while
in transfer between computers.

When communication takes place over public networks, such as by employees who are working from
home or from remote offices, as a best practice they should connect to a firewall solution such as
Forefront TMG 2010 to protect from different types of network threats.

Host Computer Security Hardening

The next layer of defense is the layer that is used for the host computer. Together, the following steps
form a process that is referred to as host computer security hardening. On your host computer, you must:

• Keep computers secure with the latest security updates.

• Configure security policies, such as password complexity.

• Configure the host firewall.

• Install antivirus software.

Application Security Hardening

Apps are only as secure as your latest security update. Together, the following steps form a process that is
called application security hardening:
• Consistently use the Windows Update feature or the app vendor update web sites to keep your apps
up-to-date.

• Test apps to determine if they have any security vulnerabilities that might allow an external attacker
to compromise them or other network components.

Data Security
The final layer of security is data security. To help ensure the protection of your network, you should:
• Ensure the proper use of file user permissions by using Access Control Lists (ACLs).

• Implement the encryption of confidential data with Encrypting File System (EFS).

• Perform regular data backups.

Additional Reading:

• For the latest Microsoft security bulletin and advisory information, see Security for IT Pros at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=266741.

• For more information about common types of network attacks, see

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=266742.

Question: How many layers of the defense-in-depth model should you implement in your
organization?
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Best Practices for Increasing Security

Consider the following best practices for
increasing security:

• Apply all available security updates as quickly

as possible following their release. You should
strive to implement security updates as soon
as possible to ensure that your systems
are protected from known vulnerabilities.
Microsoft publicly releases the details of any
known vulnerabilities after an update has
been released, which can lead to an increased
volume of malware attempting to exploit the
vulnerability. However, you must still ensure
that you adequately test updates before they
are applied widely within your organization.

• Follow the principle of least privilege. Provide users and service accounts with the lowest permission
levels required to complete their necessary tasks. This ensures that any malware using those
credentials is limited in its impact. It also ensures that users are limited in their ability to accidentally
delete data or modify critical operating system settings.

• Mandate that administrators use separate administrative accounts for administration and
configuration changes. This ensures that administrators, while browsing the Internet or reading email,
are not exposing a user account that has virtually unlimited access to the IT environment.

• Restrict administrator console sign in. Signing in locally at a console is a greater risk to a server than
accessing data remotely. This is because some malware can only infect a computer by using a user
session at the desktop. If you allow administrators to use Remote Desktop Connection for server
administration, ensure that enhanced security features such as User Account Control (UAC) are
enabled.

• Restrict physical access. If someone has physical access to your servers, that person has virtually
unlimited access to the data on that server. An unauthorized person could use a wide variety of tools
to quickly reset the password on local administrator accounts and allow local access, or use a USB
drive to introduce malware. BitLocker can be effective at limiting or reducing the effectiveness of
some physical attacks.

Additional Reading: For more information about best practices for enterprise security, see
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=266743.
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Lesson 2
Configuring Security Settings
Once you have learned about security threats, risks, and best practices for increasing security, you can
start configuring security for your Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 environment. This lesson explains
how to configure security settings.

To apply those security settings to multiple users and computers in your organization, you can use Group
Policy. For example, you can configure password policy settings by using Group Policy, and then deploy
them to multiple users.
Group Policy has a large security component that you can use to configure security for both users and
computers. You can apply security consistently across the organization in Active Directory® Domain
Services (AD DS) by defining security settings in a Group Policy Object (GPO) that is associated with a site,
domain, or organizational unit (OU).

Additional Reading: For a detailed list of Group Policy settings, see the document "Group
Policy Settings Reference for Windows and Windows Server" at:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=266744.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
• Describe how to configure security templates.
• Describe what user rights are, and how to configure them.
• Describe how to configure Security Options.
• Describe how to configure UAC.
• Describe how to configure Security Auditing.
• Describe how to configure Restricted Groups.
• Describe how to configure Account Policy Settings.
• Describe Security Compliance Manager (SCM).
• Install and Use SCM.

Configuring Security Templates

Security templates are files that you use to
manage and configure security settings on
Windows-based computers. Depending on the
various categories of security settings, security
templates are divided into logical sections. You
can configure each of the following sections
according to a company’s needs and requests:

• Account Policies. Password Policy, Account

Lockout Policy, and Kerberos Policy

• Local Policies. Audit Policy, User Rights

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• Event Log. App, system, and security event log settings

• Restricted Groups. Membership of groups that have special rights and permissions

• System Services. Startup and permissions for system services

• Registry. Permissions for registry keys

• File System. Permissions for folders and files

When you configure a security template, you can use it to configure a single computer or to configure
multiple computers on the network. The following are a few ways that you can configure and distribute
security templates:

• Secedit.exe. You can use the secedit.exe command-line tool to compare the current configuration of
a computer running Windows Server 2012 to specific security templates.

• Security Templates snap-in. You can use this snap-in to create a security policy by using security
templates.
• Security Configuration and Analysis Wizard. You can use this wizard to analyze and configure
computer security.

• Group Policy. You can use Group Policy to analyze and configure computer settings, and to distribute
specific security settings.
• SCM. You can use the SCM to view security settings, compare settings to security baselines (which are
groups of settings designed on the basis of Microsoft security guides and best practices), customize
settings, and import or export GPO backups. SCM is described in detail in a later topic.

Configuring User Rights

User rights assignment refers to the ability to
perform actions in the operating system. Each
computer has its own set of user rights, such as
the right to change the system time. By default,
most rights are granted either to the Local System
or to the Administrator.
Privileges and Logon rights are two types of user
rights:
• Privileges define access to computer and
domain resources. For example, rights to back
up files and directories.

• Logon rights define who is authorized to sign in to a computer, and how they can sign in. For
example, logon rights may define the right to sign in to a system locally.
You can configure rights through Group Policy. Initially, the default domain policy does not have user
rights defined.

You can configure settings for User Rights by accessing the following location from the Group Policy
Management Console (GPMC):
• Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights
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Some examples of commonly used user rights (and policies configured by them) are:
• Add workstations to domain. Determines which users or groups can add workstations to the domain.

• Allow log on locally. Determines which users can sign in to the computer.

• Allow log on through Remote Desktop Services. Determines which users or groups have permission to
sign in by using Remote Desktop Services Client.

• Back up files and directories. Determines which users have permissions to back up files and folders on
a computer.

• Change the system time. Determines which users or groups have the rights to change the time and
date on the internal clock of the computer.

• Force shutdown from a remote system. Determines which users are allowed to shut down a computer
from a remote location on the network.

• Shut down the system. Determines which of the users who are locally signed in to a computer are
allowed to shut down the computer.

Configuring Security Options

You can also use Group Policy to access and
configure security options. The computer security
settings that you can configure in Security Options
include the following:
• Administrator and Guest account names

• Access to CD/DVD drives

• Digital data signatures
• Driver installation behavior

• Logon prompts
• UAC
You can configure settings for Security Options by accessing the following location from the GPMC:

• Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options

The following are examples of commonly used Security Options:

• Prompt user to change password before expiration. Determines how many days before a user’s
password expiring that the operating system provides a warning.
• Interactive logon: Do not display last user name. Determines whether the name of the last user to
sign in to the computer is displayed in the Windows logon window.

• Accounts: Rename administrator account. Determines whether a different account name is associated
with the security identifier (SID) for the administrator account.
• Devices: Restrict CD-ROM access to locally logged-on user only. Determines whether a CD-ROM is
accessible to both local and remote users simultaneously.
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Configuring User Account Control

Administrative accounts carry with them a higher
degree of security risk. When an administrative
account is signed in, its privileges allow access to
the entire Windows operating system, including
the registry, system files, and configuration
settings. As long as an administrative account is
signed in, the system is vulnerable to attack and
has the potential to be compromised.

User Account Control (UAC) is a security feature

that helps prevent unauthorized changes to a
computer. It does this by asking the user for
permission or for administrator credentials
before performing actions that could affect
the computer’s operation or that could change
settings that affect multiple users.

By default, both standard users and administrators run apps and access resources in the security context
of a standard user. The UAC prompt provides a way for a user to elevate his or her status from a standard
user account to an administrator account without signing out, switching users, or running an app by using
different credentials. Because of this, UAC creates a more secure environment in which to run and install
apps.
When an app requires administrator level permission, UAC notifies the user as follows:

• If the user is an administrator, the user confirms to elevate his or her permission level and continue.
This process of requesting approval is known as Admin Approval Mode.

Note: Since Windows Server 2008, the built-in Administrator account does not run in
Admin Approval Mode. The result is that no UAC prompts display when using the local
Administrator account.

• If the user is not an administrator, then a username and password for an account that has
administrative permissions needs to be entered. Providing administrative credentials temporarily
gives the user administrative privileges, but only to complete the current task. After the task is
complete, permissions change back to those of a standard user.

When using this process of notification and elevation to administrator account privileges, changes cannot
be made to the computer without the user knowing, because a prompt asks the user for permission or for
administrator credentials. This can help prevent malicious software (malware) and spyware from being
installed on or making changes to a computer.
UAC allows the following system-level changes to occur without prompting, even when a user is signed in
as a local user:

• Install updates from Windows Update

• Install drivers from Windows Update or those that are packaged with the operating system
• View Windows operating system settings

• Pair Bluetooth devices with the computer

• Reset the network adapter, and perform other network diagnostic and repair tasks
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Modifying UAC Behavior

You can modify the UAC notification experience to adjust the frequency and behavior of UAC prompts. To
modify UAC behavior on a single computer, access the Windows Server 2012 control panel in System and
Security.

You can configure settings for UAC by accessing the following location from the GPMC:

• Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options

The following are examples of some GPO settings that you can configure for UAC:

• User Account Control: Run all administrators in Admin Approval Mode. Controls the behavior of all
UAC policy settings for the computer. If this setting is disabled, UAC will not run on this computer.
• User Account Control: Administrator Approval Mode for the built-in Administrator account. When
you enable this setting, the built-in Administrator account uses Admin Approval Mode.

• User Account Control: Detect app installations and prompt for elevation. This setting controls the
behavior of app installation detection for the computer.

• User Account Control: Only elevate executables that are signed and validated. When you enable this
setting, a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) check is performed on the executable file to verify that it
originates from a trusted source. If the file is verified, then the file is permitted to run.

Note: By default, UAC is not configured or enabled in Server Core installations of Windows
Server 2012.

Configuring Security Auditing

Typically, one of the components of an
organization’s security strategy is recording user
activities. The activities may include successful or
unsuccessful attempts to access business-critical
data that is stored in different folders, or
successful or unsuccessful sign-in attempts on
different servers. Recording these security-related
events is called Security Auditing. Security auditing
adds entries to the Security Event Log that
administrators can then view in the Event Viewer.

Information in security event logs can help

your organization audit their compliance with
important business-related and security-related goals by tracking precisely defined activities such as:
• An administrator who modified settings or data on servers that contain highly confidential
information.

• An employee within a defined group that has accessed an important folder containing data from
different departments.
• A user who is trying to sign in to his or her account repeatedly without success from an internal
company computer. You might find that the employee who owns that user account was on a vacation
that week, which means some other employee was trying to sign in with a different user account.

You can configure settings for Security Auditing by accessing the following location from the GPMC:
• Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Audit Policy
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The following are examples of some GPO settings that you can configure for auditing:

• Audit account logon events. Determines whether the operating system audits each time the
computer validates an account’s credentials.
• Audit accounting management. Determines whether to audit each event of account management,
such as creating, changing, renaming, or deleting a user account, changing a password, or enabling
or disabling a user account.

• Audit object access. Determines whether operating system audits have access to non–Active Directory
objects, such as folders or files. Before configuring audit settings with Group Policy, you must
configure system access control lists (SACLs) on folders or files to allow auditing for a specific type of
action, such as write, read, or modify.

• Audit system events. Determines whether the operating system audits system-related events, such as
attempting to change the system time, attempting a system startup or shutdown, or the security log
size exceeding a configurable threshold warning.

When working with security auditing, be aware of the following concerns.

• Configuring Windows Server 2012 to audit activities generates a large amount of data that is difficult
to analyze.
• A large amount of data might cause servers or domain controllers to run out of disk space because
the Security Event Log can become very large. Recording a large amount of data may also cause poor
performance on legacy servers.

Additional Reading: For more information about security auditing, see the article "What’s
New in Security Auditing" at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=266747.

Configuring Restricted Groups

In some cases, you may want to control the
membership of certain groups in a domain—such
as the local administrators group—to prevent
other user accounts being added to those groups.

You can use the Restricted Groups policy to

control group membership by using either of the
following methods:

• You can specify which members are added to

a group.

If you choose this option, then when you

define a Restricted Groups policy and refresh
Group Policy, all current members remain while the defined members in the policy are added to the
existing membership.

• You can specify which members make up the total membership of a group.
If you choose this option, then when you define a Restricted Groups policy and refresh Group Policy,
any current member of a group that is not on the Restricted Groups policy members list is removed,
including default members such as the Domain Admins group.
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Although you can control domain groups by assigning Restricted Groups policies to domain controllers,
you should use this setting primarily to configure membership of critical groups such as Enterprise Admins
and Schema Admins. You can also use this setting to control the membership of built-in local groups on
workstations and member servers. For example, you can place the Helpdesk group into the local
Administrators group on all workstations.

You cannot specify local users in a domain GPO. Local users who currently are in the local group that the
Restricted Groups policy controls will be removed, depending on the Restricted Groups policy option that
you choose. The only exception to this is that the local Administrators account is always in the local
Administrators group.

You can configure settings for Restricted Groups by accessing the following location from the GPMC:
• Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Restricted Groups

Configuring Account Policy Settings

Account policies protect your organization’s
accounts and data by mitigating the threat of
attacks that try to guess account username and
password (these are sometimes referred to as
brute force attacks). Securing your network
environment requires that all users use strong
passwords. You use password policy settings
to control the complexity and lifetime of user
passwords. You configure password policy settings
through Group Policy.

Account Policies
Account policy components include password
policies, account lockout policies, and Kerberos policies.

The policy settings under Account policies are implemented at the domain level. A Windows Server 2012
domain can have multiple password and account lockout policies, which are called fine-grained password
policies. You can apply these multiple policies to a user or to a global security group in a domain, but not
to an OU.

Note: If you need to apply a fine-grained password policy to users of an OU, you can use a
shadow group, which is a global security group that is logically mapped to an OU.

You can configure settings for Account policies by accessing the following location from the GPMC:

• Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Account Policies

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Password Policy
Password policies that you can configure are listed in the following table.

Policy Function Best practice

Password must • Requires passwords to: Enable this setting. These complexity
meet requirements can help ensure a strong
• Be at least as long as specified by the
complexity password. Strong passwords are more
Minimum Password Length, with a
requirements difficult to decrypt than those
minimum of 3 characters if the
containing simple letters or numbers.
Minimum Password Length is set to 0.
Instruct users to use pass phrases to
• Contain a combination of at least create long passwords that are easy to
three of the following types of remember.
characters: uppercase letters,
lowercase letters, numbers, and
symbols (punctuation marks).
• Must not contain the user’s user name
or screen name.

Enforce Prevents users from creating a new The greater number ensures better
password password that is the same as their security. The default value is 24.
history current password or a recently used Enforcing password history ensures that
password. passwords that have been
To specify how many passwords are compromised are not used repeatedly.
remembered, provide a value. For
example, a value of 1 means that only
the last password is remembered, and a
value of 5 means that the previous five
are remembered.

Maximum Sets the maximum number of days that The default value is 42 days. Setting the
password age a password is valid. After this number of number of days too high provides
days, the user will have to change the hackers with an extended window of
password. opportunity to crack or brute force the
password. Setting the number of days
too low frustrates users who have to
change their passwords too frequently,
and could result in more frequent calls
to the IT help desk.

Minimum Sets the minimum number of days that Set the minimum password age to at
password age must pass before a password can be least 1 day. By doing so, you require
changed. that the user can only change their
password once a day. This helps
enforce other settings.
For example, if the past five passwords
are remembered, this ensures that at
least five days must pass before the
user can reuse the original password. If
the minimum password age is set to 0,
the user can change their password six
times on the same day and begin
reusing the original password on the
same day.
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(continued from previous page)

Policy Function Best practice

Minimum Specifies the fewest number of Set the length to between 8 and 12
password characters that a password can have. characters (provided that they also
length meet complexity requirements). A
longer password is more difficult to
crack than a shorter password,
assuming the password is not a
common word.

Store Provides support for apps that need to Do not use this setting unless you use
passwords by know a user password for authentication an app that requires it. Enabling this
using purposes. setting decreases the security of stored
reversible passwords.
encryption

Account Lockout Policy

Account Lockout Policies that you can configure are listed in the following table.

Policy Function Best practice

Account Specifies the number of failed login A setting of 5 allows for reasonable
lockout attempts that are allowed before the user error, and limits repeated login
threshold account is locked. attempts for malicious purposes. Note
For example, if the threshold is set to 3, that the threshold can have a negative
the account is locked out after a user impact by allowing for a denial of
enters incorrect login information three service attack on user objects, especially
times. from the Internet. Because of this, some
organizations are going toward a
higher threshold.

Account Allows you to specify a timeframe, in After the threshold has been reached
lockout minutes, after which the account and the account is locked out, the
duration automatically unlocks and resumes account should remain locked long
normal operation. If you specify 0, then enough to block or deter any potential
the account is locked indefinitely until attacks, but short enough not to
an administrator manually unlocks it. interfere with productivity for
legitimate users. A duration of 30 to 90
minutes works well in most situations.

Reset account Defines a timeframe for counting the Using a timeframe between 30 and 60
lockout incorrect login attempts. If the policy is minutes is usually sufficient to deter
counter after set for one hour, and the account automated attacks and manual
lockout threshold is set for three attempts by an attacker to guess a
attempts, a user can enter the incorrect password.
login information three times within one
hour. If they enter incorrect information
twice, but get it correct the third time,
the counter will reset after one hour has
elapsed (from the first incorrect entry) so
that future failed attempts will again
start counting at one.
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Kerberos Policy
This policy is for domain user accounts, and determines Kerberos-related settings such as ticket lifetimes
and enforcement. Kerberos policies do not exist in Local Computer Policy.

Using Security Compliance Manager

SCM provides the following core uses.

• Use SCM to maintain compliance and report on compliance. Many organizations adhere to specific
industry or government regulations and must submit to periodic compliance tests. SCM can be used
to validate that computers are configured for compliance, especially when paired with System
Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager, which has a Desired Configuration Management (DCM)
component that can be used for gathering compliance information. In this scenario, a baseline from
SCM can be exported and used in System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager.

• Use SCM to configure computers for compliance or security policies. SCM can be used to minimize
the administrative effort when configuring computers for compliance or security policies. SCM can
export a GPO which can then be linked to the appropriate containers in AD DS.

• Use SCM to maintain settings across two independent environments. Multiple GPOs can be imported
into SCM and then used for comparing and/or merging settings across environments. This is useful
when an organization has a production environment and a development environment (or multiple
iterations of each environment).
• Use SCM to learn about Microsoft recommended security settings. The built-in security guides are
in-depth and product-specific. They contain pertinent information and recommendations that will
help an organization understand risks and mitigation. They can be used to formulate or update
security policies and ensure that IT teams have the security knowledge to successfully deploy and
maintain the environments.

What is Security Compliance Manager?

Overview
Security Compliance Manager (SCM) is a free tool
from Microsoft that helps administrators secure
computers whether the computers reside locally,
remotely, or in the cloud. SCM is a Microsoft
Solution Accelerator, currently in version 3.0,
which automates some of the administrative tasks
of securing computers. SCM works as a standalone
tool or can be enhanced by combining it with
System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager.
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What does SCM do?

SCM provides the following core features:

• Baselines. Baselines are based on Microsoft security guides and best practices; they are a foundation
for deploying new settings. The baseline settings are specific to an operating system version, a
specific product version, or a specific component and can be downloaded or imported into SCM in
the form of .cab files as new ones become available. The baselines can be compared to your existing
settings, or to default settings. SCM provides an interface to view all of the settings. The settings can
be customized and then exported as a GPO backup.

• Security guides. The security guides are Microsoft guides for the major operating system versions and
product versions. They contain instructions and recommendations to help secure your environment.
Some of the guides that are included with SCM are the guides for Windows® 7 SP1, Internet
Explorer 10, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Windows Server 2012.

• Support for deploying policies to standalone computers. In addition to automating the deployment
of settings for domain-joined computers by using Group Policy, SCM helps minimize the
administrative overhead of securing non-domain-joined computers too.
• Import backups of existing GPOs. Existing backed-up GPOs can be imported into SCM for comparison
with the baselines. You can then customize the settings before exporting the new settings to a GPO
backup.

Requirements for SCM 3.0

SCM can be installed on a Windows client operating system or on a Windows server operating system.
The following prerequisites are required for SCM 3.0.
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86. The installer comes prepackaged with SCM 3.0. If it is not already
installed on the destination computer, then the SCM installer prompts to install it.

• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (including Express edition) or later installed on the destination computer. If
SQL is not installed then the SCM installer will install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express.

• Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. Although not required as part of the installation of SCM, some
of the supporting material and guides require Word or Excel. In the case of text documents, WordPad
(installed by default in Windows) can suffice but may be a degraded experience. However, all of the
documents can be saved elsewhere and opened up from another computer that already has Word
and Excel.
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Lab A: Increasing Security for Server Resources

Scenario
Your manager has given you some security-related settings that need to be implemented on all member
servers. You also need to implement file system auditing for a file share used by the Marketing
department. Finally, you need to implement auditing for domain logons.

Objectives
After completing this lab, you will be able to:

• Use Group Policy to secure member servers.

• Audit who is accessing specific files.

• Audit domain logons.

Lab Setup
Estimated time: 60 minutes

Virtual machines 20410C-LON-DC1

20410C-LON-SVR1
20410C-LON-SVR2
20410C-LON-CL1

User name Adatum\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

For this lab, you will use the available virtual machine environment. Before you begin the lab, you must
complete the following steps:
1. On the host computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V Manager.

2. In Hyper-V® Manager, click 20410C-LON-DC1, and in the Actions pane, click Start.
3. In the Actions pane, click Connect.

Wait until the virtual machine starts.

4. Sign in using the following credentials:

o User name: Adatum\Administrator

o Password: Pa$$w0rd

5. Repeat steps 2 through 4 for 20410C-LON-SVR1 and 20410C-LON-SVR2.

6. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-CL1. Do not sign in to LON-CL1 until directed to do so.
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Exercise 1: Using Group Policy to Secure Member Servers

Scenario
A. Datum uses the Computer Administrators group to provide administrators with permissions to
administer member servers. As part of the installation process for a new server, the Computer
Administrators group from the domain is added to the local Administrators group on the new server.
Recently, this important step was missed when configuring several new member servers.

To ensure that the Computer Administrators group is always given permission to manage member servers,
your manager has asked you to create a GPO that sets the membership of the local Administrators group
on member servers to include Computer Server Administrators. This GPO also needs to enable Admin
Approval Mode for UAC.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Create a Member Servers organizational unit (OU) and move servers into it.

2. Create a Server Administrators group.

3. Create a Member Server Security Settings Group Policy Object (GPO) and link it to the Member
Servers OU.
4. Configure group membership for local administrators to include Server Administrators and Domain
Admins.

5. Verify that Computer Administrators has been added to the local Administrators group.
6. Modify the Member Server Security Settings GPO to remove Users from Allow Log On Locally.

7. Modify the Member Server Security Settings GPO to enable User Account Control: Admin Approval
Mode for the Built-in Administrator account.
8. Verify that a non-administrative user cannot sign in to a member server.

 Task 1: Create a Member Servers organizational unit (OU) and move servers into it
1. On LON-DC1, open Active Directory Users and Computers.
2. Create a new OU named Member Servers OU.

3. Move servers LON-SVR1 and LON-SVR2 to Member Servers OU.

 Task 2: Create a Server Administrators group

• On LON-DC1, in Member Servers OU, create a new global security group called Server
Administrators.

 Task 3: Create a Member Server Security Settings Group Policy Object (GPO) and link
it to the Member Servers OU
1. On LON-DC1, open the Group Policy Management Console.

2. In the Group Policy Management Console, in the Group Policy Objects container, create a new GPO
with a name Member Server Security Settings.
3. In the Group Policy Management Console, link the Member Server Security Settings to Member
Servers OU.

 Task 4: Configure group membership for local administrators to include Server

Administrators and Domain Admins
1. On LON-DC1, open the Group Policy Management Console.
2. For the Default Domain Policy, open the Group Policy Management Editor window.
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3. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration\Policies

\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Restricted Groups.

4. Add the Server Administrators and Domain Admins groups to the Administrators group.
5. Close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

 Task 5: Verify that Computer Administrators has been added to the local
Administrators group
1. Switch to LON-SVR1.

2. Open a Windows PowerShell® window, and at the Windows PowerShell prompt, type following
command:

Gpupdate /force

3. Open Server Manager, open the Computer Management console, and then expand Local Users and
Groups.
4. Confirm that the Administrators group contains both ADATUM\Domain Admins and
ADATUM\Server Administrators as members.

5. Close the Computer Management console.

 Task 6: Modify the Member Server Security Settings GPO to remove Users from
Allow Log On Locally
1. On LON-DC1, in the Group Policy Management Console, edit the Member Server Security Settings
GPO.

2. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration\Policies

\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment.
3. Configure Allow log on locally for Domain Admins and Administrators security groups.

 Task 7: Modify the Member Server Security Settings GPO to enable User Account
Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account
1. On LON-DC1, in the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration
\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options.

2. Enable User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account.

3. Close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

 Task 8: Verify that a non-administrative user cannot sign in to a member server

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.
2. Open a Windows PowerShell window, and at the Windows PowerShell prompt, type following
command:

Gpupdate /force

3. Sign out from LON-SVR1.

4. Try to sign in to LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Adam with the password Pa$$w0rd.

Verify that you cannot sign in to LON-SVR1.

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5. To prepare for the next exercise, sign out of LON-SVR1, and sign back in to LON-SVR1 as
Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have used Group Policy to secure Member servers.

Exercise 2: Auditing File System Access

Scenario
The manager of the Marketing department has concerns that there is no way to track who is accessing
files that are on the departmental file share. Your manager has explained that only users with permissions
are allowed to access the files. However, the manager of the Marketing department would like to try
recording who is accessing specific files.

Your manager has asked you to enable auditing for the file system that is on the Marketing department
file share, and to review the results with the manager of the Marketing department.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Modify the Member Server Security Settings GPO to enable object access auditing.
2. Create and share a folder.

3. Enable auditing on the Marketing folder for Domain Users.

4. Create a new file in the file share from LON-CL1.

5. View the results in the security log on the domain controller.

 Task 1: Modify the Member Server Security Settings GPO to enable object access
auditing
1. Switch to LON-DC1.
2. In the Group Policy Management Console, edit the Member Server Security Settings GPO.

3. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration\Policies

\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Audit Policy.
4. Enable Audit object access with both Success and Failure settings.
5. Sign out of LON-DC1.

 Task 2: Create and share a folder

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.

2. On LON-SVR1, on drive C, create a new folder with the name Marketing.

3. Configure the Marketing folder with Read/Write sharing permissions for user Adam.

 Task 3: Enable auditing on the Marketing folder for Domain Users

1. On LON-SVR1, in the Local Disk (C:) window, configure auditing on the Marketing folder, with
following settings:
o Select a principal: Domain Users

o Type: All

o Permission: Read & execute, List folder content, Read, Write

o Leave other settings with their default values
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2. Refresh Group Policy by typing the following command at the Windows PowerShell prompt:

gpupdate /force

 Task 4: Create a new file in the file share from LON-CL1

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Open the Command Prompt window and type the following command:
gpupdate /force

3. Close the Command Prompt window.

4. Sign out from LON-CL1, and then sign in again as Adatum\Adam with the password Pa$$w0rd.

5. Open the Marketing folder on LON-SVR1, by using the following Universal Naming Convention
(UNC) path: \\LON-SVR1\Marketing.

6. Create a text document with a name Employees.

7. Sign out from LON-CL1.

 Task 5: View the results in the security log on the domain controller
1. Switch to LON-SVR1, and start Event Viewer.
2. In the Event Viewer window, expand Windows Logs, and then open Security.
3. Verify that following event and information is displayed:
o Source: Microsoft Windows Security Auditing
o Event ID: 4663
o Task category: File System
o An attempt was made to access an object

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have enabled file system access auditing.

Exercise 3: Auditing Domain Logons

Scenario
After a security review, the IT policy committee has decided to begin tracking all user logons to the
domain. Your manager has asked you to enable auditing of domain logons and verify that they are
working.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Modify the Default Domain Policy GPO.

2. Run GPUpdate.

3. Sign in to LON-CL1 with an incorrect password.

4. Review event logs on LON-DC1.

5. Sign in to LON-CL1 with the correct password.

6. Review event logs on LON-DC1.

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 Task 1: Modify the Default Domain Policy GPO

1. Sign in to LON-DC1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. On LON-DC1, start Server Manager, and then from Server Manager, start GPMC.

3. On LON-DC1, in the Group Policy Management Console, edit the Default Domain Policy GPO.

4. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration\Policies

\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Audit Policy.

5. Enable Audit account logon events with both Success and Failure settings.
6. Update Group Policy by using the gpupdate /force command.

 Task 2: Run GPUpdate

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Open the Command Prompt window and type the following command:

gpupdate /force

3. Close the Command Prompt window, and sign out from LON-CL1.

 Task 3: Sign in to LON-CL1 with an incorrect password

• Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Adam with the password password.

Note: This password is intentionally incorrect to generate a security log entry that shows
that that an unsuccessful sign in attempt has been made.

 Task 4: Review event logs on LON-DC1

1. On LON-DC1, start Event Viewer.
2. In the Event Viewer window, expand Windows Logs, and then click Security.

3. Review the event logs for the following message: “Event ID 4771 Kerberos pre-authentication
failed. Account Information: Security ID: ADATUM\Adam.”

 Task 5: Sign in to LON-CL1 with the correct password

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Adam with the password Pa$$w0rd.

Note: This password is correct, and you should be able to sign in successfully as Adam.

2. Sign out of LON-CL1.

 Task 6: Review event logs on LON-DC1

1. On LON-DC1, start Event Viewer.
2. In the Event Viewer window, expand Windows Logs, and then click Security.

3. Review the event logs for the following message: “Event ID 4624 An account was successfully
logged on. New Logon: Security ID: ADATUM\Adam.”

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have enabled domain logon auditing.
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 Prepare for the next lab

• To prepare for the next lab, leave the virtual machines running.

Lab Review Questions

Question: What happens if you configure the Computer Administrators group, but not the
Domain Admins group, to be a member of the Local Administrators group on all the
computers in a domain?

Question: Why do you need to not allow local logon on some computers?
Question: What happens when an unauthorized user tries to access a folder that has
auditing enabled for both successful and unsuccessful access attempts?

Question: What happens when you configure auditing for domain logons for both
successful and unsuccessful logon attempts?
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Lesson 3
Restricting Software
Users need to have access to the apps that help them do their jobs. However, unnecessary or unwanted
apps often get installed on client computers, whether unintentionally or for malicious or non-business
purposes. Unsupported or unused software is not maintained or secured by the administrators, and
could be used as an entry point for attackers to gain unauthorized access or spread computer viruses.
Consequently, it is of the utmost importance for you to ensure that only necessary software is installed on
all the computers in your organization. It is also vital that you prevent software from running that is not
allowed or is no longer used or supported.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Explain how to use software restriction policies (SRPs) to restrict unauthorized software from running
on servers and clients.

• Describe the purpose of AppLocker®.

• Describe AppLocker rules and how to use them to restrict unauthorized software from running on
servers and clients.

• Describe how to create AppLocker rules.

What Are Software Restriction Policies?

Introduced in the Windows® XP operating
system and the Windows Server 2003 operating
system, software restriction policies (SRPs) give
administrators tools that they can use to identify
and specify which apps are permitted to run on
client computers. You configure and deploy SRP
settings to clients by using Group Policy.

SRPs are used in Windows Server 2012 to provide

Windows Vista® compatibility. An SRP set is made
up of rules and security levels.

Rules
Rules govern how SRP responds to an app that is being run or installed. Rules are the key constructs
within an SRP, and a group of rules together determines how an SRP responds to apps that are being run.
Rules can be based on one of the following criteria that apply to the primary executable file for the app in
question:

• Hash. A cryptographic fingerprint of the file.

• Certificate. A software publisher certificate that is used to digitally sign a file.

• Path. The local or UNC path to where the file is stored.

• Zone. The Internet zone.

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Security Levels
Each applied SRP is assigned a security level that governs the way that the operating system reacts when
the app that is specified in the rule is run. The three available security levels are as follows:

• Disallowed. The software identified in the rule will not run, regardless of the access rights of the user.
• Basic User. Allows the software identified in the rule to run as a standard, non-administrative user.

• Unrestricted. Allows the software identified in the rule to run unrestricted by SRP.

Using these three settings, there are two primary ways to use SRPs:
• If an administrator has a comprehensive list of all the software that is allowed to run on clients, the
Default Security Level can be set to Disallowed. All apps that are allowed to run can be identified in
SRP rules that apply either the Basic User or Unrestricted security level to each individual app,
depending on the security requirements.

• If an administrator does not have a comprehensive list of the software that is allowed to run on
clients, the Default Security Level can be set to Unrestricted or Basic User, depending on security
requirements. All apps that are not allowed to run can then be identified in SRP rules, which would
use a security level setting of Disallowed.

You can configure settings for SRPs by accessing the following location from the GPMC:
• Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Software Restriction Policies

What Is AppLocker?
AppLocker, which was introduced in the
Windows 7 operating system and Windows
Server 2008 R2, is a security setting feature that
controls which apps users are allowed to run.

AppLocker provides administrators a variety of

methods for determining quickly and concisely
the identity of apps that they may want to restrict,
or to which they may want to permit access.
You apply AppLocker through Group Policy to
computer objects within an OU. You can also
apply Individual AppLocker rules to individual
AD DS users or groups.
AppLocker also contains options for monitoring or auditing the application of rules. AppLocker can help
organizations prevent unlicensed or malicious software from running, and can selectively restrict ActiveX®
controls from being installed. It can also reduce the total cost of ownership by ensuring that workstations
are standardized across the enterprise, and that users are running only the software and apps that are
approved by the enterprise.

Using AppLocker technology, companies can reduce administrative overhead and help administrators
control how users can access and use files, such as .exe files, scripts, Windows Installer files (.msi and .msp
files), DLLs, and packaged apps (Windows Store apps).
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You can use AppLocker to restrict software that:

• Is not allowed to be used in the company. For example, software that can disrupt employees’ business
productivity, such as social networking software, or software that streams video files or pictures that
can use large amounts of network bandwidth and disk space.
• Is no longer used or it has been replaced with a newer version. For example, software that is no
longer maintained, or for which licenses have expired.

• Is no longer supported in the company. Software that is not updated with security updates might
pose a security risk.

• Should be used only by specific departments.

You can configure settings for AppLocker by accessing the following location from the GPMC:
• Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Application Control Policies

Note: AppLocker uses the Application Identity service to verify the attributes of a file. This
service should be configured to start automatically on each computer where AppLocker will be
applied. If the Application Identity service is not running, then AppLocker policies will not be
enforced.

Additional Reading: For more information about AppLocker, see AppLocker overview at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=266745.

AppLocker Rules
AppLocker defines rules based on file attributes
that are derived from the digital signature of the
file. File attributes in the digital signature include:
• Publisher name

• Product name

• File name

• File version

Default Configuration
By default, no AppLocker policies are defined,
which means that no apps are blocked. You can
configure default rules for each rule collection. The default rules ensure that apps in the Program Files and
Windows directories are allowed to run, and all apps are allowed to run for the Administrators group. The
default rules should be enabled if you are going to implement AppLocker policies, as these apps are
necessary for Windows operating systems to run and operate normally.

Allow and Deny Rule Actions

Allow and Deny are rule actions that allow or deny execution of apps based on a list of apps that you
configure. The Allow action on rules limits execution of apps to an allowed list of apps, and blocks
everything else. The Deny action on rules takes the opposite approach and allows the execution of any
app except those on a list of denied apps. These actions also provide a means to identify exceptions to
those actions.
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Enforce or Audit Only

When AppLocker policy is set to Enforce, rules are enforced and all events are audited. When AppLocker
policy is set to Audit Only, rules are evaluated and events are written in to the AppLocker Log, but no
enforcement takes place. By using the Audit Only setting, administrators can gather information about
apps that are being run, understand which apps will not run when enforcement is used, and can see the
ramifications of AppLocker enforcement on the end users.

Demonstration: Creating AppLocker Rules

In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• Create a GPO to enforce the default AppLocker Executable rules.

• Apply the GPO to the domain.

• Test the AppLocker rule.

Demonstration Steps
Create a GPO to enforce the default AppLocker Executable rules
1. On LON-DC1, open the Group Policy Management Console.
2. Create a new GPO named WordPad Restriction Policy.

3. Edit the WordPad Restriction Policy’s Security Settings by using AppLocker to create a new
Executable Rule.
4. Set the permission of the new rule to Deny, the condition to Publisher, and then select
wordpad.exe. If prompted, click OK to create default rules.

5. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration\Policies

\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Application Control Policies\AppLocker.
6. In AppLocker, configure enforcement with Enforce rules.

7. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration\Policies

\Windows Settings\Security Settings\System Services.

8. Configure Application Identity Properties with Define this policy setting, and Select service
startup mode with Automatic.

Apply the GPO to the domain

1. In the Group Policy Management Console, apply the WordPad Restriction Policy GPO to the
Adatum.com domain.

2. Open the Command Prompt window, type gpupdate /force, and then press Enter.

Test the AppLocker rule

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Alan with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. In the Command Prompt window, type gpupdate /force, and then press Enter.
Wait for the policy to update.

3. Attempt to start WordPad, and verify that WordPad does not start.
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Lesson 4
Configuring Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is an important tool for enhancing the security of Windows
Server 2012. This snap-in helps to prevent several different security issues such as port scanning or
malware. Windows Firewall with Advanced Security has multiple firewall profiles, each of which applies
unique settings to different types of networks. You can manually configure Windows Firewall rules on
each server, or configure them centrally by using Group Policy.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the features of Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.

• Explain why a host-based firewall is important.

• Describe Firewall Profiles.

• Describe connection security rules.

• Explain how to deploy Windows Firewall rules.

• Secure network traffic by using Windows Firewall.

What Is Windows Firewall with Advanced Security?

Windows Firewall is a host-based firewall that is
included in Windows Server 2012. This snap-in
runs on the local computer and restricts network
access to and from that computer.
Unlike a perimeter firewall, which provides
protection only from threats on the Internet, a
host-based firewall provides protection from
threats wherever they originate. For example,
Windows Firewall protects a host from a threat
within the local area network (LAN).

Inbound and Outbound Rules

Inbound rules control communication that is initiated by another device or computer on the network,
with the host computer. By default, all inbound communication is blocked except the traffic that is
explicitly allowed by an inbound rule.

Outbound rules control communication that is initiated by the host computer, and is destined for a device
or computer on the network. By default, all outbound communication is allowed except the traffic that is
explicitly blocked by an outbound rule. If you choose to block all outbound communication except the
traffic that is explicitly allowed, you must carefully catalog the software that is allowed to run on that
computer and the network communication required by that software.
You can create inbound and outbound rules based on User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and TCP ports, as
well as other protocols. You can also create inbound and outbound rules that allow a specific executable
network access, regardless of the port number that is being used.
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Connection Security Rules

You use Connection Security Rules to configure IPsec for Windows Server 2012. When these rules are
configured, you can authenticate communication between computers, and then use that information to
create firewall rules based on specific user and computer accounts.

Additional Configuration Options

Windows Firewall with Advanced Security is a Microsoft Management Consoles (MMC) snap-in that allows
you to perform advanced configuration of Windows Firewall.

Windows Firewall in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 provides the following features:

• Supports filtering for both incoming and outgoing traffic.

• Integrates firewall filtering and IPsec protection settings.

• Enables you to configure rules to control network traffic.

• Provides network location-aware profiles.

• Enables you to import or export policies.

You can configure settings for Windows Firewall on each computer individually, or by accessing the
following location from the GPMC:
• Computer Configuration\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Windows Firewall with
Advanced Security

Note: Windows Server 2012 introduces the additional option for administering Windows
Firewall by using the Windows PowerShell command-line interface.

Discussion: Why Is a Host-Based Firewall Important?

Review the discussion question and participate in
a discussion to identify the benefits of using a
host-based firewall such as Windows Firewall with
Advanced Security.
Question: Why is it important to use a host-based
firewall such as Windows Firewall with Advanced
Security?
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Firewall Profiles
Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
uses firewall profiles to provide a consistent
configuration for networks of a specific type, and
allows you to define a network as either a domain
network, a public network, or a private network.

With Windows Firewall with Advanced Security,

you can define a configuration set for each type
of network; each configuration set is referred to as
a firewall profile. Firewall rules are activated only
for specific firewall profiles.

Windows Firewall with Advanced security includes

the profiles in the following table.

Profile Description

Public Use when you are connected to an untrusted public network.

Other than domain networks, all networks are categorized as Public. By default, the
Public profile (which is the most restrictive) is used in Windows Vista, Windows 7, and
Windows 8.

Private Use when you are connected behind a firewall.

A network is categorized as private only if an administrator or a program identifies the
network as private. Networks marked as Home or Work in Windows Vista, Windows 7,
and Windows 8 are added to the Private profile.

Domain Use when your computer is part of a Windows operating system domain.
Windows operating systems automatically identify networks on which it can authenticate
access to the domain controller. The Domain profile is assigned to these networks, and
this setting cannot be changed. No other networks can be placed in this category.

Windows Server 2012 allows multiple firewall profiles to be active on a server simultaneously. This means
that a multi-homed server that is connected to both the internal network and the perimeter network can
apply the domain firewall profile to the internal network, and the public or private firewall profile to the
perimeter network.

Connection Security Rules

A connection security rule forces authentication
between two peer computers before they can
establish a connection and transmit secure
information. They also secure that traffic by
encrypting the data that is transmitted between
computers. Windows Firewall with Advanced
Security uses IPsec to enforce these rules.
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The configurable connection security rules are:

• Isolation. An isolation rule isolates computers by restricting connections that are based on credentials
such as domain membership or health status. Isolation rules allow you to implement an isolation
strategy for servers or domains.
• Authentication Exemption. You can use an authentication exemption to designate connections that
do not require authentication. You can designate computers by a specific IP address, an IP address
range, a subnet, or a predefined group such as a gateway.

• Server-to-Server. A server-to-server rule protects connections between specific computers. This type
of rule usually protects connections between servers. When creating the rule, specify the network
endpoints between which communications are protected. Then designate requirements and the
authentication that you want to use.

• Tunnel. With a tunnel rule, you can protect connections between gateway computers. Typically, you
use a tunnel rule when connecting across the Internet between two security gateways.
• Custom. Use a custom rule to authenticate connections between two endpoints when you cannot set
up authentication rules that you need by using the other rules available in the new Connection
Security Rule Wizard.

How Firewall Rules and Connection Security Rules Work Together

Firewall rules allow traffic through the firewall, but do not secure that traffic. To secure traffic with IPsec,
you can create connection security rules. However, connection security rules do not allow traffic through a
firewall. You must create a firewall rule to do this. Connection security rules are not applied to programs
and services; instead, they are applied between the computers that make up the two endpoints.

Deploying Firewall Rules

How you deploy Windows Firewall rules is
an important consideration. Choosing the
appropriate method ensures that rules are
deployed accurately and with minimum effort.
You can deploy Windows Firewall rules in the
following ways:

• Manually. You can individually configure

firewall rules on each server. However, in an
environment with more than a few servers,
this is labor intensive and prone to error. This
method is typically used only during testing
and troubleshooting.

• Using Group Policy. The preferred way to distribute firewall rules is by using Group Policy. After
creating and testing a GPO with the required firewall rules, you can deploy the firewall rules quickly
and accurately to a large number of computers.

• Exporting and importing firewall rules. Windows Firewall with Advanced Security also gives you the
option to import and export firewall rules. You can export firewall rules to create a backup before you
manually configure firewall rules during troubleshooting.

Note: When you import firewall rules, they are treated as a complete set, and replace all
currently-configured firewall rules.
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Demonstration: Implementing secured network traffic with Windows

Firewall
In this demonstration, you will see how to:

• Check to see if ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) v4 is blocked.

• Enable ICMP v4 from LON-CL2 to LON-SVR2.

• Create a connection security rule so that traffic is authenticated to the destination host.

• Validate ICMP v4 after the connection security rule is in place.

Demonstration Steps
Check to see if ICMP v4 is blocked
1. Sign in to LON-CL2 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. On LON-CL2, ping 10.10.0.11 and notice that the ping times out.

Enable ICMP v4 from LON-CL2 to LON-SVR2

1. Sign in to LON-SVR2 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. On LON-SVR2, create a firewall rule to allow ICMPv4 from LON-CL2.

3. On LON-CL2, ping 10.10.0.11.

Notice that the ping goes through successfully.

Create a connection security rule

• On LON-SVR2, create an isolation-based connection security rule to authentication inbound traffic
and request authentication for outbound traffic.

Validate ICMP v4
• On LON-CL2, ping 10.10.0.11.

Notice that the ping goes through successfully.

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Lab B: Configuring AppLocker and Windows Firewall

Scenario
Your manager has asked you to implement AppLocker to restrict non-standard apps from running. He
also has asked you to create new Windows Firewall rules for any member servers running web-based
apps.

Objectives
After completing this lab, you will be able to:

• Configure AppLocker Policies.

• Configure Windows Firewall.

Lab Setup
Estimated time: 60 minutes

Virtual machines 20410C-LON-DC1

20410C-LON-SVR1
20410C-LON-CL1

User name Adatum\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

For this lab, you will use the available virtual machine environment. Before you begin the lab, you must
complete the following steps:
1. On the host computer, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Hyper-V Manager.

2. In Hyper-V Manager, click 20410C-LON-DC1, and in the Actions pane, click Connect.
Wait until the virtual machine starts.
3. If needed, sign in using the following credentials:

o User name: Adatum\Administrator

o Password: Pa$$w0rd
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1 and 20410C-LON-CL1.

Exercise 1: Configuring AppLocker Policies

Scenario
Your manager has asked you to configure new AppLocker policies to control the use of apps on user
desktops. The new configuration should allow apps to be run only from approved locations. All users must
be able to run apps from C:\Windows and C:\Program Files.

You also need to add an exception to run a custom-developed app that resides in a non-standard
location.

The first stage of the implementation records from which locations apps are being run now. The second
stage of implementation prevents unauthorized apps from running.
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The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Create an OU for client computers.

2. Move LON-CL1 to the Client Computers OU.

3. Create a Software Control GPO and link it to the Client Computers OU.

4. Run GPUpdate.

5. Run app1.bat in the C:\CustomApp folder.

6. View AppLocker events in an event log.

7. Create a rule that allows software to run from a specific location.

8. Modify the Software Control GPO to enforce rules.

9. Verify that an application can still be run.

10. Verify that an app cannot be run.

 Task 1: Create an OU for client computers

1. Switch to LON-DC1.
2. Open Active Directory Users and Computers.
3. Create new OU called Client Computers OU.

 Task 2: Move LON-CL1 to the Client Computers OU

• On LON-DC1, in Active Directory Users and Computers, move LON-CL1 to Client Computers OU.

 Task 3: Create a Software Control GPO and link it to the Client Computers OU
1. On LON-DC1, open the Group Policy Management Console.
2. In the Group Policy Management Console, in the Group Policy Objects container, create a new GPO
with the name Software Control GPO.
3. For the Software Control GPO, open the Group Policy Management Editor window.
4. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration/Policies
/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Application Control Policies/AppLocker.
5. Create default rules for the following:
o Executable Rules
o Windows Installer Rules
o Script Rules
o Packaged app Rules
6. Configure rule enforcement with the Audit only option for the following:
o Executable Rules
o Windows Installer Rules
o Script Rules
o Packaged app Rules
7. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration
\Windows Settings\Security Settings.
8. Click System Services, and then double-click Application Identity.
9. In the Application Identity Properties dialog box, click Define this policy setting and above Select
service startup mode, click Automatic, and then click OK.
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10. Close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

11. In the Group Policy Management Console, link the Software Control GPO to Client Computers OU.

 Task 4: Run GPUpdate

1. Switch to LON-CL1.

2. Open the Command Prompt window, and type the following command:

gpupdate /force

3. Close the Command Prompt window, and restart LON-CL1.

 Task 5: Run app1.bat in the C:\CustomApp folder

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. At the command prompt, type the following command and then press Enter:

gpresult /R

Review the result of the command and ensure that Software Control GPO is displayed under
Computer Settings, Applied Group Policy Objects.
3. If Software Control GPO is not displayed, restart LON-CL1 and repeat steps 1 and 2.

4. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter:

C:\CustomApp\app1.bat

 Task 6: View AppLocker events in an event log

1. On LON-CL1, start Event Viewer.
2. In the Event Viewer window, browse to Application and Services Logs/Microsoft/Windows
/AppLocker, and review the events.

3. Click MSI and Scripts and review event log 8005 that contains the following text:
%OSDRIVE%\CUSTOMAPP\APP1.BAT was allowed to run.

Note: If no events are displayed, ensure that the Application Identity service has started,
and try again.

 Task 7: Create a rule that allows software to run from a specific location
1. On LON-DC1, edit the Software Control GPO.

2. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration/Policies

/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Application Control Policies/AppLocker.
3. Create a new script rule with the following configuration:
o Permissions: Allow
o Conditions: Path
o Path: %OSDRIVE%\CustomApp\app1.bat
o Name and Description: Custom App Rule
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 Task 8: Modify the Software Control GPO to enforce rules

1. Use the Enforce rules option to configure rule enforcement for the following:
o Executable Rules
o Windows Installer Rules
o Script Rules
o Packaged app Rules

2. Close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

 Task 9: Verify that an application can still be run

1. Switch to LON-CL1.
2. Open the Command Prompt window, and type the following command:
gpupdate /force

3. Close the Command Prompt window and restart LON-CL1.

4. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Tony with the password Pa$$w0rd.

5. Open the Command Prompt window and verify that you can run the app1.bat app, which is located
in the C:\CustomApp folder.

 Task 10: Verify that an app cannot be run

1. On LON-CL1, from the CustomApp folder, copy app1.bat to the Documents folder.
2. Verify that app cannot be run from the Documents folder, and that the following message appears:
“This program is blocked by Group Policy. For more information, contact your system administrator.”

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have configured AppLocker policies for all users
whose computer accounts are located in the Client Computers OU. The policies you configured should
allow these users to run apps that are located in the folders C:\Windows and C:\Program Files, and run the
custom-developed app app1.bat in the C:\CustomApp folder.

Exercise 2: Configuring Windows Firewall

Scenario
Your manager has asked you to configure Windows Firewall rules for a set of new app servers. These app
servers have a web-based program that is listening on a non-standard port. You need to configure
Windows Firewall to allow network communication through this port. You will use security filtering to
ensure that the new Windows Firewall rules apply only to the app servers.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:
1. Create a group named Application Servers.

2. Add LON-SVR1 as a group member.

3. Create a new Application Servers GPO.

4. Link the Application Servers GPO to the Member Servers OU.

5. Use security filtering to limit the Application Server GPO to members of Application Server group.

6. Run GPUpdate on LON-SVR1.

7. View the firewall rules on LON-SVR1.
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 Task 1: Create a group named Application Servers

• On LON-DC1, in Active Directory Users and Computers, in the Member Servers OU, create a new
global security group named Application Servers.

 Task 2: Add LON-SVR1 as a group member

• In Active Directory Users and Computers, in the Member Servers OU, open Application Servers
Properties, and then add LON-SVR1 as a group member.

 Task 3: Create a new Application Servers GPO

1. On LON-DC1, open the Group Policy Management Console.
2. In the Group Policy Management Console, in the Group Policy Objects container, create a new GPO
with a name Application Servers GPO.

3. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration/Policies

/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
/Windows Firewall with Advanced Security - LDAP://CN={GUID}.

4. Configure an inbound rule with the following settings:

o Rule Type: Custom
o Protocol type: TCP
o Specific Ports: 8080
o Scope: Any IP address
o Action: Allow the connection
o Profile: Domain (clear both the Private and Public check boxes)
o Name: Application Server Department Firewall Rule
5. Close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

 Task 4: Link the Application Servers GPO to the Member Servers OU

• In the Group Policy Management Console, link the Application Servers GPO to the Member
Servers OU.

 Task 5: Use security filtering to limit the Application Server GPO to members of
Application Server group
1. On LON-DC1, open the Group Policy Management Console.
2. Expand the Member Servers OU, and then click Application Servers GPO.

3. In the right-hand pane, under Security Filtering, remove Authenticated Users, and configure
Application Servers GPO to apply only to the Application Servers security group.

 Task 6: Run GPUpdate on LON-SVR1

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.
2. Open the Command Prompt window, and type the following command:
gpupdate /force

3. Close the Command Prompt window.

4. Restart LON-SVR1, and then sign back in as Adatum\Administrator with the password of
Pa$$w0rd.
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 Task 7: View the firewall rules on LON-SVR1

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.

2. Start Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.

3. In the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security window, in Inbound rules, verify that the Application
Server Department Firewall Rule that you created earlier using Group Policy is configured.

4. Verify that you cannot edit the Application Server Department Firewall Rule, because it is
configured through Group Policy.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have used Group Policy to configure Windows Firewall
with Advanced Security to create rules for app servers.

 Prepare for the next module

When you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines to their initial state by performing the following steps:

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1 and 20410C-LON-CL1.

Lab Review Questions

Question: You configured an AppLocker rule based on a software path. How can you
prevent users from moving the folder containing the software so that they can still run it?
Question: You would like to introduce a new app that requires the use of specific ports.
What information do you need to configure Windows Firewall with Advanced Security, and
from what source can you get it?
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Module Review and Takeaways

Module Review Questions
Question: Does the defense-in-depth model prescribe specific technologies that you should
use to protect Windows Server operating system servers?

Question: What setting must you configure to ensure that users are allowed only three
invalid sign in attempts?
Question: You are creating a GPO with standardized firewall rules for the servers in your
organization. You tested the rules on a standalone server in your test lab. The rules appear
on the servers after the GPO is applied, but they are not taking effect. What is the most likely
cause of this problem?

Question: Last year, your organization developed a security strategy that included all aspects
of a defense-in-depth model. Based on that strategy, your organization implemented
security settings and policies on the entire IT infrastructure environment. Yesterday, you read
in an article that new security threats were detected on the Internet, but now you realize that
your company strategy does not include a risk analysis and mitigation plan for those new
threats. What should you do?

Best Practices
The following are best practices:
• Always make a detailed security risk assessment before planning which security features your
organization should deploy.
• Create a separate GPO for security settings that apply to different type of users in your organization,
because each department might have different security needs.
• Ensure that the security settings that you configure are reasonably easy to use so that employees
accept them. Frequently, very strong security policies are too complex or difficult for employees to
adopt.
• Always test security configurations that you plan to implement with a GPO in an isolated,
non-production environment. Only deploy policies in your production environment after you
complete this testing successfully.

Common Issues and Troubleshooting Tips

Common Issue Troubleshooting Tip

The user cannot sign in locally to a server.

After configuring auditing, there are too

many events logged in the Security Event
Log in Event Viewer.

Some users complain that their business

apps can no longer access resources on
the server.
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Tools
Tool Use Where to find it

Group Policy A graphical tool that you use to create, Server Manager/Tools
Management edit, and apply GPOs
Console

AppLocker Applies security settings that control Group Policy Management Editor
which apps are allowed to be run by snap-in
users

Windows Firewall A host-based firewall that is included as Server Manager/Tools if configured

with Advanced a feature in Windows Server 2008 and individually, or Group Policy
Security later Management Editor snap-in for
deploying with Group Policy

Security Deploying security policies based on Download from the Microsoft

Compliance Microsoft Security Guide website at http://go.microsoft.com
Manager recommendations and industry best /fwlink/?LinkID=266746.
practices
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Module 13
Implementing Server Virtualization with Hyper-V
Contents:
Module Overview 13-1

Lesson 1: Overview of Virtualization Technologies 13-2

Lesson 2: Implementing Hyper-V 13-8

Lesson 3: Managing Virtual Machine Storage 13-17

Lesson 4: Managing Virtual Networks 13-26

Lab: Implementing Server Virtualization with Hyper-V 13-32
Module Review and Takeaways 13-38

Module Overview
Server virtualization has only been a part of the Windows Server® operating system since the release
of Windows Server 2008 and the introduction of the Hyper-V® role. By using Server virtualization, your
organization can save money through server consolidation. However, to use Server Virtualization more
efficiently, server administrators need to be able to decide which server workloads will run effectively in
virtual machines, and which server workloads must remain deployed in a more traditional server
environment.

This module introduces you to the Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2,
the components of the role, how best to deploy the role, and the new features of the Hyper-V role that
are introduced with Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

Objectives
After completing this module, you will be able to:

• Describe virtualization technologies.

• Implement Hyper-V.

• Manage virtual machine storage.

• Manage virtual networks.

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Lesson 1
Overview of Virtualization Technologies
You can deploy many different types of virtualization technologies on networks where Windows®
operating systems are deployed. The types of virtualization technologies that you select depend on what
your organization needs to accomplish. Although this module is focused primarily on server virtualization,
in this lesson you will learn about other types of virtualization technologies, and the situations in which it
is appropriate to deploy them.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe server virtualization using Hyper-V.

• Describe Windows Azure™.

• Explain when you would use desktop virtualization.
• Determine the components required to implement presentation virtualization.

• Explain the advantages of using Microsoft application virtualization rather than traditional application
deployment.

Server Virtualization
With server virtualization, you can create separate
virtual machines and run them concurrently on a
single server that is running Hyper-V. These virtual
machines are known as guests. The computer that
is running Hyper-V is known as the virtualization
server or the management operating system.
Virtual machine guests function as normal
computers. When users are signed into a guest
virtual machine remotely using Remote Desktop
Connection (RDC) or a Windows PowerShell®
remote session, you would have to examine
closely the properties of the computer on which
the user is working to determine whether it is a virtual machine or a traditionally deployed physical
machine. Virtual machines that are hosted on the same virtualization server are independent of one
another. You can run multiple virtual machines that are using different operating systems on a
virtualization server simultaneously, provided the virtualization server has enough resources.

Implementing Virtual Machines to Maximize Hardware Usage

By implementing virtual machines, you use hardware more efficiently. In most cases, a service or
application does not consume more than a fraction of the virtualization server’s resources. This means
that you can install multiple services and applications on the same virtualization server and then deploy
them to multiple virtual machines. This ensures that the resources of that virtualization server are used
more effectively. For example, assume that you have four separate services and applications, each of
which consumes from 10 to 15 percent of a virtualization server’s hardware resources. You can install
these services and applications in virtual machines, and then place them on the same hardware where,
on average, they consume a total of 40 to 60 percent of the virtualization server’s hardware.
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This is a simplified example. In real-world environments, you must make adequate preparations before
co-locating virtual machines. You have to ensure that the hardware resource needs of all the virtual
machines that are hosted on the virtualization server do not exceed the server’s hardware resources.

Isolating Services and Applications

Keeping one particular service or application functioning reliably can be challenging and it becomes even
more complicated when you deploy multiple services and applications on the same server. For example,
you might need to deploy two separate operating systems at a branch office, but these operating systems
conflict when running on the same computer. If you can afford only one server then you can solve this
problem by running these applications within virtual machines on the same server.

Consolidating Servers
With server virtualization, you can consolidate servers that would otherwise need to run on separate
hardware onto a single virtualization server. Because each virtual machine on a virtualization server
is isolated from the other virtual machines on the same server, it is possible to deploy services and
applications that are incompatible with one another on the same physical computer, provided that
you host them within virtual machines. Examples of such services and applications include Microsoft®
Exchange Server 2013, SQL Server® 2012, and Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS). This means
that an organization only needs to deploy one physical server in place of the three servers that they
would have needed in the past.

Best Practice: We recommend that you do not deploy a Microsoft Exchange mailbox
server on the same computer that contains a domain controller role. We also recommend that
you do not deploy a SQL Server 2012 database engine instance on the same computer that
contains the domain controller role. Instead, deploy each of these workloads on separate virtual
machines and then run those virtual machines as guests on the same virtualization server; this is
a supported configuration.

Simplifying Server Deployment

You can also use virtualization to simplify the process of server deployment:

• Virtual machine templates for common server configurations are included with products such as
Microsoft System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). In these templates, many of the
parameters have been preconfigured with common settings so you do not have to configure the
setting of every parameter yourself.

• You can also create virtual machine self-service portals that enable end users to provision approved
servers and applications automatically. This lessens the workload of the systems administration team.
You create these virtual machine self-service portals with VMM and Microsoft System Center 2012 -
Service Manager.
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What Is Windows Azure?

Windows Azure is a cloud-based platform on
which you can purchase capacity, either for virtual
machines, for applications, or for services such as
SQL Server databases on SQL Azure™. One of the
advantages of using Windows Azure is that you
pay only for the capacity you use, rather than
paying a fixed rate. For example, rather than
paying a monthly flat rate to rent a server on a
rack at a hosting provider, you pay less when the
server is less busy and you pay more when the
server gets busier.

Cloud-based capacity is elastic, meaning it can

grow or shrink quickly as required. For example, in a traditionally hosted solution, you might choose
a specific server chassis, but then if your need for capacity or performance grows you have to switch to
a bigger class of server hardware. All of this takes time and planning. Similarly, if your need for capacity
or performance decreases, you need to decide whether migrating to a lower class of hardware is worth
the cost, or if your organization should continue to pay for a class of hardware that you do not need
right now—and may or may not need in the future. By using a hosting provider, capacity is scaled
automatically and you do not have to spend the time or money that it takes to switch from one server to
another.
Cloud-based virtual machines, applications, and services can be useful when you have to provide proof-
of-concept solutions for proposed projects. Rather than purchase test hardware and then deploy a proof-
of-concept solution to it, you can deploy a cloud-based virtual machine quickly, and then deploy the
proof-of-concept solution to that. Then, once the proof-of-concept solution is validated, you can discard
the virtual machine—or keep it, depending on operational concerns. In addition to being faster, this
solution is less expensive than buying the hardware for the proof-of-concept solution, which you may
opt to discard if the project is not approved.

Hosting Websites or Production Applications

On cloud-based platforms such as Windows Azure you can deploy applications without having to deploy
the underlying server infrastructure. For example, if you need a database, instead of deploying both
Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012 and then deploying the specific database, you can rent the
cloud-based database server and host the database there.
For a successful cloud-based strategy, you must determine which services and applications are
more economical to deploy on a cloud-based platform, and which services and applications are more
economical to host in a more traditional server environment on your own premises. Many factors that are
unique to your organization are involved in making this determination, and a strategy that is best for one
organization may not be appropriate for another.
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Desktop Virtualization

Client Hyper-V
You can install the Hyper-V role on computers
that are running the Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8
Enterprise Windows 8.1 Pro and Windows 8.1
Enterprise operating systems. This allows you to
run virtual machine guests on client computers.
Client Hyper-V, the Hyper-V feature in Windows 8
and Windows 8.1 operating systems, has slightly
different processor requirements than Hyper-V on
Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2.
Specifically, with the Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
client operating systems, the computer must have an x64 platform that supports Second-Level Address
Translation (SLAT), and have a minimum of 4 gigabytes (GB) of random access memory (RAM). This differs
from Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 which does not require SLAT.

Client Hyper-V on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1

The Client Hyper-V role on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 supports many of the features that are available
with Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012, but does not support Windows Server 2012 features such as
virtual machine migration. Client Hyper-V also does not support publishing applications that are installed
on the virtual machine guest to the management operating system’s Start menu. This was a feature of
Windows XP Mode on Windows 7, which uses Windows Virtual PC. (Windows Virtual PC is the client
virtualization feature available to some computers running specific editions of Windows 7.)

Client Hyper-V in Enterprise Environments

In enterprise environments, Client Hyper-V is often used for development purposes, or to allow specific
users to run previous versions of the Windows operating system, thereby allowing them to access
applications that are incompatible with Windows 8 or Windows 8.1

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

In Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), client operating systems are hosted centrally as virtual machines,
and clients connect to these virtual machines using client software such as RDC. You can configure a
server to support VDI by selecting a Remote Desktop Services installation in the Add Roles and Features
Wizard. When you configure a virtualization server to function as a VDI server, you can install the Remote
Desktop Virtualization Host role feature in addition to the Hyper-V role.
VDI can simplify the management of client operating systems by:

• Ensuring that all client computers that are hosted on a single server are backed up regularly.

• Hosting the client virtual machines on a highly available virtualization server.

• Ensuring that users can still access their virtual machine using other RDC methods when a client
computer fails.

You can also use VDI to implement a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy. In this scenario, workers bring
their own computer to the office and use RDC software to connect to the virtual machine to which they
are assigned.
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RemoteFX
RemoteFX is a technology that benefits VDI deployments by providing a set of enhancements to remote
desktop connections. With RemoteFX, virtual machines can display rich graphics and video capabilities
including media streaming. It also provides support for multi-touch. To use RemoteFX, the Hyper-V host
must have at least one GPU that supports DirectX 9.0c or later, and a CPU that supports second-level
address translation (SLAT). If multiple GPU are installed on the Hyper-V host, all GPUs must be identical.

Presentation Virtualization
Presentation virtualization differs from desktop
virtualization in the following ways:

• In desktop virtualization, each user is assigned

their own virtual machine that is running a
client operating system. In presentation
virtualization, users sign in and run separate
sessions on a server or servers. For example,
users Adam and Gavin might be signed in
simultaneously to the same remote desktop
server, yet be running different sessions using
RDC.
• With desktop virtualization, the applications
run within virtual machines. With presentation virtualization, the desktop and the applications run on
the virtualization server.
On networks that use Windows Server 2012, presentation virtualization is provided by the Remote
Desktop Services server role. Clients can access presentation virtualization in the following ways:

• Full Desktop. Clients can use a remote desktop client such as RDC to access a full desktop session and
run applications on the Windows Server 2012 virtualization server.

• RemoteApp programs. Rather than use a full desktop client such as RDC, the Windows Server feature
RemoteApp makes it possible for applications that run on the Windows Server 2012 server to display
on the client computer.

• Remote Desktop Web Access. Using Remote Desktop Web Access (RD Web Access), clients can access
a website on a specially configured server, and then launch RemoteApp programs and Remote
Desktop sessions from their browser.

Remote Desktop Gateway

Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) makes it possible for external clients to access Remote
Desktop and RemoteApp without using virtual private network (VPN), or DirectAccess, a feature of the
Windows 7 and Windows 8 operating systems. RD Gateway is a role service that you can install on a
computer running Windows Server 2012. You deploy RD Gateway servers on perimeter networks. You
then configure the RDC client with the address of RD Gateway servers. When you do this, the client checks
to see if the target remote desktop server is on the organizational network. If the remote desktop server is
on the network, the client makes a direct connection to it. If the remote desktop server is not on the
network, the client routes the connection to it through the RD Gateway server.
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What is Microsoft Application Virtualization?

With application virtualization, you do not install
apps permanently on client computers. Instead,
apps are deployed from a server to clients when
users want to use the app. Microsoft Application
Virtualization (App-V) uses the Microsoft
Application Virtualization Desktop Client (which is
installed on the client). App-V is available as part
of the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, and
is not a native Windows Server 2012 role or
feature.

App-V Features and Benefits

There are three main benefits of App-V:
application isolation application, application streaming, and application portability.
• Application Isolation. App-V isolates the application from the operating system and runs it in a
separate virtual environment. This means that you can run applications that might be incompatible
when run together on the same computer. For example, you can use App-V to deploy and run
different versions of Microsoft Office Word simultaneously.
• Application Streaming. Another useful feature of App-V is application streaming. When an application
is streamed, only those parts of the application that are being used are transmitted to the client
computer. This speeds up application deployment because only part of the application must be
transmitted across the network to the client computer.

• Application Portability. When App-V is deployed with Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration
Manager, users can use the same applications on multiple client computers, without requiring a
traditional installation on those client computers. For example, a user can sign in to a colleague’s
computer and then have App-V stream an application to them so that they can use it on that
computer. The application is not installed locally, and when the user signs out, the application is no
longer available to other users on that computer.

User Experience Virtualization

Just as App-V allows users to access their applications from different client computers, Microsoft User
Experience Virtualization (UE-V) allows users to have the same operating system and application settings
on multiple devices that are running Windows 7 and Windows 8. For example, when a user configures a
setting for an application that is delivered through App-V on one computer (such as configuring a custom
tab on a ribbon in a Microsoft Office product), that setting is available automatically when that
application is delivered through App-V to another computer.
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Lesson 2
Implementing Hyper-V
Understanding how Hyper-V works and how virtual machines function is critical to deploying server
virtualization effectively in a Windows Server 2012 network environment. This lesson discusses Hyper-V,
and the hardware requirements for deploying Hyper-V on a computer running Windows Server 2012. This
lesson also discusses the components of a virtual machine (with an emphasis on Dynamic Memory), and
the benefits of virtual machine integration services. Finally, it discusses how to measure virtual machine
resource use with Windows PowerShell cmdlets.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Install the Hyper-V role onto a server.

• Describe the appropriate hardware for Hyper-V deployment.

• Describe virtual machine hardware components.

• Configure Dynamic Memory.

• Configure virtual machine integration services.

• Configure virtual machine start and stop actions.

• Perform Hyper-V resource metering tasks.

• Describe the new features of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2.

What is Hyper-V?
Hyper-V is the hardware virtualization role that
is available in Windows Server 2012. Hardware
virtualization provides a hypervisor layer that has
direct access to the host server’s hardware. The
host operating system and all virtual machines
running on the host access the hardware through
the hypervisor layer. This is in contrast to software
virtualization products such as Microsoft Virtual
Server 2005 R2, that use the virtualization server’s
operating system to provide indirect access to the
server’s hardware.

You can deploy Hyper-V to a computer that is

running Windows Server 2012 by using the Add Roles and Features Wizard. You can configure Windows
Server 2012 as a virtualization server by using the Hyper-V role. Windows Server 2012 can then host
virtual machine guests that are running supported operating systems. You can manage virtual machine
administration locally through Windows PowerShell, or you can manage it remotely through the Hyper-V
Manager console.

You can install the Hyper-V role on both the Server Core installation of Windows Server 2012, and
Windows Server 2012 in the non-server core configuration. There is also a Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012
edition, which includes only the components necessary to host virtual machines.
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Note: In some documentation, the virtualization server (for example, the Windows
Server 2012 computer that is running Hyper-V) is called the parent partition, and a virtual
machine that is running on the server is called the child partition.

Hardware Requirements for Hyper-V

The server on which you plan to install the
Hyper-V role must meet the following hardware
requirements:

• The server must have an x64 platform that

supports hardware assisted virtualization and
Data Execution Prevention.

• The server must have enough CPU capacity

to meet the requirements of the guest virtual
machines.

A virtual machine hosted on Hyper-V in

Windows Server 2012 can support up to 64
virtual processors.

• The server must have enough memory to support all of the virtual machines that must run
concurrently, plus enough memory to run the host Windows Server 2012 operating system.
o The server must have at least 4 GB of RAM.

o A virtual machine hosted on Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 can support a maximum of
1 terabyte (TB) of RAM.

• The storage subsystem performance must meet the input/output (I/O) needs of the guest virtual
machines. Whether deployed locally or on storage area networks (SANs), you may have to place
different virtual machines on separate physical disks, or you may have to deploy a high performance
redundant array of independent disks (RAID), solid-state drives (SSD), hybrid-SSD, or a combination of
all three.

• The virtualization server’s network adapters must be able to support the network throughput needs
of the guest virtual machines. You can improve network performance by installing multiple network
adapters and using multiple Network Interface Cards (NICs).

Virtual Machine Hardware

Virtual machines use virtual (or simulated)
hardware. The management operating system,
Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V, uses the
virtual hardware to mediate access to actual
hardware. For example, you can map a virtual
network adapter to a virtual network that you
map in turn to an actual network interface.
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Virtual machines have the following simulated hardware by default:

• BIOS. Simulates the computer’s BIOS. On a standalone computer you can configure various BIOS-
related parameters, and similarly, on a virtual machine you can configure some of the same
parameters. These include:
o The boot order for the virtual machine’s virtual hardware.

o From which device the virtual machine boots (for example, from a DVD drive, Integrated Drive
Electronics (IDE), legacy network adapter, or floppy disk).

o Whether Num Lock is enabled at boot.

• Memory. You can allocate up 1 TB of memory resources to an individual virtual machine.

• Processor. You can allocate up to 64 virtual processors to a single virtual machine.

• IDE controller 0. A virtual machine can support only two IDE controllers and, by default, two are
allocated to each virtual machine. Each IDE controller can support two devices.
You can connect virtual hard drives or virtual DVD drives to an IDE controller. You can use IDE
controllers to connect virtual hard disks and DVD drives to virtual machines that use any operating
system that does not support integration services.

• IDE controller 1. Allows additional virtual hard drives and DVD drives to be deployed to the virtual
machine.

• SCSI controller. You can use a small computer system interface (SCSI) controller only on virtual
machines that have operating systems that support integration services.
• Synthetic network adapter. Synthetic network adapters represent computer network adapters. You
can only use synthetic network adapters with supported virtual machine guest operating systems.

• COM 1. Allows you to configure a connection through a named pipe.

• COM 2. Allows you to configure an additional connection through a named pipe.

• Disk drive. Allows you to map a virtual floppy disk image to a virtual disk drive.
You can add the following hardware to a virtual machine by editing the virtual machine’s properties and
then clicking Add Hardware:

• SCSI controller. You can add up to four virtual SCSI devices. Each controller supports up to 64 disks.
• Network adapter. A single virtual machine can have a maximum of eight synthetic network adapters.

• Legacy network adapter. You can use legacy network adapters with any operating systems that do
not support integration services. You can also use legacy network adapters to deploy operating
system images throughout the network. A single virtual machine can have up to four legacy network
adapters.

• Fibre Channel adapter. If you add a Fibre Channel adapter to a virtual machine, the virtual machine
can then connect directly to a Fibre Channel SAN. You can only add a Fibre Channel adapter to a
virtual machine if the virtualization server has a Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA) that also has a
Windows Server 2012 driver that supports virtual Fibre Channel.

• RemoteFX 3D video adapter. If you add a RemoteFX 3D video adapter to a virtual machine, the virtual
machine can then display high performance graphics by leveraging Microsoft DirectX® and graphics
processing power on the host Windows Server 2012 server.

Additional Reading: For more information about virtual Fibre channel adapters, see
Hyper-V Virtual Fibre Channel Overview at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=269712.
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What is Dynamic Memory?

In the first release of Hyper-V with Windows
Server 2008, you could only assign a static amount
of memory to virtual machines. Unless you took
special precautions to measure the precise
amount of memory that a virtual machine
required, you were likely to either under-allocate
or over-allocate memory.

Dynamic Memory was introduced with Windows

Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1). With
Dynamic Memory you can:
• Allocate a minimum amount of memory to a
virtual machine.

• Allow the virtual machine to request additional memory as the virtual machine needs it.
• Configure a maximum amount of memory to a virtual machine.
Thus, by using Dynamic Memory you no longer have to guess how much memory a virtual machine
requires; instead, you can configure Hyper-V so that the virtual machine is allocated as much memory as it
needs.

With Windows Server 2012, you can modify some of the Dynamic Memory minimum and maximum
memory values while the virtual machine is running. This was not possible with Windows Server 2008 R2
SP1. You can perform this task from a Virtual Machine’s Settings dialog box.

Note: Virtual machines must support Hyper-V integration services to use Dynamic Memory.

Smart Paging
Virtual machines may need more memory during startup than they need during normal operation.
Smart Paging, which is a new feature in Windows Server 2012, assigns additional temporary memory to
a virtual machine when you restart the virtual machine. This means that you can allocate memory based
on what the virtual machine needs when it is operating normally, rather than the amount that it needs
during startup. Smart Paging uses disk paging to assign additional temporary memory to a virtual
machine while it is restarting. However, using Smart Paging may result in lower performance because it
uses disk resources that would otherwise be used by the host server and other virtual machines.

Note: You can configure virtual machine memory using the Set-VMMemory Windows
PowerShell cmdlet.

Additional Reading: For more information about Hyper-V Dynamic Memory, see Hyper-V
Dynamic Memory Overview at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=269713.
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Configuring Virtual Machine Integration Services

You must install Virtual Machine Integration
Services if you want to use features such as
operating system shutdown, time synchronization,
and if you want to install virtual hardware
components, such as SCSI adapters and synthetic
network adapters, onto the virtual machines.

Virtual machine guest operating systems that are

supported by Hyper-V and that can use
Integration Services include:

• Windows Server 2012

• Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1

• Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 (SP2)

• Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2

• Windows Home Server 2011

• Windows MultiPoint® Server 2012

• Windows Small Business Server 2011

• Windows Server 2003 with SP2

• CentOS 6.0-6.2

• CentOS 5.5-5.7
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0-6.2

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5-5.7

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with SP1or SP2

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with Service Pack 4 (SP4)

• Windows 7 with SP1

• Windows Vista® with SP2

• Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3)

Note: Support for the Windows XP operating system expires in April 2014. Support for
Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2 expires in July 2015.

You can install the Hyper-V integration services components on an operating system by accessing the
Virtual Machine Connection window, and then in the Action menu, clicking the Insert Integration
Services Setup Disk item. You can then install the relevant operating system drivers either manually or
automatically. You can also enable the following virtual machine integration components:

• Operating system shutdown. Allows the server running Hyper-V to initiate a graceful shutdown of the
guest virtual machine.

• Time synchronization. Allows the virtual machine to use the virtualization server’s processor for the
purpose of time synchronization.
• Data exchange. Allows the server running Hyper-V to write data to the registry of the virtual machine.
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• Heartbeat. Allows Hyper-V to determine if the virtual machine has become unresponsive.

• Backup (volume checkpoint). Allows the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) provider to create
checkpoints of the virtual machine for the purposes of backup operation, without interrupting the
virtual machine’s normal operations.

Configuring Virtual Machine Start and Stop Actions

You can use virtual machine start and stop actions
to ensure that critical virtual machines always start
automatically whenever a server running Hyper-V
is restarted, and that they are shut down
gracefully if the server receives a shutdown
command. When you configure the virtual
machine start and stop actions, you select the
steps that the server running Hyper-V will perform
on specific virtual machines when the physical
server is started or shut down. You configure
startup and shutdown settings for each virtual
machine by editing the properties of the virtual
machine.

Automatic Start Options

You can configure the following options in the Automatic Start Actions window:
• Nothing. The virtual machine does not start automatically when the server running Hyper-V starts,
even if the virtual machine was in a running state when the server was shut down.

• Automatically start if it was running when the service stopped. The virtual machine restarts if it was
running when the server running Hyper-V received the command to shut down, or if the virtual
machine was running when the server suffered a failure that caused it to be powered off.

• Always start this virtual machine automatically. The virtual machine always starts when the server
running Hyper-V starts. You can configure a startup delay to ensure that multiple virtual machines do
not attempt to all start up at the same time.

Automatic Stop Options

You can configure the following options in the Automatic Stop Actions window:
• Save the virtual machine state. This option saves the active state of the virtual machine to disk,
including memory, when the server receives a shutdown command. This makes it possible for the
virtual machine to restart when the server that is running Hyper-V restarts.

• Turn off the virtual machine. The virtual machine is turned off when the server receives a shutdown
command. Data may be lost when this happens.

• Shut down the guest operating system. The virtual machine is shut down in a graceful manner when
the server receives a shutdown command. This option is available only if integration services
components are installed on the virtual machine.

Note: You can also configure virtual machine automatic start and stop actions by
using the Windows PowerShell cmdlet Set-VM with the AutomaticStartAction and
AutomaticStopAction parameters.
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Hyper-V Resource Metering

Resource metering allows you to track the
resource use of virtual machines that are hosted
on Windows Server 2012 servers with the Hyper-V
role installed.

With resource metering, you can measure the

following parameters on individual Hyper-V
virtual machines:
• Average CPU use.

• Average physical memory use, including:

o Minimum memory use.

o Maximum memory use.

• Maximum disk space allocation.

• Incoming network traffic for a network adapter.

• Outgoing network traffic for a network adapter.

By measuring how much of these resources each virtual machine uses, an organization can bill
departments or customers based on how much resources their virtual machines use, rather than charging
a flat fee per virtual machine. An organization with only internal customers can also use these
measurements to see patterns of use and plan future expansions. You perform resource metering tasks
from a Windows PowerShell command-line interface using the following cmdlets:
• Enable-VMResourceMetering. Starts collecting data on a per virtual machine basis.

• Disable-VMResourceMetering. Disables resource metering on a per virtual machine basis.

• Reset-VMResourceMetering. Resets virtual machine resource metering counters.

• Measure-VM. Displays resource metering statistics for a specific virtual machine.

Note: There is no GUI tool that you can use to perform resource metering.

Additional Reading: For more information about resource metering for Hyper-V, see
Hyper-V Resource Metering Overview at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=269714.
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What’s New with Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2

The Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2012 R2
includes a large number of improvements and
new features that were not available in Windows
Server 2012.

New features in Windows

Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
The Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2012 R2
includes a large number of improvements and
new features that were not available in Windows
Server 2012. The following table lists new features
in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V.

Feature Description

Shared virtual hard disk You can use this feature to cluster virtual machines by using shared virtual
hard disk (VHDX format) files.

Automatic virtual You can configure this feature to automatically activate virtual machines
machine activation on computers running the Datacenter edition of Windows Server 2012 R2.

Enhanced session mode You can use this feature to provide support for redirection of an increased
number of local resources including audio, printers, clipboard, display
configuration, smart cards, USB devices and supported Plug and Play
devices

Storage quality of You can use this feature to specify maximum and minimum I/O loads in
service terms of I/O operations per second on a per virtual hard disk basis.

Virtual machine You can use this feature to provide support for Generation 1 and
generation Generation 2 virtual machines.

Improved features in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V

The following table lists improved features in Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V.

Feature Improvement

Resize virtual hard disk This feature allows you to resize virtual hard disks while the virtual
machine is running.

Live migration This feature provides improved performance, including compression of

virtual machine RAM and cross-version live migration between Windows
Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V.

Failover Clustering This feature provides virtual network adapter protection and virtual
machine storage protection.

Integration Services This feature provides the ability to copy files to a virtual machine without
using a network connection or having to shut down the virtual machine.

Export This feature allows you to export a virtual machine with all checkpoints or
a single virtual machine checkpoint while the virtual machine is running.
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Feature Improvement

Replica This feature supports extended replication and configurable replication

frequency.

Linux support This feature provides support for Linux virtual machine backup and for
VMs running Linux to support dynamic memory.

Management This feature provides support for managing Hyper-V on Windows

Server 2012 R2 from computers running Windows® 8 or Windows
Server 2012.

Additional Reading: For more information, see “What’s New in Hyper-V in

Windows Server 2012 R2” at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331078.
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Lesson 3
Managing Virtual Machine Storage
Hyper-V provides many different virtual machine storage options. By knowing which option is appropriate
for a given situation, you can help ensure that a virtual machine performs well. However, if you do not
understand the different virtual machine storage options, you may end up deploying virtual hard disks
that consume unnecessary space, or that place an unnecessary performance burden on the virtualization
server.

In this lesson, you will learn about different virtual hard disk types, different virtual hard disk formats, and
the benefits and limitations of using virtual machine checkpoints.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe the purpose of virtual hard disk.

• Describe SMB 3.0.

• Explain how to create a virtual hard disk type.

• Explain how to manage virtual hard disks.

• Explain how to deploy differencing virtual hard disks to reduce storage needs.

• Explain how to use virtual machine checkpoints.

What Is a Virtual Hard Disk?

A virtual hard disk is a file that represents a
traditional hard disk drive that you can configure
as a virtual hard disk with partitions and an
operating system. You can use virtual hard disks
on virtual machines, and you can mount virtual
hard disks as local volumes using the Windows
Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, and
Windows 8, and Windows 7 operating systems.
Windows Server 2012 supports boot from virtual
hard disk. This makes it possible for you to
configure a computer to boot into a Windows
Server 2012 operating system that is deployed on
a virtual hard disk, or into certain editions of the Windows 8 operating system that are deployed on a
virtual hard disk. You can create a virtual hard disk using:

• The Hyper-V Manager console.

• The Disk Management console.

• The DiskPart (diskpart.exe) command-line tool.

• The Windows PowerShell cmdlet New-VHD.

Note: Some editions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 also support boot from
virtual hard disk.
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Virtual hard disks in .vhd format vs. virtual hard disks in .vhdx format
Virtual hard disks traditionally use the .vhd extension. Windows Server 2012 introduces a new type
of virtual hard disk which uses the .vhdx extension. Virtual hard disks with the .vhdx format have the
following benefits over virtual hard disks that were used in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008 and
Windows Server 2008 R2:

• Virtual hard disks with the .vhdx format can be as large as 64 TB, whereas virtual hard disks with the
.vhd format are limited to 2 TB.
• Virtual hard disks with the .vhdx format are less likely to be corrupted if the virtualization server
suffers an unexpected power outage.

• The .vhdx format supports better alignment when deployed to a large sector disk.

• Virtual hard disks with the .vhdx format can hold larger dynamic and differencing virtual hard disks,
which means that the dynamic and differencing virtual hard disks perform better.

You can convert a virtual hard disk with the .vhd format to the .vhdx format by using the Edit Virtual Hard
Disk Wizard; you may want to do this if you have upgraded a Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server
2008 R2 virtualization server to Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2. You can also convert a
virtual hard disk with the .vhdx format to the .vhd format.

SMB Share Support

Windows Server 2012 supports storing all virtual machine files, including virtual hard disks on SMB 3.0 file
shares. This is an alternative to storing these files on Internet SCSI (iSCSI) or Fibre Channel SAN devices.
When creating a virtual machine in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012, you can specify a network share
when you choose the virtual hard disk location or when you attach an existing virtual hard disk. The file
share must support SMB 3.0. This means that you must place virtual hard disks on file shares that are
hosted on file servers with Windows Server 2012. Older versions of Windows Server do not support
SMB 3.0.

Additional Reading: For more information about virtual hard disk formats, see Hyper-V
Virtual Hard Disk Format Overview at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=269715.

IDE vs. SCSI adapters

Virtual hard disks can be connected to virtual machines using two different virtual storage controller
types: IDE or SCSI. When connected to an IDE controller, the virtual disk is accessed as an ATA device.
When connected to a SCSI controller, the virtual disk is accessed as a SCSI device. The difference between
the two is described in the following table.

IDE Controllers SCSI Controllers

• Available only in Generation 1 virtual machines. • Available in both Generation 1 and Generation
2 virtual machines.
• A virtual machine can have two IDE controllers.
• A virtual machine can have up to 4 SCSI
• Each IDE controller supports a maximum of two
controllers.
connected IDE devices (disks or virtual DVD
drives). • Each SCSI controller supports up to 64 attached
devices.
• You cannot add or remove devices from an IDE
controller when a virtual machine is running. • Can add or remove SCSI devices while a virtual
machine is running.
• Generation 1 virtual machines can only be
booted locally off a device that is connected to • Generation 2 virtual machines can only boot of
an IDE controller. a device that is attached to a SCSI controller.
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Although there are differences in performance when you use an IDE or SCSI controller in a host virtual
machine, these differences are not apparent when you use virtualized IDE or SCSI controllers.

Shared Virtual Hard Disks with Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 R2 allows you to configure shared virtual hard disks. A shared virtual hard disk is a
virtual hard disk that is connected to multiple virtual machines. You can only use shared virtual hard disks
for hard disks that are in .vhdx format and that are connected to virtual SCSI controllers. Shared virtual
hard disk files are stored on failover clusters, either on a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) on block storage, or
on an SMB 3.0 scale-out file server.

QoS Management
Virtual hard disks in Windows Server 2012 R2 support the configuration of quality of service (QoS)
parameters. When you configure the QoS parameters, you can specify the maximum number of
input/output operations (IOPS) for the virtual disk, which minimizes the chance that a single virtual hard
disk will consume the majority of the IOPS capacity of the underlying storage. You also can configure a
virtual hard disk to trigger an alert if the number of IOPS falls below a threshold value. IOPS are measured
in 8 KB increments. You cannot configure storage QoS when you are using shared virtual hard disks.

Additional Reading: For more information about virtual hard disk sharing, see
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331079.

Additional Reading: For more information about the storage quality of service for Hyper-
V, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331080.

What is SMB 3.0

SMB 3.0 is a high-performance network file
sharing protocol that became available with the
release of Windows Server 2012. Previous versions
of the Windows Server operating system used
earlier versions of the SMB protocol for network
file sharing. When you use Hyper-V in Windows
Server 2012, you can store virtual machine
configuration files and virtual hard disk files on
SMB 3.0 shares.

The following table lists several features of

SMB 3.0 that make it useful to support virtual
machine storage.

Feature Function

SMB Transparent Failover Enables clients that are accessing an SMB 3.0 share that is hosted on a
failover cluster to continue to do so without interruption when the
node hosting the file share fails.

SMB Scale Out Provides simultaneous access to files by using direct I/O through all
nodes that make up the file server cluster.

SMB Multichannel Enables the share to use multiple network interfaces to aggregate
bandwidth and provide fault tolerance.
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Feature Function

SMB Direct Enables shares to use network adapters that support Remote Direct
Memory Access (RDMA).

SMB Encryption Enables files that are transferred across the network to remain in an
encrypted state without requiring a certificate services deployment.

VSS for SMB File Shares Enables files that are hosted on SMB shares to be backed up in a
consistent manner while they are open.

Additional Reading: For more information about updated links on Windows Server 2012
file server and SMB 3.0, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331081.

Creating Virtual Disk Types

When you configure a virtual hard disk, you can
choose between several different disk types,
including fixed, dynamic, and direct-attached
storage.

Creating fixed virtual hard disks

When you create fixed virtual hard disks, all
of the hard disk space that you have specified
is allocated during the creation process. This
minimizes fragmentation, which improves
virtual hard disk performance if the disk is on a
traditional (i.e., non-solid state) storage device.
Allocating all of the specified hard disk space
during the creation process has a disadvantage though—in many situations, you do not know precisely
how much disk space a virtual machine needs and you might allocate space that is not actually required.

Note: Disk fragmentation is less of an issue when virtual hard disks are hosted on RAID
volumes, or on SSDs. Improvements in Hyper-V since it was first introduced with Windows Server
2008 also minimize the performance differences between dynamic and fixed virtual hard disks.

To create a fixed virtual hard disk, perform the following procedure:

1. Open the Hyper-V Manager console.

2. On the Actions pane, click New, and then click Hard Disk.

3. On the Before You Begin page of the New Virtual Hard Disk Wizard, click Next.

4. In the New Virtual Hard Disk Wizard, on the Choose Disk Format page, click either VHD or VHDX,
and then click Next.

5. On the Choose Disk Type page, click Fixed size, and then click Next.

6. On the Specify Name and Location page, enter a name for the virtual hard disk, and then specify a
folder in which to host the virtual hard disk file.
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7. On the Configure Disk page, choose one of the following options:

o Create a new blank virtual hard disk of the specified size.

o Copy the contents of a specified physical disk. With this option you can replicate an existing
physical disk on the server as a virtual hard disk. The fixed virtual hard disk will be the same size
as the physical disk. Replicating an existing physical hard disk does not change the data on that
disk.

o Copy the contents of a specified virtual hard disk. With this option, you can create a new
fixed hard disk based on the contents of an existing virtual hard disk.

Note: You can create a new fixed hard disk using the Windows PowerShell cmdlet
New-VHD with the -Fixed parameter.

Dynamically expanding virtual hard disks

When you create a dynamically expanding VHD, you specify a maximum size, but the disk uses only the
space that it needs and grows as necessary. A dynamically expanding virtual hard disk can be created with
the .vhd format or the .vhdx format. A new dynamically expanding virtual hard disk with the .vhd format is
allocated approximately 260 kilobytes (KB). A new dynamically expanding virtual hard disk with the .vhdx
format is allocated approximately 4,096 KB.
As you save files to a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk, it grows. However, if you delete files from a
dynamically expanding virtual hard disk, it does not shrink. You can only shrink a dynamically expanding
virtual hard disk file by performing a compact operation.
To create a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk you follow the steps for creating a fixed virtual hard
disk shown above, with the exception that, on the Choose Disk Type page (in step 5), you click
Dynamically Expanding instead of Fixed Size.

Note: You can create a new dynamic hard disk using the Windows PowerShell cmdlet
New-VHD with the -Dynamic parameter.

Direct-attached Storage
Direct-attached storage makes it possible for a virtual machine to access a physical disk drive. You can use
direct-attached storage to connect a virtual machine directly to an iSCSI logical unit number (LUN). When
you use direct-attached storage, the virtual machine must have exclusive access to the target disk. To
ensure this, you must take the disk offline.

You can attach direct-attached storage by performing the following procedure:

1. Ensure that the target hard disk is offline. If it is not, then use the Disk Management console on the
virtualization server to take it offline.

2. Use the Hyper-V Manager console to edit the existing virtual machine’s properties.

3. Click an IDE or SCSI controller, click Add, and then click Hard Drive.

4. In the Hard Drive dialog box, click Physical Hard Disk. From the drop-down menu, select the disk
that you want to use as direct-attached storage.

Note: If you connect direct-attached storage to a virtual machine’s SCSI controller, then
you do not have to shut down the virtual machine. If you want to connect to a virtual machine’s
IDE controller, then you must first shut down the virtual machine.
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Question: Why might you consider using fixed virtual hard disks instead of dynamically
expanding virtual hard disks?

Question: In what situations might you encounter difficulties if you use dynamically
expanding disks?

Managing Virtual Hard Disks

From time to time, you need to perform
maintenance operations on virtual hard disks. For
example, you might want to convert a virtual hard
disk to another format as your needs change, or
you might want to compact a virtual hard disk to
free up space. You can perform the following
maintenance operations on virtual hard disks:
• Convert the disk from fixed to dynamic

• Convert the disk from dynamic to fixed

• Convert a virtual hard disk in .vhd format to

.vhdx format

• Convert a virtual hard disk in .vhdx format to .vhd format

• Compact a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk
• Expand a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk

• Expand a fixed virtual hard disk

Converting a Disk
When you convert a virtual hard disk, the contents of the existing virtual hard disk are copied to a
newly-created virtual hard disk. For example, when you convert a fixed virtual hard disk to a dynamically
expanding virtual hard disk, a new dynamic disk is created, the contents of the fixed disk are copied to the
new dynamic disk, and then the fixed disk is deleted.

To convert a virtual hard disk from fixed to dynamic or from dynamic to fixed, perform the following
steps:

1. In the Hyper-V Manager console, from the Actions pane, click Edit Disk.

2. In the Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard, on the Before You Begin page, click Next.
3. On the Local Virtual Hard Disk page, click Browse, and then select the virtual hard disk that you
want to convert.

4. On the Choose Action page, click Convert, and then click Next.

5. On the Convert Virtual Hard Disk page, choose between the VHD and the VHDX formats.

6. On the Convert Virtual Hard Disk page, choose between Fixed Size and Dynamically Expanding.
If you also want to convert the hard disk type, choose the appropriate type, and then click Next.
7. On the Configure Disk page, choose the destination location for the disk.
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Changing the Size of a Disk

You can compact a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk that is not using all of the space that it
is allocated. However, you cannot compact a fixed virtual hard disk without first converting it to a
dynamically expanding virtual hard disk. You can expand both dynamically expanding virtual hard
disks and fixed virtual hard disks.

You can use one of two methods to change the size of a virtual hard disk. They are:
• Use the Windows PowerShell cmdlets resize-partition and resize-vhd.

• In the Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard, select either the Compact or the Expand option.

Windows Server 2012 R2 is the first version in which you can resize a virtual hard disk while the virtual
machine is still active.

Reducing Storage Needs with Differencing Virtual Hard Disks

Differencing virtual hard disks are separate virtual
hard disks that record the changes made to a
parent disk. You can use differencing virtual hard
disks to reduce the amount of hard disk space
consumed by virtual hard disks; this increases
disk performance by reducing the space used.
Differencing virtual hard disks work well with
SSDs. They also work well where the available
space on the parent volume is limited and the disk
performance compensates for the performance
drawbacks of using a differencing virtual hard
disk.
You can link multiple differencing virtual hard disks to a single parent disk. However, if you modify the
parent disk, the links to all of the differencing virtual hard disks fail.

You can reconnect a differencing virtual hard disk to the parent using the Inspect Disk tool, which is
available in the Actions pane of the Hyper-V Manager console. You can also use the Inspect Disk tool to
locate the parent disk of a differencing virtual hard disk.

You can create a differencing virtual hard disk using the Hyper-V Manager console or using the Windows
PowerShell cmdlet New-VHD.

To create a differencing virtual hard disk using the Hyper-V Manager console, perform the following
steps:

1. Open the Hyper-V Manager console.

2. In the Actions pane, click New, and then click Hard Disk.

3. In the New Virtual Hard Disk Wizard, on the Before You Begin page, click Next.
4. On the Choose Disk Format page, click VHD, and then click Next.

5. On the Choose Disk Type page, click Differencing, and then click Next.

6. On the Specify Name and Location page, provide the location of the parent hard disk.
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To create a differencing virtual hard disk using the New-VHD Windows PowerShell cmdlet, follow the
pattern of the following example. To create a new differencing virtual hard disk named c:\diff-disk.vhd
that uses the virtual hard disk c:\parent.vhd, use the following Windows PowerShell command:

New-VHD c:\diff-disk.vhd -ParentPath C:\parent.vhd

Using Checkpoints
A checkpoint is a static image of the data on a
virtual machine at a given moment. Checkpoints
are stored in either .avhd or .avhdx format
depending on the virtual hard disk format. You
can create a checkpoint of a virtual machine
from the Action menu of the Virtual Machine
Connection window, or from the Hyper-V
Manager console. Each virtual machine can have
a maximum of 50 checkpoints. Prior to Windows
Server 2012 R2, checkpoints were known as
“snapshots.”

You can create checkpoints at any time, even

when a virtual machine is shut down. When you create a checkpoint of a running virtual machine, the
checkpoint includes the contents of the virtual machine’s memory.
When taking checkpoints of multiple virtual machines that are part of the same group, for example a
virtual domain controller and virtual member server, you should create these checkpoints simultaneously.
This ensures that items such as computer account passwords are the same on all of the checkpoints.

Remember that when you revert to a checkpoint, you are reverting to a computer’s state at that point in
time. If you revert a virtual machine back to a point before it had performed a computer password change
with a domain controller, you need to rejoin that computer to the domain or run the netdom resetpwd
command.

Checkpoints vs. Backups

Checkpoints are not a replacement for backups. Checkpoints are stored on the same volume as the virtual
hard disks. If that volume fails, both the checkpoints and the virtual hard disk file are lost.

Exporting Checkpoints
You can perform a virtual machine export of a checkpoint. When you do this, Hyper-V creates full virtual
hard disks that represent the state of the virtual machine at the time the checkpoint was created. If you
choose to export an entire virtual machine, all checkpoints associated with the virtual machine are also
exported.

Differencing virtual hard disk Files

When you create a checkpoint, Hyper-V writes differencing virtual hard disk (.avhd, or .avhdx) files, which
store the data that differentiates the checkpoint from the previous checkpoint, or from the parent virtual
hard disk. When you delete checkpoints, this data is either discarded or merged back into the previous
checkpoint or parent virtual hard disk. For example:

• If you delete the most recent checkpoint, the data is discarded. With Hyper-V in Windows
Server 2012, this space is reclaimed immediately rather than when the virtual machine is shut down.

• If you delete the second-most recent checkpoint, the data is merged so that the earlier and latter
checkpoint states of the virtual machine retain their integrity.
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Managing Checkpoints
When you apply a checkpoint, the virtual machine reverts to the configuration as it existed at the time
the checkpoint was created. Reverting to a checkpoint does not delete existing checkpoints. If you apply
a checkpoint after making a configuration change in a different checkpoint, you are prompted to create
another checkpoint. It is only necessary to create a new checkpoint if you want to return to that current
configuration.

It is possible to create checkpoint trees that have different branches. For example, consider the following
scenario:

You create a checkpoint of a virtual machine on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. On Thursday you
apply the Tuesday checkpoint. Immediately after applying the Tuesday checkpoint, you make changes to
the virtual machine’s configuration.

In this scenario, the original branch is the series of checkpoints created on Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday. You create a new branch by applying the Tuesday checkpoint and making changes to the
virtual machine. You can have multiple branches as long as you do not exceed the 50 checkpoints per
virtual machine limit.
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Lesson 4
Managing Virtual Networks
Hyper-V provides several different options for network communication between virtual machines.
You can configure virtual machines that communicate with an external network in a manner similar to
traditionally-deployed physical hosts. You can configure virtual machines to communicate only with a
limited number of other virtual machines that are hosted on the same server. Knowing the options
available for Hyper-V virtual networks ensures that you can use those options to best meet your
organization’s needs.

Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

• Describe virtual switches.

• Describe Virtual Local Area Networks.

• Describe Virtual Switch Extensions.

• Explain how to manage a virtual machine MAC address pool.

• Explain how to configure virtual network adapters.

• Describe advanced features of virtual network adapters.

• Describe NIC teaming.

What Is a Virtual Switch?

A virtual switch is a virtual version of a network
switch. (The term “virtual network,” which was
used in Windows Server 2008, has been replaced
by the term “virtual switch” in Windows
Server 2012.) Virtual switches control how network
traffic flows between multiple virtual machines
that are hosted on the virtualization server, and
between virtual machines and the rest of the
organizational network. You can manage virtual
switches through the Virtual Switch Manager,
which is accessible through the Actions pane of
the Hyper-V Manager console.

Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 supports the following three different types of virtual switches:

• External. This type of switch maps a network to a specific network adapter or network adapter team.
Windows Server 2012 supports mapping an external network to a wireless network adapter if you
have installed the wireless local area network (LAN) service on the virtualization server, and if the
virtualization server has a compatible adapter.

• Internal. Internal virtual switches communicate between multiple virtual machines on the
virtualization server, and between the virtual machines and the virtualization server.

• Private. Private switches communicate only between multiple virtual machines on the virtualization
server. You cannot use private switches to communicate between the virtual machines and the
virtualization server.
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Configuring VLAN IDs

When configuring a virtual network, you can also configure a virtual LAN (VLAN) ID that is associated with
the network. By doing this, you can extend existing VLANs on the external network to VLANs within the
virtualization server’s network switch. VLANs enable you to partition network traffic, and they function as
separate logical networks. Note that traffic can only pass from one VLAN to another if it passes through a
router.

You can configure the following extensions for each virtual switch type:
• Microsoft NDIS Capture. This extension allows data that is traversing across the virtual switch to be
captured.

• Microsoft Windows Filtering Platform. This extension allows data that is traversing across the virtual
switch to be filtered.

Additional Reading: For more information about virtual switches, see Hyper-V Virtual
Switch Overview at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=269716.

What are Virtual Local Area Networks

Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) allow you to
logically segment network traffic that is running
on the same physical network. VLANs function as
separate broadcast domains. This means that
broadcast traffic on one VLAN is not intercepted
and processed by hosts on another VLAN, even
when those hosts are connected to the same
hardware switch. Each VLAN has an ID that is
encapsulated within an Ethernet frame.

You can assign VLAN IDs to Hyper-V virtual

switches and network adapters. To use VLANs with
Hyper-V virtual switches and network adapters,
the host’s physical network adapters must support VLAN tagging. This feature must be enabled on the
network adapter. When configuring VLAN IDs for Hyper-V, configure the VLAN ID on the virtual switch or
on each individual virtual machine’s network adapter. You do not need to configure the VLAN ID on the
host’s physical network adapter.

Hyper-V supports the 802.1q specification for VLAN trunking. VLAN IDs that are used with virtual switches
and virtual network adapters can also be used with networking equipment that supports these standards.
This means that you can have the same VLAN span multiple Hyper-V hosts when connected to
compatible network equipment.
You might implement VLANs with Hyper-V switches and virtual network adapters to support the
following scenarios:

• Isolate network storage traffic. You can isolate network storage traffic such as iSCSI traffic from other
traffic. Using VLANs means that a separate storage network might not be required.

• Isolate cluster traffic. You can isolate intra-node cluster traffic from other traffic.

• Security isolation. You can isolate hosts from each other for security reasons. For example, to make
some virtual hosts available to Network Access Protection Clients that have been placed on an
isolated VLAN so that they are able to remediate their configuration to a healthy state.
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Virtual Switch Extensions

Virtual Switch (vSwitch) Extensions enable third-
party vendors to create virtual switches that you
can add to Hyper-V that add monitoring, filtering,
and forwarding functionality. Some vendors have
created virtual editions of their hardware switches.
These virtual switches can be managed using the
same management suite that is used to manage
the physical switches. This enables an
organization’s networking team to extend switch
management across both the virtual and the
physical infrastructure.

The virtual switch extensions are listed in the

following table.

Extension Purpose

Network packet inspection Examine network packets while they traverse the virtual switch.

Network packet filter Create, filter, and modify packets that traverse the virtual switch.

Network forwarding Create a forwarding extension for each virtual switch.

Intrusion detection or firewall Filter and modify TCP/IP packets, monitor or authorize connections,
filter IPsec traffic, and filter remote procedure calls.

Consult third-party vendor catalogs to determine which virtual switches are available to run on the
Hyper-V platform.

Additional Reading: For more information about virtual switch extensions, see “Hyper-V
Virtual Switch Overview” at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=331084.

Managing Virtual Machine MAC Addresses

Unless you specify a static media access control
(MAC) address, Hyper-V dynamically allocates an
address to each virtual machine network adapter
from a pool of MAC addresses. You can configure
the address range of this pool from the MAC
Address Range setting of the Virtual Switch
Manager console. By default, a server running
Hyper-V has a pool of 255 MAC addresses.

When virtual machines use private or internal

networks, the MAC address that is allocated to
network adapters is not likely to be of concern,
because the server running Hyper-V ensures that
duplicate MAC addresses are not assigned to different virtual machines. However, when you have multiple
servers that are running Hyper-V and are hosting virtual machines that use adapters connected to
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external networks, you should ensure that each server uses a different pool of MAC addresses. This
ensures that separate servers that connect to the same network do not assign the same MAC addresses to
the virtual machines that they host.

When virtual machines are allocated IP addresses through a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
reservation, you should consider using static MAC addresses. A DHCP reservation ensures that a particular
IP address is always allocated to a specific MAC address.
You can configure the MAC address range by performing the following steps:

1. Open the Hyper-V Manager console.

2. Select the Hyper-V host that you wish to configure.

3. On the Actions pane, click Virtual Switch Manager.

4. Under Global Network Settings, click MAC Address Range.

5. Specify a minimum and a maximum range for the MAC address.

MAC addresses are in hexadecimal format. When configuring ranges for multiple Hyper-V hosts, you
should consider changing the values of the second from the last pair of digits. The following table displays
examples of ranges for multiple Hyper-V hosts.

Hyper-V host MAC address range

Host 1 Minimum: 00-15-5D-0F-AB-00

Maximum: 00-15-5D-0F-AB-FF

Host 2 Minimum: 00-15-5D-0F-AC-00

Maximum: 00-15-5D-0F-AC-FF

Host 3 Minimum: 00-15-5D-0F-AD-00

Maximum: 00-15-5D-0F-AD-FF

Configuring Virtual Network Adapters

Virtual network adapters allow the virtual machine
to communicate using the virtual switches that
you configure in the Virtual Switch Manager
console. You can edit the properties of a virtual
machine to modify the properties of a network
adapter. From the Network Adapter pane on the
virtual machine’s Settings dialog box, you can
configure the following:

• Virtual Switch. You configure to which virtual

switch the network adapter connects.

• VLAN ID. You specify a VLAN ID that the

virtual machine uses for communication that
passes through this adapter.

• Bandwidth Management. You allocate a minimum and a maximum bandwidth for the adapter. The
minimum bandwidth allocation is reserved by Hyper-V for the network adapter, even when virtual
network adapters on other virtual machines are working at capacity.
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Both synthetic network adapters and legacy network adapters support the following advanced features:

• MAC address allocation. You can configure a MAC address to be assigned from the MAC address
pool, or you can configure the network adapter to use a fixed MAC address. You can also configure
MAC address spoofing. This is useful when the virtual machine needs to provide specific network
access, such as when the virtual machine is running a mobile device emulator that requires network
access.
• DHCP Guard. This feature drops DHCP messages from virtual machines that are functioning as
unauthorized DHCP servers. This may be necessary in scenarios where you are managing a server
running Hyper-V that hosts virtual machines for others, but does not have direct control over the
configuration of those virtual machines.

• Router Guard. This feature drops router advertisement and redirection messages from virtual
machines that are configured as unauthorized routers. This may be necessary in scenarios where you
do not have direct control over the configuration of virtual machines.

• Port Mirroring. This feature allows you to copy incoming and outgoing packets from a network
adapter to another virtual machine that you have configured for monitoring.
• NIC Teaming. This feature allows you to add the virtual network adapter to an existing team on the
server running Hyper-V.

Legacy network adapters emulate common network adapter hardware. You use legacy network adapters
in the following situations:

• You want to support network boot installation scenarios for virtual machines. For example, you want
to deploy an operating system image from a Windows Deployment Services (Windows DS) server or
through Configuration Manager.

• You need to support operating systems that do not support integration services and do not have a
driver for the synthetic network adapter.
Legacy network adapters do not support the hardware acceleration features that synthetic network
adapters support. You cannot configure a virtual machine queue, IPsec task offloading, or single root I/O
virtualization (SR-IOV) for legacy network adapters. These advanced features are covered in the next topic.

Network Adapter Advanced Features

In addition to the features described earlier,
synthetic network adapters support the following
advanced features:

• Virtual Machine Queue. This feature uses

hardware packet filtering to deliver network
traffic directly to the guest. This improves
performance because the packet does not
need to be copied from the management
operating system to the virtual machine.
Virtual Machine Queue requires that the
host computer has a network adapter that
supports this feature.

• IPsec task offloading. This feature enables the host’s network adapter to perform calculation-intensive
security association tasks. In the event that sufficient hardware resources are not available, the guest
operating system performs these tasks. You can configure a maximum number of offloaded security
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associations between 1 and 4,096. IP security (IPsec) task offloading requires guest operating system
support and network adapter support.

• SR-IOV. Single-root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) enables multiple virtual machines to share the same
Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express physical hardware resources. If sufficient resources
are not available, then network connectivity falls back and is provided through the virtual switch.
SR-IOV requires specific hardware and special drivers to be installed on the guest operating system,
and might also need to be enabled in the computer BIOS.
• Virtual Receive Side Scaling (vRSS). vRSS enables network adapters to balance network processing
load across the processor cores assigned to a virtual machine. vRSS enables a virtual machine to
process higher amounts of network traffic than it could process if only a single CPU core was
responsible for processing traffic. You can implement vRSS by allocating a virtual machine multiple
cores through the advanced network. To use vRSS, the host’s processor must support Receive Side
Scaling (RSS) and the host’s network adapters must support Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ).

What is NIC teaming?

NIC teaming allows you to combine up to 32
network adapters and then use them as a
single network interface. NIC teaming provides
redundancy, allowing network communication
to occur over the combined network interface
even when one or more of the network adapters
fail. The combination of network adapters also
increases the bandwidth available to the
combined network interface. NIC teaming is a
feature available in the Windows Server 2012
operating system that can be used by both the
Hyper-V host and Hyper-V virtual machines.
When used with virtual machines, NIC Teaming allows virtual machines to team virtual network adapters
that connect to separate virtual switches.

To get the benefit of NIC Teaming, the host must have at least two external virtual switches. When
you have multiple virtual network adapters attached to the same switch, if the physical network adapter
that the virtual switch is connected to fails, those virtual network adapters will lose connectivity. When
configuring NIC teaming for virtual machines, network adapters connected to virtual switches can use
SR-IOV.

Enable virtual machine NIC Teaming for virtual machines on the Advanced Features page of the virtual
network adapter in Hyper-V manager. You can also enable NIC Teaming for virtual machines by using
the Set-VMNetworkAdapter Windows PowerShell cmdlet. To enable NIC Teaming within the virtual
machine operating system, NIC Teaming must be enabled on the virtual network adapter, or, the virtual
network adapter must be configured to allow MAC address spoofing. Once you have enabled virtual NIC
Teaming on the virtual network adapter (or enabled MAC address spoofing), you can configure NIC
teaming within the virtual machine.

A new feature of Windows Server 2012 R2 is dynamic NIC Teaming. In Windows Server 2012, new traffic is
assigned to a particular NIC and the traffic flow remains with that NIC throughout the session. In dynamic
NIC Teaming, traffic flow is balanced across all available NICs in a team.
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Lab: Implementing Server Virtualization with Hyper-V

Scenario
Your assignment is to configure the infrastructure service for a new branch office.

To use the server hardware that is currently available at branch offices more effectively, your manager has
decided that all branch office servers will run as virtual machines. You must now configure a virtual
network and a new virtual machine for these branch offices.

Objectives
After performing this lab, you will be able to:

• Install the Hyper-V role onto a server.

• Configure virtual networking.

• Create and configure a virtual machine.

• Use virtual machine checkpoints.

Lab Setup
Estimated Time: 75 minutes

Virtual machine 20410C-LON-HOST1

User name Adatum\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

Before beginning the lab, you must complete the following steps:

1. Reboot the classroom computer and from the Windows Boot Manager, select 20410C-LON-HOST1.
2. Sign in to LON-HOST1 with the Administrator account and the password Pa$$w0rd.

Exercise 1: Installing the Hyper-V Role onto a Server

Scenario
The first step in migrating to a virtualized environment for the branch office is installing the Hyper-V role
on a new Windows Server 2012 server.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Install the Hyper-V role onto a server.

2. Complete the Hyper-V role installation and verify the settings.

 Task 1: Install the Hyper-V role onto a server

1. In Server Manager, click Local Server, and then configure the following network settings:

o IP Address: 172.16.0.31

o Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0

o Default gateway: 172.16.0.1

o Preferred DNS server: 172.16.0.10

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2. Use the Add Roles and Features Wizard to add the Hyper-V role to LON-HOST1 with the following
options:

o Do not create a virtual switch.

o Use the Default stores locations.

o Allow the server to restart automatically if required.

3. After a few minutes, the server restarts automatically. Ensure that you restart the machine from the
boot menu as 20410C-LON-HOST1. The computer will restart several times.

 Task 2: Complete the Hyper-V role installation and verify the settings
1. Sign in to LON-HOST1 using the account Administrator with the password Pa$$word.

2. When the installation of the Hyper-V tools completes, click Close.

3. Open the Hyper-V Manager console, and then click LON-HOST1.

4. Edit the Hyper-V settings of LON-HOST1, and configure the following settings:

o Keyboard: Use on the virtual machine

o Virtual Hard Disks: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have installed the Hyper-V role onto a physical server.

Exercise 2: Configuring Virtual Networking

Scenario
After installing the Hyper-V role on the new server, you need to configure the virtual network. You need
to create both a network that is connected to the physical network, and a private network that can be
used only for communication between virtual machines. The private network will be used when the virtual
machines are configured for high availability. You also need to configure a specific range of MAC
addresses for the virtual machines.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:
1. Configure the external network.

2. Create a private network.

3. Create an internal network.

4. Configure the Media Access Control (MAC) address range.

 Task 1: Configure the external network

1. Open the Hyper-V Manager console, and then click LON-HOST1.

2. Use the Virtual Switch Manager to create a new External virtual network switch with the following
properties:

o Name: Switch for External Adapter

o External Network: Mapped to the host computer’s physical network adapter. (This varies
depending on the host computer.)
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 Task 2: Create a private network

1. On LON-HOST1, open the Hyper-V Manager console.

2. Use the Virtual Switch Manager to create a new virtual switch with the following properties.

o Name: Private Network

o Connection type: Private network

 Task 3: Create an internal network

1. On LON-HOST1, open the Hyper-V Manager console.

2. Use the Virtual Switch Manager to create a new virtual switch with the following properties.
o Name: Internal Network

o Connection type: Internal network

 Task 4: Configure the Media Access Control (MAC) address range

1. On LON-HOST1, open the Hyper-V Manager console.
2. Use the Virtual Switch Manager to configure the following MAC Address Range settings:

o Minimum: 00-15-5D-0F-AB-A0

o Maximum: 00-15-5D-0F-AB-EF

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have configured virtual switch options on a physically-
deployed Windows Server 2012 server running the Hyper-V role.

Exercise 3: Creating and Configuring a Virtual Machine

Scenario
You have been asked to deploy two virtual machines to LON-HOST1. You have copied a sysprepped
virtual hard disk file that hosts a Windows Server 2012 installation.
To minimize disk space use at the cost of performance, you are going to create two differencing virtual
hard disk files based on the sysprepped virtual hard disk. You will then use these differencing virtual hard
disk files as the virtual hard disk files for the new virtual machines.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Create differencing virtual hard disks.

2. Create virtual machines.

3. Enable resource metering.

 Task 1: Create differencing virtual hard disks

1. Use File Explorer to create the following two folders:

o E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base \LON-GUEST1

o E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base \LON-GUEST2

Note: The drive letter may depend upon the number of drives on the physical host
machine.
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2. In the Hyper-V Manager console, create a virtual hard disk with the following properties:

o Disk Format: VHD

o Disk Type: Differencing

o Name: LON-GUEST1.vhd

o Location: E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\LON-GUEST1\

o Parent Location: E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\ Base14A-WS12R2.vhd

3. Open Windows PowerShell and execute the following command:

New-VHD "E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\LON-GUEST2\LON-GUEST2.vhd"

-ParentPath "E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\ Base14A-WS12R2.vhd"

4. Inspect the disk at E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\LON-GUEST2\LON-GUEST2.vhd.

5. Verify that LON-GUEST2.vhd is configured as a differencing virtual hard disk with E:\Program Files
\Microsoft Learning\Base\ Base14A-WS12R2.vhd as a parent.

 Task 2: Create virtual machines

1. On LON-HOST1, in the Hyper-V Manager console, in the Actions pane, click New, and then click
Virtual Machine.
2. Create a virtual machine with the following properties:
o Name: LON-GUEST1
o Location: E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\LON-GUEST1\
o Generation: Generation 1
o Memory: 1024 MB
o Use Dynamic Memory: Yes
o Networking: Private Network
o Connect Virtual Hard Disk: E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\LON-GUEST1
\lon-guest1.vhd
3. Open Windows PowerShell and execute the following command:

New-VM -Name LON-GUEST2 -MemoryStartupBytes 1024MB -VHDPath "E:\Program

Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\LON-GUEST2\LON-GUEST2.vhd" -SwitchName "Private
Network"

4. Use the Hyper-V Manager console to edit the settings of LON-GUEST2 by configuring the following:

o Automatic Start Action: Nothing

o Automatic Stop Action: Shut down the guest operating system

 Task 3: Enable resource metering

• At the Windows PowerShell prompt, enter the following commands:

Enable-VMResourceMetering LON-GUEST1

Enable-VMResourceMetering LON-GUEST2

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have deployed two separate virtual machines using a
sysprepped virtual hard disk file as a parent disk for two differencing virtual hard disks.
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Exercise 4: Using Virtual Machine Checkpoints

Scenario
You are in the process of developing a strategy to mitigate the impact of incorrectly applied change
requests. As a part of this strategy development, you are testing the speed and functionality of virtual
machine checkpoints to roll back to a previously existing stable configuration.

In this exercise, you will deploy Windows Server 2012 in a virtual machine. You will then create a stable
configuration for that virtual machine, and create a virtual machine checkpoint. Finally, you will modify
the configuration, and roll back to the checkpoint.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Deploy Windows Server 2012 in a virtual machine.

2. Create a virtual machine checkpoint.

3. Modify the virtual machine.

4. Revert to the existing virtual machine checkpoint.

5. View resource metering data.

 Task 1: Deploy Windows Server 2012 in a virtual machine

1. Use the Hyper-V Manager console to start LON-GUEST1.
2. Open the Virtual Machine Connection Window, and perform the following steps to deploy Windows
Server 2012 on the virtual machine:

o On the Settings page, click Next to accept the Region and Language settings.
o On the Settings page, click I Accept.

o On the Settings page, enter the password Pa$$w0rd twice, and then click Finish.

3. Sign in to the virtual machine using the account Administrator and the password Pa$$w0rd.
4. Reset the name of the virtual machine to LON-GUEST1, and then restart the virtual machine.

 Task 2: Create a virtual machine checkpoint

1. Sign in to the LON-GUEST1 virtual machine, and verify that the name of the computer is set to
LON-GUEST1.

2. Create a checkpoint of LON-GUEST1, and name the checkpoint Before Change.

 Task 3: Modify the virtual machine

1. Sign in to the LON-GUEST1 virtual machine, and use the Server Manager console to change the
computer’s name to LON-Computer1.
2. Reboot the virtual machine.

3. Sign in to the LON-GUEST1 virtual machine, and verify that the server name is set to
LON-Computer1.

 Task 4: Revert to the existing virtual machine checkpoint

1. Use the Virtual Machine Connection window to revert the virtual machine.

2. Verify that the Computer Name of the virtual machine is now set to LON-GUEST1.
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 Task 5: View resource metering data

1. On LON-HOST1, issue the following command:

Measure-VM LON-GUEST1

2. Note the average CPU, average RAM, and total disk use figures, and then close Windows PowerShell.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have used virtual machine checkpoints to recover from
a virtual machine misconfiguration.

 Revert the virtual machines

After you finish the lab, restart the computer in Windows Server 2012.

1. On the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

2. In the Windows PowerShell window, enter the following command, and then press Enter:

Shutdown /r /t 5

3. From the Windows Boot Manager, select Windows Server 2012.

Lab Review Questions

Question: What type of virtual network switch would you create if you wanted to allow the
virtual machine to communicate with the LAN that is connected to the Hyper-V virtualization
server?

Question: How can you ensure that no one single virtual machine uses all available
bandwidth provided by the Hyper-V virtualization server?

Question: What Dynamic Memory configuration task was not possible on previous versions
of Hyper-V, but which you can now perform on a virtual machine that is hosted on the
Hyper-V role on a Windows Server 2012 server?
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Module Review and Takeaways

Module Review Questions
Question: In which situations should you use a fixed memory allocation instead of Dynamic
Memory?

Question: In which situations must you use virtual hard disks with the new .vhdx format
instead of virtual hard disks with the old .vhd format?
Question: You want to deploy a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V virtual machine’s virtual hard
disk on a file share. What operating system must the file server be running to support this
configuration?

Best Practices
When implementing server virtualization with Hyper-V, use the following best practices:

• Ensure that the processor on the computer that will run Hyper-V supports hardware assisted
virtualization.

• Ensure that a virtualization server is provisioned with adequate RAM. Having multiple virtual
machines paging the hard disk drive because they have inadequate memory decreases performance
for all virtual machines on the server.

• Monitor virtual machine performance carefully. A virtual machine that uses a disproportionate
amount of server resources can reduce the performance of all other virtual machines that are hosted
on the same virtualization server.

Common Issues and Troubleshooting Tips

Common Issue Troubleshooting Tip

Cannot deploy Hyper-V on an x64

platform.

Virtual machine does not use Dynamic

Memory.

Tools
You can use the following tools with Hyper-V to deploy and manage virtual machines.

Tool Use Where to find it

Sysinternals disk2vhd Use to convert physical hard disks to VHD Microsoft TechNet website
tool format.
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Module 1: Deploying and Managing Windows Server 2012

Lab: Deploying and Managing Windows
Server 2012 R2
Exercise 1: Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2
 Task 1: Install the Windows Server® 2012 server
1. Open the Hyper-V® Manager console.

2. Click 20410C-LON-SVR3.

3. In the Actions pane, click Settings.

4. Under Hardware, click DVD Drive.

5. Click Image file, and then click Browse.

6. Browse to D:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\20410\Drives, and then click

Windows2012R2RTM.iso.
7. Click Open, and then click OK.

8. In the Hyper-V Manager console, double-click 20410C-LON-SVR3.

9. In the Virtual Machine Connection Window, in the Action menu, click Start.

10. In the Windows Setup Wizard, on the Windows Server 2012 R2 page, verify the following settings,
and then click Next.
o Language to install: English (United States)
o Time and currency format: English (United States)

o Keyboard or input method: US

11. On the Windows Server 2012 R2 page, click Install now.
12. On the Select the operating system you want to install page, select Windows Server 2012 R2
Datacenter Evaluation (Server with a GUI), and then click Next.

13. On the License terms page, review the operating system license terms, select the I accept the
license terms check box, and then click Next.

14. On the Which type of installation do you want? page, click Custom: Install Windows only
(advanced).

15. On the Where do you want to install Windows? page, verify that Drive 0 Unallocated Space has
enough space for the Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system, and then click Next.

Note: Depending on the speed of the equipment, the installation takes approximately 20
minutes. The virtual machine will restart several times during this process.

16. On the Settings page, in both the Password and Reenter password boxes, enter the password
Pa$$w0rd, and then click Finish.
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 Task 2: Change the server name

1. Sign in to LON-SVR3 as Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. In Server Manager, click Local Server.

3. Click the randomly-generated name next to Computer name.

4. In the System Properties dialog box, on the Computer Name tab, click Change.

5. In the Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog box, in the Computer name text box, enter the
name LON-SVR3, and then click OK.
6. In the Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog box, click OK.

7. Close the System Properties dialog box.

8. In the Microsoft Windows dialog box, click Restart Now.

 Task 3: Change the date and time

1. Sign in to server LON-SVR3 as Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. On the taskbar, click the time display. A pop-up window with a calendar and a clock appears.

3. In the pop-up window, click Change date and time settings.

4. In the Date and Time dialog box, click Change Time Zone.
5. In the Time Zone Settings dialog box, set the time zone to your current time zone, and then click
OK.

6. In the Date and Time dialog box, click Change Date and Time.
7. Verify that the date and time that display in the Date and Time Settings dialog box match those in
your classroom, and then click OK.

8. To close the Date and Time dialog box, click OK.

 Task 4: Configure the network

1. On LON-SVR3, in the Server Manager console, click Local Server.

2. In the Server Manager console, next to Ethernet, click IPv4 Address Assigned by DHCP, IPv6
Enabled.

3. In the Network Connections dialog box, right-click Ethernet, and then click Properties.

4. In the Ethernet Properties dialog box, click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click
Properties.

5. In the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog box, click Use the following IP
address, enter the following IP address information, and then click OK:
o IP address: 172.16.0.101

o Subnet Mask: 255.255.0.0

o Default Gateway: 172.16.0.1

o Preferred DNS server: 172.16.0.10

6. Click Close to close the Ethernet Properties dialog box.

7. Close the Network Connections dialog box.

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 Task 5: Add the server to the domain

1. On LON-SVR3, in the Server Manager console, click Local Server.

2. Next to Workgroup, click WORKGROUP.

3. In the System Properties dialog box, on the Computer Name tab, click Change.

4. In the Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog box, in the Member Of area, click the Domain
option.

5. In the Domain box, type adatum.com, and then click OK.

6. In the Windows Security dialog box, enter the following details, and then click OK:

o Username: Administrator

o Password: Pa$$w0rd
7. In the Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog box, click OK.

8. When informed that you must restart the computer to apply changes, click OK.

9. In the System Properties dialog box, click Close.

10. In the Microsoft Windows dialog box, click Restart Now.

11. After LON-SVR3 restarts, sign in as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have deployed Windows Server 2012 R2 on LON-SVR3.
You also should have configured LON-SVR3, including name change, date and time, networking.

Exercise 2: Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core

 Task 1: Set computer name
1. Sign in to LON-CORE as Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. At the command prompt, type sconfig.cmd and press Enter.

3. To select Computer Name, type 2, and then press Enter.

4. Enter the computer name LON-CORE, and then press Enter.

5. In the Restart dialog box, click Yes.

6. Sign in to server LON-CORE using the Administrator account with the password Pa$$w0rd.

7. At the command prompt, type hostname, and then press Enter to verify the computer’s name.

 Task 2: Change the computer’s date and time

1. Ensure you are signed in to server LON-CORE as Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. At the command prompt, type sconfig.cmd, and then press Enter.

3. To select Date and Time, type 9, and then press Enter.

4. In the Date and Time dialog box, click Change time zone. Set the time zone to the same time zone
that your classroom uses, and then click OK.

5. In the Date and Time dialog box, click Change Date and Time, and verify that the date and time
match those in your location. To dismiss the dialog boxes, click OK two times.

6. In the Command Prompt window, type 15, and then press Enter to exit Server Configuration.
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 Task 3: Configure the network

1. Ensure that you are signed in to server LON-CORE using the account Administrator and password
Pa$$w0rd.

2. At the command prompt, type sconfig.cmd, and then press Enter.

3. To configure Network Settings, type 8, and then press Enter.

4. Type the index number of the network adapter that you want to configure, and then press Enter.

5. On the Network Adapter Settings page, type 1, and then press Enter. This sets the Network Adapter
Address.
6. To select static IP address configuration, type S, and then press Enter.

7. At the Enter static IP address: prompt, type 172.16.0.111, and then press Enter.

8. At the Enter subnet mask prompt, Type 255.255.0.0, and then press Enter.
9. At the Enter default gateway prompt, type 172.16.0.1, and then press Enter.

10. On the Network Adapter Settings page, type 2, and then press Enter.

This configures the DNS server address.

11. At the Enter new preferred DNS server prompt, type 172.16.0.10, and then press Enter.

12. In the Network Settings dialog box, click OK.

13. Press Enter to not configure an alternate DNS server address.
14. Type 4, and then press Enter to return to the main menu.

15. Type 15, and then press Enter to exit sconfig.cmd.

16. At the command prompt, type ping lon-dc1.adatum.com to verify connectivity to the domain
controller from LON-CORE.

 Task 4: Add the server to the domain

1. Ensure that you are signed in to server LON-CORE using the account Administrator with password
Pa$$w0rd.
2. At the command prompt, type sconfig.cmd, and then press Enter.

3. To switch to configure Domain/Workgroup, type 1, and then press Enter.

4. To join a domain, type D, and then press Enter.
5. At the Name of domain to join prompt, type adatum.com and press Enter.

6. At the Specify an authorized domain\user prompt, type Adatum\Administrator, and then press
Enter.

7. At the Type the password associated with the domain user prompt, type Pa$$w0rd and then press
Enter.

8. At the Change Computer Name prompt, click No.

9. In the Restart dialog box, click Yes.

10. Sign in to server LON-CORE with the Adatum\Administrator account and the password Pa$$w0rd.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have configured a Windows Server 2012 R2 Server
Core deployment and verified the server’s name.
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Exercise 3: Managing Servers

 Task 1: Create a server group
1. Sign in to LON-DC1 with the Administrator account and the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. In the Server Manager console, click Dashboard, and then click Create a server group.
3. In the Create Server Group dialog box, click the Active Directory tab, and then click Find Now.

4. In the Server group name box, type LAB-1.

5. Use the arrow to add LON-CORE and LON-SVR3 to the server group. Click OK to close the Create
Server Group dialog box.

6. In the Server Manager console, click LAB-1. Press and hold the Ctrl key, and then select both
LON-CORE and LON-SVR3.

7. Scroll down, and under the Performance section, select both LON-CORE and LON-SVR3.

8. Right-click LON-CORE, and then click Start Performance Counters.

 Task 2: Deploy features and roles to both servers

1. In Server Manager on LON-DC1, click LAB-1.
2. Scroll to the top of the pane, right-click LON-CORE, and then click Add Roles and Features.

3. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, click Next.

4. On the Select installation type page, click Role-based or feature-based installation, and then
click Next.

5. On the Select destination server page, verify that LON-CORE.Adatum.com is selected, and then
click Next.

6. On the Select server roles page, select Web Server (IIS), and then click Next.

7. On the Features page, select Windows Server Backup, and then click Next.

8. On the Web Server Role (IIS) page, click Next.

9. On the Select Role Services page, add the Windows Authentication role service, and then click
Next.

10. On the Confirm installation selections page, select the Restart the destination server
automatically if required check box, and then click Install.

11. Click Close to close the Add Roles and Features Wizard.

12. In Server Manager, right-click LON-SVR3, and then click Add Roles and Features.
13. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, on the Before you begin page, click Next.

14. On the Select installation type page, click Role-based or feature-based installation. Click Next.
15. On the Select destination server page, verify that LON-SVR3.Adatum.com is selected, and then
click Next.

16. On the Server Roles page, click Next.

17. On the Select features page, click Windows Server Backup, and then click Next.

18. On the Confirm installation selections page, select the Restart the destination server
automatically if required check box, and then click Install.
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19. Once the install commences, click Close.

20. In Server Manager, refresh the view, click the IIS node, and then verify that LON-CORE is listed.

 Task 3: Review services and change a service setting

1. Sign in to LON-CORE with the Adatum\Administrator account and the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. In the Command Prompt window, type the following command, and then press Enter:

netsh.exe advfirewall firewall set rule group="remote desktop" new enable=yes

3. Sign in to LON-DC1 with the Adatum\Administrator account and the password Pa$$w0rd.

4. In Server Manager, click LAB-1.

5. Right-click LON-CORE, and then click Computer Management.

6. In the Computer Management console, expand Services and Applications, and then click Services.

7. Right-click the World Wide Web Publishing service, and then click Properties. Verify that the
Startup type is set to Automatic.

8. In the World Wide Web Publishing Service dialog box, on the Log On tab, verify that the service is
configured to use the Local System account.
9. On the Recovery tab, configure the following settings, and then click the Restart Computer Options
button:

o First failure: Restart the Service

o Second failure: Restart the Service

o Subsequent failures: Restart the Computer.

o Reset fail count after: 1 days

o Restart service after: 1 minute

10. In the Restart Computer Options dialog box, in the Restart Computer After box, type 2, and then
click OK.
11. Click OK to close the World Wide Web Publishing Services Properties dialog box.

12. Close the Computer Management console.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have created a server group, deployed roles and
features, and configured the properties of a service.

Exercise 4: Using Windows PowerShell to Manage Servers

 Task 1: Use Windows PowerShell to connect remotely to servers and view
information
1. Sign in to LON-DC1 with the Adatum\Administrator account and the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. In the Server Manager console, click LAB-1.

3. Right-click LON-CORE, and then click Windows PowerShell.
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4. At the command prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

Import-Module ServerManager

5. To review the roles and features installed on LON-CORE, at the command prompt, type the following,
and then press Enter:

Get-WindowsFeature

6. To review the running services on LON-CORE, at the command prompt, type the following, and then
press Enter:

Get-service | where-object {$_.status -eq "Running"}

7. To view a list of processes on LON-CORE, at the command prompt, type the following, and then press
Enter:

Get-process

8. To review the IP addresses assigned to the server, at the command prompt, type the following, and
then press Enter:

Get-NetIPAddress | Format-table

9. To review the most recent 10 items in the security log, at the command prompt, type the following,
and then press Enter:

Get-EventLog Security -Newest 10

10. Close Windows PowerShell.

 Task 2: Use Windows PowerShell to remotely install new features

1. On LON-DC1, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.
2. To verify that the XPS Viewer feature has not been installed on LON-SVR3, type the following
command, and then press Enter:

Get-WindowsFeature -ComputerName LON-SVR3

3. To deploy the XPS Viewer feature on LON-SVR3, type the following command, and then press Enter:

Install-WindowsFeature XPS-Viewer -ComputerName LON-SVR3

4. To verify that the XPS Viewer feature has now been deployed on LON-SVR3, type the following
command and then press Enter:

Get-WindowsFeature -ComputerName LON-SVR3

5. In the Server Manager console, from the Tools drop-down menu, click Windows PowerShell ISE.
6. In the Windows PowerShell ISE window, in the Untitled1.ps1 script pane, type the following, pressing
Enter after each line:

Import-Module ServerManager
Install-WindowsFeature WINS -ComputerName LON-SVR3
Install-WindowsFeature WINS -ComputerName LON-CORE

7. Click the Save icon.

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8. Select the root of Local Disk (C:).

9. Create a new folder named Scripts, and then save the script in that folder as InstallWins.ps1.

10. To run the script, press the F5 key.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have used Windows PowerShell to perform a remote
installation of features on multiple servers.

 Prepare for the next module

After you complete the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state. To do this, complete the
following steps:

1. On the host computer, switch to the Hyper-V Manager console.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-CORE and 20410C-LON-SVR3.
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Module 2: Introduction to Active Directory Domain Services

Lab: Installing Domain Controllers
Exercise 1: Installing a Domain Controller
 Task 1: Add an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) role to a member server
1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, in the left column, click All Servers.

2. Right-click All Servers, and then click Add Servers.

3. In the Add Servers dialog box, in the Name (CN) box, type LON-SVR1, and then click Find Now.

4. Under Name, click LON-SVR1, and then click the arrow to add the server to the Selected column.

5. Click OK to close the Add Servers dialog box.

6. In Server Manager, in the Servers pane, right-click LON-SVR1, and then select Add Roles and
Features.
7. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, click Next.

8. On the Select installation type page, ensure that Role-based or feature-based installation is
selected, and then click Next.
9. On the Select destination server page, ensure that Select a server from the server pool is
selected.

10. Under Server Pool, verify that LON-SVR1.Adatum.com is highlighted, and then click Next.
11. On the Select server roles page, select the Active Directory Domain Services check box, click Add
Features, and then click Next.

12. On the Select features page, click Next.

13. On the Active Directory Domain Services page, click Next.

14. On the Confirm installation selections page, select the Restart the destination server
automatically if required check box, and then click Install.
Installation will take several minutes.

15. When the installation completes, click Close to close the Add Roles and Features Wizard.

 Task 2: Configure a server as a domain controller

1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, on the command bar, click the Notifications icon—it looks like a
flag.

2. Under Post-deployment Configuration, click Promote this server to a domain controller.

The Active Directory Domain Services Configuration Wizard will open.
3. In the Active Directory Domain Services Configuration Wizard, on the Deployment Configuration
page, ensure that Add a domain controller to an existing domain is selected, and then, beside the
Domain line, click Select.

4. In the Windows Security dialog box, in the Username box type Administrator, in the Password
box type Pa$$w0rd and then click OK.

5. In the Select a domain from the forest dialog box, click adatum.com, and then click OK.
6. Beside the Supply the credentials to perform this operation line, click Change.
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7. In the Windows Security dialog box, in the Username box, type Adatum\Administrator, in the
Password box, type Pa$$w0rd, and then click OK.

8. On the Deployment Configuration page, click Next.

9. On the Domain Controller Options page, ensure that Domain Name System (DNS) server is
selected, and then deselect Global Catalog (GC).

Note: You would usually also want to enable the global catalog, but for the purpose of this
lab, this is done in the next lab task.

10. In the Type the Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) password section, type Pa$$w0rd in
both text boxes, and then click Next.
11. On the DNS Options page, click Next.

12. On the Additional Options page, Click Next.

13. On the Paths page, accept the default folders, and then click Next.
14. On the Review Options page, click View Script, examine the Windows PowerShell script that the
wizard generates.

15. Close the Notepad window.

16. On the Review Options page, click Next.

17. On the Prerequisites Check page, read any warning messages, and then click Install.

18. When the task completes successfully, click Close.

19. Wait for LON-SVR1 to restart.

 Task 3: Configure a server as a global catalog server

1. Sign in to LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Active Directory Sites and Services.

3. When Active Directory Sites and Services opens, expand Sites, expand Default-First-Site-Name,
expand Servers, and then expand LON-SVR1.

4. In the left column, right-click NTDS Settings, and then click Properties.

5. In the NTDS Settings Properties dialog box, select Global Catalog (GC), and then click OK.

6. Close Active Directory Sites and Services.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have explored Server Manager and promoted a member
server to be a domain controller.
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Exercise 2: Installing a Domain Controller by Using IFM

 Task 1: Use the Ntdsutil tool to generate IFM
1. On LON-DC1, in the lower-left corner of the screen, click the Start button.

2. On the Start screen, type CMD, right click Command Prompt and then click Run as administrator.
3. At a command prompt, type the following, pressing Enter after each line:

Ntdsutil
Activate instance ntds
Ifm
Create sysvol full c:\ifm

4. Wait for the IFM command to complete and then close the command prompt.

 Task 2: Add the AD DS role to the member server

1. Switch to LON-SVR2, and, if required, sign in as Adatum\Administrator with the password
Pa$$w0rd.

2. In the lower-left corner of the screen, click the Start button.

3. On the Start screen, type CMD, and then press Enter.

4. Type the following command, and then press Enter:

Net use k: \\LON-DC1\c$\IFM

5. Switch to Server Manager.

6. From the list on the left, click Local Server.

7. In the toolbar, click Manage, and then click Add Roles and Features.

8. On the Before you begin page, click Next.

9. On the Select installation type page, ensure that Role-based or feature-based installation is
selected, and then click Next.

10. On the Select destination server page, verify that LON-SVR2.Adatum.com is highlighted, and then
click Next.

11. On the Select server roles page, click Active Directory Domain Services.

12. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, click Add Features, and then click Next.

13. On the Select Features page, click Next.

14. On the Active Directory Domain Services page, click Next.

15. On the Confirm installation selections page, click Restart the destination server automatically if
required. Click Yes at the message box.

16. Click Install.

17. After the installation completes, click Close.

Note: If you see a message stating that a delegation for the DNS server cannot be created,
click OK.
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 Task 3: Use IFM to configure a member server as a new domain controller

1. On LON-SVR2, At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter:

Robocopy k: c:\ifm /copyall /s

2. Close the Command Prompt window.

3. In Server Manager, on the command bar, click the Notifications icon.

4. Under Post-deployment Configuration, click Promote this server to a domain controller.
The Active Directory Domain Services Configuration Wizard will open.

5. On the Deployment Configuration page, ensure that Add a domain controller to an existing
domain is selected, and confirm that adatum.com is the target domain. Click Next.

6. On the Domain Controller Options page, ensure that both Domain Name System (DNS) server
and Global Catalog (GC) are selected. For the DSRM password, type Pa$$w0rd in both boxes, and
then click Next.

7. On the DNS Options page, click Next.

8. On the Additional Options page, select Install from media, in the Install from media path box,
type C:\ifm, and then click verify.
9. When the path has been verified, click Next.

10. On the Paths page, click Next.

11. On the Review Options page, click Next, and then observe the Active Directory Domain Services
Configuration Wizard as it performs a check for prerequisites.

12. Click Install, and wait while AD DS is configured.

While this task is running, read the information messages that display on the screen.

13. Wait for the server to restart.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have installed an additional domain controller for the
branch office by using IFM.

 Prepare for the next module

When you have completed the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state.
To do this, complete the following steps:

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V® Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.
3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1, 20410C-LON-RTR, and 20410C-LON-SVR2.

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Module 3: Managing Active Directory Domain Services

Objects
Lab: Managing Active Directory Domain
Services Objects
Exercise 1: Delegating Administration for a Branch Office
 Task 1: Delegate administration for Branch Administrators
1. Switch to LON-DC1.

2. In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
3. In Active Directory Users and Computers, click Adatum.com.

4. Right-click Adatum.com, point to New, and then click Organizational Unit.

5. In the New Object – Organizational Unit dialog box, in Name, type Branch Office 1, and then
click OK.

6. Right-click Branch Office 1, point to New, and then click Group.

7. In the New Object – Group dialog box, in Group name, type Branch 1 Help Desk, and then
click OK.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 using Branch 1 Administrators as the new group name.

9. Repeat steps 6 and 7 using Branch 1 Users as the new group name.

10. In the navigation pane, click IT.

11. In the details pane, right-click Holly Dickson, and then click Move.

12. In the Move dialog box, click Branch Office 1, and then click OK.

13. Repeat steps 10 through 12 for the following OU’s and users:
o Development and the user Bart Duncan
o Managers and the user Ed Meadows
o Marketing and the user Connie Vrettos
o Research and the user Barbara Zighetti
o Sales and the user Arlene Huff
14. In the navigation pane, click Computers.

15. In the details pane, right-click LON-CL1, and then click Move.

16. In the Move dialog box, click Branch Office 1, and then click OK.
17. Switch to LON-CL1.

18. Point the mouse at the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click Settings.

19. Click Power, and then click Restart.

20. When the computer has restarted, sign in as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

21. Switch to LON-DC1.

22. If necessary, switch to Active Directory Users and Computers.

23. In the navigation pane, right-click Branch Office 1, click Delegate Control, and then click Next.
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24. On the Users or Groups page, click Add.

25. In the Select Users, Computers, or Groups dialog box, in Enter the object names to select
(examples), type Branch 1 Administrators, and then click OK.
26. On the Users or Groups page, click Next.

27. On the Tasks to Delegate page, in the Delegate the following common tasks list, select the
following check boxes, and then click Next:
o Create, delete, and manage user accounts
o Reset user passwords and force password change at next logon
o Read all user information
o Create, delete and manage groups
o Modify the membership of a group
o Manage Group Policy links
28. On the Completing the Delegation of Control Wizard page, click Finish.

29. In the navigation pane, right-click Branch Office 1, click Delegate Control, and then click Next.

30. On the Users or Groups page, click Add.

31. In the Select Users, Computers, or Groups dialog box, in Enter the object names to select
(examples), type Branch 1 Administrators, and then click OK.

32. On the Users or Groups page, click Next.

33. On the Tasks to Delegate page, click Create a custom task to delegate, and then click Next.
34. On the Active Directory Object Type page, select Only the following objects in the folder, select
the following check boxes, and then click Next:
o Computer objects
o Create selected objects in this folder
o Delete selected objects in this folder
35. On the Permissions page, select both General and Full Control, and then click Next.

36. On the Completing the Delegation of Control Wizard page, click Finish.

 Task 2: Delegate a user administrator for the Branch Office Help Desk
1. On LON-DC1, in the navigation pane, right-click Branch Office 1, click Delegate Control, and then
click Next.
2. On the Users or Groups page, click Add.

3. In the Select Users, Computers, or Groups dialog box, in Enter the object names to select
(examples), type Branch 1 Help Desk, and then click OK.

4. On the Users or Groups page, click Next.

5. On the Tasks to Delegate page, in the Delegate the following common tasks list, select the
following check boxes, and then click Next:
o Reset user passwords and force password change at next logon
o Read all user information
o Modify the membership of a group

6. On the Completing the Delegation of Control Wizard page, click Finish.

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 Task 3: Add a member to the Branch Administrators

1. On LON-DC1, in the navigation pane, click Branch Office 1.

2. In the details pane, right-click Holly Dickson, and then click Add to a group.

3. In the Select Groups dialog box, in Enter the object names to select (examples), type Branch 1
Administrators, and then click OK.

4. In the Active Directory Domain Services dialog box, click OK.

5. In the details pane, right-click Branch 1 Administrators, and then click Add to a group.
6. In the Select Groups dialog box, in Enter the object names to select (examples), type Server
Operators, and then click OK.

7. In the Active Directory Domain Services dialog box, click OK.

8. On your host computer, in the 20410C-LON-DC1 window, on the Action menu, click
Ctrl+Alt+Delete.

9. On LON-DC1, click Sign out.

10. Sign in to LON-DC1 as Adatum\Holly with the password Pa$$w0rd.
You can sign in locally at a domain controller because Holly belongs indirectly to the Server
Operators domain local group.
11. On the taskbar, click the Server Manager icon.

12. In the User Account Control dialog box, in User name, type Holly. In Password, type Pa$$w0rd,
and then click Yes.

13. In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
14. In Active Directory Users and Computers, expand Adatum.com.

15. In the navigation pane, click Sales.

16. In the details pane, right-click Aaren Ekelund, and then click Delete.

17. Click Yes to confirm.

18. Click OK to acknowledge that you do not have permissions to perform this task.
19. In the navigation pane, click Branch Office 1.

20. In the details pane, right-click Ed Meadows, and then click Delete.

21. Click Yes to confirm.

You are successful because you have the required permissions.

 Task 4: Add a member to the Branch Help Desk group

1. On LON-DC1, in the details pane, right-click Bart Duncan, and then click Add to a group.

2. In the Select Groups dialog box, in Enter the object names to select (examples), type Branch 1
Help Desk, and then click OK.
3. In the Active Directory Domain Services dialog box, click OK.

4. Close Active Directory Users and Computers.

5. Close Server Manager.

6. On the desktop, click Server Manager. In the User Account Control dialog box, in User name, type
Adatum\Administrator.
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7. In Password, type Pa$$w0rd, and then click Yes.

Note: To modify the Server Operators membership list, you must have permissions beyond
those available to the Branch 1 Administrators group.

8. In Server Manager, click Tools.

9. In the Tools list, click Active Directory Users and Computers.
10. In Active Directory Users and Computers, expand Adatum.com.
11. In the navigation pane, click Branch Office 1.

12. In the details pane, right-click Branch 1 Help Desk, and then click Add to a group.

13. In the Select Groups dialog box, in Enter the object names to select (examples), type Server
Operators, and then click OK.

14. In the Active Directory Domain Services dialog box, click OK.

15. On your host computer, in the 20410C-LON-DC1 window, on the Action menu, click
Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
16. On LON-DC1, click Sign out.
17. Sign in as Adatum\Bart with the password Pa$$w0rd.
You can sign in locally at a domain controller because Bart belongs indirectly to the Server Operators
domain local group.
18. On the desktop, click Server Manager.

19. In the User Account Control dialog box, in User name, type Bart. In Password, type Pa$$w0rd,
and then click Yes.
20. In Server Manager, click Tools.
21. Click Active Directory Users and Computers.

22. In Active Directory Users and Computers, expand Adatum.com.

23. In the navigation pane, click Branch Office 1.

24. In the details pane, right-click Connie Vrettos, and then click Delete.

25. Click Yes to confirm.

You are unsuccessful because Bart lacks the required permissions.

26. Click OK.

27. Right-click Connie Vrettos, and then click Reset Password.
28. In the Reset Password dialog box, in New password and Confirm password, type Pa$$w0rd, and
then click OK.
29. Click OK to confirm the successful password reset.
30. On your host computer, in the 20410C-LON-DC1 window, on the Action menu, click
Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
31. On LON-DC1, click Sign out.

32. Sign in to LON-DC1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have successfully created an OU, and delegated
administration of it to the appropriate group.
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Exercise 2: Creating and Configuring User Accounts in AD DS

 Task 1: Create a user template for the branch office
1. On LON-DC1, on the taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.

2. Double-click Local Disk (C:).

3. On the menu, click Home, and then click New folder.

4. Type branch1-userdata, and then press Enter.

5. Right-click branch1-userdata, and then click Properties.

6. In the branch1-userdata Properties dialog box, on the Sharing tab, click Advanced Sharing.

7. Select Share this folder, and then click Permissions.

8. In the Permissions for branch1-userdata dialog box, for the Full Control permission select the
Allow check box, and then click OK.

9. In the Advanced Sharing dialog box, click OK, and then in the branch1-userdata Properties dialog
box, click Close.

10. In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers, and then
expand Adatum.com.
11. Right-click Branch Office1, point to New, and then click User.
12. In the New Object – User dialog box, in Full name, type _Branch_template.

13. In User logon name, type _Branch_template, and then click Next.

14. In Password and Confirm password, type Pa$$w0rd.

15. Select the Account is disabled check box, and then click Next.

16. Click Finish.

 Task 2: Configure the template settings

1. On LON-DC1, from within the Branch Office 1 OU, right-click _Branch_template, and then click
Properties.

2. In the _Branch_template Properties dialog box, on the Address tab, in City, type Slough.

3. Click the Member Of tab, and then click Add.

4. In the Select Groups dialog box, in Enter the object names to select (examples), type Branch 1
Users, and then click OK.

5. Click the Profile tab.

6. Under Home folder, click Connect, and in the To box, type

\\lon-dc1\branch1-userdata\%username%.

7. Click Apply, and then click OK.

 Task 3: Create a new user for the branch office, based on the template
1. On LON-DC1, right-click _Branch_template, and then click Copy.

2. In the Copy Object – User dialog box, in First name, type Ed.

3. In Last name, type Meadows.

4. In User logon name, type Ed, and then click Next.
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5. In Password and Confirm password, type Pa$$w0rd.

6. Clear the User must change password at next logon check box.

7. Clear the Account is disabled check box, and then click Next.

8. Click Finish.

9. Right-click Ed Meadows, and then click Properties.

10. In the Ed Meadows Properties dialog box, on the Address tab, notice that the City is already
configured.

11. Click the Profile tab.

Notice that the home folder location is already configured.

12. Click the Member Of tab.

Notice that Ed belongs to the Branch 1 Users group. Click OK.

13. On your host computer, in the 20410C-LON-DC1 window, on the Action menu, click
Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
14. On LON-DC1, click Sign out.

 Task 4: Sign in as a user to test account settings

1. Switch to LON-CL1.
2. On your host computer, in the 20410C-LON-CL1 window, on the menu, click Ctrl+Alt+Delete.

3. On LON-CL1, click Switch User.

4. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Ed with the password Pa$$w0rd.

5. On the Start screen, type File Explorer and then press Enter.

6. Verify that drive Z is present.

7. Double-click Ed (\\lon-dc1\branch1-userdata) (Z:).

8. If you receive no errors, you have been successful.
9. On your host computer, in the 20410C-LON-CL1 window, on the Action menu, click
Ctrl+Alt+Delete.

10. On LON-CL1, click Sign out.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have successfully created and tested a user account
created from a template.

Exercise 3: Managing Computer Objects in AD DS

 Task 1: Reset a computer account
1. On LON-DC1, sign in as Adatum\Holly with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. On the taskbar, click the Server Manager icon.

3. In the User Account Control dialog box, in User name, type Holly.
4. In Password, type Pa$$w0rd, and then click Yes.

5. In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
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6. In Active Directory Users and Computers, expand Adatum.com.

7. In the navigation pane, click Branch Office 1.

8. In the details pane, right-click LON-CL1, and then click Reset Account.

9. In the Active Directory Domain Services dialog box, click Yes, and then click OK.

 Task 2: Observe the behavior when a client logs on

1. Switch to LON-CL1.
2. Sign in as Adatum\Ed with the password Pa$$w0rd.
A message appears stating that The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary
domain failed.
3. Click OK.

 Task 3: Rejoin the domain to reconnect the computer account

1. On LON-CL1 click the back arrow and switch to Adatum\Administrator with the password
Pa$$w0rd.
2. On the Start screen, right-click the display, click All apps, and in the Apps list, click Control Panel.
3. In Control Panel, in the View by list, click Large icons, and then click System.

4. In the navigation list, click Advanced system settings.

5. In System Properties, click the Computer Name tab, and then click Network ID.
6. On the Select the option that describes your network page, click Next.

7. On the Is your company network on a domain? page, click Next.

8. On the You will need the following information page, click Next.
9. On the Type your user name, password, and domain name for your domain account page, in
Password, type Pa$$w0rd. Leave the other boxes completed, and then click Next.

10. In the User Account and Domain Information dialog box, click Yes.

11. On the Do you want to enable a domain user account on this computer? page, click Do not add
a domain user account, and then click Next.

12. Click Finish, and then click OK.

13. In the Microsoft Windows dialog box, click Restart Now.
14. Sign in as Adatum\Ed with the password Pa$$w0rd.
You are successful because the computer had been successfully rejoined.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have successfully reset a trust relationship.

 Prepare for the next module

When you have completed the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state.
To do this, complete the following steps:

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V® Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-CL1, and then click Revert.
3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-DC1.

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Module 4: Automating Active Directory Domain Services

Administration
Lab: Automating AD DS Administration by
Using Windows PowerShell
Exercise 1: Creating User Accounts and Groups by Using Windows
PowerShell
 Task 1: Create a user account by using Windows PowerShell
1. On LON-DC1, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter:
New-ADOrganizationalUnit LondonBranch

3. Type the following command, and then press Enter:

New-ADUser -Name Ty -DisplayName "Ty Carlson" -GivenName Ty -Surname Carlson -Path
"ou=LondonBranch,dc=adatum,dc=com"

4. Type the following command, and then press Enter:

Set-ADAccountPassword Ty

5. When prompted for the current password, press Enter.

6. When prompted for the desired password, type Pa$$w0rd, and then press Enter.

7. When prompted to repeat the password, type Pa$$w0rd, and then press Enter.

8. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type Enable-ADAccount Ty, and then press Enter.
9. On LON-CL1, sign in as Ty with the password Pa$$w0rd.

10. Verify that the sign-in is successful and then sign out of LON-CL1.

 Task 2: Create a group by using Windows PowerShell

1. To create a new global security group for users in the London branch office, on LON-DC1, at the
Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter:
New-ADGroup LondonBranchUsers -Path "ou=LondonBranch,dc=adatum,dc=com" -GroupScope
Global -GroupCategory Security

2. To add Ty as a member of LondonBranchUsers, type the following command, and then press Enter:
Add-ADGroupMember LondonBranchUsers -Members Ty

3. To confirm that Ty has been added as a member of LondonBranchUsers, type the following
command, and then press Enter:
Get-ADGroupMember LondonBranchUsers

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have created user accounts and groups by using Windows
PowerShell.
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Exercise 2: Using Windows PowerShell to Create User Accounts in Bulk

 Task 1: Prepare the .csv file
1. On LON-DC1, on the taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.

2. In File Explorer, expand drive E:, expand Labfiles, and then click Mod04.
3. Right-click LabUsers.ps1, and then click Edit.

4. In Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE), read the comments at the top of the
script, and then identify the requirements for the header in the .csv file.

5. Close Windows PowerShell ISE.

6. In File Explorer, double-click LabUsers.csv.

7. In the How do you want to open this type of file (.csv)? message, click Notepad.
8. In Notepad, type the following line at the top of the file:
FirstName,LastName,Department,DefaultPassword
9. Click File, and then click Save.

10. Close Notepad.

 Task 2: Prepare the script

1. On LON-DC1, in File Explorer, right-click LabUsers.ps1, and then click Edit.
2. In Windows PowerShell ISE, under Variables, replace C:\path\file.csv with
E:\Labfiles\Mod04\LabUsers.csv.

3. Under Variables, replace "ou=orgunit,dc=domain,dc=com" with

"ou=LondonBranch,dc=adatum,dc=com".
4. Click File, and then click Save.

5. Scroll down and review the contents of the script.

6. Close Windows PowerShell ISE.

 Task 3: Run the script

1. On LON-DC1, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type cd E:\Labfiles\Mod04, and then press Enter.
3. Type .\LabUsers.ps1, and then press Enter.

4. Type the following command, and then press Enter:

Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "ou=LondonBranch,dc=adatum,dc=com"

5. Close Windows PowerShell.

6. On LON-CL1, sign in as Luka with the password Pa$$w0rd.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have used Windows PowerShell to create user accounts in
bulk.
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Exercise 3: Using Windows PowerShell to Modify User Accounts in Bulk

 Task 1: Force all user accounts in LondonBranch to change their passwords at next
sign in
1. On LON-DC1, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

2. To create a query for user accounts in the LondonBranch OU, at the Windows PowerShell Prompt,
type the following command, and then press Enter:

Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "ou=LondonBranch,dc=adatum,dc=com" | Format-Wide

DistinguishedName

3. Verify that only users from the LondonBranch organizational unit (OU) are listed.

4. To modify the previous command to force all user to change their password the next time they sign
in, at the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter:

Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "ou=LondonBranch,dc=adatum,dc=com" | Set-ADUser

-ChangePasswordAtLogon $true

5. Close Windows PowerShell.

 Task 2: Configure the address for user accounts in LondonBranch

1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Active Directory Administrative
Center.
2. In Active Directory Administrative Center, in the navigation pane, expand Adatum (local) and
double-click LondonBranch.

3. Click the Type column header to sort based on the object type.
4. Select all user accounts, right-click the user accounts, and then click Properties.

5. In the Multiple Users pane, under Organization, select the Address check box.
6. In the Street box, type Branch Office.

7. In the City box, type London.

8. In the Country/Region box, click United Kingdom, and then click OK.

9. Close Active Directory Administrative Center.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have modified user accounts in bulk.

 Prepare for the next module

When you finish the lab, revert all virtual machines back to their initial state by performing the following
steps:

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V® Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-CL1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 to 3 for 20410C-LON-DC1.

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Module 5: Implementing IPv4

Lab: Implementing IPv4
Exercise 1: Identifying Appropriate Subnets
 Task 1: Calculate the bits required to support the hosts on each subnet
1. How many bits are required to support 100 hosts on the client subnet?

Answer: Seven bits are required to support 100 hosts on the client subnet (27-2=126, 26-2=62).

2. How many bits are required to support 10 hosts on the server subnet?
Answer: Four bits are required to support 10 hosts on the server subnet (24-2=14, 23-2=6).
3. How many bits are required to support 40 hosts on the future expansion subnet?

Answer: Six bits are required to support 40 hosts on the future expansion subnet (26-2=62, 25-2=30).
4. If all subnets are the same size, can they be accommodated?

Answer: No. If all subnets are the same size, then all subnets must use 7 bits to support 126 hosts.
Only a single class C–sized address with 254 hosts has been allocated. Three subnets of 126 hosts
would not fit.
5. Which feature allows a single network to be divided into subnets of varying sizes?

Answer: Variable length subnet masking allows you to define different subnet masks when
subnetting. Therefore, variable length subnet masking allows you to have subnets of varying sizes.
6. How many host bits will you use for each subnet? Use the simplest allocation possible, which is one
large subnet and two equal-sized smaller subnets.

Answer: The client subnet is 7 host bits. This allocation can accommodate up to 126 hosts and uses
half of the allocated address pool.

The server and future expansion subnets are 6-host bits. This can accommodate up to 62 hosts on
each subnet and uses the other half of the address pool.

 Task 2: Calculate subnet masks and network IDs

1. Given the number of host bits allocated, what is the subnet mask that you will use for the client
subnet? Calculate the subnet mask in binary and decimal.
• The client subnet is using 7 bits for the host ID. Therefore, you can use 25 bits for the subnet
mask.

Binary Decimal

11111111.11111111.11111111.10000000 255.255.255.128
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2. Given the number of host bits allocated, what is the subnet mask that you can use for the server
subnet? Calculate the subnet mask in binary and decimal.

• The server subnet is using 6 bits for the host ID. Therefore, you can use 26 bits for the subnet
mask.

Binary Decimal

11111111.11111111.11111111.11000000 255.255.255.192

3. Given the number of host bits allocated, what is the subnet mask that you can use for the future
expansion subnet? Calculate the subnet mask in binary and decimal.

• The future expansion subnet is using 6 bits for the host ID. Therefore, you can use 26 bits for the
subnet mask.

Binary Decimal

11111111.11111111.11111111.11000000 255.255.255.192

4. For the client subnet, define the network ID, first available host, last available host, and broadcast
address. Assume that the client subnet is the first subnet allocated from the available address pool.
Calculate the binary and decimal versions of each address.

In the following table, the bits in bold are part of the network ID.

Description Binary Decimal

Network ID 11000000.10101000.1100010.00000000 192.168.98.0

First host 11000000.10101000.1100010.00000001 192.168.98.1

Last host 11000000.10101000.1100010.01111110 192.168.98.126

Broadcast 11000000.10101000.1100010.01111111 192.168.98.127

5. For the server subnet, define the network ID, first available host, last available host, and broadcast
address. Assume that the server subnet is the second subnet allocated from the available address
pool. Calculate the binary and decimal versions of each address.
In the following table, the bits in bold are part of the network ID.

Description Binary Decimal

Network ID 11000000.10101000.1100010.10000000 192.168.98.128

First host 11000000.10101000.1100010.10000001 192.168.98.129

Last host 11000000.10101000.1100010.10111110 192.168.98.190

Broadcast 11000000.10101000.1100010.10111111 192.168.98.191

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6. For the future allocation subnet, define the network ID, first available host, last available host, and
broadcast address. Assume that the future allocation subnet is the third subnet allocated from the
available address pool. Calculate the binary and decimal versions of each address.

In the following table, the bits in bold are part of the network ID.

Description Binary Decimal

Network ID 11000000.10101000.1100010.11000000 192.168.98.192

First host 11000000.10101000.1100010.11000001 192.168.98.193

Last host 11000000.10101000.1100010.11111110 192.168.98.254

Broadcast 11000000.10101000.1100010.11111111 192.168.98.255

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have identified the subnets required to meet the
requirements of the lab scenario.

Exercise 2: Troubleshooting IPv4

 Task 1: Prepare for troubleshooting
1. On LON-SVR2, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following cmdlet, and then press Enter:

Test-NetConnection LON-DC1

3. Verify that you receive a reply that contains PingSucceded:True from LON-DC1.
4. Open a File Explorer window, and browse to \\LON-DC1\E$\Labfiles\Mod05.

5. Right-click Break2.ps1, and then click Run with PowerShell.

Note: This script creates the problem that you will troubleshoot and repair in the next task.

6. Close File Explorer.

 Task 2: Troubleshoot IPv4 connectivity between LON-SVR2 and LON-DC1

1. On LON-SVR2, at the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

Test-NetConnection LON-DC1

2. Verify that you receive a reply that contains PingSucceded:False from LON-DC1.

3. At the Windows PowerShell Prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

Test-NetConnection –TraceRoute LON-DC1

Notice that the host is unable to find the default gateway, and that the following warning message
appears: “Name resolution of lon-dc1 failed – Status: HostNotFound.”
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4. At the Windows PowerShell Prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

Get-NetRoute

Notice that the default route and the default gateway information is missing in the routing table.

Note: You should not be able to locate DestinationPrefix 0.0.0.0/0 and NextHop 10.10.0.1.

5. At the Windows PowerShell Prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

Test-NetConnection 10.10.0.1

6. Notice that the default gateway is responding by verifying that you receive a reply that contains
PingSucceded:True from 10.10.0.1.

7. At the Windows PowerShell Prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

New-NetRoute –InterfaceAlias “Ethernet” –DestinationPrefix 0.0.0.0/0 –NextHop

10.10.0.1

Note: The New-NetRoute cmdlet will create the default route and the default gateway
information that was missing.

8. At the Windows PowerShell Prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

Get-NetRoute

9. Notice that the default route and the default gateway information is present in the routing table by
locating DestinationPrefix 0.0.0.0/0 and NextHop 10.10.0.1.
10. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

Test-NetConnection LON-DC1

11. Verify that you receive a reply that contains PingSucceded:True from LON-DC1.

Results: After completing this lab, you should have resolved an IPv4 connectivity problem.

 Prepare for the next module

After you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state. To do this, complete the
following steps.

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-RTR and 20410C-LON-SVR2.

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Module 6: Implementing Dynamic Host Configuration

Protocol
Lab: Implementing DHCP
Exercise 1: Implementing DHCP
 Task 1: Install the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server role
1. Sign in to LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. In Server Manager, click Add roles and features.

3. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, click Next.

4. On the Select installation type page, click Next.

5. On the Select destination server page, click Next.

6. On the Select server roles page, select the DHCP Server check box.

7. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, click Add Features, and then click Next.

8. On the Select features page, click Next.

9. On the DHCP Server page, click Next.

10. On the Confirm installation selections page, click Install.

11. On the Installation progress page, wait until the “Installation succeeded on lon-svr1.adatum.com”
message appears, and then click Close.

 Task 2: Configure the DHCP scope and options

1. In the Server Manager Dashboard, click Tools, and then click DHCP.

2. In the DHCP console, expand and then right-click lon-svr1.adatum.com, and then click Authorize.
3. In the DHCP console, right-click lon-svr1.adatum.com, and then click Refresh.

Notice that the icons next to IPv4 IPv6 changes color from red to green, which means that the DHCP
server has been authorized in Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS).
4. In the DHCP console, in the navigation pane, click lon-svr1.adatum.com, expand and right-click
IPv4, and then click New Scope.

5. In the New Scope Wizard, click Next.

6. On the Scope Name page, in the Name box, type Branch Office, and then click Next.
7. On the IP Address Range page, complete the page using the following information, and then click
Next:

• Start IP address: 172.16.0.100

• End IP address: 172.16.0.200

• Length: 16

• Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0

8. On the Add Exclusions and Delay page, complete the page using the following information:

• Start IP address: 172.16.0.190

• End IP address: 172.16.0.200
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9. Click Add, and then click Next.

10. On the Lease Duration page, click Next.

11. On the Configure DHCP Options page, click Next.

12. On the Router (Default Gateway) page, in the IP address box, type 172.16.0.1, click Add, and then
click Next.

13. On the Domain Name and DNS Servers page, click Next.
14. On the WINS Servers page, click Next.

15. On the Activate Scope page, click Next.

16. On the Completing the New Scope Wizard page, click Finish.

 Task 3: Configure the client to use DHCP, and then test the configuration
1. Sign in to 20410C-LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. On the Start page, type Control Panel, and then press Enter.

3. In Control Panel, under Network and Internet, click View Network Status and Tasks.

4. In the Network and Sharing Center window, click Change adapter settings.
5. In the Network Connections window, right-click Ethernet, and then click Properties.

6. In the Ethernet Properties window, click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click
Properties.
7. In the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog box, select the Obtain an IP
address automatically radio button, select the Obtain DNS server address automatically radio
button, click OK, and then click Close.

8. Right-click the Start button, and then click Command Prompt.

9. In the Command Prompt window, at the command prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

ipconfig /renew

10. To test the configuration and verify that LON-CL1 has received an IP address from the DHCP scope, at
a command prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

ipconfig /all

Note: This command returns information such as IP address, subnet mask, and DHCP
enabled status, which should be Yes.

 Task 4: Configure a lease as a reservation

1. In the Command Prompt window, at a command prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

ipconfig /all

2. Write down the Physical Address of LON-CL1 network adapter.

3. Switch to LON-SVR1.

4. In the Server Manager dashboard, click Tools, and then click DHCP.
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5. In the DHCP console, expand lon-svr1.adatum.com, expand IPv4, expand Scope [172.16.0.0]
Branch Office, select and then right-click Reservations, and then click New Reservation.

6. In the New Reservation window:

• In the Reservation Name field, type LON-CL1.

• In the IP address field, type 172.16.0.155.

• In the MAC address field, type the physical address you wrote down in step 2.
• Click Add, and then click Close.

7. Switch to LON-CL1.

8. In the Command Prompt window, at a command prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

ipconfig /release

This causes LON-CL1 to release any currently leased IP addresses.

9. At a command prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

ipconfig /renew

This causes LON-CL1 to lease any reserved IP addresses.

10. Verify that the IP address of LON-CL1 is now 172.16.0.155.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have implemented DHCP, configured DHCP scope and
options, and configured a DHCP reservation.

 Prepare for the optional exercise

If you are going to complete the optional lab, revert the 20410C-LON-CL1 and 20410C-LON-SVR1 virtual
machines by performing the following steps:
1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-CL1, and then click Revert.
3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.
4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1.

5. Start 20410C-LON-SVR1.
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Exercise 2: Implementing a DHCP Relay Agent (Optional Exercise)

 Task 1: Install a DHCP relay agent
1. Sign in to LON-RTR as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Routing and Remote Access.
3. Add the DHCP relay agent to the router by performing the following steps:

a. In the navigation pane, expand LON-RTR (local), expand IPv4, right-click General, and then
click New Routing Protocol.

b. In the Routing protocols list, click DHCP Relay Agent, and then click OK.

 Task 2: Configure a DHCP relay agent

1. In the navigation pane, right-click DHCP Relay Agent, and then click New Interface.

2. In the New Interface for DHCP Relay Agent dialog box, click Ethernet 2, and then click OK.
3. In the DHCP Relay Agent Properties – Ethernet 2 Properties dialog box, click OK.

4. Right-click DHCP Relay Agent, and then click Properties.

5. In the DHCP Relay Agent Properties dialog box, in the Server address box, type 172.16.0.11, click
Add, and then click OK.

6. Close Routing and Remote Access.

 Task 3: Test the DHCP relay agent with a client

Note: To test how a client receives an IP address from the DHCP relay agent in another
subnet, you need to create another DHCP scope.

1. Sign in to LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. In the Desktop, right-click the PowerShell icon and select Run as administrator.
3. At a Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following, pressing Enter after each line:

Add-WindowsFeature -IncludeManagementTools dhcp

netsh dhcp add securitygroups

Restart-service dhcpserver
Add-DhcpServerInDC LON-SVR1 172.16.0.11

Add-DhcpServerv4Scope –Name "Branch Office 2" –StartRange 10.10.0.100 –EndRange

10.10.0.200 –SubnetMask 255.255.0.0
Add-Dhcpserverv4ExclusionRange –ScopeID 10.10.0.0 –StartRange 10.10.0.190 –EndRange
10.10.0.200
Set-DhcpServerv4OptionValue –Router 10.10.0.1
Set-DhcpServerv4Scope –ScopeID 10.10.0.0 –State Active

4. To test the client, switch to LON-CL2.

5. On the Start screen, type Control Panel, and then press Enter.

6. Under Network and Internet, click View network status and tasks.

7. In the Network and Sharing Center window, click Change Adapter Settings, right-click Ethernet,
and then click Properties.
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8. In the Ethernet Properties window, click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and then click
Properties.

9. In the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties dialog box, click Obtain an IP address
automatically, click Obtain DNS server address automatically, click OK, and then click Close.
10. Right-click the Start button and then click Command Prompt.

11. In the Command Prompt window, at a command prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

ipconfig /renew

12. Verify that IP address and DNS server settings on LON-CL2 are obtained from DHCP Server scope
Branch Office 2, installed on LON-SVR1.

Note: The IP address should be in the following range: 10.10.0.100/16 to 10.10.0.200/16.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have implemented a DHCP relay agent.

 Prepare for the next module

After you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state. To do this, complete the
following steps:
1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.
3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1, 20410C-LON-RTR, and 20410C-LON-CL2.
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Module 7: Implementing DNS

Lab: Implementing DNS
Exercise 1: Installing and Configuring DNS
 Task 1: Configure LON-SVR1 as a domain controller without installing the Domain
Name System (DNS) server role
1. On LON-SVR1, in the Server Manager console, click Add roles and features.

2. On the Before you begin page, click Next.

3. On the Select installation type page, click Next.

4. On the Select destination server page, ensure that LON-SVR1.Adatum.com is selected, and then
click Next.

5. On the Select server roles page, select Active Directory Domain Services.

6. When Add Roles and Features Wizard appears, click Add Features, and then click Next.
7. On the Select features page, click Next.

8. On the Active Directory Domain Services page, click Next.

9. On the Confirm installation selections page, click Install.

10. On the Installation progress page, when the Installation succeeded message appears, click Close.

11. In the Server Manager console, on the navigation page, click AD DS.

12. On the title bar where Configuration required for Active Directory Domain Services at
LON-SVR1 is visible, click More.

13. On the All Server Task Details and Notifications page, click Promote this server to a domain
controller.
14. In the Active Directory Domain Services Configuration Wizard, on the Deployment Configuration
page, ensure that Add a domain controller to an existing domain is selected, and then click Next.
15. On the Domain Controller Options page, deselect the Domain Name System (DNS) server check
box, and leave the Global Catalog (GC) check box selected.

16. Type Pa$$w0rd in both text fields, and then click Next.

17. On the Additional Options page, click Next.

18. On the Paths page, click Next.

19. On the Review Options page, click Next.

20. On the Prerequisites Check page, click Install.

21. On the You’re about to be signed out blue bar, click Close.

Note: The LON-SVR1 server automatically restarts as part of the procedure.

22. After LON-SVR1 restarts, sign in as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
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 Task 2: Create and configure Contoso.com zone on LON-DC1

1. On the LON-DC1 virtual machine, in the Server Manager console, click Tools, and then click DNS.

2. Expand LON-DC1, right-click Forward Lookup Zones, and then select New Zone.

3. In the New Zone Wizard, on the Welcome to the New Zone Wizard page, click Next.

4. On the Zone Type page, deselect the Store the zone in Active Directory check box, and then click
Next.

5. On the Zone Name page, type Contoso.com, and then click Next.
6. On the Zone File page, click Next.

7. On the Dynamic Update page, click Next.

8. On the Completing the New Zone Wizard page, click Finish.

9. Expand Forward Lookup Zones, and then select and right-click contoso.com zone and click New
Host (A or AAAA)

10. In the New Host window, in the Name textbox type www.

11. In the IP address box type 172.16.0.100.

12. Click Add Host.

13. Click OK and then click Done.

14. Leave DNS Manager console open.

 Task 3: Review configuration settings on the existing DNS server to confirm

root hints
1. On LON-DC1, in the DNS Manager console, click and then right-click LON-DC1, and then click
Properties.
2. In the LON-DC1 Properties dialog box, click the Root hints tab. Ensure that root hints servers
display.

3. Click the Forwarders tab. Ensure that the list displays no entries, and that the Use root hints if no
forwarders are available option is selected.

4. Click Cancel.

5. Close the DNS Manager console.

6. In the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

7. In Windows PowerShell, type the following cmdlets, pressing Enter after each, and observe the output
returned:

Get-DnsServerRootHint
Get-DnsServerForwarder

Note that both cmdlets are the respective Windows PowerShell equivalents of the DNS Console
actions performed in steps 2 and 3 above.

 Task 4: Add the DNS server role for the branch office on the domain controller
1. On LON-SVR1, in the Server Manager console, click Add roles and features.
2. On the Before you begin page, click Next.

3. On the Select installation type page, click Next.

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4. On the Select destination server page, ensure that LON-SVR1.Adatum.com is selected, and then
click Next.

5. On the Select server roles page, select DNS Server.

6. When the Add Roles and Features Wizard appears, click Add Features, and then click Next.

7. On the Select Features page, click Next.

8. On the DNS Server page, click Next.

9. On the Confirm installation selections page, click Install.

10. On the Installation progress page, when the “Installation succeeded” message appears, click Close.

 Task 5: Verify replication of the Adatum.com Active Directory®–integrated zone

1. On LON-SVR1, in the Server Manager console, click Tools.

2. On the list of tools, click DNS.

3. In the DNS Manager console, expand LON-SVR1, and then expand Forward Lookup Zones.

This container is probably empty.

4. Switch back to Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Active Directory Sites and Services.

5. In the Active Directory Sites and Services console, expand Sites, expand Default-First-Site-Name,
expand Servers, expand LON-DC1, and then click NTDS Settings.
6. In the right pane, right-click the LON-SVR1 replication connection, and select Replicate Now.

Note: If you receive an error message, proceed to the next step, and then retry this step
after 3-4 minutes. If this retry fails, wait a few more minutes, and then try again.

7. In the navigation pane, expand LON-SVR1, and then click NTDS Settings.
8. In the right pane, right-click the LON-DC1 replication connection, click Replicate Now, and then
click OK.
9. Switch back to the DNS Manager console, right-click Forward Lookup Zones, and then click
Refresh.

10. Ensure that both the _msdcs.Adatum.com and Adatum.com containers display.

11. Close DNS Manager.

 Task 6: Use Windows PowerShell commands to test non-local resolution

1. On LON-SVR1, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

2. In Windows PowerShell, type the following cmdlet, and then press Enter:

Get-DnsClient

3. Note the entries labeled Ethernet in the InterfaceAlias column. In the Interface Index column, note
the Interface Index number that is in the same row as Ethernet and IPv4. Write this number here:
____________
4. In Windows PowerShell, type the following cmdlet, where X is the specific Interface Index number you
wrote down in the last step, and then press Enter:

Set-DnsClientServerAddress –InterfaceIndex X –ServerAddress 0.0.0.0

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5. In Windows PowerShell, type the following, and then press Enter:

Resolve-DNSName www.contoso.com

You should see an error message.

6. In Windows PowerShell, type the following, and then press Enter:

nslookup

7. At the nslookup > prompt, type the following and then press Enter:

www.contoso.com

You should see the following reply: “*** Unknown can’t find www.contoso.com. No response
from server.”

8. Type the following, and then press Enter:

Exit

Leave the Windows PowerShell window open.

 Task 7: Configure Internet name resolution to forward to the head office

1. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following cmdlet, and then press Enter:

Set-DnsServerForwarder –IPAddress '172.16.0.10' –PassThru

2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following cmdlet, and then press Enter:

Restart-Computer

 Task 8: Use Windows PowerShell to confirm name resolution

1. Sign in to LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. On LON-SVR1, switch to a Windows PowerShell window.

3. Type the following cmdlet, and then press Enter:

nslookup www.contoso.com

Ensure that you receive an IP address for this host as a non-authoritative answer.

4. Close Windows PowerShell.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have installed and configured DNS on 20410C-
LON-SVR1.

Exercise 2: Creating Host Records in DNS

 Task 1: Configure a client to use LON-SVR1 as a DNS server
1. On LON-CL1, sign in as Adatum\Administrator using the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. On the Start screen, type Control Panel, and then press Enter.

3. In Control Panel, click View network status and tasks.

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4. Click Change adapter settings.

5. Right-click Ethernet, and then click Properties.

6. In the Ethernet Properties dialog box, click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/Ipv4), and then click
Properties.

7. In the preferred DNS server box, overwrite the IP address for preferred DNS server with
172.16.0.11, click OK, and then click Close.

 Task 2: Create several host records for web apps in the Adatum.com domain
1. On LON-DC1, in the Server Manager console, click Tools, and then click DNS.

2. In the DNS Manager console, expand LON-DC1, expand Forward Lookup Zones, and then click
Adatum.com.
3. Right-click Adatum.com, and then click New Host (A or AAAA).

4. In the New Host window, configure the following settings:

o Name: www

o IP address: 172.16.0.200
5. Click Add Host, and then click OK.

6. In the New Host window, configure the following settings:

o Name: ftp

o IP address: 172.16.0.201

7. Click Add Host, click OK, and then click Done.

 Task 3: Verify replication of new records to LON-SVR1

1. On LON-SVR1, in the Server Manager console, click Tools, and then click DNS.
2. In the DNS Manager console, expand LON-SVR1, expand Forward Lookup Zones, and then click
Adatum.com.

3. Ensure that both www and ftp resource records display. It might take several minutes for the records
to display.

Note: If the www and ftp resource records do not display within several minutes,
right-click Adatum.com, and then click Refresh.

 Task 4: Use the ping command to locate new records from LON-CL1
1. On LON-CL1, on the taskbar, right-click the Windows icon, and then click Run.

2. In the Run pop-up window, in the Open text box, type cmd, and then press Enter.

3. In the Command Prompt window, at a command prompt, type ping www.adatum.com, and then
press Enter.

4. Ensure that the name resolves to 172.16.0.200.

Note: You will not receive replies.

5. At a command prompt, type ping ftp.adatum.com, and then press Enter.

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6. Ensure that name resolves to 172.16.0.201. (You will not receive replies.)

7. Leave the Command Prompt window open.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have configured DNS records.

Exercise 3: Managing the DNS Server Cache

 Task 1: Use the ping command to locate an Internet record from LON-CL1
1. On LON-CL1, in the Command Prompt window, at a command prompt, type ping
www.contoso.com, and then press Enter.

2. Ping does not work. Ensure that the name resolves to the IP address 172.16.0.100.
3. Leave the Command Prompt window open.

 Task 2: Update an Internet record to point to the LON-DC1 IP address

1. On LON-DC1, open DNS Manager.
2. In the DNS Manager console, expand LON-DC1, expand Forward Lookup Zones, and then click
contoso.com.

3. In the right pane, right-click www, and then click Properties.

4. Change the IP address to 172.16.0.10, and then click OK.
5. Switch back to LON-CL1.

6. In the Command Prompt window, at a command prompt, type the following, and then press Enter:

ping www.contoso.com

Note that ping does not work, and that the old IP address (which is 172.16.0.100) is still displayed.

 Task 3: Examine the content of the DNS cache

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.

2. In the Server Manager console, click Tools, and then click DNS.
3. Click LON-SVR1, click the View menu, and then click Advanced.

4. Expand LON-SVR1, expand the Cached Lookups node, expand .(root), expand com, and then click
contoso.
5. In the right pane, examine the cached content and note that the www record has the IP address:
172.16.0.100.

6. Switch to LON-CL1.

7. In the Command Prompt window, at a command prompt, type ipconfig /displaydns, and then press
Enter.

8. Look for cached entries and notice that www.contoso.com is resolving to 172.16.0.100.
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 Task 4: Clear the cache, and retry the ping command

1. On LON-SVR1, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type Clear-DNSServerCache, and then press Enter.

3. Type y, and then press Enter.

4. Switch to LON-CL1.

5. In a Command Prompt window, at a command prompt, type ping www.contoso.com, and then
press Enter.
The result still returns the old IP address.

6. In the Command Prompt window, at a command prompt, type ipconfig /flushdns, and then press
Enter.

7. In the Command Prompt window, type ping www.contoso.com, and then press Enter.
Ping now should work on address 172.16.0.10.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have examined the DNS server cache.

 Prepare for the next module

After you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines to their initial state.
1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1 and 20410C-LON-CL1.
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Module 8: Implementing IPv6

Lab: Implementing IPv6
Exercise 1: Configuring an IPv6 Network
 Task 1: Verify IPv4 routing
1. On LON-SVR2, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type ping lon-dc1, and then press Enter.

Notice that there are four replies from 172.16.0.10.

3. Type ipconfig, and then press Enter.

Verify that the only IPv6 address listed is a link-local address that cannot be routed.

4. Type Get-NetIPAddress, and then press Enter.

Notice that Get-NetIPAddress cmdlet returns a link-local IPv6 address.

 Task 2: Disable IPv6 on LON-DC1

1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, click Local Server.

2. In the Properties window, next to the Ethernet section, click 172.16.0.10, IPv6 enabled.
3. In the Network Connections window, right-click Ethernet, and then click Properties.

4. In the Ethernet Properties dialog box, clear the Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) check box,
and then click OK.
5. Close the Network Connections window.

6. In Server Manager, verify that Ethernet lists only 172.16.0.10. You may need to refresh the view.

LON-DC1 is now an IPv4-only host.

 Task 3: Disable IPv4 on LON-SVR2

1. On LON-SVR2, in Server Manager, click Local Server.
2. In the Local Server Properties dialog box, next to Ethernet, click 10.10.0.11, IPv6 enabled.

3. In the Network Connections window, right-click Ethernet, and then click Properties.

4. In the Ethernet Properties dialog box, clear the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) check box,
and then click OK.

5. Close the Network Connections window.

6. In Server Manager, verify that Ethernet now lists only IPv6 enabled. You may need to refresh the
view.

LON-SVR2 is now an IPv6-only host.

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 Task 4: Configure an IPv6 network on LON-RTR

1. On LON-RTR, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

2. Configure a network address that will be used on the IPv6 network. At the Windows PowerShell
prompt, type the following cmdlet, and then press Enter:

New-NetRoute -InterfaceAlias " Ethernet 2" -DestinationPrefix 2001:db8:0:1::/64

-Publish Yes

3. Allow clients to obtain the IPv6 network address automatically from LON-RTR. At the Windows
PowerShell prompt, type the following cmdlet, and then press Enter:

Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceAlias "Ethernet 2" -AddressFamily IPv6 -Advertising

Enabled

4. Type ipconfig, and then press Enter.

Notice that Ethernet 2 now has an IPv6 address on the 2001:db8:0:1::/64 network. This address is used
for communication on the IPv6-only network.

 Task 5: Verify IPv6 on LON-SVR2

1. On LON-SVR2, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type ipconfig, and then press Enter.
Notice that the Ethernet now has an IPv6 address on the 2001:db8:0:1::/64 network. The network
address was obtained from the router through stateless configuration.

Results: After completing the exercise, you will have configured an IPv6–only network.

Exercise 2: Configuring an ISATAP Router

 Task 1: Add an ISATAP host record to DNS
1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, click Tools, and then click DNS.

2. In DNS Manager, expand LON-DC1, expand Forward Lookup Zones, and then click Adatum.com.
3. Right-click Adatum.com, and then click New Host (A or AAAA).

4. In the New Host window, in the Name box, type ISATAP.

5. In the IP address box, type 172.16.0.1, and then click Add Host. ISATAP clients resolve this host
name to find the ISATAP router.

6. Click OK to clear the success message.

7. Click Done to close the New Host window.

8. Close DNS Manager.

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 Task 2: Enable the ISATAP router on LON-RTR

1. On LON-RTR, configure the IP address of the Ethernet adapter as the ISATAP router. At the Windows
PowerShell prompt, type the following cmdlet, and then press Enter:

Set-NetIsatapConfiguration -Router 172.16.0.1

2. Type the following command, and then press Enter:

Get-NetIPAddress | Format-Table InterfaceAlias,InterfaceIndex,IPv6Address

3. Record the InterfaceIndex of the ISATAP interface that has an IPv6 address that includes 172.16.0.1.

Interface index:

4. Type the following command, and then press Enter:

Get-NetIPInterface -InterfaceIndex IndexYouRecorded -PolicyStore ActiveStore |

Format-List

5. Verify that Forwarding is enabled for the interface and that Advertising is disabled.
6. The ISATAP interface for an ISATAP router must have forwarding enabled and advertising enabled.
Type the following command, and then press Enter:

Set-NetIPInterface -InterfaceIndex IndexYouRecorded -Advertising Enabled

7. Create a new IPv6 network that will be used for the ISATAP network. Type the following command,
and then press Enter:

New-NetRoute -InterfaceIndex IndexYouRecorded -DestinationPrefix 2001:db8:0:2::/64

-Publish Yes

8. View the IP address configuration for the ISATAP interface. Type the following command, and then
press Enter:

Get-NetIPAddress -InterfaceIndex IndexYouRecorded

9. Verify that an IPv6 address is listed on the 2001:db8:0:2::/64 network.

 Task 3: Remove ISATAP from the Global Query Block List

1. On LON-DC1, at the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following command, and then press
Enter.

dnscmd /config /globalqueryblocklist wpad

2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type Restart-Service DNS -Verbose, and then press Enter.

3. Type ping isatap, and then press Enter.

The name should resolve and you should receive four replies from 172.16.0.1.

 Task 4: Enable LON-DC1 as an ISATAP client

1. On LON-DC1, at the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following command, and then press
Enter:

Set-NetIsatapConfiguration -State Enabled

2. Type ipconfig, and then press Enter.

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3. Verify that the Tunnel adapter for ISATAP has an IPv6 address on the 2001:db8:0:2/64 network.

Notice that this address includes the IPv4 address of LON-DC1.

 Task 5: Test connectivity

1. On LON-SVR2, at the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following command, and then press
Enter:

ping 2001:db8:0:2:0:5efe:172.16.0.10

2. In Server Manager, if necessary, click Local Server.

3. In the Local Server Properties dialog box, next to Ethernet, click IPv6 enabled.
4. In the Network Connections window, right-click Ethernet, and then click Properties.

5. In the Ethernet Properties dialog box, click Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6), and then click
Properties.
6. In the Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) Properties dialog box, click Use the following DNS
server addresses.
7. In the Preferred DNS server box, type 2001:db8:0:2:0:5efe:172.16.0.10, and then click OK.

8. In the Ethernet Properties dialog box, click Close.

9. Close the Network Connections window.

10. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type ping LON-DC1, and then press Enter.

Notice that four replies are received from LON-DC1.

Note: A ping from LON-DC1 to LON-SVR2 does not respond because the firewall
configuration on LON-SVR2 blocks ping requests.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have configured an ISATAP router on LON-RTR to allow
communication between an IPv6–only network and an IPv4–only network.

 Prepare for the next module

After you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state.
To do this, complete the following steps.

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V® Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1, 20410C-LON-RTR and 20410C-LON-SVR2.

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Module 9: Implementing Local Storage

Lab: Implementing Local Storage
Exercise 1: Installing and Configuring a New Disk
 Task 1: Initialize a new disk
1. Sign in to LON-SVR1 with the username Adatum\Administrator and the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. In Server Manager, click the Tools menu, and then click Computer Management.

3. In the Computer Management console, under the Storage node, click Disk Management.

4. In the Disks pane, right-click Disk2, and then click Online.

5. Right-click Disk2, and then click Initialize Disk.

6. In the Initialize Disk dialog box, select the Disk 2 check box, click GPT (GUID Partition Table), and
then click OK.

 Task 2: Create and format two simple volumes on the disk

1. In the Computer Management console, in Disk Management, right-click the black marked box right
of Disk 2, and then click New Simple Volume.
2. In the New Simple Volume Wizard, on Welcome to the New Simple Volume Wizard page, click
Next.

3. On the Specify Volume Size page, in the Simple volume size MB field, type 4000, and then click
Next.

4. On Assign Drive Letter or Path page, ensure that the Assign the following drive letter check box
is selected, and that F is selected in from the drop-down menu, and then click Next.
5. On the Format Partition page, from the File system drop-down menu, click NTFS, in the Volume
label text box, type Volume1, and then click Next.

6. On Completing the New Simple Volume Wizard page, click Finish.

7. In the Disk Management window, right-click the black box right of Disk 2, and then click New Simple
Volume.

8. In the New Simple Volume Wizard, on Welcome to the New Simple Volume Wizard page, click
Next.
9. On the Specify Volume Size page, in the Simple volume size in MB field, type 5000, and then click
Next.

10. On the Assign Drive Letter or Path page, ensure that the Assign the following drive letter check
box is selected, verify that G is listed as the drive letter, and then click Next.

11. On the Format Partition page, from the File system drop-down menu, click ReFS, in the Volume
label text box, type Volume2, and then click Next.
12. On the Completing the New Simple Volume Wizard page, click Finish.
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 Task 3: Verify the drive letter in a File Explorer window

1. On the taskbar, open a File Explorer window, expand This PC, and then click Volume1 (F:).

2. In File Explorer, click Volume2 (G:), right-click Volume2 (G:), point to New, and then click Folder.

3. In the New folder field, type Folder1, and then press Enter.

Results: After you complete this lab, you should have initialized a new disk, created two simple volumes,
and then formatted them. You should also have verified that the drive letters you assigned are available in
File Explorer.

Exercise 2: Resizing Volumes

 Task 1: Shrink Volume1
1. On LON-SVR1, switch to the Computer Management console.

2. In the Computer Management console, in Disk Management, in the middle-pane, right-click

Volume1 (F:), and then click Shrink Volume.

3. In the Shrink F: window, in the Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB field, type 1000, and
then click Shrink.

 Task 2: Extend Volume2

1. On LON-SVR1, in Disk Management, in the middle-pane, right-click Volume2 (G:), and then click
Extend Volume.

2. In Extend Volume Wizard, on the Welcome to the Extended Volume Wizard page, click Next.

3. On the Select Disks page, in the Select the amount of space in MB field, type 1000, and then click
Next.

4. On the Completing the Extended Volume Wizard page, click Finish.

5. In a File Explorer window, click Volume2 (G:), and verify that Folder1 is available on the volume.

Results: After this lab, you should have made one volume smaller, and extended another.

Exercise 3: Configuring a Redundant Storage Space

 Task 1: Create a storage pool from five disks that are attached to the server
1. On LON-SVR1, on the taskbar, click the Server Manager icon.
2. In Server Manager, in the left pane, click File and Storage Services, and then in the Servers pane,
click Storage Pools.

3. In the STORAGE POOLS pane, click TASKS, and then in the TASKS drop-down menu, click New
Storage Pool.

4. In the New Storage Pool Wizard window, on the Before you begin page, click Next.

5. On the Specify a storage pool name and subsystem page, in the Name box, type StoragePool1,
and then click Next.
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6. On the Select physical disks for the storage pool page, click the following physical disks, and then
click Next:

o PhysicalDisk3
o PhysicalDisk4

o PhysicalDisk5

o PhysicalDisk6
o PhysicalDisk7

7. On the Confirm selections page, click Create.

8. On the View results page, wait until the task completes, and then click Close.

 Task 2: Create a three-way mirrored virtual disk

1. On LON-SVR1, in Server Manager, in the Storage Spaces pane, click StoragePool1.
2. In the VIRTUAL DISKS pane, click TASKS, and then from the TASKS drop-down menu, click New
Virtual Disk.

3. In the New Virtual Disk Wizard window, on the Before you begin page, click Next.
4. On the Select the storage pool page, click StoragePool1, and then click Next.

5. On the Specify the virtual disk name page, in the Name box, type Mirrored Disk, and then click
Next.
6. On the Select the storage layout page, in the Layout list, click Mirror, and then click Next.

7. On the Configure the resiliency settings page, click Three-way mirror, and then click Next.

8. On the Specify the provisioning type page, click Thin, and then click Next.
9. On the Specify the size of the virtual disk page, in the Specify Size box, type 10, and then click
Next.
10. On the Confirm selections page, click Create.

11. On the View results page, wait until the task completes.

12. Ensure that the Create a volume when this wizard closes check box is selected, and then click
Close.

13. In the New Volume Wizard window, on the Before you begin page, click Next.

14. On the Select the server and disk page, in the Disk pane, click the Mirrored Disk virtual disk, and
then click Next.
15. On the Specify the size of the volume page, click Next to confirm the default selection.

16. On the Assign to a drive letter or folder page, in the Drive letter drop-down menu, ensure that H
is selected, and then click Next.

17. On the Select file system settings page, in the File system drop-down menu, click ReFS, in the
Volume label box, type Mirrored Volume, and then click Next.

18. On the Confirm selections page, click Create.

19. On the Completion page, wait until the creation completes, and then click Close.
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 Task 3: Copy a file to the volume, and verify that it is visible in File Explorer
1. Click to the Start screen, type command prompt, and then press Enter.

2. In the Command Prompt window, at the command prompt, type the following command, and then
press Enter:

Copy C:\windows\system32\write.exe H:\

3. Close the Command Prompt window.

4. On the taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.

5. In the File Explorer window, click Mirrored Volume (H:).

6. Verify that write.exe displays in the file list.

7. Close File Explorer.

 Task 4: Remove a physical drive

1. On Host machine, in Hyper-V Manager®, in the Virtual Machines pane, right-click
0410C-LON-SVR1, and then click Settings.
2. In Settings for 20410C-LON-SVR1, in the Hardware pane, click Hard Drive that begins with
20410C-LON-SVR1-Disk5.

3. In the Hard Drive pane, click Remove, and then click OK. Click Continue.

 Task 5: Verify that the write.exe file is still accessible

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.

2. On the taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.

3. In the File Explorer window, click Mirrored Volume (H:).

4. In the file list pane, verify that write.exe is still available.

5. Close File Explorer.

6. In Server Manager, in the STORAGE POOLS pane, on the menu bar, click the Refresh “Storage
Pools” button.

Notice the warning that displays next to Mirrored Disk.

7. In the VIRTUAL DISK pane, right-click Mirrored Disk, and then click Properties.
8. In the Mirrored Disk Properties dialog box, in the left pane, click Health.

Notice that the Health Status indicates a Warning. The Operational Status should indicate Incomplete,
Unknown or Degraded.

9. Click OK to close the Mirrored Disk Properties dialog box.

 Task 6: Add a new disk to the storage pool and remove a broken disk
1. Switch to LON-SVR1.

2. In Server Manager, in the STORAGE POOLS pane, on the menu bar, click the Refresh “Storage
Pools” button.

3. In the STORAGE POOLS pane, right-click StoragePool1, and then click Add Physical Disk.

4. In the Add Physical Disk window, click PhysicalDisk8 (LON-SVR1), and then click OK.
5. Click Windows Powershell on the Task Bar.
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6. Type Get-PhysicalDisk, and press Enter.

7. Note the FriendlyName for the disk that shows an OperationalStatus of Lost Communication.

8. Type $Disk = Get-PhysicalDisk –FriendlyName diskname and press ENTER. Replace diskname with
the name of the disk you noted in Step 7.

9. Type Remove-PhysicalDisk –PhysicalDisks $disk -StoragePoolFriendlyName StoragePool1 and

press Enter.

10. Type Y, and then press Enter.

11. If you get a warning that the disk cannot be removed, wait five minutes and then run the last
command again. It can take some time for the mirrored disk to be resynchronized after a disk has
been removed and another disk added. If you still cannot remove the disk after five minutes, restart
LON-SVR1, sign in as Adatum\Administrator using the password Pa$$w0rd, and repeat steps 5-10.

12. In Server Manager, in the STORAGE POOLS pane, on the menu bar, click the Refresh “Storage
Pools” button to see the warnings disappear.

Results: After completing this lab, you should have created a storage pool and added five disks to it. Then
you should have created a three-way mirrored, thinly provisioned virtual disk from the storage pool. You
should have also copied a file to the new volume and verified that it is accessible. Next, after removing a
physical drive, you should have verified that the virtual disk was still available and could be accessed.
Finally, you should have added another physical disk to the storage pool.

 Prepare for the next module

After you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state. To do this, complete the
following steps.
1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.
3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1.
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Module 10: Implementing File and Print Services

Lab: Implementing File and Print Services
Exercise 1: Creating and Configuring a File Share
 Task 1: Create the folder structure for the new share
1. On LON-SVR1, on the taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.

2. In File Explorer, in the navigation pane, expand This PC, and then click Allfiles (E:).

3. On the menu toolbar, click Home, click New folder, type Data, and then press Enter.

4. Double-click the Data folder.

5. On the menu toolbar, click Home, click New folder, type Development, and then press Enter.

6. Repeat step 5 for the following new folder names:

o Marketing
o Research
o Sales

 Task 2: Configure NTFS permissions on the folder structure

1. In File Explorer, navigate to drive E, right-click the Data folder, and then click Properties.
2. In the Data Properties dialog box, click Security, and then click Advanced.

3. In the Advanced Security Settings for Data dialog box, click Disable Inheritance.
4. In the Block Inheritance dialog box, click Convert inherited permissions into explicit permissions
on this object.
5. Click OK to close the Advanced Security Settings for Data dialog box.
6. Click OK to close the Data Properties dialog box.

7. In File Explorer, double-click the Data folder.

8. Right-click the Development folder, and then click Properties.

9. In the Development Properties dialog box, click Security, and then click Advanced.

10. In the Advanced Security Settings for Development dialog box, click Disable Inheritance.

11. In the Block Inheritance dialog box, click Convert inherited permissions into explicit permissions
on this object.
12. Remove the two permissions entries for Users (LON-SVR1\Users), and then click OK.

13. On the Security tab, click Edit.

14. In the Permissions for Development dialog box, click Add.

15. Type Development, click Check names, and then click OK.

16. In the Permissions for Development dialog box, under Allow, select Modify permission.
17. Click OK to close the Permissions for Development dialog box.
18. Click OK to close the Development Properties dialog box.

19. Repeat steps 8 through 18 for the Marketing, Research, and Sales folders, assigning Modify
permissions to the Marketing, Research, and Sales groups for their respective folders.
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 Task 3: Create the shared folder

1. In File Explorer, navigate to drive E, right-click the Data folder, and then click Properties.

2. In the Data Properties dialog box, click the Sharing tab, and then click Advanced Sharing.

3. In the Advanced Sharing dialog box, select Share this folder, and then click Permissions.

4. In the Permissions for Data dialog box, click Add.

5. Type Authenticated Users, click Check names, and then click OK.

6. In the Permissions for Data dialog box, click Authenticated Users, and then under Allow, select
Change permission.

7. Click OK to close the Permissions for Data dialog box.

8. Click OK to close the Advanced Sharing dialog box.

9. Click Close to close the Data Properties dialog box.

 Task 4: Test access to the shared folder

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Bernard with the password Pa$$w0rd.

Note: Bernard is a member of the Development group.

2. On the Start screen, click Desktop.

3. On the taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.

4. In File Explorer, in the address bar, type \\LON-SVR1\Data, and then press Enter.

5. Double-click the Development folder.

Note: Bernard should have access to the Development folder.

6. Attempt to access the Marketing, Research, and Sales folders.

NTFS permissions on these folders prevents you from doing this.

Note: Bernard can still see the other folders, even though he does not have access to their
contents.

7. Sign out of LON-CL1.

 Task 5: Enable access-based enumeration

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.

2. On the taskbar, click the Server Manager icon.

3. In Server Manager, in the navigation pane, click File and Storage Services.

4. In the File and Storage Services window, in the navigation pane, click Shares.

5. In the Shares pane, right-click Data, and then click Properties.

6. In the Data Properties dialog box, click Settings, and then select Enable access-based
enumeration.
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7. Click OK to close the Data Properties dialog box.

8. Close Server Manager.

 Task 6: Test access to the share

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Bernard with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Click the Desktop tile.

3. On the taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.

4. In File Explorer, in the address bar, type \\LON-SVR1\Data, and then press Enter.

Note: Bernard can now view only the Development folder, the folder for which he has been
assigned permissions.

5. Double-click the Development folder.

Note: Bernard should have access to the Development folder.

6. Sign out of LON-CL1.

 Task 7: Disable Offline Files for the share

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.
2. On the taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.

3. In File Explorer, navigate to drive E, right-click the Data folder, and then click Properties.

4. In the Data Properties dialog box, click the Sharing tab, click Advanced Sharing, and then click
Caching.
5. In the Offline Settings dialog box, click No files or programs from the shared folder are
available offline, and then click OK.

6. Click OK to close the Advanced Sharing dialog box.

7. Click Close to close the Data Properties dialog box.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have created a new shared folder for use by multiple
departments.

Exercise 2: Configuring Shadow Copies

 Task 1: Configure shadow copies for the file share
1. On LON-SVR1.
2. Open File Explorer.
3. Navigate to drive E, right-click Allfiles (E:), and then click Configure Shadow Copies.
4. In the Shadow Copies dialog box, click drive E, and then click Enable.

5. In the Enable Shadow Copies dialog box, click Yes.

6. In the drive Shadow Copies dialog box, click Settings.
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7. In the Settings dialog box, click Schedule.

This opens the drive E:\ dialog box.
8. In drive E:\ dialog box, change Schedule Task to Daily, change Start time to 12:00 AM and then click
Advanced.

9. In the Advanced Schedule Options dialog box, select Repeat task, and then set the frequency to
every 1 hours.
10. Select Time, and change the time value to 11:59 PM.
11. Click OK twice.
12. Click OK to close the Settings dialog box.

13. Leave the drive Shadow Copies dialog box open.

 Task 2: Create multiple shadow copies of a file

1. On LON-SVR1, open File Explorer.
2. Navigate to E:\Data\Development.
3. On the menu toolbar, click Home, click New item, and then click Text Document.

4. Type Report, and then press Enter.

5. Switch back to the Shadow Copies dialog box; it should still be opened on the Shadow Copies tab.

6. Click Create Now.

 Task 3: Recover a deleted file from a shadow copy

1. On LON-SVR1, switch back to File Explorer.
2. Right-click Report.txt, and then click Delete.
3. In File Explorer, right-click the Development folder, and then click Properties.

4. In the Development Properties dialog box, click the Previous Versions tab.

5. Click the most recent folder version for Development, and then click Open.
6. Confirm that Report.txt is in the folder, right-click Report.txt, and then click Copy.

7. Close the File Explorer window that just opened.

8. In the other File Explorer window, right-click the Development folder, and then click Paste.

9. Close File Explorer.

10. Click OK and close all open windows.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have enabled shadow copies on the file server.

Exercise 3: Enabling and Configuring Work Folders

 Task 1: Install the Work Folders role service
1. On LON-SVR1, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell® icon.

2. At the command prompt type the following command and press Enter:

Add-WindowsFeature FS-SyncShareService
Note that the name of the feature is case-sensitive.
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 Task 2: Create a Sync Share on the File Server

1. On LON-SVR1, in the Windows PowerShell command window type the following command and press
Enter:

New-SyncShare Corp –path C:\CorpData –User “Adatum\Domain Users”

2. If required, on the taskbar, click the Server Manager icon to open Server Manager.

3. Click File and Storage Services.

4. Click Work Folders and ensure the Corp sync share exists.

 Task 3: Automate settings for users via Group Policy

1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, click Tools and click Group Policy Management.

2. In the Group Policy Management Console, go to Forest:Adatum.com\Domains\Adatum.com.

3. Right-click Adatum.com and click Create a GPO in this domain, and Link it here.

4. In the New GPO dialog box, in Name, type Work Folders, and then click OK.
5. Right-click the Work Folders GPO and then click Edit.

6. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to User Configuration\Policies

\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Work Folders.
7. In the details pane, double-click Specify Work Folders settings.

8. Click Enabled and, in Work Folders URL, type http://lon-svr1.Adatum.com.

9. Select Force automatic setup and click OK.

10. Close all open windows.

 Task 4: Test synchronization

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. On the Start screen, click Desktop.

3. On the taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.

4. Navigate to C:\Labfiles\Mod10 and double-click WorkFolders.bat.

This adds a registry entry to allow unsecured connections to the work folders.

5. In the lower-left corner of the screen, click the Start button.

6. Sign out of LON-CL1.

7. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

8. Click the Desktop tile and click File Explorer.

9. Double-click the Work Folders folder.

10. In the Work Folders folder, right-click an empty space, point to New, and then click Text Document.
11. Name the new text document TestFile2, and then press Enter.

12. Switch to LON-SVR1 and click File Explorer.

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13. Navigate to C:\CorpData\Administrator. Ensure the new text file named TestFile2 exists.

14. Close all open Windows.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have installed the Work Folders role service, created a
sync share, and created a Group Policy Object to deliver the settings to the users automatically. You will
have also tested the settings.

Exercise 4: Creating and Configuring a Printer Pool

 Task 1: Install the Print and Document Services server role
1. On LON-SVR1, on the taskbar, click the Server Manager icon.
2. In Server Manager, on the menu toolbar, click Manage.
3. Click Add Roles and Features, click Next.
4. Click Role-based or feature-based Installation, click Next.
5. On the Select destination server page, click the server on which you want to install the Print and
Document Services, and then click Next.
The default server is the local server.

6. On the Select Server Roles page, select Print and Document Services.

7. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, click Add Features.

8. On the Select server roles page, click Next.

9. On the Select Features page, click Next.

10. On the Print and Document Services page, review the Notes for the administrator, and then click
Next.
11. On the Select Role Services page, click Next until the Confirm Installation Selections page
displays.
12. Click Install to install the required role services.

13. Click Close.

 Task 2: Install a printer

1. On LON-SVR1, in the Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Print Management.
2. Expand Printer Servers, expand LON-SVR1, right-click Printers, and then click Add Printer.
The Network Printer Installation Wizard starts.
3. On the Network Printer Installation Wizard page, click Add a TCP/IP or Web Services Printer by
IP address or hostname, and then click Next.
4. Change the Type of Device to TCP/IP Device.
5. In Host name or IP address, type 172.16.0.200, clear Auto detect the printer driver to use, and
then click Next.
6. Under Device Type, click Generic Network Card, and then click Next.

7. Click Install a new driver, and then click Next.

8. Click Microsoft as the Manufacturer, under Printers, click Microsoft XPS Class Driver, and then click
Next.
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9. Change the Printer Name to Branch Office Printer, and then click Next.

10. Click Next two times to accept the default printer name and share name, and to install the printer.

11. Click Finish to close the Network Printer Installation Wizard.

12. In the Print Management console, right-click the Branch Office Printer, and then click Enable
Branch Office Direct Printing.
13. In the Print Management console, right-click the Branch Office Printer, and then select Properties.
14. Click the Sharing tab, select List in the directory, and then click OK.

 Task 3: Configure printer pooling

1. In the Print Management console, under LON-SVR1, right-click Ports, and then click Add Port.

2. In the Printer Ports dialog box, click Standard TCP/IP Port, and then click New Port.
3. In the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard, click Next.

4. In Printer Name or IP Address, type 172.16.0.201, and then click Next.

5. In the Additional port information required dialog box, click Next.

6. Click Finish to close the Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard.

7. Click Close to close the Printer Ports dialog box.

8. In the Print Management console, click Printers, right-click Branch Office Printer, and then click
Properties.

9. In the Branch Office Printer Properties dialog page, click the Ports tab, select Enable printer
pooling, and then click the 172.16.0.201 port to select it as the second port.

10. Click OK to close the Branch Office Printer Properties dialog box.

11. Close the Print Management Console.

 Task 4: Install a printer on a client computer

1. On LON-CL1, in the lower-left corner of the screen, right-click the Start button, and click Control
Panel.

2. In Control Panel, under Hardware and Sound, click Add a device.

3. In the Add a device dialog box, click Branch Office Printer on LON-SVR1, and then click Next. The
device installs automatically.

Results: After completing this exercise, you will have installed the Print and Document Services server role
and installed a printer with printer pooling.

 Prepare for the next module

After you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state.
To do this, complete the following steps.

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V® Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-SVR1, and then click Revert.
3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-CL1 and 20410C-LON-DC1.

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Module 11: Implementing Group Policy

Lab: Implementing Group Policy
Exercise 1: Configuring a Central Store
 Task 1: View the location of administrative templates in a Group Policy Object (GPO)
1. Sign in to LON-DC1 as Administrator with a password of Pa$$w0rd.

2. In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Group Policy Management.

3. In the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC), expand Forest: Adatum.com, expand Domains,
expand Adatum.com, and then expand the Group Policy Objects folder.

4. Right-click the Default Domain Policy, and then click Edit. This opens the Group Policy
Management Editor window.
5. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, expand the Default Domain Policy, under User
Configuration, expand Policies, and then click Administrative Templates.

6. Point to the Administrative Templates folder, and note that the location is Administrative
Templates: Policy definitions (.admx files) retrieved from the local computer.

7. Close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

 Task 2: Create a Central Store

1. On the taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.
2. In the File Explorer window, expand Local Disk (C:), expand Windows, expand SYSVOL, expand
sysvol, expand Adatum.com, and then double-click Policies.

3. In the details pane, right-click a blank area, click New, and then click Folder.
4. Name the folder PolicyDefinitions.

 Task 3: Copy administrative templates to the Central Store

1. In File Explorer, go to C:\Windows, and open the PolicyDefinitions folder.

2. Select the entire contents of the PolicyDefinitions folder.

Note: Hint: To select all the content, click in the details pane, and then press CTRL+A.

3. Right-click the selection, and then click Copy.

4. Expand Local Disk (C:), expand Windows, expand SYSVOL, expand sysvol, expand Adatum.com,
expand Policies, and then open the PolicyDefinitions folder.
5. Right-click in the empty folder area, and then click Paste.
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 Task 4: Verify the administrative template location in GPMC

1. In the GPMC, right-click the Default Domain Policy, and then click Edit.

2. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, expand Polices, point to the Administrative
Templates folder and read the local information text, which reads: “Administrative Templates: Policy
definitions (ADMX files) retrieved from the Central Store.”
3. Close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have configured a Central Store.

Exercise 2: Creating GPOs

 Task 1: Create a Windows Internet Explorer Restriction default starter GPO
1. In the GPMC, right-click the Starter GPOs folder, and then click New.

2. In the New Starter GPO dialog box, in the Name field, type Internet Explorer Restrictions, in the
Comment field, type This GPO disables the General page in Internet Options, and then click OK.

 Task 2: Configure the Internet Explorer Restriction starter GPO

1. In the GPMC, under the Starter GPOs folder, right-click the Internet Explorer Restrictions GPO, and
then click Edit.
2. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, expand User Configuration, Administrative
Templates, and then click All Settings.

3. Right-click All Settings, and then click Filter Options.

4. In the Filter Options dialog box, select the Enable Keyword Filters check box.
5. In the Filter for word(s): field, type General page.

6. Beside Within, deselect the Help Text and the Comment checkboxes.

7. Beside the Filter for word(s) field, click the drop-down list box, click Exact, and then click OK.

8. Double-click the Disable the General page setting, click Enabled, and then click OK.

9. Close the Group Policy Starter GPO Editor window.

 Task 3: Create an Internet Explorer Restrictions GPO from the Internet Explorer
Restrictions starter GPO
1. In the GPMC, right-click the Adatum.com domain, and then click Create a GPO in this domain, and
Link it here.

2. In the New GPO dialog box, in the Name field, type IE Restrictions.

3. Under Source Starter GPO, click the drop-down box, select Internet Explorer Restrictions, and then
click OK.

 Task 4: Test the GPO for Domain Users

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Brad with a password of Pa$$w0rd.

2. Point the mouse at the lower-right edge of the screen and click the Search charm when it appears.
3. In the Everywhere search box, type Control Panel.

4. In the search results, click Control Panel.

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5. In Control Panel, click Network and Internet.

6. In the Network and Internet dialog box, click Change your homepage.

7. Read the message box that appears informing you that this feature has been disabled, and then
click OK.

8. In the Control Panel, click Internet Options. Notice that in the Internet Properties dialog box the
General tab does not display.

9. Close all open windows and sign out from LON-CL1.

 Task 5: Use security filtering to exempt the IT Department from the Internet Explorer
Restrictions policy
1. Switch to LON-DC1.

2. In the GPMC, expand the Group Policy Objects folder, and then in the left pane, click the
IE Restrictions policy.
3. In the details pane, click the Delegation tab.

4. On the Delegation tab, click the Advanced button.

5. In the IE Restrictions Security Settings dialog box, click Add.

6. In the Select Users, Computers, Service Accounts, or Groups window, in the Enter the object names
to select (examples) box, type IT, and then click OK.
7. In the IE Restrictions Security Settings dialog box, click the IT (Adatum\IT) group, next to the
Apply group policy permission, select the Deny check box, and then click OK.

8. Click Yes to acknowledge the Windows Security dialog box.

 Task 6: Test the GPO app for IT department users

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Brad, with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. Switch to LON-CL1.

3. Point the mouse at the lower-right edge of the screen and click the Search charm when it appears.
4. In the Everywhere search box, type Control Panel.
5. In the search results window, click Control Panel.

6. In Control Panel, click Network and Internet.

7. In the Network and Internet dialog box, click Change your homepage. The Internet Properties
dialog box opens to the General tab, and all settings are available.

8. Close all open windows, and sign out from LON-CL1.

 Task 7: Test Application of the GPO for other domain users

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Boris with a password of Pa$$w0rd.
2. Point the mouse at the lower-right edge of the screen and click the Search charm when it appears.

3. In the Everywhere search box, type Control Panel.

4. In the search results window, click Control Panel.
5. In Control Panel, click Network and Internet.

6. In the Network and Internet dialog box, click Change your homepage. A message box appears
informing you that this feature has been disabled.
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7. Click OK to acknowledge the message.

8. Click Internet Options. In the Internet Properties dialog box, notice that the General tab does not
display.
9. Close all open windows, and sign out from LON-CL1.

Results: After completing this lab, you should have created a GPO.

 Prepare for the next module

After you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines back to their initial state. To do this, complete the
following steps:

1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.

3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-CL1.
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Module 12: Securing Windows Servers Using Group Policy

Objects
Lab A: Increasing Security for Server
Resources
Exercise 1: Using Group Policy to Secure Member Servers
 Task 1: Create a Member Servers organizational unit (OU) and move servers into it
1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.

2. In Active Directory Users and Computers, in the navigation pane, right-click Adatum.com, click New,
and then click Organizational Unit.
3. In the New Object - Organizational Unit window, in the Name box, type Member Servers OU, and
then click OK.

4. In Active Directory Users and Computers, in the navigation pane, click Computers container.
5. Press and hold the CTRL key. In the details pane, click both LON-SVR1 and LON-SVR2, right-click the
selection, and then click Move.
6. In the Move window, click Member Servers OU, and then click OK.

 Task 2: Create a Server Administrators group

1. On LON-DC1, in Active Directory Users and Computers, in the navigation pane, right-click the
Member Servers OU, click New, and then click Group.
2. In the New Object – Group window, in Group Name, type Server Administrators, and then click OK.

 Task 3: Create a Member Server Security Settings Group Policy Object (GPO) and link
it to the Member Servers OU
1. On LON-DC1, in the Server Manager window, click Tools, and then click Group Policy
Management.
2. In the Group Policy Management Console, expand Forests: Adatum.com, expand Domains, expand
Adatum.com, right-click Group Policy Objects, and then click New.

3. In the New GPO window, in Name, type Member Server Security Settings, and then click OK.

4. In the Group Policy Management Console, right-click Member Servers OU, and then click Link an
Existing GPO.

5. In the Select GPO window, in the Group Policy Objects window, click Member Server Security
Settings, and then click OK.

 Task 4: Configure group membership for local administrators to include Server

Administrators and Domain Admins
1. On LON-DC1, open the Group Policy Management Console.

2. If necessary, click the Group Policy Objects container, right-click Default Domain Policy, and then
click Edit.
3. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration\Policies
\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Restricted Groups.
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4. Right-click Restricted Groups, and then click Add Group.

5. In the Add Group dialog box, in Group name, type Administrators, and then click OK.

6. In the Administrators Properties dialog box, next to Members of this group, click Add.

7. In the Add Member dialog box type Adatum\Server Administrators, and then click OK.

8. Next to Members of this group, click Add.

9. In the Add Member dialog box type Adatum\Domain Admins, and then click OK twice.

10. Close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

 Task 5: Verify that Computer Administrators has been added to the local
Administrators group
1. Switch to LON-SVR1.

2. On the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell® icon.

3. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter:

Gpupdate /force

4. In the Server Manager window, click Tools, and then click Computer Management.

5. In the Computer Management console, expand Local Users and Groups, click Groups, and then in
the right-hand pane, double-click Administrators.

6. Confirm that the Administrators group contains both ADATUM\Domain Admins and
ADATUM\Server Administrators as members. Click Cancel.

7. Close the Computer Management console.

 Task 6: Modify the Member Server Security Settings GPO to remove Users from
Allow Log On Locally
1. On LON-DC1, in the Group Policy Management Console, click Group Policy Objects.

2. In the right-hand pane, right-click Member Server Security Settings, and then click Edit.
3. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration\Policies
\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\User Rights Assignment.

4. In the right-hand pane, right-click Allow log on locally, and then click Properties.

5. In the Allow log on locally Properties dialog box, select the Define these policy settings check
box, and then click Add User or Group.

6. In the Add User or Group window, type Domain Admins, and then click OK.

7. Click Add User or Group.

8. In the Add User or Group window, type Administrators, and then click OK twice.

 Task 7: Modify the Member Server Security Settings GPO to enable User Account
Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account
1. On LON-DC1, in the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration
\Policies\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options.

2. In the right-hand pane, right-click User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in
Administrator account, and then click Properties.
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3. In the User Account Control: Admin Approval Mode for the Built-in Administrator account
Properties dialog box, select the Define this policy settings check box, ensure that Enabled is
selected, and then click OK.

4. Close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

 Task 8: Verify that a non-administrative user cannot sign in to a member server

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.

2. On the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

3. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter:

Gpupdate /force

4. Sign out of LON-SVR1.

5. Try to sign in to LON-SVR1 as Adatum\Adam with the password Pa$$w0rd.

Verify that you cannot sign in to LON-SVR1, and that a logon error message is displayed.

6. To prepare for the next exercise, sign out of LON-SVR1, and sign back in to LON-SVR1 as
Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have used Group Policy to secure Member servers.

Exercise 2: Auditing File System Access

 Task 1: Modify the Member Server Security Settings GPO to enable object access
auditing
1. Switch to LON-DC1.
2. In the Group Policy Management Console, go to Forest: Adatum.com\Domains\Adatum.com.

3. Click Group Policy Objects.

4. In the right-hand pane, right-click Member Server Security Settings, and then click Edit.

5. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration\Policies

\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies.
6. Click Audit Policy.
7. In the right-hand pane, right-click Audit object access, and then click Properties.

8. In the Audit object access Properties dialog box, select the Define these policy settings check
box, select both the Success and Failure check boxes, and then click OK.

9. Sign out from LON-DC1.

 Task 2: Create and share a folder

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.
2. On LON-SVR1, on the taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.

3. In File Explorer, in the navigation pane, double-click Local Disk (C), and then click Home.

4. Click New folder, type Marketing, and then press Enter.

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5. In the Computer window, right-click the Marketing folder, click Share with, and then click Specific
people.
6. In the File Sharing window, type Adam, and then click Add.
7. Change the Permission Level to Read/Write, click Share, and then click Done.

 Task 3: Enable auditing on the Marketing folder for Domain Users

1. On LON-SVR1, in the Local Disk (C:) window, right-click the Marketing folder, and then click
Properties.
2. In the Marketing Properties window, click the Security tab, and then click Advanced.
3. In the Advanced Security Settings for Marketing window, click the Auditing tab, click Continue, and
then click Add.
4. In the Auditing Entry for Marketing window, click Select a principal.
5. In the Select User, Computer, Service Account or Group window, in Enter the object name to select,
type Domain Users, and then click OK.
6. In the Auditing Entry for Marketing window, from the Type drop-down menu, select All.

7. In the Auditing Entry for Marketing window, under the Permission list, select the Write check box,
and then click OK three times.
8. On the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.
9. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter:
gpupdate /force

10. Close the Windows PowerShell window.

 Task 4: Create a new file in the file share from LON-CL1

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. Point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the Search charm when it appears.

3. In the Search box type cmd, and then press Enter.

4. Open the Command Prompt window, and at the command prompt, type the following command,
and then press Enter:

gpupdate /force

5. Close the Command Prompt window.

6. Sign out from LON-CL1, and then sign in again as Adatum\Adam with the password Pa$$w0rd.
7. Point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the Search charm when it appears.

8. In the Search box type \\LON-SVR1\Marketing, and then press Enter.

9. In the Marketing window, click Home, click New item, click Text Document, in File name, type
Employees, and then press Enter.

10. Sign out from LON-CL1.

 Task 5: View the results in the security log on the domain controller
1. Switch to LON-SVR1.
2. In the Server Manager window, click Tools, and then click Event Viewer.

3. In the Event Viewer window, expand Windows Logs, and then click Security.
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4. Verify that the following event and information is displayed:

o Source: Microsoft Windows Security Auditing

o Event ID: 4663

o Task category: File System

o An attempt was made to access an object

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have enabled file system access auditing.

Exercise 3: Auditing Domain Logons

 Task 1: Modify the Default Domain Policy GPO
1. Sign in to LON-DC1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. On LON-DC1, on the taskbar, click the Server Manager icon.

3. In the Server Manager window, click Tools, and then click Group Policy Management.

4. On LON-DC1, in the Group Policy Management Console, go to Forest: Adatum.com

\Domains\Adatum.com.
5. Click Group Policy Objects.

6. In the right-hand pane, right-click Default Domain Policy, and then click Edit.

7. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration\Policies

\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local Policies.
8. Click Audit Policy.

9. In the right-hand pane, right-click Audit account logon events, and then click Properties.

10. In the Audit account logon events Properties dialog box, select the Define these policy settings
check box, select both the Success and Failure check boxes, and then click OK.

11. Point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the Search charm when it appears.

12. In the Search box type cmd, and then press Enter.
13. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter:

gpupdate /force

 Task 2: Run GPUpdate

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the Search charm when it appears.
3. In the Search box type cmd, and then press Enter.

4. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter:

gpupdate /force

5. Close the Command Prompt window, and sign out from LON-CL1.
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 Task 3: Sign in to LON-CL1 with an incorrect password

• Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Adam with the password password.

Note: This password is intentionally incorrect to generate a security log entry that shows
that that an unsuccessful sign in attempt has been made.

 Task 4: Review event logs on LON-DC1

1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Event Viewer.

2. In the Event Viewer window, expand Windows Logs, and then click Security.

3. Review the event logs for following message: “Event ID 4771 Kerberos pre-authentication failed.
Account Information: Security ID: ADATUM\Adam.”

 Task 5: Sign in to LON-CL1 with the correct password

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Adam with the password Pa$$w0rd.

Note: This password is correct, and you should be able to sign in successfully as Adam.

2. Sign out of LON-CL1.

 Task 6: Review event logs on LON-DC1

1. Switch to LON-DC1.

2. In the Server Manager window, click Tools, and then click Event Viewer.
3. In the Event Viewer window, expand Windows Logs, and then click Security.

4. Review the event logs for the following message: “Event ID 4624 An account was successfully
logged on. New Logon: Security ID: ADATUM\Adam.”

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have enabled domain logon auditing.

 Prepare for the next lab

• To prepare for the next lab, leave the virtual machines running.
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Lab B: Configuring AppLocker and Windows

Firewall
Exercise 1: Configuring AppLocker Policies
 Task 1: Create an OU for client computers
1. Switch to LON-DC1.

2. In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
3. In Active Directory Users and Computers, in the navigation pane, right-click Adatum.com, click New,
and then click Organizational Unit.

4. In the New Object - Organizational Unit window, type Client Computers OU, and then click OK.

 Task 2: Move LON-CL1 to the Client Computers OU

1. On LON-DC1, in Active Directory Users and Computers, in the navigation pane, click Computers
container.
2. In the details pane, right-click LON-CL1, and then click Move.

3. In the Move window, click Client Computers OU, and then click OK.

 Task 3: Create a Software Control GPO and link it to the Client Computers OU
1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Group Policy Management.

2. In the Group Policy Management Console, go to Forests: Adatum.com/Domains/Adatum.com.

3. Right-click Group Policy Objects, and then click New.

4. In New GPO window, in the Name text box type Software Control GPO, and then click OK.
5. In the right-hand pane, right-click Software Control GPO, and then click Edit.

6. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration/Policies

/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Application Control Policies/AppLocker.
7. Under AppLocker, right-click Executable Rules, and then click Create Default Rules.
8. Repeat the previous step for Windows Installer Rules, Script Rules, and Packaged app Rules.

9. In the navigation pane, click AppLocker, and then in the right-hand pane, click Configure rule
enforcement.

10. In the AppLocker Properties dialog box, under Executable rules, select the Configured check box,
and then from the drop-down menu, select Audit only.
11. Repeat the previous step for Windows Installer Rules, Script Rules, and Packaged app Rules, and then
click OK.

12. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration/Policies

/Windows Settings/Security Settings.

13. Click System Services, and then double-click Application Identity.

14. In the Application Identity Properties dialog box, click Define this policy setting.
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15. Under Select service startup mode, click Automatic, and then click OK.

16. Close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

17. In the Group Policy Management Console, right-click Client Computers OU, and then click Link an
Existing GPO.

18. In the Select GPO window, in the Group Policy Objects list, click Software Control GPO, and then
click OK.

 Task 4: Run GPUpdate

1. Switch to LON-CL1.
2. Point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the Search charm when it appears.
3. In the Search box type cmd, and then press Enter.

4. In the Command Prompt window, type following command, and then press Enter:
gpupdate /force

5. Close the Command Prompt window.

6. Point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the Settings charm when it appears.

7. Click Power, and then click Restart.

 Task 5: Run app1.bat in the C:\CustomApp folder

1. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. Point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the Search charm when it appears.

3. In the Search box type cmd, and then press Enter.

4. At the command prompt, type following command, and then press Enter:
gpresult /R

Review the result of the command and ensure that Software Control GPO is displayed under
Computer Settings, Applied Group Policy Objects.
5. If Software Control GPO is not displayed, restart LON-CL1 and repeat steps 1 through 4.
6. Point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the Search charm when it appears.

7. In the Search box type cmd, and then press Enter.

8. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter:
C:\CustomApp\app1.bat

 Task 6: View AppLocker events in an event log

1. On LON-CL1, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the Search charm when it
appears.
2. In the Search box type eventvwr.msc, and then press Enter.

3. In the Event Viewer window, expand Application and Services Logs, expand Microsoft, expand
Windows, and then expand AppLocker.
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4. Click MSI and Scripts and review event log 8005 that contains the following text:
%OSDRIVE%\CUSTOMAPP\APP1.BAT was allowed to run.

Note: If no events are displayed, ensure that the Application Identity service has started,
and try again.

 Task 7: Create a rule that allows software to run from a specific location
1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Group Policy Management.

2. In the Group Policy Management Console, expand the Group Policy Objects node, right-click
Software Control GPO, and click Edit.
3. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration/Policies
/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Application Control Policies/AppLocker.

4. Right-click Script rules and click Create New Rule.

5. On the Before You Begin page, click Next.

6. On the Permissions page, click Allow, and then click Next.

7. On the Conditions page, click Path, and then click Next.

8. On the Path page, in Path, type the path %OSDRIVE%\CustomApp\app1.bat, and then click Next.

9. On the Exception page, click Next.

10. On the Name and Description page, in Name, type Custom App Rule, and then click Create.

 Task 8: Modify the Software Control GPO to enforce rules

1. In the Software control GPO window, in the navigation pane, click AppLocker, and then in the right-
hand pane, click Configure rule enforcement.
2. In AppLocker Properties dialog box, under Executable rules, select the Configured check box, and
then from drop-down menu, click Enforce rules.

3. Repeat the previous step for Windows Installer Rules, Script Rules, and Packaged app Rules, and then
click OK.
4. Close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

 Task 9: Verify that an application can still be run

1. Switch to LON-CL1.
2. Point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the Search charm when it appears.

3. In the Search box type cmd, and then press Enter.

4. In the Command Prompt window, type the following command, and then press Enter:

gpupdate /force

5. Close the Command Prompt window.

6. Point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the Settings charm when it appears.

7. Click Power, and then click Restart.

8. Sign in to LON-CL1 as Adatum\Tony with the password Pa$$w0rd.
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9. Point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the Search charm when it appears.

10. In the Search box type cmd, and then press Enter.

11. In the Command Prompt window, type following command, and then press Enter:

C:\customapp\app1.bat

 Task 10: Verify that an app cannot be run

1. On LON-CL1, on the taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.

2. In File Explorer, in the navigation pane, click Computer.

3. In the Computer window, double-click Local Disk (C:), double-click the CustomApp folder, right-
click app1.bat, and then click Copy.

4. In the CustomApp window, on the navigation pane, right-click the Documents folder, and then
click Paste.
5. In the Command Prompt window, type C:\Users\Tony\Documents\app1.bat, and then press Enter.
6. Verify that apps cannot be run from the Documents folder, and that the following message is
displayed: “This program is blocked by Group Policy. For more information, contact your system
administrator.”
7. Close all open windows, and sign out from LON-CL1.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have configured AppLocker policies for all users
whose computer accounts are located in the Client Computers OU. The policies you configured should
allow these users to run apps that are located in the folders C:\Windows and C:\Program Files, and run the
custom-developed app app1.bat in the C:\CustomApp folder.

Exercise 2: Configuring Windows Firewall

 Task 1: Create a group named Application Servers
1. Switch to LON-DC1.

2. In the Server Manager window, click Tools, and then click Active Directory Users and Computers.
3. In Active Directory Users and Computers, in the navigation pane, right-click the Member Servers OU,
click New, and then click Group.

4. In the New Object – Group window, in Group Name, type Application Servers, and then click OK.

 Task 2: Add LON-SVR1 as a group member

1. In Active Directory Users and Computers, in the navigation pane, click the Member Servers OU, in
the details pane right-click Application Servers group, and then click Properties.

2. In the Application Server Properties dialog box, click the Members tab, and then click Add.

3. In Select Users, Computers, Service Accounts or Groups, click Object Types, click Computers, and
then click OK.

4. In the Enter the object names to select box type LON-SVR1, and then click OK.

5. In the Application Server Properties dialog box, click OK.

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 Task 3: Create a new Application Servers GPO

1. On LON-DC1, in Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Group Policy Management.

2. In the Group Policy Management Console, expand Forests: Adatum.com, expand Domains, expand
Adatum.com, right-click Group Policy Objects, and then click New.
3. In the New GPO window, in Name, type Application Servers GPO, and then click OK.

4. In the Group Policy Management Console, right-click Application Servers GPO, and then click Edit.

5. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, go to Computer Configuration/Policies

/Windows Settings/Security Settings/Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.
6. Click Windows Firewall with Advanced Security - LDAP://CN={GUID}.

7. In the Group Policy Management Editor window, click Inbound Rules.

8. Right-click Inbound Rules, and then click New Rule.

9. In the New Inbound Rule Wizard, on the Rule Type page, click Custom, and then click Next.

10. On the Program page, click Next.

11. On the Protocol and Ports page, in the Protocol type list, click TCP.
12. In the Local port list, click Specific Ports, in the text box type 8080, and then click Next.

13. On the Scope page, click Next.

14. On the Action page, click Allow the connection, and then click Next.
15. On the Profile page, clear both the Private and Public check boxes, and then click Next.

16. On the Name page, in the Name box type Application Server Department Firewall Rule, and then
click Finish.
17. Close the Group Policy Management Editor window.

 Task 4: Link the Application Servers GPO to the Member Servers OU

1. On LON-DC1, in the Group Policy Management Console, right-click Member Servers OU, and then
click Link an Existing GPO.
2. In the Select GPO window, in the Group Policy objects list, click Application Servers GPO, and then
click OK.

 Task 5: Use security filtering to limit the Application Server GPO to members of
Application Server group
1. On LON-DC1, in the Group Policy Management Console, click Member Servers OU.
2. Expand the Member Servers OU, and then click the Application Servers GPO link.

3. In the Group Policy Management Console message box, click OK.

4. In the right-hand pane, under Security Filtering, click Authenticated Users, and then click Remove.
5. In the Confirmation dialog box, click OK.

6. In the details pane, under Security Filtering, click Add.

7. In the Select User, Computer, or Group dialog box, type Application Servers, and then click OK.
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 Task 6: Run GPUpdate on LON-SVR1

1. Switch to LON-SVR1 and sign in as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd.

2. Point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click the Search charm when it appears.

3. In the Search box type cmd, and then press Enter.

4. In the Command Prompt window, type following command, and then press Enter:

gpupdate /force

5. Close the Command Prompt window.

6. Restart LON-SVR1, and then sign back in as Adatum\Administrator with the password of
Pa$$w0rd.

 Task 7: View the firewall rules on LON-SVR1

1. Switch to LON-SVR1.

2. In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Windows Firewall with Advanced Security.
3. In the Windows Firewall with Advanced Security window, click Inbound rules.

4. In the right-hand pane, verify that the Application Server Department Firewall Rule that you
created earlier using Group Policy is configured.
5. Verify that you cannot edit the Application Server Department Firewall Rule, because it is
configured through Group Policy.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have used Group Policy to configure Windows Firewall
with Advanced Security to create rules for app servers.

 Prepare for the next module

When you finish the lab, revert the virtual machines to their initial state by performing the following steps:
1. On the host computer, start Hyper-V® Manager.

2. In the Virtual Machines list, right-click 20410C-LON-DC1, and then click Revert.
3. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for 20410C-LON-SVR1 and 20410C-LON-CL1.

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Module 13: Implementing Server Virtualization with Hyper-V

Lab: Implementing Server Virtualization
with Hyper-V
Exercise 1: Installing the Hyper-V® Role onto a Server
 Task 1: Install the Hyper-V role onto a server
1. On LON-HOST1, in Server Manager, click Local Server.

2. In the Properties pane, click the IPv4 address assigned by DHCP, IPv6 enabled link.

3. In the Network Connections dialog box, right-click the network object, and then click Properties.

4. In the Properties dialog box, click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click
Properties.

5. In the Properties dialog box, on the General tab, click Use the following IP address, and then
configure the following:
o IP Address: 172.16.0.31

o Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0

o Default gateway: 172.16.0.1

6. On the General tab, click Use the following DNS server addresses, and then configure the
following:
o Preferred DNS server: 172.16.0.10

7. Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.

8. In the Properties dialog box of the network object click Close.

9. Close the Network Connections dialog box.

10. In the Server Manager console, from the Manage menu, click Add Roles and Features.

11. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, on the Before you begin page, click Next.

12. On the Select installation type page, click Role-based or feature-based installation, and then
click Next.

13. On the Select destination server page, ensure that LON-HOST1 is selected, and then click Next.

14. On the Select server roles page, select Hyper-V.

15. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, click Add Features.

16. On the Select server roles page, click Next.

17. On the Select features page, click Next.

18. On the Hyper-V page, click Next.

19. On the Virtual Switches page, verify that no selections have been made, and then click Next.
20. On the Virtual Machine Migration page, click Next.

21. On the Default Stores page, review the location of the Default Stores, and then click Next.

22. On the Confirm installation selections page, click Restart the destination server automatically if
required.
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23. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, review the message regarding automatic restarts, and then
click Yes.

24. On the Confirm Installation Selections page, click Install.

After a few minutes, the server restarts automatically. Ensure that you restart the machine from the
boot menu as 20410C-LON-HOST1. The computer will restart several times.

 Task 2: Complete Hyper-V role installation and verify settings

1. Sign in to LON-HOST1 using the account Administrator with the password Pa$$word.

2. When the installation of the Hyper-V tools completes, click Close to close the Add Roles and
Features Wizard.

3. In the Server Manager console, click the Tools menu, and then click Hyper-V Manager.

4. In the Hyper-V Manager console, click LON-HOST1.

5. In the Hyper-V Manager console, in the Actions pane, with LON-HOST1 selected, click Hyper-V
Settings.
6. In the Hyper-V Settings for LON-HOST1 dialog box, click the Keyboard item. Verify that the
Keyboard is set to the Use on the virtual machine option.

7. In the Hyper-V Settings for LON-HOST1 dialog box, click the Virtual Hard Disks item.

8. Verify that the location of the default folder to store Virtual Hard Disk files is
C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual Hard Disks, and then click OK.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have installed the Hyper-V role onto a physical server.

Exercise 2: Configuring Virtual Networking

 Task 1: Configure the external network
1. In the Hyper-V Manager console, click LON-HOST1.

2. From the Actions menu, click Virtual Switch Manager.

3. In the Virtual Switch Manager for LON-HOST1 dialog box, click New virtual network switch.
Ensure that External is selected, and then click Create Virtual Switch.

4. In the Virtual Switch Properties area, enter the following information, and then click OK:
o Name: Switch for External Adapter

o External Network: Mapped to the host computer’s physical network adapter. (This varies
depending on the host computer.)

5. In the Apply Networking Changes dialog box, review the warning, and then click Yes.

 Task 2: Create a private network

1. In Server Manager, on the Tools menu, open Hyper-V Manager, and then click LON-HOST1.

2. From the Actions menu, click Virtual Switch Manager.

3. Under Virtual Switches, click New virtual network switch.

4. Under Create virtual switch, click Private, and then click Create Virtual Switch.
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5. In the Virtual Switch Manager dialog box, in the Virtual Switch Properties section, configure the
following settings, and then click OK:

o Name: Private Network

o Connection type: Private network

 Task 3: Create an internal network

1. In Server Manager, on the Tools menu, open Hyper-V Manager, and then click LON-HOST1.

2. From the Actions menu, click Virtual Switch Manager.

3. Under Virtual Switches, click New virtual network switch.

4. Under Create virtual switch, click Internal and then click Create Virtual Switch.

5. In the Virtual Switch Manager dialog box, in the Virtual Switch Properties section, configure the
following settings, and then click OK:
o Name: Internal Network

o Connection type: Internal network

 Task 4: Configure the Media Access Control (MAC) address range

1. In Server Manager, on the Tools menu, open Hyper-V Manager, and then click LON-HOST1.
2. On the Actions menu, click Virtual Switch Manager.

3. Under Global Network Settings, click MAC Address Range.

4. On MAC Address Range settings, configure the following values, and then click OK:
o Minimum: 00-15-5D-0F-AB-A0

o Maximum: 00-15-5D-0F-AB-EF
5. Close the Hyper-V Manager console.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have configured virtual switch options on a physically-
deployed Windows Server 2012 server running the Hyper-V role.

Exercise 3: Creating and Configuring a Virtual Machine

 Task 1: Create differencing virtual hard disks
1. On the taskbar, click the File Explorer icon.

2. Expand This PC, expand drive E, expand Program Files, expand Microsoft Learning, and then
expand Base.

Note: The drive letter may depend upon the number of drives on the physical host
machine.

3. In the Base folder, verify that the Base14A-WS12R2.vhd hard disk image file is present.
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4. Click the Home tab, and then click the New Folder icon twice to create two new folders. Right-click
each folder and rename the folders to the following names:

o LON-GUEST1
o LON-GUEST2

5. Close File Explorer.

6. In the Server Manager console, click Tools, and then click Hyper-V Manager.
7. In the Hyper-V Manager console, in the Actions pane, click New, and then click Hard Disk.

8. In the New Virtual Hard Disk Wizard, on the Before You Begin page, click Next.

9. On the Choose Disk Format page, click VHD, and then click Next.
10. On the Choose Disk Type page, click Differencing, and then click Next.

11. On the Specify Name and Location page, specify the following details, and then click Next:

o Name: LON-GUEST1.vhd

o Location: E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\LON-GUEST1\

12. On the Configure Disk page, type the location: E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base
\Base14A-WS12R2.vhd, and then click Finish.
13. On the desktop, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell® icon.
14. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following command to create a new differencing virtual
hard disk to be used with LON-GUEST2, and then press Enter:

New-VHD "E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\LON-GUEST2\LON-GUEST2.vhd"

-ParentPath "E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\ Base14A-WS12R2.vhd"

15. Close Windows PowerShell.

16. In the Hyper-V Manager console, in the Actions pane, click Inspect Disk.
17. In the Open dialog box, browse to E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\LON-GUEST2\, click
LON-GUEST2.vhd, and then click Open.

18. In the Virtual Hard Disk Properties dialog box, verify that LON-GUEST2.vhd is configured as a
differencing virtual hard disk with E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base
\Base14A-WS12R2.vhd as a parent, and then click Close.

 Task 2: Create virtual machines

1. In Server Manager, on the Tools menu, open Hyper-V Manager, and then click LON-HOST1.

2. In the Hyper-V Manager console, in the Actions pane, click New, and then click Virtual Machine.
3. In the New Virtual Machine Wizard, on the Before You Begin page, click Next.

4. On the Specify Name and Location page, click Store the virtual machine in a different location,
enter the following values, and then click Next:
o Name: LON-GUEST1

o Location: E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\LON-GUEST1\

5. On the Specify Generation page, select Generation 1 and then click Next.
6. On the Assign Memory page, enter a value of 1024 MB, select the Use Dynamic Memory for this
virtual machine option, and then click Next.
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7. On the Configure Networking page, for the connection, click Private Network, and then click
Next.

8. On the Connect Virtual Hard Disk page, click Use an existing virtual hard disk. Click Browse,
browse to E:\Program Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\LON-GUEST1\lon-guest1.vhd, click Open,
and then click Finish.

9. On the desktop, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

10. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, type the following command to create a new virtual machine
named LON-GUEST2, and then press Enter:

New-VM -Name LON-GUEST2 -MemoryStartupBytes 1024MB -VHDPath "E:\Program

Files\Microsoft Learning\Base\LON-GUEST2\LON-GUEST2.vhd" -SwitchName "Private
Network"

11. Close Windows PowerShell.

12. In the Hyper-V Manager console, click LON-GUEST2.

13. In the Actions pane, under LON-GUEST2, click Settings.

14. In the Settings for LON-GUEST2 on LON-HOST1 dialog box, click Automatic Start Action, and set
the Automatic Start Action to Nothing.
15. In the Settings for LON-GUEST2 on LON-HOST1 dialog box, click Automatic Stop Action, and set
the Automatic Stop Action to Shut down the guest operating system.

16. Click OK to close the Settings for LON-GUEST2 on LON-HOST1 dialog box.

 Task 3: Enable resource metering

1. On the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.
2. At the Windows PowerShell prompt, enter the following commands to enable resource metering on
the virtual machines, pressing Enter at the end of each line:

Enable-VMResourceMetering LON-GUEST1
Enable-VMResourceMetering LON-GUEST2

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have deployed two separate virtual machines using a
sysprepped virtual hard disk file as a parent disk for two differencing virtual hard disks.

Exercise 4: Using Virtual Machine Checkpoints

 Task 1: Deploy Windows Server 2012 in a virtual machine
1. In the Hyper-V Manager console, click LON-GUEST1.

2. In the Actions pane, click Start.

3. Double-click LON-GUEST1 to open the Virtual Machine Connection Window.

4. In the LON-GUEST1 on LON-HOST1 - Virtual Machine Connection window, perform the following
steps:

o On the Settings page, click Next to accept the Region and Language settings.

o On the Settings page, click I Accept.

o On the Settings page, type the password Pa$$w0rd twice, and then click Finish.
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5. In the LON-GUEST1 on LON-HOST1 - Virtual Machine Connection window, from the Action menu,
click CTRL+Alt+Delete.

6. Sign in to the virtual machine using the account Administrator and the password Pa$$w0rd.
7. On the virtual machine, in the Server Manager console, click Local Server, and then click the
randomly assigned name next to the computer name.

8. In the System Properties dialog box, on the Computer Name tab, click Change.

9. In the Computer Name field, type LON-GUEST1, and then click OK.
10. In the Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog box, click OK.

11. Click Close to close the System Properties dialog box.

12. In the Microsoft Windows dialog box, click Restart Now.

 Task 2: Create a virtual machine checkpoint

1. Sign in to the LON-GUEST1 virtual machine using the Administrator account and the password
Pa$$w0rd
2. In the Server Manager console, click the Local Server node, and verify that the name of the computer
is set to LON-GUEST1.

3. In the Virtual Machine Connection window, from the Action menu, click Checkpoint.

4. In the Checkpoint Name dialog box, type the name Before Change, and then click Yes.

 Task 3: Modify the virtual machine

1. In the Server Manager console, click Local Server, and then next to Computer name, click
LON-GUEST1.
2. In the System Properties dialog box, on the Computer Name tab, click Change.

3. In the Computer Name field, type LON-Computer1, and then click OK.

4. In the Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog box, click OK.

5. Close the System Properties dialog box.
6. In the Microsoft Windows dialog box, click Restart Now.

7. Sign back in to the LON-GUEST1 virtual machine using the Administrator account and the password
Pa$$w0rd.

8. In the Server Manager console, click Local Server, and verify that the server name is set to
LON-Computer1.

 Task 4: Revert to the existing virtual machine checkpoint

1. In the Virtual Machine Connection window, from the Action menu, click Revert.
2. In the Revert Virtual Machine dialog box, click Revert.

3. In the Server Manager console, in the Local Server node, in the Virtual Machines list, verify that the
Computer Name is now set to LON-GUEST1.
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 Task 5: View resource metering data

1. On LON-HOST1, on the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

2. To retrieve resource metering information, at the Windows PowerShell prompt, enter the following
command, and then press Enter:

Measure-VM LON-GUEST1

Note the average CPU, average random access memory (RAM), and total disk usage figures.

3. Close the Windows PowerShell window.

Results: After completing this exercise, you should have used virtual machine checkpoints to recover from
a virtual machine misconfiguration.

 Revert the virtual machines

After you finish the lab, restart the computer in Windows Server 2012 by performing the following steps:
1. On the taskbar, click the Windows PowerShell icon.

2. At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter:

Shutdown /r /t 5

3. From the Windows Boot Manager, select Windows Server 2012.

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