[ale] Way OT: Windows DC question

[greg.freemyer at gmail.com (Greg Freemyer)]

Ignore this question.

I decided to go ahead and try the Workstation install followed by
conversion to DC.

It was surprisingly simple and was simple follow the leader stuff.  I
guess I would have known that if I had ever installed Win2003 server
before.

On 11/8/05, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> Soory about the OT question, but I'm getting frustrated and I've
> already spent an hour trying to research this very simple question.
> ===
>
> I have a client that wants me to evaluate Microsoft CRM for them.
>
> It seems to require the server be a Microsoft 2003 Domain Controller.
>
> I have a test computer I can install Win 2003 on, but what are the
> basic steps for installing it as a DC.  I do NOT have a windows domain
> available to leverage off of.  This will be the main DC for a single
> server LAN.  I'm doing a from scratch install, not an upgrade.
>
> Way back in the NT days it was required to declare a system a PDC
> during the install.  I no longer see a way to do this.  Do I just
> install as a workgroup member, then somehow convert the server to a
> DC?
>
> Greg
> --
> Greg Freemyer
> The Norcross Group
> Forensics for the 21st Century
>


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