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Step by Step guide to setup Active Directory on Windows Server 2008

This tutorial will explain how to install AD on server 2008. This willvalid for windows 2008 R2 as well.

Requirement:

/*Minimum: Single processor with 1.4 GHz (x64 processor) or 1.3GHz (DualCore)*/

/*Minimum: 512 MB RAM*/

/*Minimum: 32 GB or greater*/

* The first step is to assign a ip to the server that you going to deploy the AD. Its nessary to install it as DNS server too. So its better to have fixed ip it doesn't mean you cannot install AD without fixed ip address but it will solve lot of issues if you used fixed ip.

In here the server ip is 10.0.0.14. Since we going to make it as DNSserver too you should use the same ip as the preferred DNS server.

* Next step is to install the Active directory roles. Unlikely the older version of windows servers Microsoft highly recommend to use

server manager option to install roles before you run dcpromo.

* Click on start menu and select the Server Manager

* Select the roles from the right hand panel and click on add roles option.

* From the roles list select the "Active Directory Domain Services" role and Click "Next"

* Review the confirmation and click on "Next"

* Review the installation confirmation and click on "Next"

* It will take few minutes to complete and when its done you will get this confirmation. And then click on "Close"

After that you will need to do a reboot.

* After reboot please open up the "server Manager" again. And then


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login as following example

User name : your domain\administrator

Password : XXXXXXXX

* Now its done and you can view the active directory options on administrative tools menu

Hope this tutorial is clear for you guys. If any question please ask meon /*[email protected]*/

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, Microsoft, role, server 2008, windowson March 7, 2011byDishan M. Francis . 115Comments

¬ Step by Step Guide to Install Active Directory on Windows Server 2008Core

Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 ®

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1. *Glenn* says: July 30, 2013 at 5:04 am

i use this as my guide¼..thanks

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2. *chandrashekhar* says: July 30, 2013 at 6:58 am

Very nice and easy to understand

Chandrashekhar

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3. *Syed Naveed Ahmed* says: August 26, 2013 at 9:31 am

Amazing..easy and clear

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4. *subash* says: October 26, 2013 at 11:26 am

good one thaks

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5. *Tefu Roland Mbole * says: November 11, 2013 at 12:09 pm

This article was very very helpful. Its straight to the point and a beginner can setup AD and DNS in seconds.

Thx

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6. *Lee * says: January 26, 2014 at 3:39 pm


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The information was helpful

Thanks! Lee

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7. *Vinod Pandey* says: February 23, 2014 at 5:51 pm

good for basic installation of AD

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8. *Santosh Kumar * says: March 31, 2014 at 5:48 pm

It is very useful tool for all it professionals

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9. *deepak k dewangan * says: May 3, 2014 at 7:32 am

Thanks for guaidness this site .

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10. *sulman* says: May 30, 2014 at 4:32 pm


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fantastic ,Thanks!

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11. *mahendran* says: June 23, 2014 at 7:19 am

thank sir

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12. *Asad* says: June 24, 2014 at 6:07 am

Thanks for sharing useful information

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13. *Rajesh* says: June 28, 2014 at 6:25 am

Amazing..easy and clear

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14. *Parmod Rana* says: July 2, 2014 at 8:33 pm

One word!! Amazing!

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15. *Dishan M. Francis* says: July 3, 2014 at 11:28 am

Thanks every one!

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16. *Ruwan* says: July 7, 2014 at 5:10 am

thanks, helped me to setup a AD quickly for a test :-)

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17. *Basit* says: July 9, 2014 at 4:34 am

Thank you for helping people, Take Care. :)

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18. *miki * says: July 10, 2014 at 6:37 am

Thanks for your article.

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19. *naveen* says: July 10, 2014 at 9:19 am


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Thank u very much..this helped me alot..

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20. *cephas* says: July 11, 2014 at 1:01 pm

nice one ¼.very precise

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21. *ivod * says: July 11, 2014 at 3:33 pm

thenks¼ this is help me

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22. *kishor* says: July 14, 2014 at 4:04 am

thanks,,,,

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23. *Adapter Mohan* says: July 15, 2014 at 1:59 am

Very narrative and self descriptive. Thanks.However, I have a small doubt. After the set up of AD, how can I

connect other PCs (i.e., nodes) to this server through switch ?

Thanks in advance

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24. *Dishan M. Francis* says: July 15, 2014 at 9:39 am

mohan, you can refer to http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/connect-computer-domain#1TC=windows-7 and it explains how to add computer to windows domain. if any questions please feel free to email me on [email protected]

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25. *INDRANIL SARKAR* says: July 21, 2014 at 8:11 am

Thanks a lot for share this¼I am highly obliged¼¼This is very helpfull.

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26. *SUJOY* says: July 24, 2014 at 2:26 pm

It is very useful guaidness for all it professionals¼¼.so very very THNK¼¼

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27. *Udit* says: July 29, 2014 at 4:54 am

Thanks Dishan for taking out your precious time and writing these articles, they are of great help, appreciate your effort.

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28. *Vamsi Harish* says: July 30, 2014 at 11:45 am

Thanks for the subject

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29. *Arun Karthik* says: August 4, 2014 at 5:34 am

Useful data of ADS Installation for beginners. gonna follow these steps¼

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30. *hunde* says: August 5, 2014 at 7:21 am

excellent ,step

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31. *damira* says: August 5, 2014 at 3:28 pm

hi thank you it very useful tuto thank you then

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32. *Ssekavubu Duncan * says: August 11, 2014 at 1:01 pm


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Lively and understandable!

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33. *kevin * says: August 20, 2014 at 7:29 am

Hi there,

You use ip address of class A (10.0.0.14) then why not use subnet mask for class A too (255.0.0.0) instead of (255.255.255.0) ? Thanks before :)

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34. *Dishan M. Francis* says: August 20, 2014 at 8:03 am

Hello Kevin,

First this is a demo. about the subnet mask of cause i can use /8 but there is no reason to waste that much of IP addresses. There is

no rule that you must use /8 if its in class A. you can decide subnet base on your IP requirement.

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35. *kevin * says: August 20, 2014 at 8:22 am

Oh I see.. Thanks sir

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36. *mhagama* says: August 26, 2014 at 5:04 pm


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Very useful. I have got my first AD, Thank you

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37. *RAM * says: September 1, 2014 at 5:29 pm

REALLY VRY NICE SIR¼..THANK YOU VERY MUCH¼.TOMORROW I AM GOING TO ATTEND INTERVIEW THIS WILL VERY USEFUL SIR¼THANK U SIR¼¼THANKS LOT

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38. *Dishan M. Francis* says: September 2, 2014 at 3:31 am

Thanks Ram, Good luck with your interview!!!

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39. *edmand* says: September 5, 2014 at 4:06 am

very very easy to installed in your guiedness ,, thanking you

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40. *naganagouda* says: September 12, 2014 at 3:18 pm

Hi All, can u show me same thing after install the ad and dns how to install the dhcp


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please guys

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41. *Dishan M. Francis* says: September 12, 2014 at 4:00 pm

Hello naganagouda,

Please refer to following post from the blog which explains in details

http://www.rebeladmin.com/2014/06/step-by-step-guide-to-install-dhcp-role-and-configure/

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42. *param* says: September 25, 2014 at 4:25 pm

Thanks

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43. *Fikri El Frana * says: October 2, 2014 at 7:01 am

i really need this tutorial. thanks.. bro

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44. *Yasir Ali* says: October 13, 2014 at 9:16 am

Very good¼¼¼¼¼¼keep working


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45. *Raja Reddy* says: October 22, 2014 at 7:37 am

Thanks. for your detailed information about server installion.

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46. *pratibha* says: October 29, 2014 at 7:26 pm

Thank you so much sir

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47. *Anil * says: October 30, 2014 at 9:57 am

Very easy steps, followed and configured comfortably. Thanking you so much.

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48. *nikmah * says: November 5, 2014 at 2:13 pm

thank you so much to share about windows server 2008

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49. *Haji* says: November 10, 2014 at 9:17 am


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not bad

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50. *Mohd Zunaid Khan* says: November 13, 2014 at 6:34 am

Good Explanation & Thanks

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*shehbaz* says: November 17, 2014 at 5:09 am

thakx

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*vinayak* says: November 20, 2014 at 10:22 am

Thanks, good installation guide.

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*Mubashir* says: November 22, 2014 at 11:15 pm

Thanx sir.

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54. *Sudarmani* says: December 11, 2014 at 10:02 am

Nice explanation it is very useful. Thanks a lot

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55. *Nko Leader* says: December 15, 2014 at 12:26 pm

Nice and Easy. Thanks

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56. *raghunandan* says: December 16, 2014 at 4:58 pm

Thankyou sir

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57. *Bhukya Ravi* says: December 21, 2014 at 7:58 am

It's very simple and easy to undarstand Thank you buddy

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58. *tej Bahadur Prajapati* says: December 28, 2014 at 4:06 pm


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Thanks a lot to rebeladmin.com , which is cleared my confusion¼¼¼¼

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59. *Tajammul khan* says: January 2, 2015 at 9:31 am

Nice and Easy. Thanks

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60. *Deepu A M* says:

January 3, 2015 at 9:32 am

Hi, I have installed Virtual PC 2007 & created the 3 Virtual Machines One is Windows 2008 Server, Win XP & Win 7 respectively. In Win 2008 server i have Installed DNS i have made it as DC & even DHCP is installed on it. But i need to connect between these 3 virtual machines. Without the network i am not able to proceed. How i can connect these 3 Virtual machines. Can any body help me out in this it will be vary helpful to me.

Regards.

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1. *Dishan M. Francis* says: January 12, 2015 at 9:44 am

Hi,

Can you explain what you mean by ªwithout networkº ? you added virtual NIC in to these VM correct ?

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*goldy * says: January 7, 2015 at 9:09 am

thanks very easy steps

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62. *goldy * says: January 7, 2015 at 9:10 am

thanks very helpfull tips

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63. *Qaisar Ali* says: January 15, 2015 at 4:15 am

thanx¼very halpfull & easy to understand & implement¼

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64. *MaHeNdRa * says: January 22, 2015 at 7:26 am

Easy to learn

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65. *Saurabh Kanojia* says: January 30, 2015 at 1:51 pm

Thanks a lot for this guide.. it is really a help..


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66. *Joel* says: February 12, 2015 at 6:17 pm

One more step to add at the very beginning for people like me who miss the blatantly obvious: *Make sure your computer name is what you want it to be before you start!* I followed this tutorial to set up my DC and DNS, and then followed another tutorial here [https://www.blackbaud.com/files/support/infinityinstaller/content/installermaster/tkaddadanddhcprolestoapplicationserver.htm] to also configure it as a DHCP and Certificate Authority (CA) server. Then I realized I had accidentally left the default name of my PC as WIN-LBQ4ISKVRCT. Imagine having to type that over and over again! To change the name, I had to go through the painful process of removing the CA role here [https://support.microsoft.com/kb/889250?wa=wsignin1.0], and got a nasty warning message when I went to rename the DC.

Moral of this story: Make sure your domain controller PC is named what you want it to be before you start! it will save you headaches down the line.

Again, excellent tutorial! Thank you!

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67. *Vishal Kumar* says: February 26, 2015 at 6:07 pm

Thank you a ton for putting up this much effort to make us understand the concept, and that too on a non ± profit basis. Regards! Vishal Kumar Delhi, India

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68. *j* says: February 27, 2015 at 1:00 am

Thanks for the quick tutorial! Using this as a refresher.


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69. *Syed Umair * says: March 3, 2015 at 2:33 pm

Thanks, it is very use full and easy to understand guide. Its really appreciated.

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70. *Mubarak* says: April 4, 2015 at 10:15 am

Thanks. Very good article.

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71. *LSlezi* says: April 10, 2015 at 7:34 pm

Thanks, it is very use full and easy to understand guide. Its really appreciated.

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72. *shaikh mohammed ehsan* says: May 7, 2015 at 9:54 am

thanks a lotgod bless you

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73. *Andrew Modi Tongun* says: May 12, 2015 at 6:18 am

This information was fact helpful. Thanks a lot.

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74. *Abrar* says: June 1, 2015 at 4:43 pm

thanks a lot SIR

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75. *Sandeep Gangurde* says: June 5, 2015 at 7:33 pm

Thanks sir

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76. *mohan* says: June 8, 2015 at 6:23 am

Thanks a lot for this guide.. it is really a help..

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77. *venkat* says: June 9, 2015 at 3:31 pm


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Useful ¼. thank u so much

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78. *vignesh.R* says: June 11, 2015 at 12:55 pm

super ,step by step installation ,thanks

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79. *Vraun* says: June 26, 2015 at 5:30 am

Well documented. thank you.. it was of great help.

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80. *asha* says: June 28, 2015 at 6:13 pm

Thank u so much,I really understand how to install active directory in easy way, thank u once again,

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81. *rajasekar* says: July 16, 2015 at 7:27 am

yeah¼. good. easy to learn

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*birendra pal* says: July 24, 2015 at 3:00 pm

THANKS

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83. *jp* says: August 12, 2015 at 7:56 am

thanks!!!!!easy to install.

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84. *stephen* says: August 15, 2015 at 2:58 pm

you are a nice teacher¼.setup simplified, thanks

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85. *sunil* says: August 23, 2015 at 8:54 am

I really understand how to install active directory in easy way thanks!!!!!easy to install

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86. *bhaskar* says: September 16, 2015 at 6:41 am

Thanks you very much¼


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87. *ashok kumar swain* says: October 1, 2015 at 11:13 pm

very very easy step follow and done

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88. *Gajendra* says: October 10, 2015 at 7:29 am

HI, This article is Excellent .

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89. *stephen paul* says: November 18, 2015 at 8:07 am

thank you sir for the tutorial. i can use this in our school computer laboratory. i will try this..help me sir in guiding upon installation and connecting other pc's.

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90. *prabi * says: December 5, 2015 at 8:22 pm

its very easy to understood thanks

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91. *Pramod chavan* says: December 10, 2015 at 6:22 am

*This article is Excellent . *

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94. *ch.sandeep * says: December 27, 2015 at 4:07 pm

Thanks for explaining in easy way¼ I hope I can crack my interview tomorrow¼..

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95. *Josephat* says: December 28, 2015 at 9:23 pm

thanks a lot,

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96. *Ashok Sahu* says: December 31, 2015 at 11:23 am

Thanks ¼¼..

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97. *hackatom* says: January 21, 2016 at 7:42 am

First in 2016!

Thanks RebelAdmin!

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98. *Balaji* says: February 2, 2016 at 11:34 am

superb work¼Easy to understand

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99. *Vicky* says: February 3, 2016 at 2:12 pm


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Very Clear explanations. thanks

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100. *JUNAID AZIZI* says: February 11, 2016 at 4:00 am

THANK U SO MUCH WHO IT REALLY HELP ME A LOT¼.

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*Jeevitha* says: February 11, 2016 at 10:03 pm

Hello,

my question is on Security group. a shared path with modify access has an security group enabled. now i add the user to that group.But still user is unable to access the data of that share path. what might be the reason..?and solution too

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1. *Dishan M. Francis* says: February 14, 2016 at 6:16 pm

Did user re-authenticate ?

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102. *khoya* says: February 25, 2016 at 10:02 am


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Thank you very much.It's very helpful for me.

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103. *Abdur Rahim* says: February 28, 2016 at 8:15 pm

Thanks a lot.

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104. *Tareen Jowhar Khan* says: February 29, 2016 at 9:51 am

Really Very Good Lecture

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105. *rajkumar* says: March 2, 2016 at 12:17 am

Thank you very much

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106. *MD. Sajidur Rahman* says: March 7, 2016 at 3:26 am

Good for understand.

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107. *Arun* says: March 8, 2016 at 9:13 am

good

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108. *Zia ur Rehman* says: March 17, 2016 at 11:11 am

Excellent working you did. Thanks a lot

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109. *shan* says: April 3, 2016 at 11:33 am

very easy to understand¼ you have started from the basic, its really helpfull

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110. *khemlal* says: April 4, 2016 at 9:40 am

Nice tutorial . Thanks

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111. *Kausar * says: April 9, 2016 at 6:30 am


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Very simple,Very Useful, Easy to understand. Thanks

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112. *Gnanambal* says: April 13, 2016 at 9:19 am

Very helpfull. Thanks alot

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113. *YOGESH* says: April 15, 2016 at 9:57 am

REALLY ITS USEFUL

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Dishan M. Francis MVP,MBCS,CCNP,CCNA,ITIL v3 Cert,MCITP EnterpriseAdministrator Windows Server 2008, MCSA(2008,2012),MCPI'm a Technology Consultant with 10 years' experience in the planning,design, and implementation of network technologies. Background includeshands-on experience with multi-platform, LAN/WAN environments.Demonstrated record of success in troubleshooting Servers, increasingefficiency, and optimizing the access and utilization of sharedinformation. Specialist in extending technology services from corporateheadquarters to field operations. Professionally certified in a widerange of networking technologies. This blog will use to share theexperience, knowledge gain over the years and be a help for the othersin the field. This is non-profit web site and for any inquiry about postor subject matter please feel free to contact me on [email protected]

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