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Configuring a second IP

1.         Click network connections
2.         Go to local area connections, click Properties, internet protocol version 4
3.         Click advanced, click add
4.         Type in your new IP address, with the correct subnet mask
5.        To test if you added it right, open a command prompt and type ipconfig

Creating a forward lookup zone

1.        Open DNS manager in administrator tools
2.        On the left hand, expand your server
3.        Right click your server, and “new zone”
4.        Use whatever setting you want
5.        When you have to name your zone, to make it easy, name it “your server name”-external.com
6.        Right click the new zone on the left hand side panel  and click New host(A or AAAA)
7.        Type your “server name”-ext
8.        Clear the create associated pointer record
9.        Add the new host and click ok
10.        To test and make sure your zone added right, open a command prompt
11.        Type ping “your server name”-ext.”your server name”-external.com

Adding a host to your FLZ

1.      If you try to ping your servers –ext you will not get a reply
2.        Go to your network and sharing center
3.        Click manage network connections
4.        Right click local area connections and properties
5.        Click TCP/IPv4(double), advanced
6.        Go to the DNS tab
7.        Click Append these DNS suffixes, add, type “your server name”-external.com
8.        Click add twice
9.        Type “your server name”, and add one more time
10.    Bring your server to the top by clicking the up arrow twice
11.  To test and make sure you did it right open a command prompt and type ping “your server name”-ext

Creating a standard primary zone

1.       Open DNS manager in administrator tools

2.       Right click Forward lookup zone and new zone

3.       Keep the zone type the same, but clear “store the zone in active directory”

4.       Name the zone anything you want

5.       Click next twice

6.       Make sure do not allow dynamic updates is checked when you get to it

7.       Click finish

8.       Right click and make a new host

9.       Name it anything you want

10.   Put in a valid IP address

11.   Create a PTR record and add host and done

12.   To test and see if the zone took, open a command prompt and type nslookup “your host name.your server name”

Raising function level

1.        Go to active directory domain and trusts in administrator tools
2.        Right click your server and raise domain function level
3.        In the box that comes up click the “select an available domain function level.”
4.        Then select windows server 2008 and raise don’t worry about the warning button

Transferring schema master role

1.        Open a MMC and add the active directory schema snap in if you don’t have it already
2.        Right click active directory schema
3.        Click change active directory domain controller
4.        Click your server and ok
5.        Right click active directory schema and operations master, then change
6.        Yes, ok, close

Transferring infrastructure master role

1.        Go to active directory users and computer in the administrator tools
2.        Change domain controller
3.        Click your server and OK
4.        Right click active directory users and computer(again), all tasks and operations master
5.        Go to the infrastructures tab, then change, point to the server you want to inherit the master role
6.        Yes to confirm and OK to finish