How to upgrade Windows Server 2003 to a domain-controlled

Currently, Windows Server System is widely used by enterprises, for some micro-enterprises may not need to manage the Windows network, but for large and medium enterprises, management is indispensable. A small number of smaller enterprises, it is recommended that the working mode of the Peer-to-peer network, and if dozens of or more clients, it is recommended that the domain management model, because the domain can provide a centralized management, which compared to peer-to-peer decentralized management has a lot of benefits. I believe the readers of this article are in a larger corporate network, so this time we talk about how to promote a member server as a domain control to unify the management of our network.

First, the environment

Server: Windows Server 2003

Machine Name: Domain Server

ip:192.168.10.1

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

dns:192.168.10.1

Client: Windows XP

Second, add domain Name service

If the DNS component is not selected during installation of Windows Server 2003 and is not installed by default, we need to add it manually. Here we need to use the installation CD for Windows Server 2003. Add the following: "Start-settings-Control Panel-Add Remove Program", then click "Add/Remove Windows Components", you can see the following screen:

Figure 1

Select Network Services:

Figure 2