Windows Server2012 has been released for some time, has recently been trying to upgrade the company's internal DC to 2012, has been no time, today is relatively empty, to try to do the following. With the use of Windows Server 2012,hyper-v3.0 and IIs8.0 for some time, it feels like a 2012 change is really great, and a centralized console that can manage Windows Server2012 across the company on a single server, It's really convenient.
I. Preparing articles
The company already has a Windows Server 2008 R2 domain environment in use, currently has two DCs, ready to upgrade one of them first to 2012, the current general upgrade topology.
1. A Windows 2008 R2 Dc
2. A newly installed Windows Server2012
3. Windows 7 Clients
Two. Installation article
1. Install Windows Server 2012 (abbreviated)
2. Install DNS role (abbreviated)
3. Install the Active Directory domain service on Windows 2012.
Select Local server
Add Active Directory Domain service
To add the Group Policy Management feature
Being installed
Installation Successful
Click on the notification bar in the upper-right corner and click "Promote this server to a domain controller"
To add a domain controller to an existing domain
This step by default, because there is only one site inside my company