A dialog box titled Install Windows should display,
asking you to specify the Language To Install, the Time And Currency
Format, and the Keyboard Or Input Method. Normally, you should accept the
default; if not change them as you see fit:
Click Next. The second page of the wizard will display
a button (or link) titled Install Now:
Click Install Now. You will be prompted for the
Product Key:
Enter it if you have it. If you don't have it, click
Next (a message box will ask you if you want to enter your product key
now, click No).
The licensing contract will come up:
Read it. If you
agree with it, click the I Accept The License Terms check box. Click Next.
The next page may ask you whether you want to upgrade
or perform a new installation:
In most cases, you should perform a new
installation. Click your selection.
The next screen allows you to select and/or create
partitions. If in doubt, accept the defaults. Selection the partition
where you want to install the operating system:
After making your selection, click Next. The
installation will start copying files.
When the installation has finished copying the files,
the computer will reboot. You don't have to do anything. When it has
finished rebooting, the installation would continue. At one time, the
computer will reboot again.
After a while, a window titled Install Windows Small
Business Server 2008 will display. Read its text abd click Next.
The next screen asks you to set your calendar and
clock:
To change the calendar and clock, click Open Date and
Time ... After making your selection, click OK.
Click Next. The next screen asks you check for
updates:
If your computer is connected to the Internet, click the first
option. The next screen asks you to enter information about your business. After
filling the form, click Next.
Accept or enter a name for the server. This name will
be the one by which other computers on the network recognize this server.
That name will also be used on the intranet. The name shouold be unique
among the other computers on your network. Other people can use that in
the Address Bar of a browser, inside your network, to access some web
pages on that computer (we will see how). For our example, we use the name
expression.
Accept or change the name of the internal domain. This
name will be used to identify the network inside your intranet, not on the
Internet. You can choose a name that identifies your business. You can
even use a name of an existing web site because this name will not be
accessible on the Internet. When the installation is over, the operating
system will create a network that uses the name of the domain + .local.
This means that the name you select here will be used as your intranet web
site. The extension will be .local (not .com).
For our example, we use the name
functionx. This means that the installation will create a web
site for us, named functionx.local.
The name of the server will be used to access it as
its own intranet web site. For our example, other computers in the same
network will be able to access the server by typing
http://expression.functionx.local in the Address Bar of the browser.
Of course, this means that you will have to communicate this address to
your users, in case you need to.
The name of the computer and that of the domain must
be distinct:
The bad news is that you should carefully choose these
names. If you are not sure, leave the installation opened and think of
names or plan them as long as you can, until you are ready. As the
installation says, once these names have been entered and once you click
Next, you will not be able to change them. After specifying the names,
click Next.
The next screen asks you to enter the credentials for
the administrator account. This will consist of a first name, a last name,
a username, and the administrator's password:
The next screen will be about security. After making the selections, click Next. The next
screen shows a summary of the previous forms. After reading it, click Next
The installation will then start:
When file copying is over, the computer will
reboot. When it has rebooted, the installation will resume. This is the
longest and probably the most boring phase of the installation.
When the whole installation is over, you will get a
window titled Windows SBS Console:
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The next step is probably to connect the server to the
Internet. It will be used to connect other computers to the Internet. You
should first make sure that:
To start, in the Windows SBS Console, click Connect to
the Internet. In the first page of the wizard, read the text:
Click Next. In the second page, the wizard will make an
attempt to detect the router:
Click Next. If you are
asked to enter the Router IP Address, type 192.168.002.001 (if you want, in the Server
IP Address, type 192.168.002.003). Click Next:
If you receive an error, click Finish and start again
(it should work the second time; in reality, what may happen is that the
wizard will have to detect the router, get the right IP address from it, and
use it).
Once you have succeeded, click Finish:
To test the Internet connection, start your browser and
change the address to something like
http://www.yahoo.com or http://www.bn.com.
Next, you should connect the other computers (named
clients, or workstations, of client workstations) to the domain. To do this,
on the Taskbar, click Start, right-click Computer, and click Properties. You
should see the computer name and the name of the domain:
Click Change Settings. Click Continue. Notice the (full)
name of the computer (and the address we mentioned that your users will use
as the address in a browser): Also notice the name of the domain (this name
will be used to access some files in the other computers of the same
network):
Notice that the Change button is disabled, which means
that you can change neither the name of the computer, nor the name of the
domain). After viewing, click OK.
Just to make sure you can connect to the domain, you
should reboot. When the computer comes up, press Ctrl + Alt + Delete. Make
sure the right
Next, you must join the other computers to the domain.
You have two options. You can first create an account for each computer on
the domain (on the server), but this is not important. Another option, kind
of faster, is to directly join the domain; the server will automatically
create the account. To join the domain, make sure the other computer you
want to use has a cable connected to the router and it has the right
operating system (Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Windows 7 Professional,
Windows 7 Ultimate (some versions of Linux also can join)).
Start the other computer. Click Start, right-click
Computer, and click Properties. Click Change Settings:
Click Change... Click the Domain radio button. In the
corresponding text box, enter the name of the domain with the domain
extension:
Click OK. You will be asked to provide a user name and a
password. These credentials must be those of an account that can join a
domain. You can use the account that was created during the installation of
the server (an alternative is to go to the server, create a separate account
with admin rights, and use it) (you can also use the Administrator account
but this is not a good solution; normally, the Administrator is disabled):
After entering the username and the password, click OK.
If you receive an error, consider the following section. If you don't
receive an error, skip this section.
Possible Errors:
The computer will then try to connect to the server and
join the domain. If it is successful, you will receive a message welcoming
you to the domain:
Click OK. You will receive a message telling that you
will have to
reboot:
Click OK. In the System Properties dialog box, click
Close. When asked to reboot, click Restart Now.
In Microsoft Windows 7, there is another technique you
can use to join the domain.
Click OK.
In the computer that needs to join the domain, as done
in the previous example, display the System Properties dialog box (you can
click Start, right-click Computer, and click Properties, then click Change
Settings). In the Computer Name property page, click Network ID. In the
first page of the wizard, make sure the first radio button is selected or
click it:
Click Next. In the second page of the wizard, make sure
the first radio button is selected or click it:
Click Next. The third page of the wizard will show a
message:
After reading it, click Next. In the third page, type a
username, a password, and name of the domain:
Click Next. If an account was already created on the
server for this computer, a message box will let you know:
If an account for the computer was not yet created on
the server, you may receive a message that the computer
name was not found in the domain. In this case, enter the domain name again:
Click Next. You will be asked to enter a user name who
has the right to join a domain. Also type the password and domain name:
Click Next. You will be asked to login. Enter a username
and a password that can join a computer to a domain. Also type the domain
name.
You will be asked whether you want to enable a domain
user account on the computer:
After reading, click Next. The next page of the wizard
allows you to specify the type of account you want to create locally. In
most cases, you should accept a Standard Account:
Click Next. You will be reminded that you must reboot:
Click Finish. On the System Properties dialog box, click
OK. When asked to restart (first save any files that need to be saved),
click Restart Now.
When the computer comes up, to login, press Ctrl + Alt +
Delete. Set the user name as DomainName\username. An example would be
functionx\pkatts, then enter the password. Click the right pointing button.
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