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Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate ADDS Simplified Administration in Windows Server "8" Beta

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  • Version: February 2012
  • Product: Servers
  • Category: Document
  • Language: English

This Microsoft Test Lab Guide (TLG) introduces Active Directory Domain Services Simplified Administration and provides step-by-step demonstration of new AD DS Administration features in Windows Server "8" Beta.

This document contains instructions for setting up the AD DS Simplified Administration test lab through:• Graphically upgrading an existing Active Directory forest by adding the first Windows Server "8" Beta GUI domain controller• Adding an additional Windows Server "8" Beta Core domain controller using Windows PowerShell• Adding an additional Windows Server "8" Beta Core domain controller using Windows RSAT from a Windows 8 Consumer Preview computer• Decommissioning the original legacy domain controller• Using new AD DS graphical and Windows PowerShell features for further configuration and administration

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Operating Systems: Windows Server 8 Beta

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