Active directory install

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Can I install active directory without having a connection
to the Internet.
 
Yes you can. I do believe you will need a network card installed though.


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Danny said:
Yes you can. I do believe you will need a network card installed though.
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He can use MS Loopback adapter if physical NIC is not present in the system
 
The prerequisite is that you have, or at least you setup during the
installation, DNS. DNS doesn't have to be able to resolve external names,
but has to be present for AD to function and run.

Personally, I would install and setup DNS before running the AD installation
(promotion).

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Danny said:
Yes you can. I do believe you will need a network card installed though.
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He can use MS Loopback adapter if physical NIC is not present in the system
 
ptwilliams said:
The prerequisite is that you have, or at least you setup during the
installation, DNS. DNS doesn't have to be able to resolve external names,
but has to be present for AD to function and run.

Personally, I would install and setup DNS before running the AD installation
(promotion).
Click to expand...
In many cases I installed DNS Server during the promotion and I'v ever
go in any issues with DNS
 
Ah...well that's good news :)

Can't say I've seen problems either, but that's what I read. I also, like
to do the DNS manually as this rules out a couple of event log warnings and
errors and ensures I know exactly where I'm at ;-)

I read somewhere, that this (the wizard during dcpromo) is the preferred way
to do things with 2003 due to the Island problem fix...


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ptwilliams said:
The prerequisite is that you have, or at least you setup during the
installation, DNS. DNS doesn't have to be able to resolve external names,
but has to be present for AD to function and run.

Personally, I would install and setup DNS before running the AD
installation
(promotion).
Click to expand...
In many cases I installed DNS Server during the promotion and I'v ever
go in any issues with DNS
 
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