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Installing AD LDS server role
Installing AD LDS server role
About this task
To install the AD LDS Server Role:
Steps
1 In Server Manager, click Manage > Add Roles and Features.
The Add Roles and Features Wizard is displayed.
2 Click Next.
NOTE: In the Before you begin window, verify the destination server, network environment for the role and feature that
you want to install.
3 In the Select installation type window, click Role-based or feature-based installation to install all parts of roles or features. Or click
Remote Desktop Services installation to install either a VM-based desktop infrastructure or a session-based desktop infrastructure
for Remote Desktop Services, and then click Next.
4 In the Select destination server window, select a server from the server pool or select an oine Virtual Hard disk (VHD) on which
Windows Storage Server 2016 or 2012 R2 is already installed, and then click Next.
5 In the Select Server Roles window, select the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services.
The Add features that are required for AD LDS? dialog box is displayed.
6 If additional features are required for installing AD LDS, click Add Features to continue, and then click Next.
7 In the Active Directory Lightweight Services window, review the summary information, and then click Next.
8 In the Conrm Installation Selections window, read any informational messages, and click Install.
9 To verify if the installation is successfully completed. Review the Installation Results window.
10 Click Close to exit the wizard.
The Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services role is created on the Server Manager dashboard page.
Creating a new AD LDS instance
About this task
To create a new AD LDS Instance:
Steps
1 In Server Manager, click Tools > Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Setup Wizard.
The Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services Setup Wizard is displayed.
2 Click Next.
3 In the Setup Options window, select A unique instance, and then click Next.
4 In the Instance Name window, enter the instance name in the Instance name box, and then click Next.
NOTE
: For this example, you can use nfsadldsinstance as the instance name.
5 In the Ports window, enter the LDAP port number, SSL port number, and click Next.
NOTE
: The default LDAP port number is 389 and the default SSL port number is 636.
6 In the Application Directory Partition window, select the Yes, create an application directory option.
7 In the Partition name box, use the following format to type a partition name that does not already exist in this instance:
CN=<Partition>, DC=<Computer name>
NOTE
: By convention, this string is based on the fully qualied domain name. For example, if the instance name is
nfsadldsinstance and the server name is server1, the partition name is represented as
CN=nfsadldsinstance, DC=server1.
8 After typing the partition name, click Next.
9 In the File Locations window, type or browse to the locations where you want to store les associated with AD LDS in the Data les
and the Data recovery les eld, and then click Next.
Using your NAS system
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