20. What are the requirements for installing AD on a new server?

January 10, 2011
Windows admin interview questions (includes Vista)



An NTFS partition with enough free space (250MB minimum)
· An Administrator's username and password
· The correct operating system version
· A NIC
· Properly configured TCP/IP (IP address, subnet mask and - optional - default gateway)
· A network connection (to a hub or to another computer via a crossover cable)
· An operational DNS server (which can be installed on the DC itself)
· A Domain name that you want to use
· The Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 CD media (or at least the i386 folder)

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