MOAC 70-410 - Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 Lab Manual
LAB 2
CONFIGURING
SERVERS
THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:
Exercise 2.1
Completing Post-Installation Tasks
Exercise 2.2
Adding Roles and Features
Exercise 2.3
Converting the GUI Interface to Server Core
Exercise
2.1A
Completing Post-Installation Tasks
Overview
In this exercise, you complete the tasks necessary to set up a server on
which Windows Server 2012 has just been installed.
Mindset
When you purchase a server from an original equipment manufacturer
(OEM) with Windows Server 2012 installed, the factory runs a program
called [Link] that prepares the server for distribution by erasing all the
user-specific information on the system.
Completion time
20 minutes
MOAC 70-410 - Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 Lab Manual
28. Log on to the system using the Administrator account and the password Pa$
$w0rd. When Server Manager opens, click Local Server in the left pane, take a
screen shot of the Properties window by pressing Alt+Prt Scr, and then paste it
into your Lab 2 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V. Your
screen shot should show the parameters you modified during this exercise.
[copy screen shot over this text]
Exercise
2.2A
Adding Roles and Features
Overview
In this exercise, you use the Add Roles and Features Wizard to install
additional components to a server running Windows Server 2012.
Mindset
One of the most basic tasks that administrators perform when setting up a
server is to install the roles and features providing the software the server
needs to perform its basic functions.
Completion time
10 minutes
Exercise
2.3A
Converting the GUI Interface to Server Core
Overview
Windows Server 2012, for the first time, enables you to convert a
server installed using the full graphical user interface to one that uses
Server Core. This enables administrators who are less familiar with the
Windows PowerShell interface to install and configure a server using
the familiar GUI tools, and then convert it to Server Core to minimize
hardware resource utilization.
Mindset
What advantages does Server Core provide over the full Windows Server
2012 interface?
Completion time
10 minutes
13. Take a screen shot of the Server Core interface by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then
paste it into your Lab 2 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
[copy screen shot over this text]
MOAC 70-410 - Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 Lab Manual
Exercise
2.5A
Using Desired State Configuration
Overview
Windows Server 2012 R2 enables you to deploy system configurations
using Windows PowerShell scripts.
Mindset
How do you use the Windows PowerShell ISE interface?
Completion time
10 minutes
8.
Take a screen shot of the Windows PowerShell ISE console showing the results
of the configuration by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then paste it into your Lab 2
worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
[copy screen shot over this text]
Exercise
2.4C
Check Network
Overview
Ensure that all three machines are functioning on the network.
Mindset
Completion time
4.
10 minutes
Take a screen shot of the command prompt window by pressing Alt+Prt Scr, and
then paste it in itinto your Lab 2 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing
Ctrl+V. Your screen shot should show the parameters you modified during this
exercise.
[copy screen shot over this text]