About Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Active Directory Domain Services a.k.a. AD DS is a service that is integrated in Windows Server 2008 R2 but does not get automatically installed along with the installation of the operating system. When Windows...

About Dynamic Updates During the installation of Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2008 R2, the installation process automatically installs the DNS server on the computer, in case it does not already exist in the network. After the successful...

About DHCP Reservations DHCP reservation is a process in which a particular IP address is mapped with one computer that is typically a server that needs to have a same IP address permanently. When this is done, every time the target DHCP client computer...

About Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2008 R2 is a network operating system Microsoft, and can be deployed in medium to large scale industries in order to allow administrators to centrally manage the entire network setup right from a single location....

About Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Installation When Windows Server 2008 R2 is installed, initially it works as a normal client operating system and does not provide any server specific services to other computers in the...