I pulled together a few links to help point people in the right direction on resources for AD in Windows Server 2008. You’ll find all kinds of goodies, from virtual labs to videos by some of your favorite public speakers and of course what I think are the must have…the Guides!
Links and Documents: AD DS Operations Guide
AD DS Design Guide
AD DS Deployment Guide
Server 2008 Auditing AD DS Changes Step-by-Step Guide
Step-by-Step Guide for Fine-Grained Password and Account Lockout Policy Configuration
Step-by-Step Guide for Read-Only Domain Controllers
Free Virtual Labs: Managing Active Directory – Directory Services
Fine Grained Password Settings in Windows Server 2008 (Beta 3)
Videos: AD in Server 2008
Fine Grained Password Policies
Prepare for RODCs
Install a RODC from IFM
Group Policy in 2008
As I’ve done with Active Directory and Failover Clustering I'm going to share with you some links
I am using WIndows server 2008 64 bit edition. I tried to configure ADS. But i am getting an error saying that
" The local adiministrator account becomes the domain administrator when u create a New domain. The new domain cannot be created bcause the local administrator password does not meet the requirements.
Currently a password is not required for the local administrator account. We recommend that you use the net user command-line tool with the /passwordreq:yes option to require a password for this account before u create the new domain; otherwise a will not be required for the domain administrator account."
I cannot proceed further to create a new domain. Please help.
Sounds like you just need to assign a password for your Administrator account. It must meet the complextiy rules though which I believe is min 8 characters, and 3 out of the 4 following characters, lower case, uppercase, numbers, and/or symbols.
Brian