Windows Server 2008 as a branch office server

Well, with Windows Server 2008 actually being released today I thought I’d put down in writing how I configured a server for one of our branch offices here. I decided that for a small office we’d need DHCP, DNS and a domain controller. However, this being a branch office with no IT function within it, this gave me the perfect opportunity to play with the Windows Server 2008 Read-Only Domain Controller (RODC) role within a Windows Server 2008 Core installation.

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    Rob Whitehouse is an IT professional from Fulham in London, the UK. At work he specialises in systems architecture and large scale web infrastructures. He's an MCSE for Windows NT4 and 2003 as well as an MCITP: Windows 2008 Enterprise Admin and an MCTS: SQL Server 2005. He has also dabbled in Java, C# and pretty much every web-based language. Outside of work he can be found watching or playing sports, or in the local pub.
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