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Installing Roles and Features on Windows Server 2025 Desktop Experience

Installing Windows Server roles and features is a common task you will need to complete when you are building new Windows servers or even networks. Complete this lab to test your knowledge on the subject and gain more experience.

Session duration: 60 minutes· Typical launch: ~3 min

Difficulty

Intermediate

Lab level

Lab VMs

1

1 Hyper-V

XP Reward

300 XP

On completion

Virtual machines

Lab VMs

Hyper-V

Virtual Machine

Username / Password

user / password123

Connection type

In-browser RDP (nested)

CPU / RAM

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Lab instructions

Follow the steps below to complete the lab.

Before you can install the DNS Server Role, you need to access the Windows Server.

Click the button below to send a ctrl-alt-delete to the VM:

[ctrl-alt-del tab=2]

  1. Click on the ... button on the Remote Desktop screen.
  2. Click Ctrl+Alt+Del button.
  3. Type for the user Administrator the password: password123.

NOTE: You can click on the ... button on the Remote Desktop screen to hide the menu.

  1. Click Continue down below to proceed with the next step.

In this step, you will open the Server Manager and then launch the Add Roles Wizard.

  1. In the Server Manager window, click on Manage in the top right corner.
  2. From the dropdown menu, select Add Roles and Features.
  3. In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, click Next, then click Next again until you reach the Server Selection page.
  4. Ensure your server is selected and click Next.
  5. On the Server Roles page, check the box next to DNS Server.
  6. A pop-up window will appear; click Add Features to include the necessary features for DNS.
  7. Click Next, and Next again through the Features page, and then again through the DNS Server page.
  8. Review the information on the Confirmation page, then click Install to begin the installation process.
  9. Wait for the installation to complete, then click Close.
  10. To check if the installation succeeded you should see on Server Manager to the left side that we have a new DNS addition to the options.
  11. Additionally, if we click on the Tools menu we now have a new DNS tool.
  12. Click Check Step.