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Network management Toolkit

Install and configure a DHCP server in Windows Server 2008

Steven Warren Tech Republic

Published: 19 May 2008 10:39 BST

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Choose Add Roles and follow the wizard by selecting the DHCP role. A new DHCP wizard appears to help you configure a DHCP server.

In the previous release of Windows, a wizard did not appear to walk you through creating a DHCP server. Windows Server 2008 has greatly simplified this process by allowing you to configure a DHCP server in roughly seven steps. Of course, you can still manage your DHCP server from the DHCP Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in or delete and create scopes on the fly.

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