Deploy and Configure Windows Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Servers

Scenario

As you walk through the lab, consider the following scenario:

You are the senior systems engineer for Barrier Reef Audio, a company that focuses on generating text from speech using a range of high-quality audio equipment and machine learning.

You are responsible for configuring networking services including IP addressing with Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) using Windows Server.

In this lab, you will:

1. Configure a static IP address on the DHCP Server
2. Install the DHCP Server role
3. Create a DHCP scope
4. Test the DHCP scope from the DHCP client
5. Create and test a DHCP reservation

Lab Setup

In this lab, you will be connecting to VMs using Remote Desktop. You won’t need to access the Azure portal.

Note: To complete this lab, you will need to use a remote desktop client.

• Windows: Microsoft Remote Desktop on Windows 10
• macOS: Microsoft Remote Desktop
• Linux: Remmina

If you get stuck, feel free to check out the lab objectives, lab guide, or the solution video. Good luck!