In this page I detail how I added DHCP functionality to Windows Server Core.

Notes

First I booted up server manager on mgmt01 and clicked "Manage" > then "Add Roles and features".

Then I went through the setup, just clicking next, until I reached the server destination screen where I made sure to selected ad01-oliver.

I then continued on until I found the Server roles screen and selected "DHCP Server". (NOTE: If a popup asks to add DHCP Server Tools, click "Add Features", can skip till confirmation if this is the case.)

Then on the features screen I looked under "Remote Server Administration Tools" > "Role Administration Tools" > and selected "DHCP Server Tools".

Finally on the confirmation screen I would double check what I was applying, where I was applying it to, and check the box to restart the server if need be. Then I pressed the install button and waited till the end.

Once the installation was complete I clicked the option in the confirmation screen to "Complete DHCP configuration", and followed the steps as such on the following pages:
Description:

• Click next

Authorization:

• Use an Domain admins credentials

After the status of the post install for DHCP was finished, I closed the window and opened "DHCP Manager" by right clicking on ad01-oliver in the DHCP section.
(NOTE: from here Windows will instruct you in how to setup properly, use that as well as this as a reference.)

First I expanded "ad01-oliver.oliver.local" till I found "IPv4", where I right clicked on it and selected "New Scope..." where I set the following options on the following pages:

Main Screen:

• Next

Scope Name:

• Name: SYS265
• Description: (whatever you want)

IP Address Range

• Start IP address: 10.0.5.150
• End IP address: 10.0.5.175
• Subnet mask/length: 255.255.255.0/24

Add Exclusions and Delay

• I did not set anything for this section since my reserved IP's are not in the IP range.

Lease Duration:

• Left default

Configure DHCP Options

• Make sure yes is selected

Router (Default Gateway)

• IP address: 10.0.5.2 (Only IP address I added)

Domain Name and DNS Servers (Should already be filled in, if not):

• Parent domain: oliver.local
• IP address: 10.0.5.5 (Could also resolve the server name of ad01-oliver)

WINS Servers:

• Left blank and continued

Activate Scope:

• Make sure yes is selected

Then I pressed "finish" and exited the installer. I then went to wks01-oliver (as I would with any other workstation that was using DHCP) and went into the same place that I set the IP address for the workstation and changed from a static IP to a dynamic IP. Explained here in a modified version from Lab00 setup notes:

I set a dynamic IP address for wks01-oliver by doing the following: Click the network icon in the lower left > Click "Network & Internet settings" > Scroll and click "Change adapter options" > Right click "Ethernet0" and select "Properties" > Click on "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" and selected "Properties" > made sure that for both sections "Obtain an IP address automatically" is selected > clicked ok.