Managing Windows Small Business Server 2011: Using Server Manager (part 2) - Adding Roles and Features

Log on to the server using a domain account with administrative privileges.

Click Start. Then click Administrative Tools > Server Manager. The Server Manager Console appears.

Select the Roles node.

In the Detail pane, click Add roles. The Add Roles Wizard appears, displaying the Before You Begin page.

Click Next. The Select Server Roles page appears.

Select the check box for the role you want to install and click Next. An Introduction page appears.

Click Next. For roles that include role services, the Select Role Services page appears, like the one shown here.

Select the check boxes for the role services you want to install.

Many roles and role services depend on other roles or features to function. For example, the Remote Desktop Web Access role service in the Remote Desktop Services role requires a web server, so an Add Role Services And Features Required For Remote Desktop Web Access dialog box appears, listing the dependent modules and offering to install them for you. Click Add required role services to select the dependent modules.

Click Next. The next role-specific page appears.

In most cases, the roles and role services you select for installation add pages to the wizard, like the one shown here, which you can use to configure role-specific parameters. Dependent roles and features can add their own configuration pages as well.

Complete all the role-specific pages in the wizard and click Next. The Confirm Installation Selections page appears, listing all the actions the wizard performs.

Click Install. The wizard displays an Installation Progress page as it installs and configures the selected modules. Then an Installation Results page appears, which might inform you that you must restart the server.

Click Close and restart the server, if necessary.