The Active Directory Management Gateway Service is now available

The Microsoft Active Directory Management Gateway Service lets information technology professionals manage Active Directory Directory Service and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service instances that are running on the same server. The Active Directory Management Gateway Service is available as part of Windows Server 2008 R2 and available as a separate download for some previous versions of Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003.

Information technology professionals can use Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell or Microsoft Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC) to manage Active Directory Management Gateway Service instances on servers that are running Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and later versions and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and later versions.

The Active Directory Management Gateway Service provides the same functionality as Active Directory Web Services on Windows 7. After you install the Active Directory Management Gateway Service, the service runs as the Windows Server R2 Active Directory Web Services service.

Installation Prerequisites

For more information about how to download and install the Active Directory Management Gateway Service, visit the following Microsoft Web site:You must have the following products installed to install the Active Directory Management Gateway Service.

• Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2003 R2 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later versions.
  
  Note The Active Directory Management Gateway Service is not supported on Windows Server 2008 Server Core.
• The .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1.
  
  Note You must install the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 before you install the Active Directory Management Gateway Service.
• An instance of the Active Directory Directory Service or an instance of the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Service.
• The following software updates:
  • On a server that is running Windows Server 2008 SP1 or Windows Server 2008, you must download and install the hotfix that is described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    
    
    967574� Windows 7 clients cannot locate the Active Directory Management Gateway Service installed on Windows Server 2008-based domain controllers
    Note You do not have to install this hotfix on a server that is running Windows Server 2008 SP2.
  • On a server that is running Windows Server 2003 SP2, you must download and install the hotfix that is described in the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
    
    
    969429� Windows 7 clients cannot locate the Active Directory Management Gateway service that is installed on Windows Server 2003-based domain controllers

Installation and upgrade scenarios

The following table summarizes the upgrade scenarios that are supported when the Active Directory Management Gateway Service is installed.

Note You must install Active Directory Management Gateway Service on a server that is running Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or later versions or Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later versions.Note To upgrade from Windows Server 2003 SP2 to Windows Server 2008 SP1 when Active Directory Management Gateway Service is installed, we recommend that you do one of the following:

• Uninstall Active Directory Management Gateway Services before you upgrade to Windows Server 2008.
• Uninstall Active Directory Management Gateway Services after the upgrade is complete and then restart the server.

Installing the Active Directory Management Gateway Service

To install the Active Directory Management Gateway Service, follow these steps:

1. Log on to the server by using the built-in Administrator account.
2. Download the appropriate Active Directory Management Gateway Service package.
3. Do one of the following:
   • On a server that is running Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 or Windows Server 2003 SP2, double-click Windows-en-US-KB968934-x64.exe or Windows-en-US-KB968934-x86.exe to install Active Directory Management Gateway Service.
   • On a server that is running Windows Server 2008 SP1, or Windows Server 2008 SP2, double-click Windows6.0-KB968934-x64.msu or Windows6.0-KB968934-x86.msu to install Active Directory Management Gateway Service. After the installation is complete, restart the server.

Uninstalling the Active Directory Management Gateway Service

To uninstall the Active Directory Management Gateway Service on a server that is running Windows Server 2008, follow these steps.

Note On a server that is running Windows Server 2008, you must stop the Active Directory Management Gateway Service before you uninstall the service or restart the server after you uninstall the Active Directory Management Gateway Service. You do not have to restart the server when you uninstall the Active Directory Gateway Managment Service on a Windows Server 2003-based server.

1. Log on to the server by using the built-in Administrator account.
2. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Programs.
3. Click View Installed Updates.
4. Click Active Directory Management Gateway Service (KB968934), and then click Uninstall.
5. Restart the server.

For more information about Active Directory Web Services, visit the following Microsoft TechNet Web site:For more information about the Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell, visit the following Microsoft TechNet Web site:For more information about Windows Server 2008 Server Core, visit the following Microsoft MSDN Web site: