Quickstart: Install and configure DHCP Server — by Microsoft Learn

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Walks through installing the DHCP Server role, authorizing it in Active Directory when you have a domain, and creating an IPv4 scope with the GUI or PowerShell. It requires a static IPv4 address on the server and notes that an unauthorized DHCP server in a domain will not hand out leases.

Quick steps

Give the server a static IPv4 address and pick a scope address range
Install the DHCP Server role
In a domain, authorize the server (Add-DhcpServerInDC)
Create the scope with a range, exclusions, lease time, gateway and DNS options, then activate it

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Source: Quickstart: Install and configure DHCP Server by Microsoft Learn. Licence: Link only (©).

Source reviewed: 2026-11-02
Link checked: 2026-11-02
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