#Configure_AD_DS (Domain Controller) #Server2016
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) is a server role in Active Directory that allows admins
to manage and store information about resources from a network, as well as application data, in a
distributed database.
Steps to setup Active Directory
1. From the Server Manager Dashboard, click on Add roles and features.
2. Selecting Role-based or feature-based installation and click Next.
3. Select the server by highlighting the row and select Next.
4. Select Active Directory Domain Services and then select Next.
When the installation is complete, we need to now promote the server to a domain controller. To promote
this server to a domain controller
We select Add a new forest, type in a domain name that you want to use, then we click Next. Typing in a
password, Then we,
Click next on the DNS Options page,
Click next in the Additional Options page,
Click next on the Paths sections
Click next on the Review Options screen, then click Install on the Prerequisites Check page.
The installation (promotion process) will begin. The server will reboot during this process.
When the installation is complete.
Let’s verify Active Directory is set up and our server is classified as a DC From within Server Manager, click
Tools then Active Directory Users and Computers Expand the domain root, then click on Domain
Controllers. We should see our new server being displayed.
We are done with the basic Active Directory Domain setup.
Steps to setup Active Directory
1. From the Server Manager Dashboard, click on Add roles and features.
2. Selecting Role-based or feature-based installation and click Next.
3. Select the server by highlighting the row and select Next.
4. Select Active Directory Domain Services and then select Next.
When the installation is complete, we need to now promote the server to a domain controller. To promote
this server to a domain controller
We select Add a new forest, type in a domain name that you want to use, then we click Next. Typing in a
password, Then we,
Click next on the DNS Options page,
Click next in the Additional Options page,
Click next on the Paths sections
Click next on the Review Options screen, then click Install on the Prerequisites Check page.
The installation (promotion process) will begin. The server will reboot during this process.
When the installation is complete.
Let’s verify Active Directory is set up and our server is classified as a DC From within Server Manager, click
Tools then Active Directory Users and Computers Expand the domain root, then click on Domain
Controllers. We should see our new server being displayed.
We are done with the basic Active Directory Domain setup.
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