Mastering Active Directory

Installation steps

Next, I will be demonstrating how to install first domain controller in the forest. These demonstration steps are done based on Windows Server 2016:

1. Log in to the server as a member of the local administrator's group.
2. As a first step, verify the static IP address allocation by using ipconfig /all.
3. Launch the PowerShell console as an administrator.
4. Before the configuration process, we need to install the AD DS role in the given server. In order to do that, we can use the following command:

        Install-WindowsFeature -Name AD-Domain-Services          -IncludeManagementTools

This does not require a reboot to complete the role service installations:

5. Now that we have the AD DS role installed, the next step is to proceed with the ...