Installation steps

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

  1. Log in to the server as a member of the local administrator's group.
  2. From here, 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

We don't need to reboot to complete the role service installations.

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

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