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Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Third Edition
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Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Third Edition

by Thomas Lee
February 2019
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
542 pages
10h 34m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Windows Server 2019 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook - Third Edition

Installing Active Directory with DNS

Installing Active Directory and DNS has always been fairly straightforward. You can always use Server Manager, but using PowerShell is really quite simple.

Getting ready

This recipe starts with two non-domain joined hosts, DC1 and DC2. Each host is running Windows Server 2019 with no tools loaded. After creating the initial forest and forest root server (DC1), you convert DC2 to be another domain controller that also runs DNS.

How to do it...

  1. On DC1, install the AD Domain Services feature and the associated management tools:
    Install-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services -IncludeManagementTools
  2. Install DC1 as the forest root domain controller in the DC1.Reskit.Org forest:
    $PSSHT = @{ String = 'Pa$$w0rd' AsPlainText = $true ...
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