No more DCPromo, Just add roles and you can promote as a Domain Controller
Article Supports Windows Server 2016 and 2019
Using Powershell
Rename Computer –
Rename-Computer -NewName AD001 -Restart
Rename Domain Name as per your requirements in below commands-
Add-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services -IncludeManagementTools
Install-ADDSForest -DomainName "Azure365pro.com" -InstallDNS
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Active Directory Domain is ready.
Using GUI –
Lets See how to do it
Open Server Manager
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Choose Add Roles and Features
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Choose Role-Bases or Feature-Based installation
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Make Sure it reflects the right Ip address . If it doesn’t Close Server manager and Reopen it
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Choose Active Directory Domain Services
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Choose Next
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Choose Install
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Choose Close
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Now Roles are Added but , Its not a Domain Controller Yet
Click on More or the Flag
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Choose Promote this Server to a Domain Controller
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Am Building a new forest
Choosing _ Add a New forest
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It does have Function level of Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012
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you can Skip it.
If you are Curious See –
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Choose the NetBios Name
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Leave it as default
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If you are planning to promote more Domain Controllers , You can Use a Script like below
Which will give us more ease of deployment
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Now to Access your Active Directory Services. use the Windows Start Button to access the features
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Pin the important ones to start menu. So that it will be easily accessible for you
Thanks Sathesh and appreciate your time and effort for sharing
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