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How to Promote Windows Server as a Domain Controller

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

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 –

What is DNS Delegation

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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

Satheshwaran Manoharan
Satheshwaran Manoharanhttps://www.azure365pro.com
Award-winning Technology Leader with a wealth of experience running large teams and diversified industry exposure in cloud computing. From shipping lines to rolling stocks.In-depth expertise in driving cloud adoption strategies and modernizing systems to cloud native. Specialized in Microsoft Cloud, DevOps, and Microsoft 365 Stack and conducted numerous successful projects worldwide. Also, Acting as a Technical Advisor for various start-ups.

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3 COMMENTS

  1. You are a great Techie… your post are really helpful and time saving…
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