In production environments, I like to put these on their own drive, separate from the system drive. Active Directory relies on DNS. We could have installed it prior to starting the AD Install Wizard, but Microsoft was nice enough to include this option to do it for us. Select the option shown in the image above, and click "Next".
If you have older operating systems that will need to access the domain, select the first option, otherwise choose the 2nd, and click "Next". Set and confirm a restore mode password don't forget what it is! That's it, you have a brand new Active Directory environment, containing a single domain in a single forest, ready for use! Josh M. Bryant is currently a Director of Technical Account Management at Tanium where he helps customers overcome the challenges of managing very large scale computing environments.
Your email address will not be published. Skip to content. Home About. September 22, Josh Bryant Leave a comment. You will need: A server running Windows Server This starts the Active Directory Installation Wizard. On the "Welcome" screen, click "Next".
Click Next. This part will take a little while, let it do its thing. Click Finish! Josh Bryant. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Facebook Twitter. Privacy policy. This article describes how to install and configure a new Active Directory installation in a laboratory environment that includes Windows Server and Active Directory.
You will need two networked servers that are running Windows Server for this purpose in a laboratory environment. After you have installed Windows Server on a stand-alone server, run the Active Directory Wizard to create the new Active Directory forest or domain, and then convert the Windows Server computer into the first domain controller in the forest.
To convert a Windows Server computer into the first domain controller in the forest, follow these steps:. Specify the full DNS name for the new domain. Note that because this procedure is for a laboratory environment and you are not integrating this environment into your existing DNS infrastructure, you can use something generic, such as mycompany.
Click Next. Click Permissions compatible only with Windows or Windows Server servers or operating systems , and then click Next.
Because this is a laboratory environment, leave the password for the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator blank. Note that in a full production environment, this password is set by using a secure password format. The installation of Active Directory proceeds.
Note that this operation may take several minutes. When you are prompted, restart the computer. After the computer restarts, confirm that the Domain Name System DNS service location records for the new domain controller have been created.
To confirm that the DNS service location records have been created, follow these steps:. After the new Active Directory domain is established, create a user account in that domain to use as an administrative account. When that user is added to the appropriate security groups, use that account to add computers to the domain.
Right-click Users , point to New , and then click User. Type the first name, last name, and user logon name of the new user, and then click Next. Type a new password, confirm the password, and then click to select one of the following check boxes:.
Review the information that you provided, and if everything is correct, click Finish.
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