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How To Setup Active Directory Domain Service On Windows Server 2019

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Step-1: Install Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS)

Role
1. Login to your server using administrator user account.

2. Open the Server Manager dashboard.

3. Click on Tools and Select Add roles and features.


4. Click Next to proceed.

5. Select Role-based or feature-based installation option and click on Next.


6. Since I am installing AD DS server role locally I will select “Select a server from the server
pool”. Select the server on which you want to install AD DS server role , in my case its
WS2019-DC01. Click on Next.

7. Now select Active Directory Domain Services role from the Server Roles page.
8. Once you click on AD DS, another window will popup explaining about additional feature
that are required to install Active Directory Domain services. Click on Add Features.

9. Now select DNS server role and click on add features to add required additional
features. Click on Next.
10. Review on features and select them. Once done click on Next.

9. Click Next on Select Features console


11. On Active Directory Domain Services page, review the information about AD DS. Click on
Next.
12. On DNS page, review the information about DNS server role. Click on Next.

13. Click on Install to start the installation process.


The installation process will take some time to complete.

Step-2: Promote Windows Server 2019 as Domain


Controller:
14. After installing Active directory services, click on Promote server to a domain
controller link.
15. Select Deployment option as per your requirement. Here I am installing first Active directory
in my network so I am selecting Add a New Forest. Now specify your root domain name into
the Root domain name field. (Here I have used mylab.local).

16. Select forest and domain functional level. I will be setting the functional level to highest
level which is Windows Server 2016 at the time of writing this post. You’ll also need set up
DSRM password here. Click on Next.
17. In next window it will give warning about DNS delegation but it can be ignore. Click on
Next to continue.

18. In next window it ask for the NetBIOS name for the Domain. We can keep it default
and click on Next to continue.
19. In next window it gives us option to change file paths for AD database, log files and
SYSVOL files. We can change the paths or keep them defaults. Once changes are done click on
Next to continue.

20. On Review Options page, review the options which you have selected. Once you are
ready, Click on Next to continue.
21. In the next window it will run system check and verify system is compatible with the selected
installation. If it passes any critical errors those needs to be address before the installation begin.
Once test completes successfully click on install button to begin the installation.

22. Then it will start the installation process and we need to wait till it finishes. Once it’s
complete the install it will automatically reboot the server.
Verify New Active Directory Domain:
23. Once server is rebooted log in to server using domain admin credentials.

24. Open Active Directory Users and Computers by clicking on Tools.


25. Verify WS2K19-DC01 server is now promoted as a domain controller for mylab.local
domain from Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.

Congratulations!! We have successfully setup Active Directory Domain Service on Windows

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