Installation of Active Directory in Windows

Server 2012 R2
The step by step guide to install Active Directory in Windows Server 2012
and 2012 R2. Installation and configuration of AD DS in Windows Server
2012 R2 and Windows Server 2016 is bit different from earlier Windows
Servers. Dcpromo.exe command has been removed and added some new
features like metro, dashboard, and server manager with new style, but
the core configuration and Installation is the same.

How to Install Active Directory?

So let’s start to install Active Directory rule and promote the server to
Domain Controller.

1. Click the Server Manager to open it.

Server Manager

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2. Here you see the Server manager dashboard. Now go to manage tab
and click Add Roles and Features.

Add Roles and Features Wizard

3. Just click Next in Add Roles and Features Wizard page.

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Active Directory Installation Type

4. Let the default Role based or feature base installation has selected
and click Next.

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Active Directory Destination Server

5. In the Select destination server page, select the server you want to
install AD and click Next.

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Active Directory Server Roles

6. Now select the Active Directory Domain Services from Roles list in
order to install it. When prompt to add the required features for Active
Directory Domain Services within a new window, click Add Features.

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Active Directory Domain Services

7. Now the Active Directory Domain Services has been selected and
ready to install. Just click Next.

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Windows Server 2012 R2 Features

8. Leave the Windows Features page by default and click Next.

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AD DS Information

9. Now, you may need to read some information about Active Director
domain service. In this page read once and click Next.

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Confirm Installation of AD DS

10. In the Confirm Installation selections page click Install to begin

installation of AD DS.

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Active Directory Installation Progress

Be patient, the installation process will take a few minutes to complete.

#2. Promote Server to Domain Controller

1. When the AD DS installation has complete. Click the Promote this
server to a domain controller.

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Promote this server to a domain controller

2. The Active directory Deployment Configuration page will open.

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Active Directory Deployment Configuration

3. In this window select add a new forest and type your domain name
in the Root domain name field then click Next. I have chosen the
domain name Technig.local.

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Domain Controller Options

4. Leave the Domain Controller Options by default, just type and

password for Directory services restore mode (DRSM) password and
click Next.

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DNS Options

5. Ignore the delegation for DNS server warning and click Next.

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Additional Options

6. On the Additional Options, system will create a NetBIOS name

according to your domain name. In this window do nothing and
click Next.

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Active Directory Installation Paths

7. You can change the default directories for Database folder, Log files,
and SYSVOL folder, but in test lab leave it by default and click Next.

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Active Directory Review Options

8. Finally on the Review Options page once check and review all option
to insure and click Next.

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Prerequisites Check

9. Once the system has checked prerequisites features for Active

Directory, click Install and ignore the DNS delegation warning again.

System will restart automatically when the installation has complete

successfully.

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Installed Server Roles

You will see the installed roles from Tools tab of Server Manager
Dashboard

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