Complete Guide to Install Active Directory on Windows Server 2016 | Step-by-Step Configuration. This post provides a full Guide to the installation and configuration of the Windows Server 2016 Active Directory Role. Installation and Configuration are similar to Windows Server 2012 R2.
Some preparation:
- Create a strong password for the Administrator account (it will be Domain Admin in the future);
- Install all updates;
- Rename your server with a Corporate naming policy. (When you install Windows Server, a random name is generated);
- Assign a static IP to your server.
Instalare
1. After Server Manager starts – click on Add roles and features link;
2. Clic the Next button on the wizard screen. De asemenea, you may set a check mark Skip this page by default and you don’t see this step at the next runtime;
3. For installation type, Selectați Instalare bazată pe roluri sau pe funcții și faceți clic the Next buton;
4. Choose the option Select a server from the server pool (selected by default) și faceți clic pe Următorul buton;
5. Click the checkbox for Servicii de domeniu Active Directory;
6. In the new pop-up window click Adăugați caracteristici;
7. Clic the Next buton;
8. For Features, don’t select anything, clic the Next buton;
9. For Active Directory Domain Services click the Next buton;
10. At the confirmation screen, you may decide whether to restart the destination server automatically or not, În cazul meu, I don’t set this option. Clic the Install buton;
11. Începe instalarea;
12. Once completed, apasă pe Închide buton.
Configuration
1. From the Server Manager dashboard, click the flag with the exclamation mark symbol. Clic Promote the server to a domain controller;
2. On the next screen, select the deployment operation that is needed. În acest exemplu, cel Add a new forest is selected and the name enterinit.com is entered to create a new root domain. Clic Următorul buton;
3. Since this will be the only domain controller in this lab example, both the forest and domain functional levels will remain at Windows Server Technical Preview (I use Windows Server 2016 from VLSC, but is recognized as Technical Preview). Leave a checkbox on the Domain Name System (DNS) Server to make this system a DNS server. The option for GC is checked without the ability to modify since the first domain controller must be a Global Catalog server. The third option is unchecked and unmodifiable because the first domain controller cannot be a Read-Only Domain Controller;
4. Enter a DSRM password and click Următorul;
5. For DNS options, there is no existing DNS infrastructure since this is our first domain controller. Asa de, the warning can be ignored. Clic the Next buton;
6. introduce cel BIOS domain name and click the Următorul buton;
7. If you need you may change folders locations (NOT RECOMMENDED), apasă pe Următorul buton;
8. Review options. Please note that a PowerShell shell script is provided if you need to automate this on future installs. Clic View Script. If needed, copy this script for future use. Close the Notepad window and click the Următorul buton;
9. System check prerequisites;
10. If the prerequisites check passes, then click the Install buton;
11. The installation will begin;
12. Once complete – the system will be rebooted;
13. After reboot you may sign into PC as Domain Admin;
14. This is the result of our Windows Server 2016 Active Directory installation;