To create a new AD forest called “ArabITPro.local”, select add a new forest. Promoting Windows 2012 Server to Domain Controller
On the “Active Directory Domain Services” page, it gives basic information about AD DS. On the “ Select Features” Page, Group Policy Management featureĪutomatically installed during the promotion. Click onĪfter clicking “Add Features” above, you will be able to click “Next >” as shown in the screen below. To install AD DS, select Active Directory Domain Services in turn it will pop-up to add other AD DS related tools. On the “Server Selection” Page, select a server from the server pool Scenario-based Installation option applied only to Remote Desktop services. On Installation Type page, select the first option “ Role-based or Feature-based Installation“.
“Before You Begin” screen provides you basic information such as configuring strong passwords, IP addresses and Windows updates. In order to make the windows server 2012 domain controller we will install ADDS (Active Directory Domain Services) role from the server manager on Windows Server 2012.Īll the Latest security updates must applied before installing the Role.įirst we will change the server name let say DC01 and the IP address 10.10.21.1 (try to avoid using default 192.168.0.1) In Windows Server 2012, dcpromo has been deprecated.