Installation of Active Directory Domain
Services in Windows Server 2016 (Part 2)
In my previous blog, we have installed Windows
Server 2016. Now, in this blog, I’ll show you how you can install Active
Directory with Domain Controller in Windows Server 2016 Kindly follow the
below mentioned steps to install AD.
SharePoint 2013 Installation Series:
Note : If you wish to see how to install
SharePoint 2016 then please check my step by step guide to installing SharePoint 2016.
Steps:
1. Open the Dashboard in the Server Manager, and
click on the Add roles and features links from right hand side panel of the
screen
2. You should be able to see Add Roles and
Features Wizard screen. Check the Skip this page by Defaultcheck
box and press Next button.
3. You will be asked for select the Installation
in this screen, Click on “Role-based or feature-based Installation” and press Next button
4. In the following screen, you will be asked to
select a destination server from the server pool and press Next button
5. On the Select Server screen, Select the
role Active Directory Domain Services. Once you selected the
role, you will be promoted to install the prerequisites. Check the Include
management tools(If applicable)check box and press Add Features button
6. Now, you have installed all the prerequisites
for Active Directory. Select the additional Roles and Features if required.
Press Next button to continue
7. The following screen has information about
how Active Directory Domain Services will be installed. Press Next button
to continue
8. The next screen in Add Roles and Features
Wizard is Confirm Installation Selections Screen. Click
the Restart the destination server automatically if required. and
Click on Install button.
9. Now, Installation process will be started. It
takes several minutes to complete.
10. Once, Active Directory Domain Service is
installed. you can see the installation results in the screen. Click
on Promote this server to a domain controller to lunch
the Active Directory Domain Services configured wizard.
Note : Do not close the
screen yet
11. You should be able to see the
Deployment Configuration screen. Select the Add new a Forest radio
button and provide Root domain name in the text box.
Press Next button to continue
12. The next screen is the Domain
Controller Options screen. Enter the Password of your choice in Password and
Confirm password fields and Keep other settings on default. Press Next button
to continue
13. You will be prompted with warning on DNS
Option screen of the Active Directory Domain Services Configuration
Wizard. Here, you don’t need to do anything. Just press Next button
to continue
14. In the following Additional
Option screen, you will be asked to verify the your NetBIOS domain name.
15. On the Paths screen , you can leave all the
settings as is it and press Next button to continue
16. Now, you will get Review Options screen that
shows the wizard settings you have selected. Press Nextbutton to
Continue
17. You will be landed on Prerequisites
Check screen. This takes several minutes to complete the check. once,
test is completed. Press the Install button
18. Now, you are on last screen of the
Active Directory Domain Services Configuration Wizard. This Installation
screens shows the installation progress. Once, Installation is completed, your
server will be restarted automatically
19. After, your system restarted. you should be
able to able to login with in domain using the Domain credentials ex. Domain\UserName
20. Now, you can use the Active
directory Users and Computers administrator tool to create the users
and groups
21. Verify all the domain details by browsing
the Node of Users Folder in Left panel of the screen.
Please do let me know if anyone faces any issues
in Installation or Configuration of Active Directory Domain Services.
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