Copper Ramparts

IT Simplified

  • Home
  • About Me
  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Network
  • Contact

Installing Active Directory on a Fresh Windows Server

  • Command Line
  • software
  • windows server

In this article i’ll be walking you through installing a new Active Directory Domain Services feature on a fresh copy of Windows Server 2016. If you’re not familiar with Windows AD DS. To put it simply it is a set of programs run on a server that handles security and access for users on a network of machines. A lot of companies are moving into Azure AD DS which is Microsoft’s cloud based solution. Setting one of those up is very similar i’ll cover that in a future article.

Assuming you’ve met the minimum hardware requirements you can find more about that on Microsoft’s website here. Honestly hardware that you will need will vary largely depending on your production needs in field. The next step will be to give the server a static IP and configure it as the DNS for the network it will be the directory for you can read more about that here. Next you’ll want to have a copy of Windows Server installed.

The first step is to install AD DS onto a windows server instance.
Server Manager will normally run automatically when you log in an admin. The powershell command for running server manager is “servermanager.exe”.

Powershell servermanager.exe

Alternatively you can just use the start menu:

Start>Server Manager

Next you’ll want to add the AD DS feature into the server you can do that from the manage menu in the upper left hand corner or the setup list:

Manage >Add Roles and Features

Next a dialogue will remind you to setup a strong password, static IP, and installed updates. Please due so it is always important to patch systems, but do so only according to your organizations protocols you don’t want to kick a bunch of users off while they are working. You’ll probably get a bunch of service tickets. when you are ready just hit next.

Verify strong password, static IP, and updated windows.

Next the setup wizard will ask if you’d like to role-based installation or remote desktop service installation. For the purposes of this article i’ll just do a locally. I’ll cover remote installation in a future article. So select role based and click next.

Role Based

Next it will ask you to select where the AD DS will reside for now i’ll put it on the same server and click next.

Select Destination Server

Next it will ask you to install role just select Active Directory Domain Services, and click add roles to confirm the different features need for active directory.

Select Active Directory Domain Services
Add feature required for AD DS

Next it will ask you if you’d like to add extra features these are worth reading into later but for now just click next.

Adding more features

Next it will remind you to add fail overs or redundant servers and to add a DNS server if you haven’t and it will advertise Azure and office 360 integration into you installation. Click next when you are ready.

AD DS learn more of just click next

Next is just a confirmation of all the stuff you want added if you ready just click install. When it is done just click the close button

install confirmation window

Next i recommend an restart. If you’re in a production environment remember to follow protocols.

In the next article i’ll cover basic set-up of you AD DS. Thanks for reading.

Sam MApril 19, 2019

Post navigation

Office 365 Administration → ← Network Troubleshooting Part 1

Related Posts

Cisco IOS Fundamentals

Cisco’s IOS is a command line driven interface for all their devices. There are some basics for logging into a device. Such as physically connecting to the device console port […]

Setting Up Windows Active Directory

The first step to setting up Active Directory is to figure out if you new AD is going to join an existing “forest” or create your own “forest”. Windows AD […]

Office 365 Administration

Office 365 is Microsoft’s Subscription based office suite. It allows large entities to manage large amount of users. It allows corporations easy licensing and can track the performance and usage […]

Network Troubleshooting Part 1

Even as enterprise infrastructure is moving towards the cloud, physical terminals, clients, devices ect… need to connect to that cloud. Even with wireless networking those wireless access point still need […]

Recent Posts

  • Cisco IOS Fundamentals
  • Setting Up Windows Active Directory
  • Office 365 Administration
  • Installing Active Directory on a Fresh Windows Server
  • Network Troubleshooting Part 1

Recent Comments

  • Setting Up Windows Active Directory – Copper Ramparts on Windows Active Directory Domain Services Common Tasks
  • Cross-Over PC Products and Ultra Portability – Copper Ramparts on Computex 2018 Highlights
  • PC Power Supplies (Part 3) – Copper Ramparts on PC Power Supplies (Part 2)
  • PC Power Supplies (Part 2) – Copper Ramparts on PC Power Supplies (Part 1)
  • $500 Gaming PC Builds, are they even worth it? (Raven Ridge APU) – Copper Ramparts on PC Parts Prices Pressure Past Present (Part 1)

Categories

  • CCTV
  • cisco
  • Command Line
  • hardware
  • Linux
  • network
  • OS
  • POS
  • software
  • Virtualization
  • windows server

Recent Posts

  • Cisco IOS Fundamentals
  • Setting Up Windows Active Directory
  • Office 365 Administration
  • Installing Active Directory on a Fresh Windows Server
  • Network Troubleshooting Part 1

About Me

This information is not complete and I do not recommend making any business or financial decisions based on it. I’m am not responsible for any damage you do to your systems. If you need any help please contact me here.

Sam Mark

Powered by WordPress | theme Diamond