This document provides step-by-step instructions for installing Active Directory on Windows Server 2016. It describes initial server configuration including updates, static IP, password changes. It then explains how to install the Active Directory role and promote the server to a new forest domain controller for the ITPROLABS.XYZ domain. The promotion process includes selecting the forest and domain functional levels, enabling DNS and global catalog roles, and changing the AD database locations.

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Complete Lab (V1.1)
Ahmed Abdelwahed
Microsoft Certified Trainer
Ahmed_abdulwahed@outlook.com

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Table of Contents
Lab Objective.............................................................................................................................................................................3
Initial Configuration...................................................................................................................................................................4
Install Active directory role .......................................................................................................................................................5
Promoting to Domain Controllers.............................................................................................................................................8

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Lab Objective
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) is the database that store information about all the objects
that are stored in your Active Directory forest, also acting as central location for authentication
requests.
This lab explains the process to add and install active directory domain services on windows server 2016.
- Server Name: DC01
- IP Address: 192.168.153.10
- DNS: 192.168.153.10
- Domain Name: ITPROLABS.XYZ

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Initial Configuration
Before you start active directory installation on windows server 2016, there are some changes its
recommended to configure on server including the following:
- Server fully update
- Configure static IP
- Create complex password for built-in administrator
- Rename server
- Configure time zone
to change previous setting open server manager from start menu and follow the below figure

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Install Active directory role
Now our server ready to install active directory domain service, as explained in the figures below

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Promoting to Domain Controllers
Now we can promote the server to be active directory, from server manager follow the figures below
There are three allowed options when you try to promote your server to active directory:
- Promote your server to be additional DC in existing domain
- Promote your server to child domain in existing forest
- Promote your server to new forest (selected for our scenario)

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Select forest and domain functional level to enable additional domain and forest-wide Active Directory
features for our scenario select Windows Server 2016, also our domain will play DNS role and global
catalog. finally create password for AD restore mode.

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Its recommend to change active directory database and log files location from operating system
partition.

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Review your selected configuration and start installation.

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After prerequisite checked, start installation.

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Now our server promoted successfully to active directory.