This document provides instructions for installing the Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) role on a Windows Server to promote it to an Active Directory domain controller. It describes launching Server Manager, selecting the Add Roles and Features option, choosing the ADDS role, and completing the installation process by pressing Install and Close. The role is added through the Server Manager to enable centralized management of users, resources, and group policies through Active Directory.

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For centralized management of the users, resources,
and group policies we need to promote the Window
Server machine from a member server to an Active
Directory (AD) Domain Controller (DC). This is
accomplished through the Server Manager by adding
the Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) Role.
Note: Before adding the role, change the computer
name to ServerX, where X is your seat number.

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Launch Server Manager.
Click Add Roles and Features.

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Click Next.

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Select Role-based or feature-based
installation and press Next.

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Since we are installing the forest locally,
we will select “Select a server from the
server pool”
Select the server, in our case its Server5.
Press Next.

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Select Active Directory Domain Services.

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When you check off Active Directory Domain
Services a dialog window will pop up
Press Add Features.

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Press Next.

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Press Next on the features section,
you do not need to check anything off
here. Some options will be checked
off by default because we selected
Active Directory Domain Services in
the previous section.

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Read the important things
to note about this
installation.
Press Next.

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Press Install.

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Installation will complete.
Press Close.

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