Install Domain Controller Server Core

Install windowsfeature name ad domain services includemanagementtools.

Install domain controller server core. In cmd type powershell and hit enter. Install active directory domain services server role. First we install the active directory services role.

Next let s see which steps are needed to configure and promote this server to a domain controller in an existing domain. By default server core starts in command line cmd. Remotely a server core domain controller feels exactly the same as a server with a gui based domain controller.

Installing active directory domain services role on a server core installation of a windows server 2008 requires running the dcpromo command in conjunction with a number of switches parameters. I ll install the ad domain services feature that will enable be to use the powershell module that will promote the server. Join the server to domain.

Windows server core starts with cmd by default. Installing an additional domain controller. Installing an additional domain controller windows server core starts with cmd by default.

4 after installation new commands are available. To add an additional domain controller to a domain first install windows server 2016 core as detailed above configure the network settings and any extra storage you require. Add the server to the existing domain that you want to create an additional domain controller for and log in as a user with domain admin privileges for that domain.

To add an additional domain controller we need to do following. Deploy the domain controller before you continue i recommend to read my first post. Of course in the back of your mind you d always know your server core domain controller is a lot faster safer and more reliable than your neighbor s.