Active Directory Domain Services In Windows Server 2016

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What is Active Directory Domain Services?

Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) stores directory data and manages communication between the users and domains, including user logon processes, authentication and directory searches. An Active Directory domain controller is a Server, which is running AD DS.

In this article, I have explained how to create and configure user profile, using Active Directory Domain Services in Windows Server 2016.

Log on to Windows Server machine.

Navigate into Server Manager.

Click Manage -> Add roles and features. Server

Pick Role based or feature based installation -> Click Next. Server

Pick the Server from the Server pool -> click Next. Server

Check Active Directory Domain Services -> Click Next. Server

Follow the screenshot and click Next. Server

Proceed by clicking Next. Server

Follow the steps, as shown in the screenshot and click Next.

Check Restart destination Services automatically -> Click Install. Server

Click Close. Server

After successful installation, click Flag “Promote this Server into domain controller.

Server

Click Add Forest and provide the root domain name. Server

Click Next and provide Directory Services recovery password. Server

Click Next. Server

Leave NETBIOS name by default SHAREPOINT2016. Server

Provide the location for AD DS database. Server

Click Next and click Install. Server Server

After successful installation, click Tools -> Active directory users and computers

Server

Follow the screenshot to proceed further.

After, New user icon, create a user name and provide password.

Server Server

Click Finish. Server

Let’s login with username and password.

Happy learning.

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