Active Directory Domain Controller

ADDC is implemented in almost every organization that has a Windows workstation. In day-to-day work, ADDC is used to authenticate users into their laptops, Outlook, and other applications. For example, let's say John works in an organization named ABC Consulting. He'd usually log in to his work laptop using his AD account ABC\John. Usually, AD-DC is configured and managed by system administrators; however, a system administrator does have experience with ADDC.

ADDC is required as a prerequisite for configuring AlwaysOn availability groups on Windows Server 2012 R2.

Exercise 31: Configuring Active Directory Domain Controller

To configure ADDC on the DPLDC VM, follow these steps:

1. Connect to the DPLDC VM that is the domain controller. ADDS is to be installed on this VM.

2. Once connected, navigate to the C:\Code\Lesson04\Common folder (on your host/local machine) and copy the PowerShell script CreateDomain.ps1 to the C:\Scripts folder in the DPLDC VM.

3. In the DPLDC...