Installing a Forest Root Domain

Installing Active Directory and DNS has always been reasonably straightforward. You can always use the Server Manager GUI, but using PowerShell is easier to automate. You create an AD forest by creating your first domain controller.

To create a DC, you start with a system running Windows Server. You then add the AD DS services Windows feature to the server and the management tools. Then you use the management tools to promote DC1 to be your first DC (aka DC1.Reskit.Org) within the Reskit.Org domain.

Getting ready

You run this recipe on DC1 after installing PowerShell 7 and VS Code.

How to do it...

1. Installing the AD Domain Services feature and management tools

Install-WindowsFeature -Name AD-Domain-Services -IncludeManagementTools

1. Importing the ADDeployment module

Import-Module -Name ADDSDeployment 

1. Examining the commands in the ADDSDeployment module

Get-Command -Module ADDSDeployment

1. Creating a secure password for the Administrator

$PSSHT...