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Deploy an Additional Active Directory Domain Controller in an Existing Forest

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30 minutes
  • 3 Learning Objectives

About this Hands-on Lab

In this hands-on lab, you will learn the steps needed to configure the server, join the server to the existing domain, add needed roles, and promote the server to a domain controller.

Learning Objectives

Successfully complete this lab by achieving the following learning objectives:

Connect to new-vm
  1. Set the DNS server to main-vm.
  2. Join the corp.sandynetworking01.com domain.
  3. Restart the virtual machine.
Connect to main-vm and Configure the Environment
  1. Log in to the main-vm using RDP.
  2. Install the AD DS server role in Server Manager.
  3. Promote the server to a domain controller in a new forest.
    • Add a new forest with the root domain name corp.sandynetworking01.com.
    • Use the NetBIOS domain name CORP.
    • Default database locations are fine.
Install the AD DS Role and Promote the Domain Controller
  1. Connect to main-vm, and add the newly created server.
  2. Add the AD DS domain services role for the new server.
  3. Promote the new server to a domain controller.
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Scenario

Welcome to Fiji! Our company, Sand, Sun and Oddly Networking, Inc., is a global chain of luxury hotels that specializes in tropic locations. Concerned about high availability, they would like to add an additional domain controller to their existing domain. In this hands-on lab, you will learn the steps needed to configure the server, join the server to the existing domain, add needed roles, and promote the server to domain controller.

If you get stuck, feel free to check out the lab objectives or the solution video. Good luck!

WARNING: Be Prepared for UI Changes

Given the fluid nature of Microsoft's cloud tools, you may experience user interface (UI) changes that were made following the development of this hands-on lab that do not match up with the lab instructions. When any such changes are brought to our attention, we will attempt to update the content accordingly; however, if changes occur, students will have to adapt to the changes and work through them in the hands-on lab as needed.

What are Hands-on Labs

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.

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