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Deploy an Additional Active Directory Domain Controller in an Existing Forest

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.

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

30m

Published

Jan 17, 2022

Challenge

Connect to new-vm
1. Set the DNS server to main-vm.
2. Join the corp.sandynetworking01.com domain.
3. Restart the virtual machine.
Challenge

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.
Challenge

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.

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