Building a Windows Server 2016 Domain Controller #winserv #Hybrid #cloud #Azure #powershell

Building a Domain Controller is not that Difficult but what about building this with Powershell and use the 2016 Bits.

Well lets take a peek at the Technet site https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh974720(v=wps.630).aspx nothing about 2016.

-DomainMode<DomainMode>

Specifies the domain functional level of the first domain in the creation of a new forest. Supported values for this parameter can be either a valid integer or a corresponding enumerated string value. For example, to set the domain mode level to Windows Server 2008 R2, you can specify either a value of 4 or Win2008R2. So

The following are the supported values:
     — Windows Server 2003: 2 or Win2003
     — Windows Server 2008: 3 or Win2008
     — Windows Server 2008 R2: 4 or Win2008R2
     — Windows Server 2012: 5 or Win2012
     — Windows Server 2012 R2: 6 or Win2012R2

Well it makes sense that the Next line would be  — Windows Server 2016: 7 or Win2016

Le me try that in Azure.

First I deploy the windows feature Active Directory

Install-windowsfeature AD-domain-services -IncludeAllSubFeature –IncludeManagementTools

The next step would be Deploy Active Directory and at the end you will be asked for a recovery password.

Install-ADDSForest `
-CreateDnsDelegation:$false `
-DatabasePath "C:\Windows\NTDS" `
-DomainMode "7" `
-DomainName "mvpdemo01.local" `
-DomainNetbiosName "mvpdemo01" `
-ForestMode "7" `
-InstallDns:$true `
-LogPath "C:\Windows\NTDS" `
-NoRebootOnCompletion:$false `
-SysvolPath "C:\Windows\SYSVOL" `
-Force:$true

I did a Force:$true So a reboot is following so no time for a screenshot and wait for things.!

But After the reboot you will have a DC

and Joining a DC Member : Add-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services

Install-windowsfeature AD-domain-services -IncludeAllSubFeature –IncludeManagementTools

Add-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services `
-CreateDnsDelegation:$false `
-DatabasePath "C:\Windows\NTDS" `
-DomainMode "7" `
-DomainName "mvpdemo01.local" `
-DomainNetbiosName "mvpdemo01" `
-ForestMode "7" `
-InstallDns:$true `
-LogPath "C:\Windows\NTDS" `
-NoGlobalCatalog:$false `
-NoRebootOnCompletion:$false `
-SysvolPath "C:\Windows\SYSVOL" `
-Force:$true

 

Joining a Member server

I created a noob account that is only allowed to join a server to the domain

 

Write-Host "Hostname / Node Names" -ForegroundColor yellow
$domain = "mvpdemo01.local"
$password = "Password01" | ConvertTo-SecureString -asPlainText -Force
$username = "$domain\noob"
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($username,$password)
Add-Computer -DomainName $domain -Credential $credential
restart-computer -force

See how easy things can be.

 

 

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