Active Directory Guide

Active Directory Guide
Max-Solution
Active
Directory
Guide
Step-by-step guide on adding ADDS and
DNS roles on Windows Server 2012
Syahiran
Table of Content
1
Introduction.................................................................................................................1
Adding DNS Server Role..............................................................................................2
Adding Active Directory Domain Services Role.........................................................13
Promoting server to a Domain Controller (DC)..........................................................24
Configuration.............................................................................................................33
1 Introduction
This guide will show you step-by-step guide on how to add Active Directory
Domain Services and DNS Server role on Microsoft Windows Server 2012.
Pre-requisite for this guide:
Install Microsoft Windows Server 2012

Rename the machine
Make sure you have connection to network

Set static IP Address (As picture below, note that I didnt define DNS
since it is going to be a DNS Server. We will get to that part later on)
2 Adding DNS Server Role
2.1 Go to Server Manager (should run after the server is

started) and click on Add roles and features.
2.2 Click Next
2.3 Choose Role-based or feature-based installation and

click Next.
2.4 Choose Select a server from the server pool and make
sure you have choose the local server from the Server Pool
table. (In this guide there is only one server shown which is
the local server since no other server(s) are added to the
Server Pool.)
2.5 On Server Roles section mark DNS Server.
2.6 Add Roles and Features box will pop-up, click Add
Features and click Next.
2.7 On Features section click Next.
2.8 On DNS Server section click next.
2.9 On Confirmation section mark Restart the destination

server automatically if required if you want to autorestart after installation or unmark if you want to restart
manually. Click Install.
2.10 Installation has started. Progress bar will be displayed to

show installation progress.
2.11 Installation has completed. You will see message

Installation succeeded on SERVERNAME under the
progress bar. Click Close.
3 Adding Active Directory Domain Services Role

3.1 Go to Server Manager (You can find it by going to start menu
and type server manager) and click on Add roles and
features. (Notice that under ROLES AND SERVER
GROUPS, DNS Roles box will appear.)
3.2 On Before you begin section, click Next.
3.3 Choose Role-based or feature-based installation and

click Next.
3.4 Choose Select a server from the server pool and make
sure you have choose the local server from the Server Pool
table. (In this guide there is only one server shown which is
the local server since no other server(s) are added to the
Server Pool.)
3.5 On Server Roles section mark Active Directory Domain

Services.
3.6 Add Roles and Features box will pop-up, click Add
Features and click Next.
3.7 On Features section, click Next.
3.8 On AD DS section, click Next.
3.9 On Confirmation section mark Restart the destination

server automatically if required if you want to autorestart after installation or unmark if you want to restart
manually. Click Install.
3.10 Installation has started. Progress bar will be displayed to

show installation progress.
3.11 Installation has completed. You will see message

Configuration required. Installation succeeded on
SERVERNAME under the progress bar. Click Close.
4 Promoting server to a Domain Controller (DC)

4.1 Open Server Manager. Click on the task Flag that has
warning symbol on top-right of Server Manager. Drop down
box will appear with boxes of tasks done and tasks that
requires attention. Notice that the box with Warning symbol
prompting for Post-deployment Configuration. Click on
Promote this server to a domain controller link.
4.2 Active Directory Domain Services Configuration Wizard

will appear. On Deployment Configuration. Tick Add a
new forest since this is a fresh deployment. Type-in your
intended Root domain name. Click Next.
4.3 On Domain Controller Options. Select Forest functionality

level and Domain functionality level. (Domain functionality
level should be higher that Forest functionality level, notice
that the Wizard doesnt allow Domain functionality level to be
lower than Forest functionality level). Type in Directory
Services Restore Mode (DRSM) password. Click Next.
4.4 On DNS Options section. Click Next. ()
4.5 On Additional Options section. NetBIOS domain name

will automatically appear. Click Next.
4.6 On Paths section. Specify the location for Database, Log

files and SYSVOL. In this guide we are going to leave it to
default. Click Next.
4.7 On Review Options section. Click Next.
4.8 On Prerequisites Check section. Make sure all prerequisite

check passed successfully. Click Install.
4.9 Promoted to Domain Controller.
5 Configuration
We have few configuration to be done in order for our AD DNS
Server to work properly
5.1 Go to Control Panel and click on View network status and
tasks
5.2 Now click on your network connections. (In this guide it is

Ethernet.)
5.3 Click on Properties.
5.4 Click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click

Properties.
5.5 Change DNS server addresses to the servers IP Address

and click OK.
5.6 Click on Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) and click

Properties.
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5.7 Tick on Obtain an IPv6 address automatically and Obtain

DNS server address automatically. Click OK.
5.8 Click Start button on your keyboard. Click on DNS which will
open DNS Manager .
5.9 Right-click on Reverse Lookup Zone and click New Zone.
5.10 New Zone Wizard will pop-up. On welcome screen click

Next.
5.11 Tick Primary Zone. Tick Store the zone in Active

Directory. Click Next.
5.12 Tick To all DNS servers running on domain controllers

in this forest: forestname . (syah.net for this guide) Click
Next.
5.13 Choose IPv4 Reverse Lookup Zone and click Next.
5.14 Type in the Network ID and click Next.
5.15 Choose Allow only secure dynamic updates and click

Next.
5.16 Click Finish to complete.
5.17 Go back to DNS Manager, expand Forward Lookup Zone

and click on domain name (syah.net for this guide). On right
side of the console folders and list of records will appear,
right-click on your AD servername (adsvr for this guide) and

click Properties.
5.18 Servername Properties will pop-up (adsvr for this guide).

Tick Update associated pointer (PTR) record. Click OK.
5.19 To ensure Name Server is pointed to the right server open

command prompt (click Start button on keyboard and type in
cmd). Type nslookup and click Enter. Default Server
should appear as FQDN of the server and IPv4 address for
Address.
5.20 To check FSMO (Flexible Single Master Operation) Roles.

Open Command Prompt again and type in netdom query
fsmo and hit Enter.
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