KB ID 0001400

Problem

I needed to spin up some Windows 2016 Servers, and a domain to do some testing. I have promoted hundreds maybe thousands of domain controllers, so I wondered if this time I could do it with PowerShell. It’s actually easier than using the GUI!

Solution

If you were doing this in Server Manager, you would have to add the role first, and PowerShell is no different;

Install-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services -IncludeManagementTools

Then promote the server to a new DC in a new forest;

Install-ADDSForest

Supply the new domain name and the recovery password. Select ‘Y’ to reboot, go and have a coffee, when finished you will have a new DC in a new domain, ready to log into.

3 Comments

Avi
13/02/2018

Thanks!
will this powershell “version” of the process will also install the DNS role and everything else that is done with the gui “version” of the procerss?
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- PeteLong
  13/02/2018
  
  Yes of course, you can add some extra flags to change things but with the command you will get all the ‘defaults’ 🙂
  
  Pete
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  - Avi
    13/02/2018
    
    Thank you!
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PowerShell: Creating Domains and Domain Controllers

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