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Part 1 - SCCM 2012 R2 Installation : Creating a domain controller in lab

From the server manager click on manage & then “Add roles & features”:-

Click on Next to continue:-

Check if the “Role-based or feature-based installation” is selected & click next:-

Check the server name & click on next:-

Select “Active Directory Domain Services” & click next:-

These are the default features which gets installed with ADDS Role click on Add Features to continue:-

Click on next to continue:-

Click next as we are not installing features now:-

Click on next to continue:-

Click on install:-

Installation in progress :-

Once the installation is complete click on close to end the wizard:-

Now, Our ADDS & DNS role is installed in the system we now need to promote the system to be the domain controller. So, these are the post configuration work which can be done from the server manager.

So, Now there will be a Warning Sign which appears with the flag present in the server manager top ribbon, click on it & then click on “Promote this server to a domain controller” :-

Select “Add a new forest” & in the Root domain name, provide the name of the domain & click on next to continue:-

A forest is a collection of Domains so, as a new domain needs to be created under a new forest.

Check the Forest & Domain functional Level keep them on Windows Server 2012 R2, Type a password for Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) this will be the password which will be used at the time of AD recovery if it gets corrupted & click on next to continue :-

Click on next to continue:-

Type a NetBIOS name for the domain, it’s the short name which you want for your domain, Click on next to continue:-

These are the folders which are created by default, in the database folder all the is stored,

Database & Log folder – Holds the information & log file related to AD.

SYSVOL Folder – All the domain join & GPO information are saved in this folder.

Click on Next to continue:-

Review the option & click on next to continue:-

Click on install:-

The installation is in progress:-

Once the role is installed the server will get restarted & your AD server local administrator account will be changed to domain admin account:-

Now we can see that the AD server is joined to domain:-

After the installation of the Role there are the tools which gets installed on the server, you can check them in Server Manager under Tools:-

1. Active Directory Administrative Center

2. Active Directory Domains and Trusts

3. Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell

4. Active Directory Sites and Services

5. Active Directory Users and Computers

6. ADSI Edit

7. DNS

8. Group Policy Management

Installation of the DHCP Role:-

In the AD server go to server manager/Manage & “Click on Add Roles and Features”:-

Check if the “Role-based or feature-based installation” is selected & click next:-

Check the server name & click on next:-

Check DHCP Server:-

Once you check the DHCP Server role there will be a popup windows for the default feature which gets installed with the roles, Click on Add Features option :-

Click on next to continue.

You may receive this message if a static IP address is not provided to the AD server:-

Click Next to continue:-

Click next to continue:-

Click on install to proceed with the installation:-

Once the role gets installed click on close to end the wizard:-

After the installation of the role we need to configure DHCP.

Again for the post installation go to server manager & click on the Warning Sign in the top ribbon & select “Configure DHCP Configuration“:-

In the DHCP Post-Install Configuration wizard, click on Next to continue:-

Use the domain admin credentials & click on Commit:-

Click on close to end the Wizard:-

Once DHCP is installed you will get a tool of the same name in Server manager under tools option, Click on that to create a new scope:-

Here, we need to create a new IPv4 scope:-

So, Right click on IPv4 & click on New Scope:-

Click on next:-

Provide a name & description to the Scope:-

Specify the IP address range, Click on next to continue:-

If you want any IP address within the range which needs to be excluded, add it here & then click on next to continue:-

The default Lease duration for an IP address is 8 Days, this means if a machine gets an IP address from DHCP & it the machine don’t come online for 8 days in a row DHCP will release the IP & provide it to another machine automatically. If the old machine comes back online again then DHCP will provide a new IP to the machine.

Change the setting if you want to, I am leaving it to default. Once the changes are made click on next to continue:-