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I don't have a lot of experience creating/managing an active directory environment. This will be more of a lab environment where a solution could be tested. It will not have lots of regular users etc, just some test internal type users.

Part of that, I neededneed to set up a domain controller quickly on Windows 2016 and Windows 2019 OS to test out a solution. Rather than doing all the steps manually, I try to create a script. I followed different online tutorials with a mix of luck. After a few hits and tries, the following script worked for me on a Windows 2019 machine. I haven't tested it yet on a Windows 2016 though.

Add-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services 

Install-ADDSForest -DomainName myTestDomain -InstallDNS

Install-WindowsFeature AD-Certificate

Add-WindowsFeature Adcs-Cert-Authority -IncludeManagementTools

Install-AdcsCertificationAuthority -CAType EnterpriseRootCA

At this point, I was able to login to this machine under myTestDomain domain.

Given I don't have much experience with IT management, I am hoping to get some suggestions in case I may have missed something here. Any suggestions to improve this script will be highly appreciated.

I don't have a lot of experience creating/managing an active directory environment. I needed to set up a domain controller quickly on Windows 2016 and Windows 2019 OS to test out a solution. Rather than doing all the steps manually, I try to create a script. I followed different online tutorials with a mix of luck. After a few hits and tries, the following script worked for me on a Windows 2019 machine. I haven't tested it yet on a Windows 2016 though.

Add-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services 

Install-ADDSForest -DomainName myTestDomain -InstallDNS

Install-WindowsFeature AD-Certificate

Add-WindowsFeature Adcs-Cert-Authority -IncludeManagementTools

Install-AdcsCertificationAuthority -CAType EnterpriseRootCA

At this point, I was able to login to this machine under myTestDomain domain.

Given I don't have much experience with IT management, I am hoping to get some suggestions in case I may have missed something here. Any suggestions to improve this script will be highly appreciated.

I don't have a lot of experience creating/managing an active directory environment. This will be more of a lab environment where a solution could be tested. It will not have lots of regular users etc, just some test internal type users.

Part of that, I need to set up a domain controller quickly on Windows 2016 and Windows 2019 OS. Rather than doing all the steps manually, I try to create a script. I followed different online tutorials with a mix of luck. After a few hits and tries, the following script worked for me on a Windows 2019 machine. I haven't tested it yet on a Windows 2016 though.

Add-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services 

Install-ADDSForest -DomainName myTestDomain -InstallDNS

Install-WindowsFeature AD-Certificate

Add-WindowsFeature Adcs-Cert-Authority -IncludeManagementTools

Install-AdcsCertificationAuthority -CAType EnterpriseRootCA

At this point, I was able to login to this machine under myTestDomain domain.

Given I don't have much experience with IT management, I am hoping to get some suggestions in case I may have missed something here. Any suggestions to improve this script will be highly appreciated.

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powershell script for creating a Domain Controller

I don't have a lot of experience creating/managing an active directory environment. I needed to set up a domain controller quickly on Windows 2016 and Windows 2019 OS to test out a solution. Rather than doing all the steps manually, I try to create a script. I followed different online tutorials with a mix of luck. After a few hits and tries, the following script worked for me on a Windows 2019 machine. I haven't tested it yet on a Windows 2016 though.

Add-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services 

Install-ADDSForest -DomainName myTestDomain -InstallDNS

Install-WindowsFeature AD-Certificate

Add-WindowsFeature Adcs-Cert-Authority -IncludeManagementTools

Install-AdcsCertificationAuthority -CAType EnterpriseRootCA

At this point, I was able to login to this machine under myTestDomain domain.

Given I don't have much experience with IT management, I am hoping to get some suggestions in case I may have missed something here. Any suggestions to improve this script will be highly appreciated.