This article is the first part of a series of articles on “How to deploy Windows 10 Using Microsoft Deployment Toolkit”.
Active Directory is considered as one of the most critical workload in a network. It is responsible for authentication, authorization, auditing, policies, security etc. It’s a central repository of Objects as such as identity and other objects within a network. As and when a new server application is deployed within a Microsoft network such as Exchange, SharePoint, SQL Server, System Center, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, etc. the AD DS schema is extended to accompany server objects.
Lets see how to install AD DS on Windows Server 2019 which is the latest Microsoft Windows Server Operating System
Click on the Windows Server 2019 Server Manager and click Add roles and features

On the before you begin page, click next

On the select installation type window, select Role-based or feature based installation and click next

On the server selection window, select the local server and click next

On the server roles window, select the Active Directory Domain Services Role; and you will be prompted to ad the relevant supporting features

Click Add Features and Click next

Click Next

Review the AD DS page, if you have to synch with Azure AD, you can configure here. If not click Next

Review Confirmation and Click yes to automatically restart and click Install

Review the results and click the link to promote it as a domain controller

Provide the root domain name in the new forest and click next

Select the forest functional level, DNS if its not installed before and the DSRM password and click next

Click OK for the DNS option and click next

NetBios name populates automatically and click next

Review the paths and click next

Review options and click next

Pre-requisites will be checked. review and click install

Upon successful installation you will see the installed roles in the Server Manager
