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Adding Windows workstation to a domain controller
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Considerations

  • This guide assumes you already have a Windows Server established with the AD DS/DNS components installed and configured on the host.
  • You will need to have the name and IP of the domain on hand.
  • I am using Windows 10 Pro and Windows Server 2016.

Setting the DNS server address

  1. On your windows host in the search bar, type in View network connections and open the match of the same name. You should see at the very least an Ethernet adapter.
  2. Determine where your network is connected, in my case it was Ethernet, right click and open Properties.
  3. In Properties, locate Internet Protocl Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and highlight it and select Properties again.
  4. In the IPV4 properties tick Use the following DNS server addresses and add your DNS server address to it.
  5. Click OK and OK again to close out of the Properties. image

Setting the domain name

  1. Back in the search bar, type Run and open sysdm.cpl image
  2. In System Properties select Change
  3. Switch the Member of propertiy to Domain and enter your domain name.
  4. Press OK, you will be prompted to use your user/pass for your Administrator account established on the Windows Server. Do so and continue.
  5. If all goes well you should see a popup declaring your machine is now part of the domain. image
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