2024-11-05 - Active Directory 2 - Installing Active Directory on Win Serv

    The second Active Directory ticket Doug had set up for this AD course was to install AD. I recall him talking to me about this way back in around January or whatever when I did a couple of the tickets for the course but got caught up in other projects. So now I intend go get through this with less help and seeing how much I can get done. Doug said something about a certain application or utility you go to in order to install AD. I don't remember what it's called. I am sure ChatGPT will have the answer for me. 

    So ChatGT says that you’ll typically use the “Active Directory Domain Services” role and configure it as a Domain Controller. And then it gave me steps to follow. I'll admit that the first time I tried to do anything in AD, I had a lot of trouble figuring out how to open AD. I didn't seem to find a program I could just open from the start menu called Active Directory. And I look back and honestly don't understand now why I had so much trouble but, 2020 hindsight. ChatGPT simply said to open Server Manager in the Start Menu. 

    The Server Manager opened up, CGPT had me select ADD ROLES AND FEATURES, clicked next on the next page which tells that its a wizard, after that you select if it is a ROLE BASED INSTALLATION  or REMOTE DESKTOP SERVICES INSTALLATION. This is asking if you want it to host Remote Desktop, I guess. Doug says he doesn't know why that's in a separate installation. The next page asks if I want to select from a server pool or if  I want to  select a virtual  hard disk. I am running this installation on a virtual hard disk, however, this AD installation will not itself be running virtualization, so I went with SELECT A SERVER FROM THE SERVER POOL. I came to the page to select Server Roles and picked ACTIVE DIRECTORY DOMAIN SERVICES. A smaller window appeared with extra features and selected ADD FEATURES at the bottom of said window. I clicked next, this took me to Features, which it auto selected the features I needed, so I pressed next again. Now in AD DS, I read through what it offered and hit next. I confirmed the installation and it got installing.

    It finished installing and the progress bar was complete, the only button it gave me at this point was to press CLOSE. So I did. I guess that is it for this ticket.

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