configuration required for active directory domain services

Promotion now includes prerequisite checking that validates forest and domain readiness for the new domain controller, lowering the chance of failed promotions.

Schema extension, forest preparation, and domain preparation are automatically part of domain controller promotion and no longer require separate tasks on special servers such as the Schema Master.

The AD DS deployment and configuration engine is now Windows PowerShell, even when using the new AD DS Configuration Wizard.

AD DS role deployment is now part of the new Server Manager architecture and allows remote installation.This meant creating new versions of existing technologies as well as extending the capabilities of components released in Windows Server 2008 R2.ĪD DS Simplified Administration is a reimagining of domain deployment. AD DS Simplified Administration takes lessons learned from twelve years of Active Directory and makes a more supportable, more flexible, more intuitive administrative experience for architects and administrators.

Windows Server 2012 introduced the next generation of Active Directory Domain Services Simplified Administration, and was the most radical domain re-envisioning since Windows 2000 Server. This topic explains the capabilities and benefits of Windows Server 2012 domain controller deployment and administration, and the differences between previous operating system DC deployment and the new Windows Server 2012 implementation. Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012

Configuration required for active directory domain services