Install-ADDSDomainController: PowerShell Command to Promote a Server to Domain Controller

PowerShell Command to Promote a Server to Domain Controller

Install-ADDSDomainController -SkipPreChecks -NoGlobalCatalog:$false -CreateDnsDelegation:$false `
-CriticalReplicationOnly:$false -DatabasePath "C:\Windows\NTDS" -DomainName "Contoso.com" `
-InstallDns:$true -LogPath "C:\Windows\NTDS" NoRebootOnCompletion:$false -SiteName `
"Default-First-Site-Name" `-SysvolPath "C:\Windows\SYSVOL" -Force:$true

• Install-ADDSDomainController will promote the Server to Domain Controller.
• -SkipPreChecks will skip the prechecks and will procced with the install
•  -NoGlobalCatalog:$false Will not install Global Catalog Component on this server.
• -CreateDnsDelegation:$false Will not create DNS Delegation on this server
• -DatabasePath tell where should be the NTDS Folder Location
• -DomainName tell your Domain Name
• -InstallDns:$true Installs DNS Component on the server
• -LogPath tells the LogPath Location.
•  NoRebootOnCompletion:$false Will not reboot the server after install.If you want to reboot make it $true
• -SiteName Enter the AD Site name where server has to be installed
• -SysvolPath Location of the Sysvol folder