Promote Additional Active Directory Domain Controller Using Powershell (Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Core)
Published February 12, 2022 by Danny Moran
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Introduction
Learn how to promote a new secondary domain controller to an existing active directory domain using PowerShell. In this example, I go through the process of using Powershell to install the Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) and Domain Name Services (DNS) roles and features, promoting a new Domain Controller to an existing Active Directory domain, and setting the server as an additional local network DNS server.
Promote Additional Active Directory Domain Controller and DNS Installation Guide on Microsoft Windows Server 2022
Commands used in this guide
Install Active Directory Domain Services role
Install-WindowsFeature -Name AD-Domain-Services -IncludeManagementTools
Check Active Directory Domain Services role installed
Get-Command -Module ADDSDeployment
Promote server to a Domain Controller
Import-Module ADDSDeployment
Install-ADDSDomainController `
-NoGlobalCatalog:$false `
-CreateDnsDelegation:$false `
-Credential (Get-Credential) `
-CriticalReplicationOnly:$false `
-DatabasePath "C:\Windows\NTDS" `
-DomainName "ad.dannymoran.com" `
-InstallDns:$true `
-LogPath "C:\Windows\NTDS" `
-NoRebootOnCompletion:$false `
-SiteName "Default-First-Site-Name" `
-SysvolPath "C:\Windows\SYSVOL" `
-Force:$true