Create a New Domain with PowerShell
If you're standing up a new domain, this bit of PowerShell will get you there without the need to run through the wizard.
All you should need to modify are the variables in the first four lines of the script. Where this comes in handy is when you might be deploying a lab environment, or perhaps building a new production domain.
# Modify these variables to fit your needs
$DomainNameFQDN="MyDomain.Local"
$DomainNetBios="MyDomain"
$DCLocalUser = "AdminUserName"
$ImagePW="MyStrongPassword"
# Shouldn't need to mod anything below this line.
$DCLocalPWord = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $ImagePW -AsPlainText -Force
Add-WindowsFeature -Name "ad-domain-services" -IncludeAllSubFeature -IncludeManagementTools
Add-WindowsFeature -Name "dns" -IncludeAllSubFeature -IncludeManagementTools
Add-WindowsFeature -Name "gpmc" -IncludeAllSubFeature -IncludeManagementTools
$domainname = $DomainNameFQDN
$netbiosName = $DomainNetBios
Import-Module ADDSDeployment
Install-ADDSForest -CreateDnsDelegation:$false `
-DatabasePath "C:\Windows\NTDS" `
-DomainMode "WinThreshold" `
-DomainName $domainname `
-DomainNetbiosName $netbiosName `
-SafeModeAdministratorPassword $DCLocalPWord `
-ForestMode "WinThreshold" `
-InstallDns:$true `
-LogPath "C:\Windows\NTDS" `
-NoRebootOnCompletion:$false `
-SysvolPath "C:\Windows\SYSVOL" `
-Force:$true
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Posted: 2021-11-11
By: dwirch
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AnonymousCoward posted this comment on 2021-11-12:
Thank you for putting this up.