# Active Directory and Setting up

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<summary>Method 1 </summary>

1. Open Server Manager
2. Click on Manage > Add Roles and Features&#x20;

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3. Click Next through all settings until you reach Server Roles
4. Select Active Directory Domain Services&#x20;

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5. Click next through everything until you reach the installation part and click install

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6. Once the install is done, click on "Promote this Server to a Domain Controller"

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7. Click New Forest and provide a domain name for this Domain Controller&#x20;
8. The next step will be to provide a password
9. Press next until the installation phase and click on install&#x20;
10. The Server will restart and after that the Server will have become the domain controller and will have Active Directory Installed&#x20;

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