Setup AD DNS

Setup Active Directory and DNS

Go to server manager>Roles. 

Add role>Active Directory domain services. Click Add required features. 

Click next>Install. 

Click the hyperlink "dcpromo.exe". 

Click Next. 

Select "Create a new domain in a new forest". 

Type in the FQDN for the root domain. EG: MYLAB.COM. 

Select the forest functional level as Win Server 2008 R2. 

Click Next. 

Click yes to continue at the below prompt. 

Keep the below configuration, click Next. 

Choose a password. EG: asd@123. 

Wait until it finishes. 

Click Finish. 

Restart now. 

Type in the password and Login to the domain "MYLAB.com".

• Once you Login go back to the network icon in system tray and go to IP v4 settings.

• Change the Preferred DNS back to the original configuration that was setup earlier (automatically it had been changed to the loopback address upon promoting it to DC).

• Configure the preferred DNS as below.