Install Active Directory

 

Open Oracle Virtual box

Select the server - right click on SATA Port 1 and remove disk from virtual drive

Select the Windows 10 machine - right click on SATA port 1 and remove disk from virtual drive 

Click the yellow cog , select network and change the attached to to Bridged adapter. Your name will differ from the example below. Repeat this for the server virtual machine

Select server and click the green start arrow

Enter the server Password

Click cancel on the below pop up

Press the Windows + X key select system

Click change settings

Change computer description to DC

Click change computer name to Server1

Click ok to apply the settings

Click restart now

Log in to the server

Click cancel on pop up

Press the Windows + X key click network connections

Right click on the ethernet connection

Click properties

Make sure IPv6 is unchecked and click ok 

Type firewall into the search bar and select Windows firewall 

Select Windows Firewall properties

Turn the firewall state off for domain profile , private profile and public profile  

Press the windows + x key and select system

Select remote settings

Select allow remote connections to this computer

Press the Windows + X key and select command prompt

Type ipconfig

You should be presented with similarities to the below my server IP address is 172.26.1.157 ( yours will be different - make a note of your number its important!) 

Press the windows + S key and typer server manager into the search bar

Click Add roles and features

Click Next 

Ensure role-based or feature based installation is checked

Ensure your server is selected and the IP address matches what was presented in previous steps under IP config 

Select Active Directory Domain Services

Click Add Features and click next

Click next on the features window

Click Next on the Active Directory Domain Services 

Click install confirmation 

Once the installation is complete - click Promote this server to a domain controller

Select Add a new forest and type in your root domain name mine is benscott.local yours could be your name plus .local

Change Forest functional level & Domain functional level to Windows Server 2012 R2 and type a password that you will remember in the password box and click next 

Click next on DNS options

The NetBios domain name should populate to the name you called your domain. Click next

Click next on paths

Click next on review options

Click install on Prerequisites Check ( This installation could take up to 15minutes and the server will restart )

Type your password you should now notice the domain \ admin logged in is displayed