Master Active Directory: Install AD DS & DNS on Windows Server 2025 (Home Lab Tutorial)

I'll guide you how to install an AD and promote a Domain Controller. We will also setup DNS on the server and hook up a Windows 11 machine to the domain plus a user account.

0:00 | Intro: Building a Local Domain with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
1:17 | Server Preparation: Renaming Server to LAB-DC01 and Setting Static IP
3:09 | Network Best Practice: Configuring a Static IP Address (Crucial for DC)
5:01 | Role Installation: Launching Server Manager to Add AD DS Role
7:21 | Selecting Roles: Installing Active Directory Domain Services & Management Tools
9:16 | Domain Promotion: Promoting Server to New Forest (ADLAB.local)
10:45 | DC Options: Setting Forest and Domain Functional Level to Windows Server 2025
11:34 | Security Essential: Setting the DSRM (Directory Services Restore Mode) Password
15:30 | Post-Install DNS Configuration: Best Practice DNS Settings for the DC
19:39 | User Management: Creating New Organizational Unit (OU) and Domain User Account

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