The new version of Windows Server 2022 is committed to being a comprehensive system for all common administration tasks both at the user and team level..
Windows Server 2022 Features
Windows Server 2022 will have functions such as:
- Supports AES-256-GCM and AES-256-CCM cryptographic suites
- Allows you to copy files in SMB with compression through the Robocopy, compress and Xcopy / compress commands
- SMB Direct protocol over RMDA networks now supports AES-256 encryption
- Native management with Windows Admin Center
In the most fundamental tasks of Windows Server 2022 is its role as a domain controller, actually if Windows Server does not act as a controller it becomes a simple computer.
Windows Server as a domain controller
By acquiring the role of domain controller it will be possible to:
- Manage third-party software and applications to grant to client computers
- Be capable of being a DNS server (Domain Name System) to resolve the names of the network
- Manage and control user and team policies
When the Active Directory role is installed, the option is given to promote Windows Server 2022 as a controller and we will see it step by step in this tutorial..
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How to promote Windows Server 2022 to domain controller
Step 1
We open the Server Manager, we will see the following:
Step 2
We click on "Add roles and characteristics", the following wizard will be displayed:
Step 3
We click on Next and activate the "Feature-based or role-based installation" box:
Step 4
Then we select the server:
Step 5
In the "Server Roles" section we select "Active Directory Domain Services":
Step 6
By activating this box, the following will be displayed:
Step 7
We click on "Add features" and the role will be selected:
Step 8
Click Next and in the Features section we don't add anything:
Step 9
In the next window we will see a summary of the role to install in Windows Server 2022:
Step 10
We click Next to see a summary of the role to install:
Step 11
Click Install to start the process:
Step 12
At the end of the role installation we will see the following:
Step 13
We click on Close, after this at the top we click on "Promote this server to domain controller":
Step 14
The following wizard will be displayed, there we activate the "Add a new forest" box and enter the domain name:
Step 15
Click Next to define the functional level and enter the DSRM password:
Step 16
In the next window we will see the following message:
Step 17
We click Next to see the NETBIOS name of the server:
Step 18
Then we will see the paths where Windows Server hosts the data:
Step 19
In the next window we access the summary of the server promotion task:
Step 20
Click Next to validate the minimum promotion requirements:
Step 21
Click "Install" to start the process of promoting Windows Server 2022 to domain controller:
Step 22
Click Close and restart Windows Server 2022:
Step 23
We log in and we can see that the selected domain has already been integrated:
Step 24
We validate the domain registered in Server Administrator:
The task of promoting Windows Server 2022 to a domain controller has been that simple.
