Using PowerShell to Deploy Active Directory

The administrative tasks performed in the ADAC can also be handled in PowerShell. While the focus of this book is not to teach PowerShell, it’s a good idea to become familiar with PowerShell to do major management tasks such as deploying AD.

To deploy AD via PowerShell, type the following in the PowerShell console (Figure 4-27):

Install-windowsfeature -name AD-Domain-Services -IncludeManagement Tools

Upon successful execution, the installation begins, as shown in Figure 4-28.

Figure 4-27. Deploying AD with PowerShell

Figure 4-28. Installing AD in PowerShell

After AD is deployed, a confirmation is displayed, as well as any follow-up action needed for a successful AD deployment.

Enable-ADOptionalFeature –Identity'CN=RecycleBinFeature,
CN=OptionalFeatures,CN=DirectoryService,CN=WindowsNT,
CN=Service,CN=Configuratio,DC=xyz,
DC=local'ScopeForestofConfiguratioSet-Target 'xyzlocal'