
Once done you will get a window which asks you to add the necessary features for “Active Directory Domain services” role, please go ahead and click on “ Add features” button so that it will add all the necessary features for ADDS.

On the sever roles pane, please check the checkbox for “ Active Directory Domain Services” and click “Next” as shown in the screenshot below. Now since we have selected the destination server, it’s time to go ahead and install the ADDS role on it, for that please check the screenshot below. Blank virtual hard disks or hard disks that contain an operating system other than Windows 8 Server will fail.ĥ. Only virtual hard disks that contain a Windows 8 Server operating system are valid destinations.


You can also click on ” Add roles and features” which you see on the server manager pane above to add the necessary roles and features.ģ. Once you click on “Manage” you will see an option which says ” Add roles and features “ , choose that and click next. Open server manager as shown in the screenshot below and click on “Manage”Ģ.With that being said, let’s get started with the installation steps now, The installation is no different from what we have been doing on the previous versions of Windows server and almost all the steps are the same. Alright, to all the system administrators out there, this post would be on how to promote your Windows server 2016 to become a domain controller by installing the “Active Directory domain services” role on it.
