How to deploy Samba on Linux as an Active Directory Domain Controller Your email has been sent Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft’s way of making it possible to create and apply policies to ...

Since this is the first DC, check the DNS server, and Global Catalog, leaving the Read-only Domain controller unchecked, and then enter a password for Directory Services Restore Mode.

You can reset the computer account through the Active Directory Users and Computers console. In case you are wondering, computer accounts can also be reset through PowerShell (version 2 or higher).

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Once the new domain controller is up and running, be sure to allow plenty of time for the Active Directory database to fully replicate before attempting to replace another domain controller.