Windows-Domain-Controller
Window Domain controller
Athur: Mohanad Aly
Cyber Security Engineering
Page Created: 8 February 2017
Last modified: 27 February 2017
Introduction
This article introduces how to install and configure the Windows server domain controller.
What is Windows Domain controller
On Microsoft Servers, a domain controller (DC) is a server computer that responds to security authentication requests (logging in, checking permissions, etc.) within a Windows domain. A domain is a concept introduced in Windows NT whereby a user may be granted access to a number of computer resources with the use of a single username and password combination. [1]
What is Active Directory
The following picture shows what is the active directory means or what it does.
- First how the active directory has the manageability and security and interoperability.
- Locate manageability status errors
- Manageability status is displayed in the following locations in the Server Manager console.
- Locate manageability status errors
Windows Server 2012 enhances the manageability of data centers through significant improvements in the standards-based infrastructure. It does this by delivering application programming interfaces (APIs) that are easier for developers and IT Pros to use. These APIs provide support for recent standards and add new kinds of Windows Power-Shell cmd lets that make it simpler and more cost-effective to connect to and manage multiple servers and devices in the data center.
Starting with setting up the Windows-Domain-Controller
Setup of Windows Server and Setup of the Domain controller
The following video tutorial is to make the life easy for people and how to install it correctly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_cd2cjl8iQ
Summary
See also
1- http://searchwindowsserver.techtarget.com/definition/domain-controller
