For example, if we have a domain named WINDOMAIN and the user Administrator in this domain, the account id will look like WINDOMAIN\Administrator. After installing a Windows Server, you can promote the server to a Domain Controller by following instructions at How to Promote Windows Server 2008 R2 to a Domain Controller(For Windows Server 2008 R2 and before) and Building Your First Domain Controller on 2012 R2(For Windows Server 2012).Īfter promoting the servers to the Domain Controller, the next time you login you will be logged in as a domain member. There are lots of posts which have covered how to promote a Windows server to a Domain Controller.
In this post, we will show you how to apply Domain Level Group Policy. Also one or more domain controllers need to be deployed to enable managing the domain. As a system administrator, you may often need to create a Windows domain of a computer network in which all user accounts, computers, printers and other security principals, are registered with a central database (called a directory service).
