Step 1.
Open Server Manager
Step 2.
Choose Add Roles and Features
Step 3.
Click next Choose Role-Based or Feature-Based installation
STEP 4.
Make Sure it reflects the right Ip address . If it doesn’t Close Server manager and Reopen it
Step 5.
ADDS
Choose Active Directory Domain Services
Step 6
Click next
Step 7.
Click Install
Step 8.
Click Close
Step 9.
Promote DC
Now role is added but , It’s not a Domain Controller Yet
Click on More or the Flag
Step 10.
Select Promote this Server to a Domain Controller
Step 11.
Building a new forest
Select “Add a New forest”
Step 12.
If don’t have function level of Windows Server 2012 just click the arrow and choose the function level
windows server 2012
Step 13.
You can skip it.
Step 14
Choose the NetBios Name
Step 15
Leave it as default
Once the installation has been completed and the wizard has been closed out, the AD DS will reboot.
Once the server has rebooted, FSMO roles can transferred to the newly added domain controller
