Installing a Domain Controller from Server Manager

In Windows Server 2012, it is the usual practice is to use the Dcpromo.exe tool Install a domain controller. If you try to DCPROMO.EXE running on Windows Server 2012 Server, you receive the following error news:

Active Directory Domain Services Installation wizard to migrate to the server manager.

 

Dcpromo.exe tool is a tool Domain Controller . Until Windows Server In 2012, the preferred method is Dcpromo.exe To install AD DS, and it is usually run in the GUI mode. In Windows Server 2012, the tool replacing the Server Manager. The Dcpromo.exe still available, but can only be used for unattended Command line interface to install.

When you run the Server Manager , you can choose whether to run performed on the local computer , On the remote computer , or through a member server pool . After you add the AD DS role. At the end of during the initial installation, AD DS binary files are installed, but not yet established AD DS on the server. One Source said the effect will be displayed in the Server Manager.