Add the first Domain Controller to the forest - PowerShell
Welcome to a great to tutorial about adding your first domain controller to the forest via PowerShell.
Setting up a new Domain Controller to host a new domain
Rename-Computer -NewName dc1
Get-NetAdapter
$ipaddress = “172.17.1.101”
$dnsaddress = “127.0.0.1”
New-NetIPAddress –InterfaceAlias Ethernet –IPAddress $ipaddress –AddressFamily IPv4 –PrefixLength 24
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses $dnsaddress
Restart-Computer
Get-TimeZone
Set-TimeZone -Id "Mountain Standard Time"
Install-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services –IncludeManagementTools
Install-ADDSForest -DomainName sdn.lab
Validating the new Domain Controller
Get-Service adws,kdc,netlogon,dns
Get-Smbshare
get-eventlog "Directory Service" | select entrytype, source, eventid, message
get-eventlog "Active Directory Web Services" | select e