Chapter 4. Install and Administer Active Directory
The important feature changes that have appeared since Windows Server 2008 R2 in the Install and Administer Active Directory domain all fall within a single objective, “Install domain controllers.” Within this small area, however, the change could hardly be more significant: the very tool used in previous versions of Windows Server to install a domain controller, Dcpromo.exe, has been deprecated (which in Microsoft lingo means “officially set on a path to obsolescence”). More specifically, the use of Dcpromo is highly restricted in Windows Server 2012. You can use it for domain controller promotion only with an answer file. (Dcpromo also retains some specialized uses, such as the forced removal ...
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