You need to run dcpromo and tell it to make a secondary domain controller in an existing domain. Once it's all done it will reboot the machine and then you can use your domain login.

On the surface, Active Directory groups are a simple and straightforward way to manage identities (users and/or computers) and assign permissions. Users or computers are added as group members, and ...

If the Server is not operational message keeps troubling you when adding a trusted domain user to a trusted domain in Windows Server, then this post may help you resolve the issue. When you click ...

I recently completed a book on Windows Server 2008 where I highlight at the end of each chapter the features coming in Release 2. I was especially curious about four Active Directory features, so ...

About a year ago, I wrote a series of blog posts in which I explained how to deploy a cloud-based Active Directory environment to the AWS cloud with just a few clicks. As easy as the Active Directory ...