Windows 2016 Core Domain Controllers

Upgrading my Domain Controllers from 2012 R2 to 2016. I have decided to run the servers without Desktop Experience to save resources.

Once installed, run the "sconfig" utility from the CMD to setup the server name, IP address, DNS and gateway, then reboot

To add AD Domain Services feature:

Add-WindowsFeature AD-Domain-Services

To install AD Forest::

Install-ADDSForest -CreateDnsDelegation:$false
-DatabasePath C:\Windows\NTDS
-DomainMode WinThreshold
-DomainName domain.tld
-DomainNetbiosName NETBIOSDOMAIN
-ForestMode WinThreshold
-InstallDns:$true
-LogPath C:\Windows\NTDS
-NoRebootOnCompletion:$true
-SysvolPath C:\Windows\SYSVOL
-Force:$true

ForestMode = WinThreshold = for Windows 2016

To add AD Domain Controller to the existing domain:

Install-ADDSDomainController -CreateDnsDelegation:$false 
-DatabasePath C:\Windows\NTDS
-DomainName domain.tld
-InstallDns:$true 
-LogPath C:\Windows\NTDS
-NoGlobalCatalog:$false 
-SysvolPath C:\Windows\SYSVOL
-NoRebootOnCompletion:$true 
-Force:$true
-Credential (Get-Credential)