Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core
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Good article. There is ZERO reason to have a GUI on a Domain Controller. Everything can be done through Server Manager on Windows 10/8
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@IRJ said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
Good article. There is ZERO reason to have a GUI on a Domain Controller. Everything can be done through Server Manager on Windows 10/8
You mean RSAT
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@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@IRJ said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
Good article. There is ZERO reason to have a GUI on a Domain Controller. Everything can be done through Server Manager on Windows 10/8
You mean RSAT
Both? You can do a lot of directory management through Server Manager as well.
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@coliver said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@IRJ said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
Good article. There is ZERO reason to have a GUI on a Domain Controller. Everything can be done through Server Manager on Windows 10/8
You mean RSAT
Both? You can do a lot of directory management through Server Manager as well.
Ok, agree. Just don't like the Server Manager this much, ugly interface. I want to be sure WHICH drive on WHICH host I'm going to format for example. But that is just my personal opinion and I'm more or less a console fetishist
But when it comes to ADSIedit or AD sites, you really want to have RSAT.
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@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@coliver said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@IRJ said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
Good article. There is ZERO reason to have a GUI on a Domain Controller. Everything can be done through Server Manager on Windows 10/8
You mean RSAT
Both? You can do a lot of directory management through Server Manager as well.
Ok, agree. Just don't like the Server Manager this much, ugly interface. I want to be sure WHICH drive on WHICH host I'm going to format for example. But that is just my personal opinion and I'm more or less a console fetishist
But when it comes to ADSIedit or AD sites, you really want to have RSAT.
Agreed, it will do most of the basic user management and configuration stuff. But anything LDAP related is better done with other tools.
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Strangely MS hasn't come up with a single tool set yet for remote management. But they are improving with every release. And PowerShell still does an awful lot without any GUI tools at all, even remote ones.
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@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@coliver said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@IRJ said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
Good article. There is ZERO reason to have a GUI on a Domain Controller. Everything can be done through Server Manager on Windows 10/8
You mean RSAT
Both? You can do a lot of directory management through Server Manager as well.
Ok, agree. Just don't like the Server Manager this much, ugly interface. I want to be sure WHICH drive on WHICH host I'm going to format for example. But that is just my personal opinion and I'm more or less a console fetishist
But when it comes to ADSIedit or AD sites, you really want to have RSAT.
huh?
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@IRJ said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@coliver said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@IRJ said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
Good article. There is ZERO reason to have a GUI on a Domain Controller. Everything can be done through Server Manager on Windows 10/8
You mean RSAT
Both? You can do a lot of directory management through Server Manager as well.
Ok, agree. Just don't like the Server Manager this much, ugly interface. I want to be sure WHICH drive on WHICH host I'm going to format for example. But that is just my personal opinion and I'm more or less a console fetishist
But when it comes to ADSIedit or AD sites, you really want to have RSAT.
huh?
That's RSAT
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@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@IRJ said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@coliver said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@IRJ said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
Good article. There is ZERO reason to have a GUI on a Domain Controller. Everything can be done through Server Manager on Windows 10/8
You mean RSAT
Both? You can do a lot of directory management through Server Manager as well.
Ok, agree. Just don't like the Server Manager this much, ugly interface. I want to be sure WHICH drive on WHICH host I'm going to format for example. But that is just my personal opinion and I'm more or less a console fetishist
But when it comes to ADSIedit or AD sites, you really want to have RSAT.
huh?
That's RSAT
I updgraded from Windows 8 so I assumed this was just Server Manager in Windows 10, but yes you are right.
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@IRJ said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@coliver said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
@IRJ said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:
Good article. There is ZERO reason to have a GUI on a Domain Controller. Everything can be done through Server Manager on Windows 10/8
You mean RSAT
Both? You can do a lot of directory management through Server Manager as well.
Ok, agree. Just don't like the Server Manager this much, ugly interface. I want to be sure WHICH drive on WHICH host I'm going to format for example. But that is just my personal opinion and I'm more or less a console fetishist
But when it comes to ADSIedit or AD sites, you really want to have RSAT.
huh?
Those options are generally only there is RSAT is installed.
