README.md

Basic Home Lab Running Active Directory

This repository contains steps on how i set up a basic home lab running Active Directory following a tutorial by Josh Madakor

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Download and install Oracle VirtualBox from the official website.

Oracle Virtual Box

Download the Windows 10 and Server 2019 ISO files.

Windows 10 iso Windows Server 2019

Create a new virtual machine by clicking on "New" in VirtualBox, naming it "Domain Controller," and selecting the "Windows Server 2019" ISO file as the boot media.

Configure the virtual machine by giving it two network adapters: one for connecting to the internet and the other for the private network.

Install Server 2019 on the virtual machine and assign IP addressing for the internal network.

Name the server and install Active Directory to create the domain.

Configure routing so that clients on the private network can access the internet through the domain controller.

Set up DHCP on the domain controller.

Run the PowerShell script to create 1000 users in Active Directory.

Power Shell script for creating users

Create a new virtual machine named "Client1" and install Windows 10 on it.

Connect the client machine to the private network and join it to the domain.

Log into the client machine with a domain account.