Installing a new forest (GUI)

Configuring a new forest using the GUI wizard is a straightforward process. If you have the answers to all the questions listed previously, you just need to follow the wizard:

1. Go to Deployment Configuration:
   1. Select Add a new forest.
   2. Enter a Root domain name.
2. Go to Domain Controller Options:
   1. Select Forest and Domain functional level.
   2. Check Domain Name System (DNS) server.
   3. Type the DSRM password.
3. Go to Additional Options and verify the NetBIOS name, or change it if you need to.
4. Go to Paths and change the paths if necessary. Otherwise, you can skip this step and keep the default values.
5. Go to Review Options. Once you have configured everything, you need to review the configuration and confirm it.
6. Go to Prerequisites Check. If you pass all the prerequisite checks, you just need to click Install and wait for AD DS to install.
7. After the installation of AD DS, the server will restart automatically.