Setup a 2008 R2 Domain Controller with PowerShell Install-TAFirst2008R2DomainController

I’m a bit behind on publishing various PowerShell scripts I use. This is the script I use to quickly setup a lab 2008 R2 domain controller. It adds the appropriate Windows Features, then based on parameter input builds a dcpromo.exe unattended input file.

Download the script here: https://github.com/tomarbuthnot/Install-TAFirst2008R2DomainController

Use at your own risk. Feedback Welcome

It takes the following parameters

Domain name in the form domain.int
[string[]]$Domain,

        NetBios Domain name e.g. domain
[string[]]$NetBiosDomainName

First AD Site Name
[string[]]$ADSite = ‘lab-site1’,

This entry specifies the domain functional level.
[string[]]$Domainlevel = ‘4’,

ForestLevel
[string[]]$ForestLevel = ‘4’,

Directory Services Safe Mode Password
[string[]]$DSSafeModePassword = ‘Pa$$w0rd’,

Typical use would be:

Install-TAFirst2008R2DomainController –domain lab3.com –netbiosdomainname lab3