PROMOTING WINDOWS SERVER 2012 TO DOMAIN CONTROLLER

Let's start promoting server to DC:

At this time you should be done with the AD setup, that we learnt from Setting up Active Directory in Windows Server 2012

Now time to promote the server to DC. Follow the steps:

1) The moment you select the option to promote the server to DC, appeared after the AD setup completion.
You will be prompted with Deployment Configuration.

2) Select the deployment operation: Choose Add a new forest

   Now you need to provide the Root domain name. Like the one i provided "bored.local"
   Once done click "Next"....................

3) Domain Controller Option: You need to provide the DSRM Password.......

  After configuring the password, click "Next".....

4) DNS Delegation Warning:

Just press "Next" and move forward........

5) NetBIOS Domain Name Check:
   

   Here it will be checked the netbios name given (by default it is the domain name     provided by you while doing deployment configuration). If there seems to be some   conflict than you need to change the name.

Note: If some conflict arises here than you need to change the name here as well as in the Deployment Configuration step.............

Once done click "Next"..........

6) Paths:

   In case you feel path needs to be changed, provide your desired one and just move ahead by clicking "Next"...................

7) Review Options: You will be presented with the Installation Summary..... If all seems ok to you proceed Next...

8) Prerequisites Check: It will confirm all is well......

9) Installation: Now proceed with the Install..........

10) Once the installation is done System will be restarted....

11) Now here comes the important step, as we discussed earlier in previous posts that when we will be installing the AD-DS on a host machine i.e. a virtual machine in a corporate network. The user no longer will be able to log in to the system with his/her company credentials .... 
So as now we are done with our own AD setup. It is time to log in to the system with our own created credentials.

Like i created a user before AD setup with the bored\clk credential correct as that is required so that now we can log in to the system....

Time to log in to the system............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
username = bored\clk
password = Abcd@123!

Similarly you provide your own credentials & you should be able to log-in to the system.............

Cool, so we are done with the AD setup..... Now proceed to Create Service Accounts that will be used for setting up SQL Server 2012 & SharePoint 2013
Enjoy :-)