Windows Server 2012: Goodbye dcpromo !
Posted by bartvdw on 1313/0606/2012
With the new release Windows Server 2012 the command dcpromo is no more… If you type in the command you will receive a pop-up informing you it has moved to Server Manager.
The link below describes how to promote a Windows Server 2012 to domain controller step-by-step.
As always this also has a new schema version, for the RC version it’s currently 56. My earlier post with the AD schema numbers has also been updated with this information.
Promote Windows Server 2012 to Domain Controller, step-by-step
http://www.infotechguyz.com/WindowsServer2012/windowsserver2012dcpromo.html
Active Directory schema version numbers
https://bartvdw.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/active-directory-schema-version-numbers/
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