How to Setup a Basic Home Lab Running Active Directory (Oracle VirtualBox) | Add Users w/PowerShell

[@JoshMadakor]

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[@joshcoolblueee]

What did you use to make your network topology diagram software wise?

[@JoshMadakor]

@@joshcoolblueee I think I used google drawings, but I’m in bed right now so hard to check :p

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[@tassoumaate3293]

@JoshMadakor Thank you brother for this short course :). Could you plz explain to me why there’s no DNS specified as it appears in your course @ 54:51? Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d857:b8b6:81c2:f060%9 Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.240.96 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

[@danightryder]

Three years later and this is still the best active directory tutorial on the internet. Thank you for your work sir. Greatly appreciate

[@JoshMadakor]

This comment actually means a lot lol. Thank you so much.

[@dominicnullet531]

For anyone trying to retain the info while saving time: install the server and configure it with the guest additions. Shut it down and immediately clone it. Follow the video, and then delete the original VM fully. Before you do it again, clone the VM again. Follow the video but do it slowly, with a word doc open, and type out, step by step everything that happens. Write your own instructions, based on the video. Get it right and working - delete that VM. use the raw clone again. Now do the whole thing with out the video, just following your notes. etc. Always have the clone ready to go and do it from scratch a few times.

[@JoshMadakor]

This is an excellent comment!!! I actually do this myself and is how I taught myself a lot of SCCM and Cisco stuff haha

[@dominicnullet531]

​@@JoshMadakor Thanks, and thanks for the video! It was really helpful for getting hands on experience using windows server/active directory. I definitely feel comfortable talking on this subject now should it come up in an interview etc.

[@ammieldeeyaa289]

Please @dominicnullet531, what do you mean by cloning the VM, pease can you explain more

[@xoMishkaa]

@@ammieldeeyaa289 in VirtualBox, you can right click a VM and "clone" it. It's just a copy of the VM. That way you don't have to configure a new VM every time, and you have a fresh backup in case you mess up.

[@captainmoe21]

Keep your mistakes in your videos like you did here. That's a lesson within a lesson when you fix something and show how you did it. Awesome video. 👌

[@JoshMadakor]

Thanks so much! haha, glad you could appreciate the mistakes :P. I appreciate it! Thank you for watching :)

[@LuisRivera-ev9vb]

@@JoshMadakor Hello, when click on the link to download win 10 I don't get the iso file link like in the video

[@amanj9757]

​@@LuisRivera-ev9vbyeahh!! i was also facing the same problem then I downloaded it in my phone then shared it to system

[@lateayrra3009]

This is by far the most thorough and easy to follow AD/HomeLab setup that I have come across. Other videos miss steps or something is out of date, but this video is top tier. Thank you for all of your content! I look forward to watching and learning from your videos in the future.

[@JoshMadakor]

Hey LaTeayrra, super glad you found it to be good/accurate. I really tried with this one lol. I know what you mean about labs missing steps and stuff...It's really troublesome lol. Appreciate you watching, and I appreciate the kindness!!

[@ItssMorphinTime]

The feeling of something not turning out correctly the first time leading to have to trouble shoot the issue , solving it, is a great feeling. Brings confidence knowing that when i make an oops or that there is an oops in the real world I can solve it right away. Thank you.

[@DanielleJohnson-zi9rk]

This was absolutely amazing. It took me a little longer than I expected to play around with it but I learned so much in doing so. Your breakdown of the PowerShell portion was also so extremely helpful in understanding. Truly so grateful I stumbled across your channel. I can't wait to try more!

[@CyberPolice9]

Hey whats your IG?

[@benjaminstewart716]

Thanks for another amazing tutorial, man! Here's the only differences I found when running this on my own computer (August 2022). 1) Different Windows ISO (3:44) - I was redirected to a Windows 10 Enterprise ISO instead of the standard version used in this video. 2) Slightly different Windows 10 installation (49:07) - Windows 10 Enterprise kicked me straight to the "log in with a Microsoft account" screen. I never saw the "Let's connect to a network" screen as demonstrated in the tutorial, but it's an easy fix. Just click on the "Join via Domain" (or something like that, can't remember the exact wording) and then you get around both 1) the Windows sign-on and 2) telling Windows that "I don't have internet" at startup.

[@vegapunk100]

Where is the "join via domain" ?

[@kimosabi1932]

For anyone else annoyed by typing in passwords and Ctrl+Alt+Del, you can setup auto login. Press the Win key and type "run" to open the application. In the run application type "netplwiz" and click OK. This will open User Accounts window, then make sure Users tab is selected and uncheck box that says "Users must enter a user name and password to use this computer". Click apply and in the Automatically sign in window, type your password, click OK and reboot. This works on server 2019 and windows 10, for this lab. Josh, great videos man! These are fun to follow along. In the past year I bought a few switches, routers and servers. Until I get time to hook everything up properly, I am working with Virtual Machines.

[@Z-life-online]

Just finished this lab. Like a few other comments it took me a bit longer than I thought (mainly because I only gave my server 12GB HDD and it wouldn't install ADDS so I had to start over), but this is very useful information. Really helps to understand how AD works. Most AD environments are already set up and configured. Understanding the nuts and bolts of HOW an AD environment is set up is going to be very useful when I interview.

[@rjgeorge4493]

Josh you truly are the best teacher when it comes to cybersecurity, I have a Soc Analyst Interview next week for a bank, I have used your SOC course on level ld and showed every job recruiter they were extremely impressed and told me to show the CIO next week for the job interview I would love to give you a shoutout on your youtube page when I get the job offer, thank you for giving me confidence in the IT and cybersecurity world.

[@davidbriseno910]

Great tutorial. I really like the fact you go through each line of code in PowerShell to explain what is happening. Helps me break it down to smaller chunks and remember what each part is doing.

[@brandonvansylalom]

Three years later and this lab has resolidified my understanding and knowledge of AD DC, VM's, Windows, and networking concepts. Just finished my lab and incorporating it to my GitHub. Thank you again Josh for the hands-on learning and tutorials as always! :)

[@miguelbecerra7005]

This HomeLab is absolutely FANTASTIC !!! I love when there are some unexpected issues and are resolved this is a Plus for troubleshooting 2x1. Thank you so much to explaining power shell script for creating NT account. You are the Men!!!

[@CodedTechMan]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I’ve been struggling with Active Directory for a long time, but your video finally helped everything click. I spent the last 24 hours working on it, with just 5 hours of sleep, and made plenty of mistakes along the way-but in the end, I managed to set it up on my own without even watching the video again. I’ll keep practicing because I know practice makes perfect. I really appreciate your teaching style; thank you!

[@JoshMadakor]

Shoot, I'm really happy you had such good success with this! Maybe I will remake this video using Azure in the future :) Glad you made it!

[@CodedTechMan]

@ that would be great, I’m struggling with Azure too. I’m eager to learn more about it. Thank you

[@seadog8447]

@@JoshMadakor plz do, that'll be awesome!!!

[@Zencat420]

@JoshMadakor yes please!

[@eurobean]

This is probably my most favorite home lab tutorial that I have watched so far! Hope to see more videos like this from you one day! Thanks!

[@JoshMadakor]

Thanks EuroBean! I will def do some more in the future once my time frees up, haha

[@mrpro2868]

Hi Josh, I just wanted to say thanks for all you do. As a former teacher and career-changer, I find myself coming back to you for inspiration and functional advice. I'm working on creating a portfolio, and I just finished doing a write-up with screenshots replicating what you demonstrated here. I was helpful to write it out, because it forced me to slow down my thinking in order to explain what I was doing. I'm pretty sure what I wrote is mostly correct. At least now I can say that I now how to setup Server for Active Directory, etc., and show some evidence of it. Thanks again.

[@MpumehS]

Hi, I'm a teacher and I'm transitioning into Cybersecurity. Great to see that other teachers are moving into Tech, it's gives me the motivation to push on. Thank you for this comment.

[@nathanheath3756]

This tutorial was GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT , I went from knowing nothing about Active Directory to having a decent understanding of it in this single tutorial. Keep up the good work!

[@kookverslaving]

I would LOVE more home lab tutorials and showing more of the functionalities of e.g. WSUS, admin center, GPOs, powershell. I looked through multiple tutorials and yours was the absolute best.

[@thepresident1971]

Thankyou so much for including the diagram at 0:42 I'm a learner that likes to see things in a diagram format just for my mind to understand how things work. Definitely hit the like button when I saw that.

[@lynskyrd]

Josh, excellent tutorial. I LOVE the fact that you didn't edit out your mistakes- you showed the process of backtracking and resolving the issue. Again- well done. Thank you for doing all this.

[@throwaway5926]

I completely agree with this comment. 👍

[@AN_2024VM]

One of the best and educative IT HANDS-ON TUTORIALS I have watched this period. Thank you for this great job

[@mehdisoul1795]

Thank you so much, Josh! I followed along and everything went smoothly. This was my first time setting up a home lab for practicing Active Directory and I can not thank you enough for providing such clear instructions. Great job!

[@ginal2985]

So this video is 3 years old and it’s still awesome. I found this tutorial so easy to understand and I feel so pumped that I was able to follow the instructions up to 56:02 where my domain admin password doesn’t work. I’ll go back and double check what I did wrong but I’m stuck right here for now. I’ll trouble shoot and provide an update. But Josh your a God send and I am so thankful for your labs and Cybersecurity advice.

[@JoshMadakor]

thank you and happy to help! :)

[@toesocksguy]

Great video! I'm currently in a help desk role and this has been very helpful in better understanding the environment and setting up my own home lab to work towards a sysadmin position. Thank you!

[@JoshMadakor]

Great! Glad it helped, and good luck with your studies :)

[@gtarules1]

How's the sys admin journey going?

[@nivida1073]

This called real LAB practicals, great sir!!

[@5p3ctre3]

I love you kept the troubleshooting in the video. That's awesome, man. Subbed, commented, and liked. Running this whole setup now.

[@monolab3560]

Thank you so much for this video! I tried other videos to help with setting up Active Directory in a Home lab and yours was the best one! Trying to learn these skills through self study is possible with people like you. It is very much appreciated!

[@JoshMadakor]

Thank you so much! I'm glad the video was useful :) good luck with your studies ☺️

[@jad9727]

Ive been working in the financial services in the infrastructure team, and this has been such a good addition to my understanding of what we do! Thank you so much for this video. It's been very clear and concise.

[@kevinjackson8406]

hello, i agree that this is great content. i am having problems with the power shell. Please help!!!!

[@jad9727]

@@kevinjackson8406 whats the issue?

[@duskyroyal]

Thanks!

[@JoshMadakor]

Oh my gosh, it's my first time receiving a super thanks, thank you! Really appreciate it. Glad the lab was helpful :)

[@samuel6252]

I just finished watching this video and I must admit is a top notch video and your engagement with the audience is second to none. Thank you for your help in this regards.

[@JoshMadakor]

Hey Samuel, really appreciate the positive feedback, thank YOU! Glad it was helpful!

[@domo_proto]

Took over 5 hours to get everything set up, but this experience was worth it! Got an interview coming up soon with a company that uses Microsoft/Windows machines and had no experience with AD prior to this. After this tutorial, I feel 10x more confident going into this interview and glad I can use my virtual machines in the future. Thanks @JoshMadakor !

[@JoshMadakor]

Great job! :)

[@Pappagar]

This was a great, fun tutorial. Thanks for this. @@JoshMadakor

[@Halifire]

How did you get the server to install? I downloaded the ISO from the website yet when i boot it up in VirtualBox, it does not give me an option for the desktop experience and only installs the CMD.

[@Halifire]

I figured it out. You need to select skip unattended install. If you leave this unchecked, VirtualBox will skip most of the setup and automatically choose the non-GUI version.

[@knobblerone]

I did some studies on AD DS and Windows server some time ago and struggled a bit. But this video has really helped put all the pieces together for me and I definitely have a better understanding of it. Thanks very much for going to the trouble of making it. Liked and subscribed :)

[@JoshMadakor]

I'm super glad it was useful to you, seriously! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment :)

[@vileyogabear3183]

Thanks for the help. After all these years I'm finally able to study active directory using my own lab

[@JoshMadakor]

🙇‍♂ - Patreon + Discord - 🙇‍♂ www.patreon.com/joshmadakor - Any support greatly appreciated!!

[@camerawman]

Thanks to you I completed the whole video and recorded the whole process of mine while creating it on a livestream. Now I can definitely add this on my resume as well. This is by far the easiest tutorial for setting up a home lab. Good job sir..

[@JoshMadakor]

Super happy to hear that! Congrats to you!

[@BLACKMETALMUZIK]

Josh, I have followed your videos for a while, I am currently working on this to get my first cyber job while teaching myself to take the comptia security+ I felt like this was just as important to do while studying for the exam and trying to get a job. Thanks again

[@JoshMadakor]

It's an important topic, haha! Thanks so much for watching and commenting, and bet of luck with your exam when you take it :)

[@BLACKMETALMUZIK]

i passed my security plus now working on building my projects thanks again josh!

[@LobBazar]

Just after the entire video itself, the “creting user” part was my favorite. The part where you chuckle, I felt that deeply. Great video! It was helpful and well made. Listened to once on the bus and once at home and I was able to set up the lab. Thanks!!

[@JoshMadakor]

lmao. Thank you so much for watching. really glad it was helpful :)

[@JohnnyTsunami808]

For new people setting up lab, I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND setting network options to bridge. Otherwise, NAT normally has issues with private to private IP.

[@ferdinardajaba2691]

Absolutely! Either bridge or go with Josh's DC dhcp. That guy (NAT) took me 3days trying to fix connectivity between DC and client

[@joshbuckalew4710]

I really enjoyed this however I keep running into issues at the end. I’m using VmWare workstation maybe that’s why but I can’t seem to get my windows 11 vm to connect to the server it either connects to my host pc or has no internet. VMware workstation free version doesn’t have the internal network option. But I thought it was still capable but idk

[@devinestarda7712]

@@ferdinardajaba2691 what was the fix you made?

[@tojabdhei4881]

Seriously, you don’t know how helpfully was this video for me. Thanks for your content. Subscribed.

[@JoshMadakor]

Thank you for the sub! I'm so glad I could help 🥺

[@darkh8036]

Hi Josh, Have you thought of continuing this lab? Maybe make a video on a specific office-like scenario? Really enjoyed this one. Looking forward to more. Cheers.

[@ESoFly]

I haven't checked, but this would be a great idea.

[@JasonL_Hawaii]

To all who is going through this video: 30:11 is when the IP address omission started. 51:00 is when the troubleshoot started.

[@JoshMadakor]

Thanks for posting this lol, sorry bout that 😅

[@JasonL_Hawaii]

@@JoshMadakor Thanks for showing how to troubleshoot when something goes awry. By the way, does the Github link work in the VM Internet Explorer? I noticed it showed a KZbin redirect URL, so I went ahead type out your original Github URL on my notepad then copy and paste that instead.

[@thefrub]

Thank you for that look into your powershell script. I'm a beginner level python scripter and I've been meaning to get into powershell automation, looking over a working script like this is a great way to learn things.

[@JoshMadakor]

Hey, glad you liked it! I think learning by seeing real-life stuff is incredibly useful so I’m glad that you had that experience haha! I’ll try to do some more like it. Thanks for the feedback :o)

[@deenyo7658]

Thanks for making this Josh! Got everything setup and took snapshots before I go breaking everything trying to learn what it all does lol. Glad to have someone as thorough as you making content like this!

[@HaloTrial01]

Thanks Josh, landed my first help desk role and now I gotta get used to working in AD!

[@JoshMadakor]

Congrats! You got the hard part outta the way :)

[@jackspartan4221]

I use active directory on a daily basis for my job. However, I never understood how the back-end of AD works. Thank you for this tutorial!

[@matthewhylton831]

Hi Josh...great step-by-step tutorial!! I was able to successfully set up this Active Directory home lab on my laptop. After earning my CompTIA A+ certification, I'm looking for my first IT job after having been in retail management for years. Thought I would put what I've learned in CompTIA A+ into practice with a focus on Active Directory in the meantime. This lab should definitely do the trick! Thank you, thank you! You mentioned in the video that the lab could be used for subsequent videos specific to Active Directory. If there are additional videos, do you have links to those videos? My apologies if you've already answered this question several times in the comments lol. Thank you again for this great tutorial!!

[@Ken-tv3ir]

I am from the same background as you. Onward to victory!

[@marcusc3338]

Thank you for the tutorial, this was a fun weekend project!

[@SHADOWOPSV]

Thanks Josh!!! What an awesome time..took me half a day-but tons of fun!!! Learning at something so cool, is a blast. Would love to do this kind of stuff as a job!! Take care and Happy New Year!!

[@JoshMadakor]

Hey Shadowop! Glad you enjoyed it. You kinda can do it as a job haha. Work in IT :P, probably slightly less fun though lol

[@999mlynek]

Excellent work. Not more, not less then I needed.

[@cr7neymar908]

Thanks for the lab, very informative. Just got my A+ and Net+, gonna put this on my resume and hopefully get Sec+ soon

[@JoshMadakor]

Awesome, sounds good!

[@prinzo.worldwide]

goodluck man

[@cr7neymar908]

@@prinzo.worldwide Thanks, I got Sec+ and this is on my resume. Im refreshing on what I did for it because I have an interview for a software engineer intern position in 30 minutes lol

[@naeem8434]

Fantastic video sir 👍 I basically know nothing 🤷‍♂️ about the Active Directory but after completing this short course and following all that you have done 💻 I now have a working AD on my local PC in Virtual Box, extremely useful and informative video 👍 Love you from "PAKISTAN ☪ Asia".

[@JoshMadakor]

Hey Naeem! Glad it was helpful, thanks for letting me know :)

[@PantsaBear]

A tip for anyone watching that is having trouble with setting up the VirtualBox DC and its not giving you the proper options like in this video: Please make sure VT-x is enabled in your system's BIOS. If it isnt, you will get really weird errors since your not letting your computer use the hardware to run the virtual machine properly. For example it was reading my computer as a 32bit machine when it wasnt and having kernal errors. If you are unaware of how to do this, just turn off your computer, and when you press the power button to turn it back on just keep pressing F10 on your keyboard to bring up your system's BIOS. Under one of the security or configuration settings, it should give you an option to enable VTx, Virtualization Technology, or whatever variation your BIOS might refer to it as. Its all the same thing. My HP pc came with it disabled by default, so I thought this would be good information for the less advanced users.

[@JoshMadakor]

Thank you so much. I'm going to pin this. I didn't want to include this in the video because it already reached an hour long lol..

[@PantsaBear]

@@JoshMadakor Haha no worries. Your vid is awesome and extremely easy to understand no matter the length, so I'd hate to see someone get discouraged and not finish it over something as simple as ticking a box in a hidden menu. Im interviewing for a few IT help desk and technician positions starting next week, so hopefully this lab comes in handy for me lol

[@redghost737]

AMD bios/uefi >> Search [top of uefi] >> type "SVM" >> enable

[@AlexSanDiNero]

I’ve ran into that before and I was kicking tires. Tips like yours are extremely helpful! Thank you 🙏!

[@PantsaBear]

@@AlexSanDiNero You got it! Also for an update, I did land a NOC Technician job at an MSP soon after I saw this video 10 months ago and now work Level 1/2 Helpdesk. Wish all who see's this video luck in their career endeavors!

[@DamCrooksta]

This worked perfectly for me, followed every step easily. Thank you for this video!

[@JoshMadakor]

You're welcome!

[@hernanweiss4478]

Amazing work Josh! Thank you for your videos, they are very clear, easy and entertaining to follow. Ive worked on your Azure Sentinel video and now this one to prepare some experience for my CV.

[@JoshMadakor]

Hey Herman, thanks for the kind words, and good job doing the labs! You’re def getting ahead by going out of your way to do stuff like that, hehe. Best of luck if you’re job hunting!

[@HeinHtetWin-m8b]

Incredible tutorial! Ngl, that Japanese at the end startled the heck outta me, like "What is that? Where is it coming from?" at 2 am, LMAO. What an extremely likeable guy! Thank you sir.

[@JoshMadakor]

Hahaha, thank you, I appreciate it. Commenting this from a Starbucks in Nagoya Japan ^^

[@lcraddock2]

This is a great video, thanks for the content. You mention doing a video on ip addressing, that would be awesome. Also I am currently taking a class on windows powershell, please consider doing some videos on scripting and automation. Thanks.

[@DSNZ-TECH]

Been meaning to say thank you, this home lab made people start looking at my CV without this I wouldn't have landed a role in IT not that AD seems to be used a lot anymore everything is going 365/AAD or Entra - I didn't have the routing setup correctly I decided to load it back up and get that corrected today. - Thank You Josh.

[@mhatfie]

Hey Josh, great video; I've spent most of the morning following along :). There is an issue with the github link. I think it was inadvently truncated as it's missing the "archive/master.zip" part . as you know, it's needed for the viewer to copy and paste and to follow along as described in the video.

[@ruthoneill]

Thank you mhatfie!

[@SpaceTacos60316]

THANK YOU @mhatfie!!! I could not figure this part out!! And the link isn't listed anywhere else.

Went through it for the second time and got everything figured out! Great video and lab to follow along with. I appreciate your work.

[@abroadstateofmind5571]

Thanks a lot for this amazing lab. I used Vmware so the setting were a little annoying to follow but I completed my mini lab and will be adding this to my resume . I'll also be adding knowledge in powershell now since I can understand some scripts hahah..you rock!

[@JoshMadakor]

Ayyyy, super glad to hear it, seriously! Sorry about VMware, I did have a hard time deciding on which platform to use lol. Good job overcoming it :) Also, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!

[@kshitijmalik244]

Hi, I am unable to connect to my domain, for me it is showing localdomain, even I am using vmware, any tips?

[@lightning_Fire248]

I'm using vmware and everything was going well until the last 10 minutes when i tried connecting the client to the server. The network adapter connection is not the same as virtualbox. I can't get it to connect to dhcp. What settings did you choose for the network adapter?

[@GucciestCuzOutThere]

Great tutorial! I ran into a couple bumps along the way like I had to get into the BIOS to enable virtualization, and I messed myself up by giving the wrong IP to my internal adapter way in the beginning which subsequently messed up my DHCP and remote access later on. Nonetheless I got it squared out. Running into these problems in a home lab really helps you learn a lot!

[@huxhron]

i have started working in a company about 2 weeks ago with 0 knolege in this field and your video just made everything so fun and clear! thank you

[@JoshMadakor]

Glad to hear it! And congrats on your new job!!

[@josephmotto7061]

Thank you for this video Josh. This was extremely helpful for me. Being able to create a company domain and get to fool around with it has been more helpful experience than working as a help desk tech....

[@EdgarHernandez-pi9qz]

I was going through the lab and I believe the Default Gateway you setup for DHCP scope is incorrect in the picture you uploaded for the network diagram. I was having issues connecting CLIENT1 machine to internet and when running IPCONFIG I was pulling gateway 172.168.0.1 Got it working when I edited routing in the DC SCOPE Just wanted to let Josh know as well as anyone who may be having this issue after pulling the numbers from the screenshot Also don't forget to restart the DHCP server after making this edit and then running IPCONFIG /renew on CLIENT1

[@EdgarHernandez-pi9qz]

Great video btw - was a fun lab to complete

[@footlongpizza8634]

thanks so much for your comment was trying to figure out what went wrong

[@rickfalzone5967]

I must say, Josh, I have never finished a tutorial on this subject before especially if it is from India (no offense don't have a good ear for the Indian accent), your tutorial is clear precise, and concise to the point I stuck with it to the end, many thanks good man!

[@bcabrera]

First of all, the lab is awesome and the video is very well explained! Quick question: in my lab everything is working properly, but when i get the windows client , it doesnt connect to internet. It get its IP address from DHCP as expected, i can even ping Internal network interface and internet interface of Domain Controller from the Windows client , but it simply doesn't seem to get connected. Any clues what could be causing this? Thanks

[@JoshMadakor]

Hey Bruno, glad you like the video! This has happened to a bunch of other viewers (you can probably see it in the comments). Usually it's either, A) RAS/NAT failed to setup properly for some reason--not your fault, but windows server seems to mess this up. In which case you should re-install the RAS role and setup NAT again. Or, B) The client doesn't actually have DNS configured. This happens sometimes, so just go into the clients network adapter and make sure everything is set to automatic. Good luck! And if it fails, check out the other comments hehe. Thanks again for watching :)

[@mannypassil]

Wow! it was mind-blowing, thank you for sharing such high-level corporate Network skills

[@suziet6535]

Hey Josh! Amazing video - unfortunately, I can't pass adding the users :( Powershell gives me the error message 'Directory object not found'. I have played around with the scrpt (changing ou to cn on path), I have even redone my steps, so not sure what is wrong ...

[@gregtech1st]

I'm Having a similar issue and I have done all of these steps she has suggested.

[@gregtech1st]

I figured it out you have to type the entire thing no exceptions from the c drive to the AD_PS-Master file to the script itself.

[@bryannryanz]

I just completed my lab and everything went smooth didn't run into any problem. I appreciate you these good labs

[@JoshMadakor]

good to hear and i hope you enjoy doing the lab ^^

[@alexr9295]

Thanks for the great tutorial Josh. I loved that powershell script- the fact that you could set the colour to cyan made it that much more fun to execute, definitely going to start looking into powershell and seeing what else I can do with it. I'm stuck on one thing though, my client cant browse the web. My DC can browse the web and can ping my client at 172.16.0.100. My client can ping 8.8.8.8 and 172.16.0.1. ipconfig on the clients internal adapter shows everything is in order. I've reinstalled my DNS and RAS/NAT roles. I don't know what else I can do but I just can't get my client to browse web pages. Any quick ideas? Don't need super detail in the comments I'm just lost. Going to start all over again in the mean time to see if the problem reoccurs before coming back to attempt a fix.

[@alexr9295]

Ok so I set the clients adapter alternate DNS server to 8.8.8.8 and now I can browse the internet. So there's still a dns issue but the NAT is working and allowing me to browse the internet? Not sure if this counts as a win but it's working lol

[@alexr9295]

Alright finally I added 8.8.8.8 as a forwarder in DNS Manager on my server. Now I can ipconfig/release and ipconfig/renew, and my DHCP connects me to my DNS server as it should which then gives me internet access. Not sure if this is a cheeky workaround but it seems legit to me. :)

[@JoshMadakor]

Hey! Great job figuring things out. It's kinda hard to explain, but this is what I was thinking... Since you could ping 8.8.8.8, that means your RAS and NAT was working just fine. At this point, I kind of suspected the DNS settings on your clients was messed up somehow. Ideally, the DNS on your clients should point to your Domain Controller IP address. Anything your DC can't resolve, it will use the Root Hints Servers that are automatically installed. Of course, if you set your clients to use DNS 8.8.8.8, they can browse the internet, but you won't be able to resolve other computers in the domain, since 8.8.8.8 doesn't know about your local domain. It SOUNDS like what you did was correct, since the clients are actually using your DC, and your DC is using an External DNS server for outside requests. I wouldn't have thought to do this, but it looks like it's working, so great job haha. I'm glad the lab was useful!

[@Killua4145]

This was a cool lab. I just received my information technology support specialist certificate in December and I've been looking for ways to sharpen my skills. This was very helpful. Thank you sir.

[@stick2dascript845]

My computer can’t handle server 2019 period so I just have to watch along, nothing is working here.

[@muffewX]

Fantastic tutorial. I just followed along and everything's working great. For whatever reason I always run into issues setting up the networking but with this everything was a breeze and just worked. Well spoken and great job. Thank you for sharing.

[@Michael_Print]

Tip: When setting up the Win10 client machine, DONT select home/personal. Select business network, and then select the lower left option that says use "domain". Because that's what it is. I don't know why Josh said to use home here, business route will let you get through without a microsoft id. I went through the whole process twice, because something went screwy at the very end with ipconfig, after doing this it was fine. Coincidence, maybe.

[@MarlonT]

Thank you man I was looking a comment like this 🙏🏿

[@deshonehenry4975]

I checked the network adapter settings for the client and it was already set to obtain automatically. Went to CMD to ping 8.8.8.8 and request timed out with 100 % packet loss

[@JoshMadakor]

Interesting. Can you ping 8.8.8.8 from the domain controller even?

[@deshonehenry4975]

@@JoshMadakor Yes i can ping from the controller with no problems

[@michaelmontgomery8095]

@JoshMadakor Followed tutorial step-by-step. Got everything to work using a 2015 13" MBP with 4GB RAM total. I have rectangle burn marks on my knees. … But in all honesty, this was a great follow along. Good, clear instructions. Useful ramble, appreciate seeing you make those little mistakes and hearing you work through it. Subscribed to the channel, and looking forward to more builds!

[@gamersstop585]

Hey yall. if anyones page is looking different when you try to download windows 10 iso or its not just allowing you to do so. left click and choose inspect option. then switch to Mobile view/ ctrl + shift + M . Then refresh the page then you will be seeing what Josh saw. continue and download. if you feel like browser download speed is slow. when it asked either 64 bit or 32 bit change back to normal desktop view. right click on the 64/32 bit button choose "copy clean link" then open up either Free Download Manager or whatever Torrent you use and simple paste to download it at maximum speed. Adios

[@nisa1616kn]

u...are a lifesaver that is so smart

[@aaronbrack7426]

Amazing video, I tried following similar videos from other creators but yours was by far the most detailed and complete. Thanks for the hard work!

[@JoshMadakor]

Thank you so much! Im glad it was useful and comprehensive lol. I know it's annoying when stuff is left out, so I tried to make it complete. Only drawback is it ended up being kind of long lol.

[@Duder-y5o]

Handsome squidward lookinass boi

[@Udaridamarakula1234]

he is very rich in heart . this kind of people are very rare .

[@JoshMadakor]

Thank you so much, you are so kind 😭

[@jrivera12]

Awesome Video Josh! Haven't used AD for over 6 mos. Great refresher. Saving that script for future use.

[@JoshMadakor]

Glad it was helpful!!! Thanks for watchin!

[@hudsongondomukandapi5987]

This was awesome. Sat through it to the end. I already know I will be visiting this again once I get myself a faster device. Once again, Love it!!

[@PracticalHomeLabs]

Just to let anyone who doesn't know this yet, he's talking about that special key for sending the CTRL + ALT + DEL key. The Host Button is listed on the bottom right of the screen. In his case it's showing the Right Hand Command key on the Mac keyboard. So, pressing the Right Command key + the Delete key will send the CAD to the VM. Depending on your host OS, or if you've customized it in the settings, it will be different.

[@jamee6488]

This was so easy to understand and follow. I'm trying to get my first job and a lot of employer wants A.D as a skillset or even required this video help me a lot. Thank you

[@Dubergomezfonseca]

Man, it took me two days to complete the entire lab. But, I really loved it. Thank you very much for doing this, I learned a lot. This makes more sense when you put all the pieces together. I would like to expand the PowerShell script to check for users that already exist. Thank you for all your videos. I am currently transitioning from Academia to cybersecurity and I find your videos very informative, they keep me inspired and always wanting to learn more.

[@sanfordkenyoniii5918]

I know I am late to this project lol, but I am stuck on an error. I am running a windows machine on a Mac through azure. In that Windows VM I am running VirtualBox and trying to run the server, but I keep getting the same hypervisor error, even though on the Windows machine those settings are turned on. Does you know what the problem might be?

[@Luggruff]

Super cool! For the CTRL+ALT+DEL though, it's simply HOST+the button after it in the input menu. To resolve which button is the HOST button, check the bottom right corner of the window. For windows it defaults to the RIGHT CTRL button. It seems that for you, it would be the RIGHT CMD button.

[@bennythedennis]

Cool video Josh, it was fun to follow along

[@ayeshaa6890]

I enjoyed this turorial! I'm glad I created my first AD Homelab :) Thank you for this!

[@Kiduk90]

Hey Josh, just wanted to say that I appreciate your work. Im currently working as an IT Support Technician in schools and have always wondered what is beyond as the Department that I work under controls what we can do using Group Policy. Because of my good attitude I landed an interview coming up for a Junior System Admin role and will be using more of your material to further my knowledge. Hope I land the job so this becomes more useful to me! Thanks again!

[@charlesjohnson4457]

By far the best instructional video I have watched regarding the set up of Active Directory and DHCP!! Thank you so much!!

[@anonymoususer6786]

Well done! Especially like that mistakes were kept AND resolved!

[@JoshMadakor]

Thank you, glad you appreciate the mistakes haha

[@AtulRawat-nd7kf]

I really loved the way you explained the whole concept in a simple and concise manner. I am coming back to learn from you.

[@boluwarinoladipo8509]

Thank you for breaking down down Active Directory like this Josh! The entire tutorial was simple and easy to follow!

[@JoshMadakor]

I'm super happy to hear that! Thank you for letting me know!

[@ajibadebanji9848]

This is the best tutorial ever. Thank you Josh

[@devinwashington494]

For those having similar issues, I had trouble downloading the windows 10 ISO file. I believe this is because I am using windows instead of MacOS. When clicking the windows 10 ISO link, I downloaded the "Create Windows 10 installation media". From there I clicked the button asking if I was creating a ISO file or DVD. I chose ISO file. Then I ran CLIENT1 and chose this file that was just created and it worked from here on out. I hope this was helpful!

[@jollygoodshow1587]

This man has got a great personality!

[@JoshMadakor]

You're too kind haha. Thank you, and thanks for watching :)

[@muhannedambusaidi3502]

I just completed this. By far the best guide i have seen! Thank you!

[@shredwerd009]

great video, followed along and did this on my dell r710 homelab server. i always did a mediocre job keeping things on my main home network so its great to learn how to isolate this a bit to keep things walled off. great beginning to my homelab setup. now i must figure out what i wanna do next! thanks again! i sent this to friends who wanted to get into homelabbing as well.

[@JoshMadakor]

Super! Glad you liked the lab and could do it :D thanks for spreading the content as well 🥹🥹

[@infotech5520]

you are the best ever explained ADI cant thank you enough