How to install Active Directory via the graphical interface

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First of four articles showcasing different methods for installing Active Directory:
- Installing Microsoft Active Directory via the GUI (server 2012, 2012r2, 2016, 2019, 2022)
- Install Microsoft Active Directory via the dcpromo command (server 2003, 2008, 2008r2, 2012, 2012r2, 2016, 2019, 2022)
- Install Microsoft Active Directory via Powershell (server 2012, 2012r2, 2016, 2019, 2022)
- Installing Microsoft Active Directory via Powershell DSC (server 2016, 2019, 2022)

Pre-requisites

- A Windows server. - The server must be renamed before promoting it to a domain controller.
Note : If you rename without rebooting and configuring the domain controller, you will have the old name. - Set a fixed IP.
Note : It is technically possible to configure a domain controller with a dynamic IP, but we will only do this on Lab/Test. - Having chosen a domain name, we avoid the .local (not recommended: see the RFC 6762 or the wikipedia article).
Note : the domain name must be composed of two elements separated by a dot (e.g. domain.tld).
Note 2: TLD (Top Level Domain), represents .fr, .com, .gouv, .net, etc…