I'm having some trouble setting up a Child Active Directory Domain.
I started by installing Windows Server 2012 R2 we will call NICK1
and installed Active Directory Domain Services on this server as domain nicholas.com
. I also configured this server as the DNS server.
Now I want to add a child domain sub.nicholas.com
.
Here are the steps I performed to create the child domain.
Install another copy of Windows Server 2012 R2 we will call
NICK2
. Configure this server to be a child domain ofNICK1
'snicholas.com
by doing the following:Configure the Network Connection to use
NICK1
's DNS server.- (View Network Connections -> Click on your Ethernet NIC -> Properties -> Double Click your IPv4 protocol in the list -> Click “Use the following DNS Server Address” and set it to the DNS server’s IP address.)
Join the
nicholas.com
domain: Go to “View your PC name” and click “Join a domain”Type the fully qualified domain name of the root active directory domain and join it. Authenticate using the root domain’s admin username/password.
Restart when prompted.
When you log back in, use the administrator/password from the root domain controller.
Install the Active Directory services. (Go to Server Manager -> Add roles or features -> Next -> Next-> Next -> Choose Active Directory Domain Services -> Add features -> Next -> Next -> Next -> Install. Wait for the Active Directory Domain Services to install.)
Promote to a domain controller and configure as a sub domain:
- Go to server manager and Click on the yellow flag
- Promote this server to a domain controller.
- Select Add domain to existing forest (The FQDN of the root domain should appear automatically in Parent domain name)
- Enter the new child domain name
sub
- Enter login credentials for
[email protected]
- The defaults for the rest. Install.
This process completes fine and I'm able to log in to the domain controller as the new SUB\Administrator
user.
But when I create a new AD user in sub.nicholas.com
, I cannot log in as that user.
I also cannot log in as any sub.nicholas.com
users in any other services that work with nicholas.com
. For example... [email protected]
is able to use sharepoint, but [email protected]
cannot.
Does anyone know what steps I'm missing to make the sub.nicholas.com
domain usable? My main goal is to be able to use SharePoint as a nicholas.com
user or a sub.nicholas.com
user.