This will be our first AD DC. The installation of AD is quite a straightforward process. All you need to do is install the AD server role on the server.

From Server Manager, click Manage, and then select Add Roles and Features:

In the installation type, select role-based installation:

1. Select your server (dc01).
2. Select Active Directory Domain Services Role and add the required features:

There is no need to select any additional features, so let's finish the wizard. It will take some time to install the required files, and once everything is installed, you can proceed with the AD configuration.

To do that, all you need to do is to click on Promote this server to a domain controller:

In Deployment Configuration, select Add a new forest and specify your local active directory domain. In this example, this is learnvmware.local:

In the next step, do not change anything except the Directory Services Recovery Mode (DSRM) password, which is a required field.

It is beyond the scope of this guide to cover AD itself, so let's proceed with the installation and keep all the defaults as the wizard suggests.

Once the installation is over, the server will automatically reboot to finish the Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) installation.