Active Diretory Lab

Description

The goal of this project was to create a virtual lab environment with Windows Server 2022 and Windows 10 using Oracle VirtualBox with basic Active Directory setup. This lab will serve as foundation for future projects in cybersecurity. Part of this lab is also a simple Powershell script which automatically creates users based on the list provided in text file. The AD setup intentionally does not contain any advanced AD setup like security policies as they will be topics of future projects.

Languages and Utilities Used

• Oracle VirtualBox
• Powershell

Environments Used

• Windows Server 2022
• Windows 10

Project walk-through:

Windows server installation(desktop experience):


Setup Administrator account:


Windows 10 client installation:

Setting up NAT network in VirtualBox:


Promoting Windows Server to Domain Controller:


Promoting Windows Server to Domain Controller(choosing server to be promoted):


Promoting Windows Server to Domain Controller(adding Domain Services features):


Promoting Windows Server to Domain Controller(features installation):


Promoting Windows Server to Domain Controller(finished installation):


Promoting Windows Server to Domain Controller(post installation config):


Promoting Windows Server to Domain Controller(adding new forest):


Promoting Windows Server to Domain Controller(promotion):


Promoting Windows Server to Domain Controller(login screen after promotion):


Creating users using PS script(setup exec policy to avoid unsigned script error):


Creating users using PS script(review and run script):


Creating users using PS script(users are created):


Adding Windows 10 client to domain:


Sucessfully added Windows 10 client to domain(at this point client will restart):


Login into domain using previously created user: