Creating your first domain

I must admit that I have cheated a little bit and have already been working from within a domain for the purpose of taking screenshots for the book up to this point. My test lab already has a DC1 server up and running, and on it I have configured a domain called contoso.local. However, saying "domains are important" and not showing you how to create one would not be helpful to you, the reader, and so we are going to build a brand-new domain now, on a brand-new server.

You probably recognize "Contoso" if you've ever read over Microsoft tutorials or example configuration documentation, because it is one of several fake business names Microsoft uses often in documentation or for the purpose of showing example scenarios. I am using it here as well, but you could name your domain anything you want to. For setting up our second domain, I am going to pull another company name from the Microsoft hat, Fabrikam.

One of the first things...