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Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

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If your PC is running Windows 10 PRO and your Zentyal Server is configured as a DC then the Windows PC can be added to the Domain to add the benefits of centralized login and management using AD users.

If you need to install a Zentyal Server then follow THIS guide. To configure a Zentyal server after installation go HERE.

For more information on Active Directory (AD) there is an excellent article on the Microsoft Site.

Before you try and add the PC to the domian you will need to make sure that the PC is using the Zentyal DC as its DNS server.

Make Sure PC is using Zentyal Server as the DNS server:

To do this open settings and click Network and Internet:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

Click the Properties button under Ethernet adapter name:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

Click the Edit button:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

Make sure that the DC IP is set as the Preffered DNS. If it is not change it to be:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

Click Save and close the Setting Window.

Another quick Check is to make sure that DNS is working is to ping the doman name and make sure that it responds from the correct IP address:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

Add PC to Zentyal AD Domain:

The easiest way to add the PC to the domain is to:

Type sysdm.cpl into the search bar:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

Click on the sysdm.cpl Icon:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

This will open the System Properties Window:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

Click the Change button which will open the Computer Name/Domain Changes window:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

Click the Select the Domain Option:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

Now add the domain name to the Domain field:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

Click OK.

Add the Admin user details in the window that opens:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

You will get another window open to say that the PC has been added to the domain:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

Click OK to close this window.

Click OK to restart the PC:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

Click Close to close the System Properties:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

Click Restart Now to restart the PC:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

When the PC has rebooted log in using a domain user account and select the correct domain to log into:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

The new domain user profile will be crearted:

Zentyal: Add a Windows 10 Pro PC to a Zentyal Domain

Once windows has created the new user (this used to take seconds not sure why it takes so long now) you will be taken to the users desktop.

You are now ready to use the PC using the domain user. The PC is now a member of the domain and can be controlled by AD and centrally managed! Yay!

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