Can Windows Server 2016 Essentials Be a Domain Controller?
Contents While a Domain and Forest Are Still Required, the Windows Server 2016 Essentials Experience Role Can Now Be Deployed on Windows Server 2016 Standard...
While a domain and forest are still required, the Windows Server 2016 Essentials Experience role can now be deployed on Windows Server 2016 Standard or Datacenter to support multiple domains.
Can Windows Server Essentials be a domain controller?
If configured as a Domain Controller, Windows Server 2019 Essentials must be the only Domain Controller, must run all Flexible Single Master Operations (FSMO) roles, and cannot have two-way trusts with other Active Directory domains.
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Does Windows Server 2016 Essentials have to be a domain controller?
Yes. Windows Server Essentials 2016(TP version) also has the same limitations as previous version, such as: Must be the domain controller at the root of the forest and domain, and must hold all the FSMO roles.
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