what services makes a server system a domain controller
1 If you have set up a domain controller previously with Windows 2000 Server, or Windows Server 2003, then you would be familiar with the. 2  The system will start checking if Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) binaries are installed, then will start installing them. In the Additional Domain Controller Options page, you can select to install the Domain Name Service to your server. 2  Note that the First domain controller in a forest must be a Global Catalog that's why the checkbox beside Global Catalog is selected and it cannot be cleared.