--- title: First AD home lab | daily.dev description: Learn how to set up an Active Directory lab using VirtualBox. Install VirtualBox, set up the Domain Controller, configure the network, set up DHCP, create user... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/first-ad-home-lab-2d0mmtkgg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: First AD home lab | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to set up an Active Directory lab using VirtualBox. Install VirtualBox, set up the Domain Controller, configure the network, set up DHCP, create user... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/first-ad-home-lab-2d0mmtkgg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2d0MMtKgg.png og:image:alt: First AD home lab og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # First AD home lab **[System Weakness](https://daily.dev/sources/systemweakness)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to set up an Active Directory lab using VirtualBox. Install VirtualBox, set up the Domain Controller, configure the network, set up DHCP, create user accounts, add Windows 10 clients, and test the setup. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#active-directory](https://daily.dev/tags/active-directory), [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#networking](https://daily.dev/tags/networking), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/first-ad-home-lab-2d0mmtkgg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"First AD home lab","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/first-ad-home-lab-2d0mmtkgg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/first-ad-home-lab-2d0mmtkgg"},"datePublished":"2024-05-02T15:10:49.269Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T03:35:11.605Z","description":"Learn how to set up an Active Directory lab using VirtualBox. Install VirtualBox, set up the Domain Controller, configure the network, set up DHCP, create user...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/64fd89d8b82b6163340608f5b9b416d9?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/64fd89d8b82b6163340608f5b9b416d9?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"System Weakness","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"System Weakness","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/4675577b3a8145dab8e12f25b0751c15","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/systemweakness"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/first-ad-home-lab-2d0mmtkgg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"active-directory,microsoft,networking,windows","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"System Weakness","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/systemweakness"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"First AD home lab"}]} ```