With the introduction of Windows 2012 there was a large change with how to deploy domain controllers. There is no more DCPromo, it sends you to a link to here that tells you to install Active Directory with the Server Manager.
In the server manager select Manage > Add Roles and Features
This will open the Add Roles and Features Wizard, on the first screen it will ask you to make sure your server is updated, has a stronger admin password, and has been updated.
You want to select Role-based or Feature-based installation and then Next
On the Sever Selection page verify the host name and the IP address and then select Next
In the Server Roles page you want to select Active Directory Domain Servers, then choose Add Feature, and then DNS and Add Feature and then Next
On the Features page verify that Group Policy Management is selected and then click Next.
There is nothing really to select on the AD DS page so select Next
The DNS Server page will give an error across the top saying that no DNS server has been authenticated for the domain, at this point it is an OK warning, so select Next.
On the Confirmation page select install.
It will take a few moments to install the features and afterwards you will see a message that the installation was successful, so select Close.
After clicking Close, go back to the Server Manager page, there will be a new exclamation point there, it will be claiming that the server needs to have the roles and features you just installed configured.
Select the box for Promote this server to a domain controller
If this is the first domain controller in your forest, select Add New Forest and type the name of your domain.
You want to select the domain functionality level for your domain, if you are going to have 2008 or even 2003 domain controllers, select the functionality accordingly.
You will also want to type a password for the Directory Services Restore Mode, this is handy incase you ever have any problems with the server.
When you click next, you will get a warning about DNS not being configured for this domain. This is the step that will allow for DNS configuration for your domain, so go ahead and click next
The Additional Options will install the NetBIOS name services on the domain controller. This should come populated with the top level of your domain name, but you can change it to be something different
Next it will prompt you for the location of the AD DS Database, the AD log files and the SYSVOL. I usually leave these defaulted to C:\Windows\ but again, you can change the paths to suit your needs or environment.
Then we get to the Review Options stage, and that is where we verify all of the settings we just set.
Just review and make sure everything is how you set it and where you want it then select Next
* Note: There is a View Script button here, you can use this to create a PowerShell script to deploy the next domain controller from the command line.
At this point we will be at the Prerequisites Check and this stage will take a few minutes to run, and it should come back with some warnings.
The warnings I received were for the domain controller encrpytion level being compatible with Windows NT 4, for the DNS server not being installed, and for having DHCP enabled on my IPv6 interface on my single NIC.
At this point we want to install.
This will take more than a few minutes and there will be a reboot that is required with this.
After the server reboots make sure you logon with the domain\Administrator user and verify that you can manage things with Active Directory Users and Computers.
And you are set.
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