"No problem," she muttered. "I’ll just grab the ISO from the Volume Licensing Service Center."
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She built the domain controller in twenty minutes. Promoted it. Tested replication. Everything green. "No problem," she muttered
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Maya typed the local admin password. The dashboard loaded: Server Manager, Event Viewer, PowerShell as a shortcut.