Windows 8.1 Join Windows 2012 R2 Domain

Windows 8.1 Join Windows 2012 R2 Domain

Joining Windows 2012 R2 Domain is very simple process but if basics are overlooked, things can go wrong.

Prerequisites

Client system can ping domain server or accessible.

Client DNS Address is IP address of server.

if above are correct and still unable to join the domain normally issue is with dns name resolving. to check then run following command.

nslookup