Configuring LDAP Services on Windows Server 2012 R2

This is required for many networking devices to function including VPN configuration of ASA, wireless authentication by WLC or ISE etc. So I thought it will be useful for network engineers to know how to get this working..

Before doing this you need to install AD services which is described here.

Then you will need to create a user account by going to Server Manager > Tools > Active Directory Users & Computers.
Select the domain name under 'Users' folder.

Then create a new user and give him a password..

Now go to Server Manager > Add Roles & Features
It will prompt "Add Roles & Features" wizard. Basically you will need only to hit Next until where you will asked to select Server Roles..

Select Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services and hit Next for all upcoming windows.
















After the installation click on the Notifications icon with the flag + exclamation mark

You will notice a Post-deployment Configuration is pending. Click on the blue line underneath to Run the AD LDAP Servi..

It will pop up an installation wizard..

For my installation I just hit Next for everything with default and automatically filled settings..

Now you may need to refresh the Server Manager Dashboard and everything will work fine..