Installation of Windows Server 2012

Step-by-Step Guide for Setting Up A Windows Server 2012

1. 2. 3. Insert media in the CD/DVD drive. Turn on System and boot from DVD. Press ENTER to boot from DVD.

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Files will start loading.

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Wait for a while till the setup loads all necessary files (Depending on your machine, it will take couple of minutes)

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Once the setup files are loaded, the setup will start with the following screen. You can change these to meet your needs (the default values should be fine for now)

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Once you click Next, you can start the installation, click "Install now"

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You will see the following screen, wait until it finishes loading

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In the following setup screen, you will see few options. Select Windows Server 2012 DataCenter Edition (Server With GUI).

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10. After you click Next from previous screen, Read the License terms, tick the "I accept the license terms" and click Next

11. Now It will ask you for the drive (or partition) you want to install Windows on. Here I'm installing it on the one partition I have here. NOTE: This will remove the content of the partition. Either you create a partition to install windows on, or you can test this on a testing machine

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12. Now once we picked our partition, clicking on next from previous screen will start the setup. This process might take a while.

13. Once the setup is done, it will restart and start your Windows Server 2012 for the first time. It will ask you then to set up a password for the Administrator user

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14. The setup will finalize your settings, might take a couple of minutes

15. Once the setup is done, you can log in for the first time to your Windows Server, as the screen says, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to log in, and use the password you set in the setup process

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16. Once you Log in, Windows Server 2012 will show the Server Manager

17. Congratulations! You have now Windows server 2012 Installed with Datacenter.

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 First we will change the Server Name

18. Changing computer or Host name is no different on windows server 2012 if compared to previous versions but there is little cosmetic work done to reach to actual screen. Here is how you can reach to actual screen. a) You will not see start button on newly installed windows server 2012. Move your mouse pointer to extreme left lower corner of the screen and start menu button will appear. b) Click and you would see the start menu appear on the screen. c) Right click the computer icon and on task bar you will see 'Right Clicked" menu.

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d) Click properties from task bar and you will reach to next screen which you are familiar with.

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 Steps to install and configure Hyper-V role on Windows Server 2012

1. If Server Manager is already open, go on to the next step. If Server Manager is not already open, open it by doing one of the following: o On the Windows desktop, start Server Manager by clicking Server Manager in the Windows taskbar. o On the Windows Start page, type any part of the name Server Manager. Click the shortcut for Server Manager when it is displayed on the Start page in the Apps results. To pin the Server Manager shortcut to the Start page, right-click the shortcut, and then click Pin to Start. 2. 3. On the Manage menu, click Add Roles and Features. On the Before you begin page, verify that your destination server and network environment are prepared for the role and feature you want to install. Click Next. 4. On the Select installation type page, select Role-based or feature-based installation and then click Next. 5. On the Select destination server page, select a server from the server pool and then click Next. 6. 7. On the Select server roles page, select Hyper-V. To add the tools that you use to create and manage virtual machines, click Add Features. On the Features page, click Next. 8. On the Create Virtual Switches page, Virtual Machine Migration page, and Default Stores page, select the appropriate options. 9. On the Confirm installation selections page, select Restart the destination server automatically if required, and then click Install. 10. When installation is finished, verify the installation by opening the All Servers page in Server Manager, selecting a server on which you installed Hyper-V, and viewing the Roles and Features tile on the page for the selected server.

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