In this 70-410 Objective we will cover the principles of installing Microsoft Server 2012R2.
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Once you have downloaded the installation media you can mount either burn that to a USB and use Rufus for a Bootable USB or in this example i will be using a Hyper-V Generation Two Virtual Machine
When you start the virtual machine for the first time with the installation
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Select the Installation Language
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Click Install Now
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Here you can select wheather you install Windows Server 2012R2 Standard or Datacenter along the the UI Prefernece, for this blog post we will install Windows Server 2012R2 Standard GUI
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Accept the EULA Agreement
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For a new installation you cannot complete an OS Upgrade as you have nothing to upgrade from so we select Custom and can prepare for disk configuration
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As this server is part of my lab environment it doesnt match the recommeneded specifications for the os hard disk space, the Miniumium recommened by Microsoft is 32Gb. Personally i would recommend for prodcution use you create a VHDX File of 120Gb to allow for Application and Updates.
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Installation Starts
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Installation Complete, Server Reboots
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First Time Server Boot
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Configure the Local Administration Password
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Once the Local Administrator Password has been configured the server will automatically log into the cmd session
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