Installing Windows Server 2012
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Installing Windows Server 2012 (step by step)
Ram: Minimum: 512 MB
Disk Space: Minimum: 32 GB
Other requirements:
- DVD drive
- Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor
- Keyboard and Microsoft® mouse (or other compatible pointing device)
- Internet access
- Insert the Windows Server 2012 DVD, and once you get the following message press Enter to boot from the setup.
- Wait for a while till the setup loads all necessary files (Depending on your machine, it will take couple of minutes)
- 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)
- Once you click Next, you can start the installation, click “Install now”
- You will see the following screen, wait until it finishes loading.
- In the following setup screen, you will see four options. Select Windows Server 2012 DataCenter Evaluation (Server With GUI).
- After you click Next from previous screen, Read the License terms, tick the “I accept the license terms” and click Next.
- 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.
- Now once we picked our partition, clicking on next from previous screen will start the setup. This process might take a while.
- 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.
- The setup will finalize your settings, might take a couple of minutes.
- 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.
- Once you Log in, Windows Server 2012 will show the Server Manager
FAQs
What is the Windows Server 2012 R2 system?
Windows Server 2012 R2 provides a wide range of new and enhanced features and capabilities spanning server virtualization, storage, software-defined networking, server management and automation, web and application platform, access and information protection, virtual desktop infrastructure, and more.
What is the default installation option to install Windows Server 2012?
The Server Core installation is now the default. Because you can freely switch between these options at any time later, one approach might be to initially install the Server with a GUI option, use the graphical tools to configure the server, and then later switch to the Server Core Installation option.
What are the installation requirements for Windows Server 2012?
A 1.4 GHz 64 bit processor, 512 MB of RAM, 32 GB of disk space, Super VGA monitor. Keyboard or mouse, Internet access, and a DVD for purposes of installation. These are the minimum requirements to run Server 2012.
How to install Server 2012 step by step?
Insert the Windows Server 2012 R2 DVD into the CD/DVD drive. Power on the PC to boot the operating system from the DVD. Watch as the system boots from the Windows Server 2012 R2 DVD. After booting begins, you will see the display Loading files… followed by the Windows Server 2012 R2 Setup screen.
What is window server installation method?
You can either install Windows Server 2022 on a physical host or virtual machine using an ISO image. Follow one of the relevant guides by Microsoft to create your bootable media: Windows Server bootable USB.
What is Windows Server installation?
Windows Server is the platform for building an infrastructure of connected applications, networks, and web services, from the workgroup to the data center. It bridges on-premises environments with Azure, adding additional layers of security while helping you modernize your applications and infrastructure.
What is the minimum storage for Windows Server 2012?
32 GB
What is the minimum memory for Windows Server 2012?
512 MB RAM
What are the 3 installation types?
Custom installation. A custom installation allows the installer to choose to select components or parts that are required to be installed.
Silent installation. A “silent installation” is an installation that does not display messages or windows during its progress.
Clean installation.
Who needs Windows Server?
As a business expands, it will very likely end up needing a server to help manage devices, services and files. For many businesses large and small, Windows Server may end up being the ideal server operating system.
How to check RAM size in Windows Server 2012?
How to Check Memory Amount (RAM) in Windows Server (2012, 2008, 2003) To check the amount of RAM (physical memory) installed in a system running Windows Server, simply navigate to Start > Control Panel > System. On this pane, you can see an overview of the system’s hardware, including total installed RAM.
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