Windows Server 2012, codenamed "Windows Server 8", is the sixth
release of Windows Server. It is the server version of Windows 8 and
succeeds Windows Server 2008 R2. Two pre-release versions, a developer
preview and a beta version, were released during development. The
software was generally available to customers starting on September 4,
2012.
In this easy step by step guide, we will learn how to install and activate Windows Server 2012.
Before you start make sure you have the minimum requirements to install Windows Server (Windows Server Requirements):
Processor: Minimum: 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor
Ram: Minimum: 512 MB
Disk Space: Minimum: 32 GB
Other requirements:
In this easy step by step guide, we will learn how to install and activate Windows Server 2012.
Before you start make sure you have the minimum requirements to install Windows Server (Windows Server Requirements):
Processor: Minimum: 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor
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
You can then download the evalution copy of Windows Server 2012 from here, Download the ISO and burn it to some DVD:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx?ocid=&wt.mc_id=TEC_108_1_33
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx?ocid=&wt.mc_id=TEC_108_1_33
Now that we have everything we need, We can Start:
1- Insert the Windows Server 2012 DVD, and once you get the following message press Enter to boot from the setup
2- Wait for a while till the setup loads all necessary files (Depending on your machine, it will take couple of minutes)
3- 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)
6- In the following setup screen, you will see four options. Select Windows Server 2012 DataCenter Evaluation (Server With GUI).
7- After you click Next from previous screen, Read the License terms, tick the "I accept the license terms" and click Next
8- 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
9- Now once we picked our partition, clicking on
next from previous screen will start the setup. This process might take a
while.
10- 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
11- The setup will finalize your settings, might take a couple of minutes
12- 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
13 - Once you Log in, Windows Server 2012 will show the Server Manager
12- 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
13 - Once you Log in, Windows Server 2012 will show the Server Manager
Congratulations! you have now Windows server 2012 Installed with Datacenter.
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