November 2012
Beginner to intermediate
912 pages
20h 21m
English
Chapter 1: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012
In This Chapter
Making sure you have everything you need
Planning how to install Windows Server 2012
Installing Windows Server 2012
This chapter presents the procedures that you need to follow to install Windows Server — specifically, Windows Server 2012. Note that although the specific details provided are for Windows Server 2012, installing the previous version (just plain Windows Server 2008) is very similar, as is installing the older Windows Server 2003. So you won’t have any trouble adapting these procedures if you’re installing Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2008.
Planning a Windows Server Installation
Before you begin the Setup program to actually install a Windows Server operating system, you need to make several preliminary decisions, as the following sections describe.
Checking system requirements
Before you install a Windows Server operating system, you should make sure that the computer meets the minimum requirements. Table 1-1 lists the official minimum requirements for Windows Server 2012. (The minimums for Windows Server 2008 are the same.) Table 1-1 also lists what I consider to be more realistic minimums ...
