Networking All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 1

Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2016

In This Chapter

Making sure you have everything you need

Planning how to install Windows Server 2016

Installing Windows Server 2016

This chapter presents the procedures that you need to follow to install Windows Server — specifically, Windows Server 2016. Note that although the specific details provided are for Windows Server 2016, 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 an older version.

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 2016. (The minimums for Windows Server 2012 are the same.) Table 1-1 also lists what I consider to be more realistic minimums if you expect ...