Install Windows Server 2016 on VMware Workstation

1 - After downloading the Windows Server 2016 ISO image, you need to mount it in your target virtual machine to start the installation. · 2 - You ... Menu Join Beginner WhatisSQLServer? 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Solution WindowsServer2016isoneofthemostpopularserveroperatingsystemsintoday’s worldandwewillwalkthroughthestepsofinstallinginonanewVM. StepbyStepProcesstoInstallWindowsServer2016onaVirtualMachine IwillstartthistipwhereIendedmypreviousone.Thistipwillstartfrom thelaststepandproceedtothenextstepsforinstallationoftheoperatingsystem WindowsServer2016. NOTE:IhavedownloadedaWindowsServer2016image toinstallitonthisnewlycreatedvirtualmachine.YoucandownloadaWindows Server2016imagefromthis Microsoftwebsite.Iamusinganevaluationversionthatisavailablefor 180days. 1-AfterdownloadingtheWindowsServer2016ISOimage,youneedtomountit inyourtargetvirtualmachinetostarttheinstallation.Ifyouarecreatinga newvirtualmachine,youcanchoosethisISOimageduringtheVMcreation.Once thevirtualmachineispoweredonitwillstartreadingtheoperatingsystemISO fileforinstallationandyouwillseethebelowimageshowingthatthesetupis starting.Youneedtofollowallsequentialstepstoinstalltheoperatingsystem. 2-Youwillseethebelowimageaskingyoutomakesomechoicesfortheinstallation. Thereare3optionstochoosehere: Languagetoinstall Timeandcurrencyformat Keyboardorinputmethod Choosetheappropriatevalueforeachoptionandclick"Next"togo tothenextwindow.Ihavechosenthevaluesforeachentryshowingintheimage below. 3-Onceyouclick"Next",the"InstallNow"buttonwill showuptoinitiatetheinstallation.Selectthistogettothenextwindow. 4-Thenextwindowwillaskyoutochoosetheoperatingsystemedition.You canseealltheoptionsgiveninthebelowimage.Choosewhichoneyouwanttoinstall. IhavechosenfullinstallationwiththeDatacenterEvaluationedition.Another typeofoperatingsystemisWindowscoreeditionwithstandardanddatacentereditions. IfyouwantalightweightOSinstallation,youcanchooseWindowscore,butyou willnotgetanyGUIinthisoperatingsystemtype. 5-Afterclicking"Next",youwillseethescreenbelowtoaccept thelicensingagreement.Clickthecheckboxtoacceptthelicensingterms.Select"Next" toproceed. 6-Nextyouwillseetwooptionstochoosefromdependingonyourinstallation criteria.Choosetheoptionbasedonyourneedstoproceed. 7-Onceyouselecttheappropriateoptions,youwillseethebelowimageto selectthelocationwhereyouwanttoinstalltheoperatingsystem.Aswehavechosen onlyonediskduringthevirtualmachinecreation,onlyonediskisshowinghere. Youcanaddadditionaldisksbyselecting"New"showninthebelowimage. Youwillseethebelowoptiononceyouselect"New"linktoaddan additionaldisk.Youcanaddthesizeandselect"Apply"asshownbelow. Click"Next"onceyouhavechosentheOSinstallationlocation. 8-Theoperatinginstallationwillnowstart.Youcanseetheinstallationhas begunintheimagebelow.Youcanalsoseethevariousstagesthatmustbecompleted forthisinstallation. Thesecondstageisinprocessandtheprogressbarcanbeseenintheinstallation windowasshownbelow. Onceastageisprocessedsuccessfully,therewillbeagreencheckmarknext toit.Ifthereareanyissues,therewillbearedcrossbar.Youcanseethatthe first3stageshavebeensuccessfullyprocessed. 9-Afterallstagesaresuccessfullyprocessed,theWindowssetupwillrestart thevirtualmachinetocompletetheinstallation.YoucanseethatWindowshasinitiated therestartphaseafterprocessingallstagesofinstallationthatareshownin theimageabove. Here,wecanseethevirtualmachineinwhichweareinstallingtheoperating systemhasrestarted. 10-Thenextwindowwillaskyoutoentertheadministratorpassword.Enter apasswordhereandpressentertofinishtheinstallation. Theabovestepisthelaststepofthisinstallation.YoucanseethattheWindows desktopviewisshowing. Now,useCntl+Alt+Deletetologin. Enterthepasswordtologintothismachineandpressenter. Afterpressingenter,itwilltakesometimebecauseotherconfigurationservices willbecreatedattheOSlevel.Youwillseethebelowimageduringthisstep. Now,youhaveloggedintoyournewlyinstalledWindowsServer2016machine. YoucanseetheWindowsServer2016editioninthebelowimage. TheServerManagerdashboardwillbelaunchedautomaticallyonceyouloggedin tothisvirtualmachine.Youcanusethiswindowtoverifyormanageserverlevel settings. Anotherpop-upwindowyoucanobserveisNetworkconfiguration.Ifyouaresetting thisupfortestingpurposesorforalab,click"Yes"tomakethisvirtual machineaccessibletootherVMsyouhaveinstalledinthisnetwork. WehaveinstalledWindowsServer2016Datacentereditiononourvirtualmachine. ThisVMisreadyforuse. NextSteps YoulearnedhowtoinstallWindowsServer2016operatingsysteminavirtual machinehostedwithVMwareworkstation.Mynextarticlewillshowhowtoinstall SQLServer2019. ReadmorearticlesonSQLServer: Readmorearticleson SQLServer Clusteringand SQLServerAvailabilitygroupinattachedlinks. 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