What are the prerequisite for Windows Server 2012 R2 installation?

This video will look at the install and minimum requirements for installing Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R12. The video also looks as some recommended requirements.

Server 2012/R2 Hardware Requirements
For Windows Server 2012/R2, Microsoft released some install requirements. These provide the basic requirements to install Windows Server 2012/R2. Microsoft does not release minimum requirements for the server alone, rather they release minimum requirements based on what role or software that server is running. In this case, the minimum requirements for the Essentials Edition have been used. If you are using Windows Server 2012/R2 in a virtual machine, Microsoft recommends upping the RAM in the virtual machine to 800 megabytes. Once the virtual machine has started up, this can be reduced to 512 megabytes. It should also be remembered that if you plan to perform an install of the Essentials Edition, the install will require a working network card and also drivers for that network card.

Install Requirements
1.4Ghz 64bit CPU (32bit not supported)

512 Megabytes of RAM

23 Gigabytes of hard disk space

Essentials Edition requires a working network card with device drivers to install.

Minimum Requirements for Essentials Edition
1.4Ghz 64bit single core CPU

1.3Ghz 64bit multi-core CPU

2 Gigabytes of RAM

160 Gigabytes of hard disk space

160 Gigabytes system partition if possible

Optional Requirements
Microsoft also released some optional requirements for Windows Server 2012/R2. These are not required to run or install Windows Server 2012/R2. If you are running a headless server, that is no keyboard, mouse, or monitor, you will need to ensure that your bios is configured to not halt the computer during boot if these items are not detected.

DVD Drive

Super VGA (800×600) or higher resolution monitor

Keyboard and mouse (or other compatible pointing devices)

Internet access

References
“Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 Exam Ref 70-410” pg 5-6
“System Requirements and Installation Information for Windows Server 2012 R2” http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn303418.aspx
“System Requirements for Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials” http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn383626.aspx
“Appendix A: Reviewing AD FS Requirements” http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff678034.aspx

Credits

In this chapter, we will discuss regarding the requirements and prerequisites of the Windows Server 2012.

System Requirements

Although most of the servers nowadays probably have the necessary requirements for Windows Server 2012. It will certainly be useful to know them in case you want to upgrade from an older system.

The main requirements are −

• CPU socket minimum 1.4 GHz (64-bit processor) or faster for single core and Microsoft recommends is 3.1 GHz (64-bit processor) or faster multi-core.

• RAM memory minimum is 2GB, but Microsoft recommends 8GB.

• 160 GB hard disk with a 60 GB system partition space in your hard disk.

One important thing to note here is that the installation process itself will verify your computer hardware and let you know if it qualifies for a Windows Server 2012 installation. If not, then you will need to upgrade your hardware.

Installation

The following steps are to be adhered for the installation of Windows Server 2012.

Step 1 − We can download the evaluation ISO of Windows Server 2012 R2 from the following link − https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2012-r2

But you will need to sign in first with a Microsoft account like Hotmail for example in order to complete the download and the good thing is that the evaluation period will last for 180 days, so you will have enough time to know if it will be the right product for you or not.

At the end, if you decide to buy the license of your Windows server 2012 R2. You can purchase it online via a Microsoft online store found in − https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/list/Windows-Server/categoryID.70676900?icid=BusinessR_Software_80_Windows_Server_112315

For the Enterprise solution, I would recommend to purchase it via a Microsoft partner that is found in your country.

Step 2 − After downloading the ISO of Microsoft, create a boot USB driver which can be created with the Microsoft tool called Windows USB/DVD Download Tool and can be downloaded from the following link − https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/windows-usb-dvd-download-tool

After downloading the EXE file, open it and select the ISO file location and then click next like in the following screenshot, and wait up to the end when the Boot USB is created.

Step 3 − After completing the above given steps, plug-in the USB to the server and wait for a while till it loads the files. This will continue for about a couple of minutes as shown in the following screenshot.

Step 4 − After the files are loaded, you will see the screen of language settings of installation, keyboard, time and currency format. Generally, all the default ones are also good enough to start with. Click Next.

Step 5 − Click “Install now”.

Step 6 − Once you have clicked on Install Now, the setup will start and it will load all the files and the screen will look as shown in the following screenshot.

Step 7 − Wait until the files are loaded and then you will see the following screen. Let’s select Windows Server 2012 DataCenter Evaluation (Server with GUI) and click Next.

Step 8 − Click “I accept the license terms” and then click on the Next button as shown in the following screenshot.

Step 9 − The following screen will appear. In “Driver Options” you can create a new partition, delete or format the Hard disk. After you have done this process then you can select the partition where the Windows server 2012 R2 will be installed in our case we have one partition. Once all this is done, then click on Next.

Step 10 − Let’s wait until this process finishes during this time and then the server will reboot.

Step 11 − Once the reboot is done the following screen will appear. Set the password for the server and then click on “Finish”.

Step 12 − It will take some minutes until the setup finishes completely.

Step 13 − Once all this is done, you have completed the installation process and the following screen will appear.

Congratulations!!!

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