Hey guys! In this video, I'll show you how to download and install Windows Server 2022
which is a new operating system released by Microsoft.
Before I start downloading and installing Windows Server 2022,
let me talk about the hardware requirements for installing Windows Server 2022 operating system.
So here are the minimum hardware requirements needed to run Windows Server 2022.
For the processor, you need a 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor, compatible with x64 instruction sets
that supports NX, DEP, CMPXCHG16b, LAHF/SAHF, and PrefetchW.
For the memory, you at least need 512 MB of memory.
But for Server with the Desktop Experience installation option, you need 2 GB of memory.
You also need ECC type of memory which is 'Error Correcting Code'
if the server is a physical server.
For the disk space, you need a minimum of 32 GB of disk space,
if you are using Windows Server core installation option.
For the network, you need 1 Gbps network adapter which is compliant
with PCI Express architecture specification.
And additional requirements include UEFI 2.3.1 c-based system
and firmware that supports secure boot, Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
and graphics device with display capable of SVGA of resolution 1024 x 768 or higher resolution.
Let me also talk about the Installation options of Windows Server 2022.
As with the previous versions of Windows Server,
Windows Server 2022 also has two installation options to choose from.
The first one is 'Server Core' and the second one is 'Server with Desktop Experience'.
Server Core is the recommended installation option because it has a smaller footprint that includes
only the core components of Windows server but supports all server roles and features without
an inclusion of a local graphical user interface (GUI).
Because of this, server core is more secure and requires less patching.
Server core is used for deployments which can be managed remotely through Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, or other server management tools.
The other installation option
is 'Server with Desktop Experience' which is the complete installation and includes a full GUI.
This option has a larger footprint than server core.
Next, let's download the installation media for Windows Server 2022.
I'll download the ISO media from Microsoft Evaluation Center.
So, I'll navigate to this URL - https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2022
In here, I'll expand Windows Server 2022.
And here, you have 4 different options to choose from.
I'll select 'Download the ISO' and click on 'Continue'.
Fill in this form, and click on Continue.
Now select your language.
I'll select English and click on Download.
The file size is around 5 GB and it will take some time to download.
But I've already downloaded this file and uploaded to my ESXi host where
I'll be installing Windows Server 2022 operating system on a virtual machine.
So, I'll click Cancel.
Like I said, I'll be installing Windows Server 2022 on a VM
and it has all the requirements met which I mentioned before.
The VM name is 'Server01'.
And I've already attached the ISO file of Windows Server 2022 to this VM.
So, I"ll click on Cancel.
And I'll power on this VM.
On the Setup screen, I'll select the language, time and currency format,
including keyboard or input method.
I'll only change the time and currency format to India.
And I'll click Next.
And I'll click Install Now.
Now, I'm going to select 'Windows Server 2022
Standard Evaluation (Evaluation Desktop Experience)' and click on Next.
I'll accept the License Terms and click on Next.
Since I'm not doing an upgrade of operating system, I'll click on 'Custom' which will
install a fresh operating system on this VM.
I only have one hard drive which is of 60 GB which is showing as unallocated.
So, I'll select that and click on Next.
Now the installation will begin.
And it will take some time to complete.
Alright, the installation has completed and the server is going to restart on its own in few seconds.
As you can see the server will restart couple of times.
Ok, before you can log in to the server, you must set the Administrator password.
So, I'm going to specify my administrator password for this server and I'll click on 'Finish.
I'll log in to the server with administrator password which I've set.
Since this is a VMware VM, I'm going to install VMware Tools.
And I'll open Windows Explorer.
Open up the installation media.
Click Next.
Click Complete.
Click Next.
Click Install.
Click Finish.
Click Yes to restart the server.
I'll login to the server again.
In the 'Server Manager', I'll click on 'Local Server'.
And here are the basic configuration you would typically set after installing Windows Server.
I'll open up File Explorer.
Right-click on 'This PC' and click on 'Properties'.
You can see it says Windows Server 2022 Standard edition.
The version is 21H2.
And the OS build is 20348.169.
And it is also recommended that you update your Windows
Server soon after the installation of Windows.
So to do that, click on Start.
And go to Settings.
And click on Update and Security.
And you can see it has already found some updates which are available to be installed.
So, I'll click on Install.
And I'll click on 'Check for updates' again.
And you can see it is downloading some additional
updates, mostly the antimalware definitions for Windows Defender.
And it says you are up to date.
Ok. So, this is how you install Windows Server 2022 on a virtual machine.
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