Lab 07 - Install Windows Server 2012 R2 on VMWare Workstation

Yaser Rahmati | یاسر رحمتی

Step 1

Run VMware Workstation 9.0 and click File – New Virtual Machine.

Step 2

Follows "New Virtual Machine Wizard", click "Next".

Step 3

Choose the Virtual Machine Hardware Compatibility and click "Next". Browse installer disc image file you have just downloaded, click Next.

Step 4

Choose Windows operational system version.

Step 5

Name the Virtual Machine and choose one location for it. Click "Next" to let it go. Generally, choose the default settings are OK. Until you create a disk for Windows server 2012 R2, confirm all the settings you have set and click Finish to complete New Virtual Machine creation.

Step 6

Choose Windows operational system Language.

Step 7

Type in Windows server 2012 R2 product key and click Next.

Step 8

Accept license terms and click Next.

Step 9

Choose one type of installation you want:

Upgrade: Install Windows and keep files, settings, and applications.
Custom: Install Windows only (advanced)

Choose the disk where you want to install Windows operational system.

Step 10

Windows system program installs. Just wait for minutes to finish all operational system settings.

Step 11

After it completes the installation, a window pops up and asks you to set password for built-in administrator. Type in password twice, and the password has to meet password complexity requirement set by administrator for network or group.

Step 12

Click “Finish” to restart Windows server 2012 R2. You are required to login to Windows with default administrator and password.

Now, you can set a new user name for this Administrator.

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