About Windows
Server 2008 R2
·
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
·
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP)
·
Domain Name System (DNS)
·
Active Directory Certificate Services
(AD CS)
·
Active Directory Federation Services (AD
FS)
·
Distributed File System (DFS), etc.
Although Windows Server 2008 R2 is a network operating
system, it is initially installed just as a normal client operating system,
i.e. without any additional server oriented services or features installed in
it. In order to make the installed network operating system work as a typical
server, systems administrators must install the server services and/or features
according to the role that they want the computer to play in the network.
System
Requirements
Before installing Windows Server 2008 R2, the computer
must meet the following minimum system requirements
·
1.4 GHz x86/x64 or Itanium 2 processor
·
512 MB RAM (2 GB recommended)
·
Super VGA or higher display
·
32 GB disk space (10 GB for Foundation
Edition)
·
DVD drive
·
Keyboard and pointing device
1.
Install
Windows Server 2008 R2
Once the above discussed minimum system requirements
are met, administrators must follow the steps given below to install Windows
Server 2008 R2:
1.
Power on the computer on which Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2 is to be installed.
2.
Enter into the BIOS setup to make the
computer boot from DVD.
3.
Insert Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
bootable installation media.
4.
Once inserted, reboot the computer.
5.
On the Install Windows screen,
click Next.
Install Windows
6.
On the next page, click Install
now.
7.
On Select the Operating System
you want to install page, from the displayed Windows Server 2008 R2
editions, select the appropriate edition that is to be installed.
Select Appropriate Edition
8.
On the next page, type the 25-character
product key and click Next.
9.
On Please read the License
terms page, check I accept the license terms checkbox
and clickNext.
10. On Which type of installation do you want page,
click Custom (advanced).
Click Custom (Advance)
11. On Where do you want to install Windows page,
ensure that the hard disk drive on which Windows Server 2008 R2 is to be
installed is selected.
12. Once selected, click Drive options (advanced).
Click Drive Options
13. From the enabled options, click New to
create a new disk drive partition.
14. On the Size field, specify the size
of the new volume in MB.
Specify Volume Size
15. On the displayed Install Windows message box,
click OK.
16. Back on the same page, click to select the hard disk
drive partition (E. g. Disk 0 Partition 2, in this
demonstration) where Windows Server 2008 R2 is to be installed and click Next.
Select Disk Partition
17. On the Installing Windowspage, wait till
the Windows Server 2008 R2 installed and the computer get restarted.
Installing Windows
Note: Do
not press any key if the screen displays the message, ‘Press any key to boot
from CD or DVD’ while computer restarts for the first time, to resume
the installation process.
18. After second restart, on the displayed screen,
click OK to change the user password before logging on for the
first time.
19. On the available fields, type and retype the new
password and press Enter.
Change Password
20. On the next confirmation screen, click OK to
log on to the Windows Server 2008 R2 computer.
