- You need to download the media from here
- After you have downloaded the ISO you need to create an USB bootable ISO. Rufus software did the trick and it can be downloaded here
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- After to have create the USB bootable ISO, connect the USB to the host
- Turn on the server and make sure you boot into USB
- I would highly recommend to start playing with the version with NO GUI. I would not surprise if in less than 3 years Windows Server will be not offer any GUI at all
- After the installation is done is time to choose a password
- One of the first gotchas after you login if you do not pay attention is that the default shell is still cmd not PowerShell. So in order to get into a PowerShell runspace type “powershell.exe”
The way you know you are on PowerShell is by the leading PS before C:\
That is all you need to install the basic OS. It took me around 7 minutes to install the OS, and now it is ready to be configured with different roles such as AD, Hyper-V, IIS, DNS, etc
