1 00:00:00,940 --> 00:00:03,590 Before we can automate, we need to install Windows 2 00:00:03,590 --> 00:00:08,240 Server 2022, as well as do an upgrade. 3 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:12,720 I'm going to go through a Windows Server 2022 manual installation. And 4 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:16,380 what that will do for me is it will give me a list of all the different 5 00:00:16,380 --> 00:00:21,340 things that I'll need to manually choose, and I can then automate those 6 00:00:21,340 --> 00:00:25,850 using an answer file where I can go ahead and choose all the different 7 00:00:25,850 --> 00:00:29,510 answers ahead of time, so I can walk away from my installation after I 8 00:00:29,510 --> 00:00:30,260 get started. 9 00:00:30,260 --> 00:00:34,240 There are lots of different ways to automate your server installation, but the 10 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,850 answer file is one of the ways that goes ahead and puts in what all the common 11 00:00:38,850 --> 00:00:43,500 answers that you would normally choose, so you can automate that information and 12 00:00:43,500 --> 00:00:45,120 have it customized the way you want it. 13 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:46,360 If you have a key, 14 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,070 you can enter it here, but if we're going to be using this to create, 15 00:00:49,070 --> 00:00:53,350 say, a template for a future automated installation, 16 00:00:53,350 --> 00:00:57,020 then we don't really need the key; we can go ahead and choose that later. 17 00:00:57,020 --> 00:01:00,890 So I'll click on, I don't have a product key, and it will continue, and 18 00:01:00,890 --> 00:01:03,890 then it will allow us to go ahead and boot into Windows, but it won't have 19 00:01:03,890 --> 00:01:07,040 full functionality until we get it licensed. 20 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,940 Now we have the option for which version of Windows Server we want. 21 00:01:10,940 --> 00:01:14,500 So this particular ISO file or DVD file, 22 00:01:14,500 --> 00:01:18,890 whatever it is that you're using, will give us specific types of installations. 23 00:01:18,890 --> 00:01:20,740 Yours might look different; it might just show the 24 00:01:20,740 --> 00:01:23,660 Standard or the Datacenter types of versions, 25 00:01:23,660 --> 00:01:25,340 but mine shows them both. 26 00:01:25,340 --> 00:01:28,330 So I'm going to choose the Standard (Desktop Experience). 27 00:01:28,330 --> 00:01:31,740 That will give me all the graphical user interface options 28 00:01:31,740 --> 00:01:34,900 that we're used to. The Standard version would just end up 29 00:01:34,900 --> 00:01:36,460 giving us a command prompt. 30 00:01:36,460 --> 00:01:39,020 Now I'm going to choose to accept the license terms, 31 00:01:39,020 --> 00:01:43,370 click Next. Now, if I had the operating system already 32 00:01:43,370 --> 00:01:46,000 installed, then I could choose an upgrade, 33 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,920 say from 2019 to 2022, but I don't. This is a brand new 34 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:51,960 installation so you have to choose Custom. 35 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:55,050 If you have multiple different, unallocated spaces, 36 00:01:55,050 --> 00:01:58,060 you can combine them into one particular partition, 37 00:01:58,060 --> 00:01:59,930 and you could install from there. 38 00:01:59,930 --> 00:02:03,890 I'm just going to go ahead and choose the one I have and click Next. 39 00:02:03,890 --> 00:02:05,430 Now we see the installation. 40 00:02:05,430 --> 00:02:09,540 The installation could take anywhere from a few minutes up to an hour. 41 00:02:09,540 --> 00:02:13,030 It just depends on how many resources that you have on your server. 42 00:02:13,030 --> 00:02:14,550 So if your server is very fast, 43 00:02:14,550 --> 00:02:18,070 it won't take long, but if your server slow, then you could see 44 00:02:18,070 --> 00:02:21,690 quite a delay until you get to the point where it restarts into 45 00:02:21,690 --> 00:02:25,940 Windows Server 2022. I'm now prompted to enter the password now 46 00:02:25,940 --> 00:02:27,750 that the installation has completed. 47 00:02:27,750 --> 00:02:31,910 So I'll go ahead and do that, Finish, and that's going to 48 00:02:31,910 --> 00:02:33,680 be the password for the administrator. 49 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:35,780 If this is a workstation like Windows 11, 50 00:02:35,780 --> 00:02:41,340 something like that, then you would have to actually pick the username as well. 51 00:02:41,340 --> 00:02:44,540 The Windows Server installation is complete. As you can see, you don't get 52 00:02:44,540 --> 00:02:48,570 the same types of questions that you get when you boot into Windows 10 or 53 00:02:48,570 --> 00:02:52,350 11 the first time. It just takes you right into Server Manager, it prompts 54 00:02:52,350 --> 00:02:55,880 you about the Windows Admin Center, and you can go ahead and start 55 00:02:55,880 --> 00:03:00,290 working. Manually installing Windows Server 2022 gives you a good idea of 56 00:03:00,290 --> 00:03:08,000 what settings need to be set when you plan your automated installation scheme.