Install Windows Server 2012 R2 - MCSA Windows Server 2012 R2: Installation and Configuration Study Guide - page 22

e xeRcISe 1.1 (continued)

8. The next screen will ask you where you want to install Windows. If your hard disk is

already formatted as NTFS, click the drive and then click Next. If the hard disk is not yet
set up or formatted, choose the New link and create a partition. After creating the parti-
tion, click the Format link. Once the format is done, make sure you choose the new parti-
tion and click Next.

9.

The Installing Windows screen will appear next. This is where the files from your media
will be installed onto the system. The machine will reboot during this installation.

10. After the machine is finished rebooting, a screen requesting the administrator password
will appear. Type in your password. ( p@ssword is used in this exercise.) Your password
must meet the password complexity requirements (one capitalized letter, one number,
and/or one special character). Click Finish.

11. Next, log into the system. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del, and type in the administrator password.
The machine will set up the properties of the administrator account.

12. Notice that the Server Manager dashboard automatically appears. Your Windows
Server 2012 R2 installation is now complete.

13. Close Server Manager.

After you have logged into the Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter system, you will
notice some big changes. The first is that the Start button in the lower-left corner of the
screen has changed its look. Also, you can get to a Start button by clicking the Windows
key (see Figure 1.2).

fIguRe 1.2 Windows key on a standard keyboard

Installing Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core
In Exercise 1.2, you will learn how to install Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core. You'll
notice that the steps are similar to the ones in Exercise 1.1, with a couple of exceptions. As
mentioned earlier, Server Core is a command-line configuration of Windows Server 2012 R2.