Windows Server 2016 GUI Installation

Performing Clean Installation

          A clean installation refers to installing the operating system on to a computer that does not have an installation present.
This process is very simple, you are just only asked to do the following:

• Select Language, time and currency format and keyboard method.
• Choose an Edition and build of Windows Server.
• Agree to the License agreement.
• Choose between manual and upgrade installation.
• Configure the disk.
• Set the Administrator password.
• Log in.

Server 2016 GUI Installation

          In this example, I perform clean Installation of Windows Server 2016 with Desktop Experience.

1 In the first screen, you can able to configure language, region and time, keyboard settings. We should configure correct settings here and then select “Next” for continue.

2 In this screen, I select “Install Now”. Here is another option available “Repair your computer” to choose if existing OS is missing some system files to repair.

3 Wait for a while…… Setup is Starting….

4 In this screen, I ask to choose the edition of the server. Here are two types of edition available one is Standard Evaluation and another is Datacenter Evaluation with core or with GUI option. In this tutorial, I am going to choose Datacenter with GUI Option.

5 We can see the license terms on this screen, select “I accept License Terms” then click Next to continue.

This is the License agreement which has to read and accept to further process. I know you people might think is it really require to read the full agreement as it SOOO boring, Well, maximum of geeks moved to next screen without reading a single sentence. 

Here I select “I accept the license terms” and click Next

6 In this screen Select “Custom: Install Windows only (advanced)” here because I do a clean installation. But if you need an in-place upgrade you should select “Upgrade: Install and Keep files, settings, and applications” here. This option suitable for supported OS, features, services, and roles. But keep in mind you should not prefer in-place upgrade for critical roles like Active Directory Services, etc.

7 In this screen, we can select and configure disc information (You can set the installation disc, size, etc.). I used default settings here.

8 Now sit back and wait for next screen as you can see that the necessary files are copied and the installation process is running on this screen.

9 After the installation process is completed ai will automatically rebooting.

10 This screen showing that the necessary settings were made before the server was started.

11 Here we can set a password for the local administrator account. You should configure a secure password for the local administrator. Set your password to something very strong, in fact, you can use a passphrase.

12 As we have completed our installation process now on the login screen, I can log in with “Administrator” account and related password which I set in the last step and press Enter.