Users Guide

7. Select the OS partition size on the slider provided on this screen. The recommended minimum partition size for the primary partition
is 40 GB and for the Essentials Edition is 60 GB. Press OK to continue.
8. The Server Manager Dashboard is displayed. Use the dashboard to configure your system with different roles and features.
9. To configure your system for Windows Server 2016 Essential Edition:
a. After rebooting the system, the Windows Server 2016 Essentials dashboard is displayed. Click Change system date and time
settings to select the date, time, and time zone settings for your server and click Next.
The Company Information screen is displayed.
b. On the Company Information screen, type the appropriate details for the company name and the server name.
Click Next to go to the Create Network Admin account screen.
c. Create the network administrator with required account name and password. On the next screen, select Use recommended
settings, and then click Next to complete the configuration.
The system reboots and configures to essentials.
10. After reboot, the system is locked and you can log in to the system by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
11. Type the administrator password, and then press Enter to log in to the system.
The operating system installation is now complete.
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