Release Notes

Installing and upgrading Windows Server 2019

Topics:

• Multilingual operating system media for Windows Server 2019

• Pre-installed VM

• Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2019 on PowerEdge servers

• Upgrading from earlier versions of Windows Server to Windows Server 2019

Multilingual operating system media for Windows

Server 2019

With the Windows Server 2019 release, the PowerEdge servers are shipped with a multilingual operating system interface that provides a

list of supported languages. When you power on your system for the first time or reinstall the operating system using Dell EMC provided

media, you can select the operating system language of your choice.

Deploy an operating system using multilingual DVD media

To deploy the operating system by using a multilingual DVD media:

1. Boot to the operating system media.

2. Select the language of your choice from the Language Selection page and follow the instructions.

Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese images are provided on separate DVDs.

For detailed step by step installation of Windows Server 2019, see Microsoft Windows Server 2019 for Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers

Installation Guide at www.dell.com/operatingsystemmanuals.

Pre-installed VM

If you select Hyper-V role enabled while ordering a server at www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/ecat/enterprise-products, you are

provided with a pre-installed virtual machine. You can use the virtual machine files available at C:\Dell_OEM\VM on your server along

with the Hyper-V Manager to import virtual machines on this system. Under the normal licensing restrictions of Microsoft. For more

information about the terms of licensing, see the End User License Agreement that is shipped with your product.

The VM available at C:\Dell_OEM\VM allows you to select an operating system language during the setup process. The virtual disk (VD)

attached to this VM is dynamically expanding, expandable up to a maximum of 127 GB, and can be converted to a fixed disk. To increase

the VD space, create a VD and attach it to the same VM. Before you convert the VD provided by Dell EMC from dynamically expanding to

fixed, ensure that you have a minimum of 127 GB of disk space on your server.

Windows Server Datacenter edition has the right to include unlimited number of VM instances. These VMs are activated automatically

using Microsoft's Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA) process. For more information, see Automatic virtual machine activation

at www.docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started-19/vm-activation-19.

The Windows Server Standard Edition includes the right to two VM instances. However, extra VM licensing, in increments of two VMs, is

available and can be purchased separately.

Using the pre-installed VM

To use the pre-installed VM:

1. Go to Hyper-V Manager in your operating system.

2. Right-click the server in the Hyper-V Manager.

3. Select Import Virtual Machine.

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