Installation guide

Procedure
1. Install Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 on your Windows machine.
2. During the installation, you can configure several options.
Option Description
Regional and
Language
Options
Determines how numbers, dates, currencies, and time settings appear.
n Language: Setting for your language. The default is English.
n Time and currency format: Determines how numbers, dates, currencies, and time
settings appear. The default is English (United States).
n Keyboard or input method: Allows text entry for multiple languages. The default
is US.
Disk
Configuration
Allows you to separate the machine disk drive into partitions to store data in
different partitions. You can create new disk partitions and delete existing partitions.
After you configure the disk, select a partition to install Windows Server 2008 R2
Edition.
Product Key When the installation prompts, enter your product key.
Licensing
Modes
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard edition supports a single license that is included
with the product key.
Administrator
Password
The installation setup creates an account called administrator. To log in, you must
create a password that complies with the criteria. The password must have the
following attributes.
n Minimum of six characters
n Does not contain “administrator” or “admin”
n Contains uppercase letters
n Contains lower case letters
n Contains numbers
n Contains at least one non-alphanumeric character
3. Perform the initial configuration tasks to set the time zone and the computer name.
Disable the Remote Desktop Session Host
A Remote Desktop Session Host server hosts Windows-based programs for Remote Desktop Services
clients.
If the Remote Desktop Session Host role service is enabled, you must disable it to avoid changes to
settings for new connections, modifications of existing connections, or removal of connections.
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