Chapter 2 provides more details about Server
Core. The following paragraphs discuss a typical Windows Server 2008 installation.
One of server engineers??™ biggest gripes about the manual Windows Server installation
process in the past was that they had to babysit the server as it went through the
installation, because they had to key in bits of information at different times throughout
the process??”license information, components to install, and network configuration, for
example. Of course, the easy solution to all this is to perform an unattended installation,
but for the one-offs that require manual installation, the process was far from being
???set and forget.???
In Windows Server 2008, this problem has been addressed by reducing the number
of interactive steps required to get your server up and running. All the necessary questions
for the installation are asked up front, before you begin the actual installation process
of copying the files and performing the initial server configuration. By doing this,
the installation process no longer has to stop for additional information before it can
proceed. Once the server software installation is complete, installation of components
and the configuration of the server can proceed under the new integrated management
tool called Server Manager.
Hands-On Exercise: Interactive Installation
of Windows Server 2008
1. Start the computer and bootup using the Windows Server 2008 installation
media.
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