A server is a network computer that shares resources with and responds to requests from other computers on the network. Servers provide centralized access and storage of resources like applications, files, printers, and other hardware. When installing Windows Server 2012, there are three installation options: Server Core, Server with a GUI, and Minimal Server Interface. Server Core requires less disk space and has a smaller attack surface while Server with a GUI includes more graphical tools for management. The installation process involves inserting the installation media, selecting an installation option, and completing the setup process which reboots the server.
2. System Requirement
The minimum system requirements for installing
the Standard and Datacenter editions of Windows
Server 2012 are as follows:
■ A 1 .4-GHz, 64-bit processor
■ 512 MB of RAM
■ 32 GB of available disk space
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■ 32 GB of available disk space
■ A network adapter card
■ A graphics adapter that supports 800 by 600 or
higher resolution
3. Server Management
Server management was done through the GUI in
one of the following ways:
■ By logging on interactively to a server’s console
■ By logging on remotely to a server using Remote
Desktop Connection (Mstsc .exe)
■ By using the Remote Server Administration Tools
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■ By using the Remote Server Administration Tools
(RSAT) installed on a workstation
4. Choosing an installation option
The default installation option when you install
Windows Server 2012 is now the Server Core
Installation option instead of the Server With A
GUI (formerly called Full) option as in previous
versions of Windows Server .The reasons for this
change are as follows:
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change are as follows:
■ Server Core requires less disk space than Server
With A GUI, which can be important in data
centers that use virtualization to consolidate
multiple virtualized server workloads per physical
host machine .
5. Cont..
■ Server Core has a smaller attack surface, which
makes it more secure for data-center
and cloud computing .
■ Server Core requires fewer software updates,
which means less servicing overhead .
■ Administrators can now switch between different
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■ Administrators can now switch between different
installation options after Windows Server 2012
has been deployed, which means you can now
change your Server Core installations to Server
With A GUI installations without having to wipe
and reinstall
6. Minimal server interface
In addition to the two installation options (Server
Core and Server With A GUI) you can choose from
when you deploy Windows Server 2012, there is
also a third installation option available in
Windows Server 2012 called the Minimal Server
Interface .This new installation option can be
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Interface .This new installation option can be
configured only after deployment by using either
Server Manager or Windows PowerShell .
7. Cont..
It has all the functionality of Server With A GUI
except for the following
capabilities, which are not included:
■ Desktop user interface (traditional Windows
desktop)
■ Windows 8 user interface (Start screen)
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■ Windows 8 user interface (Start screen)
■ Windows Explorer
■ Internet Explorer
■ Some of the Control Panel utilities
8. Server Installation
Server With A GUI installations of Windows Server
2012 have two additional features installed that
are not installed on Server Core installations:
■ Graphical Management Tools And Infrastructure
This feature includes various infrastructure
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This feature includes various infrastructure
components and components that provide the
Minimal Server Interface that supports GUI
management tools, such as MMC consoles, but it
does not include Windows Explorer, Internet
Explorer, or the start screen .The Windows
PowerShell name for this feature is Server-Gui-
Mgmt-Infra .
9. Cont..
■ Server Graphical Shell This feature includes
components that provide the full
graphical user interface, such as Windows
Explorer, Internet Explorer, and the start
screen .The Windows PowerShell name for this
feature is Server-Gui-Shell
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feature is Server-Gui-Shell
10. Using Windows PowerShell
The two Windows PowerShell cmdlets used for
converting between different installation options
of Windows Server 2012 are the
following:
■ Install-WindowsFeature
This cmdlet can be used generally to install
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This cmdlet can be used generally to install
one or more roles, role services, or features .The
cmdlet also supersedes the older cmdlet Add-
WindowsFeature that was used in previous
versions of Windows Server, but
Add-WindowsFeature still remains as an alias for
the newer cmdlet .
11. Using Windows PowerShell
■ Uninstall-WindowsFeature
This cmdlet can be used generally to
remove one or more roles, role services, or
features .The cmdlet also supersedes the older
cmdlet Remove-WindowsFeature that was used in
previous versions of Windows Server, but Remove-
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previous versions of Windows Server, but Remove-
WindowsFeature still remains as an alias for the
newer cmdlet
12. Server Manager
The Server Manager console has been completely
redesigned in Windows Server 2012 to make it
easier for administrators to simultaneously
manage multiple Windows servers
Remotely.
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13. Navigating Server Manager
Menus :- At the top of the Server Manager controls
and menus:
■ Back and forward buttons for navigating through
the history of the pages you previously selected
■ A breadcrumb you can use to navigate quickly
through any hierarchical views
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through any hierarchical views
■ A refresh button you can use to manually refresh
the console when its view becomes out of date
■ The Notifications flag, which you use to view any
alerts or information about tasks being performed
on the servers you are managing
By default, Server Manager refreshes every
10 minutes by collecting updated information
for all servers being managed by the console .
14. Navigating Server Manager
■ The Manage menu, which you use to add roles
and features to (or remove them from) the servers
you are managing, add servers to the pool of
managed servers, create new server groups, and
configure Server Manager properties
■ The Tools menu, which you can use to access
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■ The Tools menu, which you can use to access
other management tools, such as
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) consoles,
the System Information and System Configuration
utilities, Windows PowerShell consoles and
Integrated Scripting Environments (ISEs), and so
on
15. Navigating Server Manager
Dashboard
To use Server Manager, you select a page such as
the Dashboard, the Local Server page, the All
Servers page, or any additional role-specific pages
that might be available. Dashboard page, which
displays the following tiles:
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displays the following tiles:
■ Welcome To Server Manager
■ Local Server
■ All Servers
■ Any role-specific tiles like File And Storage
Services
■ Custom pages for servers assigned to server
groups you created
16. Navigating Server Manager
Local Server
The Local Server page displays the following tiles:
■ Properties Lets you view and configure various
settings of the local server, including
computer name, domain membership, whether
Remote Management or Remote
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Remote Management or Remote
Desktop is enabled, the TCP/IP settings for the
server’s network cards, whether Windows Update
is enabled, and more.
■ Events Displays events logged on the local
server .
■ Services Lets you view the services for the local
server, start services that are
currently stopped, restart running services, and
perform other service-related tasks .
17. Navigating Server Manager
■ Best Practices Analyzer Lets you initiate a BPA
scan to determine whether any
further configuration needs to be performed for
the local server to function properly
with all its installed roles .
■ Performance Lets you configure performance
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■ Performance Lets you configure performance
alerts on the local server so that alerts
will be raised when CPU usage exceeds a specified
threshold or available memory falls
below a specified level.
■ Roles and Features Displays all roles and
features installed on the local server, and
also lets you install additional roles or remove
installed roles
18. Navigating Server Manager
All Servers
The All Servers page of Server Manager, is where
you can simultaneously manage multiple remote
servers in your environment . Initially, only the
local server is displayed on this page, but you can
find other servers in your environment and add
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find other servers in your environment and add
them to this page to manage them .How to do this
is explained in the section “Common server
management tasks” later in this lesson The All
Servers page displays the same types of tiles
displayed on the Local Server page .
The difference is that on the All Servers page, the
Events tile (for example) shows events logged on
all servers being managed and not just events for
the local server
19. Navigating Server Manager
Role-specific pages
Depending on what additional roles and features
you have installed on your server, other pages
might be available on the left side of Server
Manager .
Server Manager provides you with a hierarchy of
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Server Manager provides you with a hierarchy of
additional pages for managing servers, volumes,
disks, storage pools, shares, and iSCSI targets on
your Windows Server 2012
file servers.
Use: MMC for separate service
20. Configuring remote management on
Windows Server 2012
■ By starting Server Manager on the local server,
selecting the Local Server page, and viewing the
state of the Remote Management setting in the
Properties tile .This setting should display as
either Enabled or Disabled, and you can modify the
setting by clicking it
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setting by clicking it
21. Configuring remote management on
Windows Server 2012
■ By running the %windir%system32Configure-
SMRemoting.exe command-line tool
from an elevated command prompt using the
appropriate parameter as follows:
■ Configure-SMRemoting –get Displays
whether remote management is enabled
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whether remote management is enabled
or disabled
■ Configure-SMRemoting –enable Enables
remote management if it is currently
disabled
■ Configure-SMRemoting –disable Disables
remote management if it is currently
enabled
22. A server is a network computer that shares resources
with and respond to request from other network
computer, including other server. Server provide
centralized access and storage for recourses that
including application, file, printers or other hardware
ServerServer
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including application, file, printers or other hardware
and specialized services such as email…..
A server can be optimize and dedicated to one specific function, or it
can serve general needs. Multiple servers of various type can exist on a
single network.
23. • Insert the Windows Server 2012
installation media into your DVD drive. If
you don't have an installation DVD for
Windows Server 2012, you can download
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Windows Server 2012, you can download
one for free from
Microsoft's Windows 2012 Server Trial
website.
30. • As shown in Figure, select the Server Core
Installation option for your Windows Server 2012
edition (Windows Server 2012 Standard), and then
click Next.
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36. Read and accept the license terms by clicking to select
the checkbox and pressing Next.
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37. In the "Which type of installation do you want?" window, click the only
available option –Custom (Advanced).
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38. In the "Where do you want to install Windows?", if you're installing the
server on a regular hard disk, click to select the first disk, usually Disk
0, and click Next.
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39. • The installation now begins, and you can go
and have lunch. Copying the setup files from
the DVD to the hard drive only takes about
one minute. However, extracting and
uncompressing the files takes a good deal
longer. After 20 minutes, the operating
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uncompressing the files takes a good deal
longer. After 20 minutes, the operating
system is installed. The exact time it takes to
install server core depends upon your
hardware specifications. Faster disks will
perform much faster installs… Windows
Server 2012 takes up approximately 10 GB of
hard drive space.
41. • The installation process will reboot your
computer, so make sure you remove it
before going to lunch, as you'll find the
server hanged without the ability to boot
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server hanged without the ability to boot
(you can bypass this by configuring the
server to boot from a CD/DVD and then
from the hard disk in the booting order on
the server's BIOS)
42. Then the server reboots you'll be prompted with the new Windows Server 2012
type of login screen. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to log in.
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43. After you enter the new Administrator password and verify it,
click OK to acknowledge the password change
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44. Because this is a Server Core Installation, only a command window is open
after you are logged into the system.
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45. PowerShell in a command window.
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46. Type Get-WindowsFeature at the PowerShell Command to view the server
roles and features that are installed or available on the server.
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47. Type Install-WindowsFeature followed by the feature name listed in the Get-
WindowsFeature cmdlet output to install a role or feature.
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48. As shown in the installation begins and the progress updates throughout the
operation
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49. After the installation is complete, the status of the operation is
displayed as shown in Figure
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50. • Another Windows Server 2012 configuration option, Minimal
Server Interface, allows you to remove some of the graphical
components installed with a Server with a GUI installation.
The components that are removed include:
• Internet Explorer 10
Minimal Server Interface Option
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• Internet Explorer 10
• Windows Explorer
• Desktop
• Start Screen
• Control Panel
• Taskbar