Installing Hyper-V Server 2012 R2

This blogs walks you thru the installation process of standalone edition of Microsoft’s server virtualization platform, i.e. Hyper-V Server 2012 R2Hyper-V Server 2012 R2. Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 is a hypervisor-based server virtualization product that enables you to consolidate workloads, helping your organization improve server utilization and reduce costs.Below are the quick and easy steps with screenshots of the process.

First, start the computer from the installation media. You can get the media either from your Microsoft subscription or from here.
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Click <Install now> , and then accept the license terms.
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As the installation proceeds, the computer will restart several times. When the installation is complete, you will have the opportunity to set up the Administrator account credential.

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Click <OK>.
Type a strong password for the Administrator account, confirm it, and then press ENTER. Finally, you get to see the welcome screen which is not really kind of <welcoming>. Smile

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