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Windows Server 2022 Installation Guide: Step-by-Step

If you’re planning to deploy Windows Server 2022 try it with voxfor, it’s crucial to understand the installation process to ensure a smooth setup. This guide provides a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to installing the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2022, focusing on the Server Standard edition.

We’ll walk you through obtaining the Windows Server 2022 ISO, navigating through the installation wizard, and setting up your server environment. With Windows Server approaching its end of life, it’s important to get your server configured correctly and efficiently. Follow these instructions to successfully install and configure your server before the transition to newer versions becomes necessary.

A Quick Guide:

To install Windows Server 2022, start by subscribing to a plan on the Voxfor website and confirming your subscription. Next, prepare your server by loading the Windows Server 2022 ISO image and rebooting the system. During the boot process, select your language settings, choose the installation edition, and proceed with the setup.

Configure partitions and install necessary drivers from the “virtio” ISO. Once the installation is complete, reboot the server, log in, set up user accounts, enable remote desktop, and update drivers. Finally, check for and install any system updates to finish the setup.

Voxfor Lifetime Server Offer

First you have to go to the voxfor website and then move to hetzner vps price.

To subscribe to a plan, follow these steps:

  • First Scroll down and select Windows Server 2022.
  • You can select the 7 days trial only for $1 or just choose the plan you need
  • Choose the “Purchase Plan” option.
windows server 2022 OS Lifetime VPS

On the new page, sign up by entering your details.

Complete all steps and you’ll receive an email from Voxfor confirming your subscription.

Windows Server 2022 Order Summary

Your Server is ready

After following all the above steps you’ll receive a confirmation email from voxfor confirming your subscription and the server information.

Windows Server 2022 information email

Windows 2022 Server Installation Steps:

1. Voxfor Client Area:

After getting the confirmation email from voxfor, you just need to click on the services as shown in the below image:

Voxfor Control Panel

2. Prepare Your Server:

Access the Voxfor management interface, select and click on your (VOXFORLIFE) server from the list Under Services as shown in image below

Windows server 2022 Service

3. Service Management:

Locate the “Service Management” section on your dashboard.

Click on the “ISO Images” option, which is represented by an icon with a disc and the text “ISO Images”.

Windows Server 2022 ISO Image

4. ISO Images:

Windows Server 2022 download or ISO for installation: In the search box, type the “Windows” and press Enter.

From the list of available ISO images, locate “Windows Server 2022 English.”

To load the ISO image, click on the refresh icon button next to “Windows Server 2022 English”.

Windows Server 2022 availalbe ISO

After this you will get a confirmation dialogue box and you just need to click on the confirm button as you can see in the below image.

windows server ISO imge confirmation

5. Reboot To Load ISO Image:

Return to the main service management page.

In the “Service Actions” section, click on the “Reboot” option to load the ISO image.

Reboot To Load Windows Server 2022 ISO

A confirmation box will appear asking, “Are you sure that you want to reboot this virtual machine?” Click “Confirm” to proceed.

reboot virtual machine windows server

6. Navigate To Console:

In the “Service Management” section, click on the “Console” option to navigate to the console.

Console Option Service Management

7. Windows Server 2022 Boot Menu:

On the console screen, you will see the Windows Server 2022 iso boot menu. Select the Language to install, set time and currency format and keyboard and input method and then press Next.

Windows Server 2022 Boot Menu

To proceed with configuring the Server Core installation, click Install Now.

Windows Server 2022 Core Installation

8. Choose Operating System:

The setup wizard lists the install options below. In this list, editions without Desktop Experience are the Server Core install options

  • Windows Server Standard
  • Windows Server Standard with Desktop Experience
  • Windows Server Datacenter
  • Windows Server Datacenter with Desktop Experience

Choose the operating system you would like to install, which in this case is Windows Server 2022 Standard (Desktop Experience). Depending on the license that you have, you may select Windows Server 2022 Datacenter as well. The options with the suffix Desktop Experience should not be selected because they will not install the Server Core edition.

Windows Server 2022 Standard

Accept the License Terms for Windows Server Core 2022. Click Next.

Microsoft License Terms

Select the Server Core Installation Type: Upgrade or Custom. Selecting Upgrade will upgrade the existing server to the core edition. Since we are installing Windows Server 2022 Core on a VM, select Custom.

Installing Windows Server 2022 Custom

9. Load Virtio ISO Image:

Go to the services again and in the search box, type “virtio” and press Enter. From the list of available ISO images, locate “virtio-win-0.1.248.iso”. To load the ISO image, click on the refresh icon button next to “virtio-win-0.1.248.iso.” We are doing this because we need to install the driver during the installation.

Load Virtio ISO

After this you will get a confirmation dialogue box and you just need to click on the confirm button as you can see in the below image.

Mount Virtio ISO

10. load Drive:

Click on the load drive as you can see in the below image.

Microsoft Server Load Driver

You have to select Browse from the load driver menu as you can see the image below:

Select Driver

You can select the CD Drive option under This PC as you can also see in the image.

Select Drive D

In the drop down menu of CD-Drive you have to click on NetKVM.

NetKVM

In the drop down menu of NetKVM you have to click on amd64.

AMD64

In the dropdown menu of amd64 you have to find 2k22 and click on that.

2k22

After this you will get the below image and you have to click on next.

Proceed To install Driver

11. Load Windows Server 2022 ISO Image:

After completing this step you need to go once again in Services and in the search box, type the “Windows Server 2022” and press Enter.

From the list of available ISO images, locate “Windows Server 2022”

To load the ISO image, click on the refresh icon button next to “Windows Server 2022.”

Load Windows Server 2022 ISO Image

Here, you will get a confirmation dialogue box and you just need to click on the confirm button as you can see in the below image.

mount ISO image

12. Release Storage:

Select the Disk for installing Windows Server 2022 Standard (Desktop Experience). First you have to release some space by selecting and clicking on Delete as shown in the image.

Release Storage From Drive

After this you can get a confirmation box and you have to click OK

partition confirmation

Same step you will do for this option also.

partition second drive

After this you can get a confirmation box and you have to click OK.

confrim partition second drive

Next, click on “New” to create a new partition for the installation of Windows Server 2022. Select the desired size, click on “Apply”.

new partition

After this, a confirmation box will appear. You will need to click “OK”.

disk partition confirmation

Now, select the partition you created for the installation of the operating system and click “Next.”

Install Operating System On Partition

Windows Server 2022 Core Installation begins now. All you need to do is wait a few minutes to complete the installation. While the installation is in progress, if you’re feeling too sleepy, why not grab a cup of coffee?

The Server 2022 installation should be quick, with the entire process taking no more than 5-10 minutes. This completes the steps to install Windows Server 2022 Standard (Desktop Experience).

Windows Server 2022 Core Installation

You may click “Restart Now,” but if you do not, the system will automatically reboot after 10 seconds.

reboot System

13. Administrator Account Creation:

Next, you will need to enter your login password and retype it for confirmation. After this, click on “Finish.”

Administrator Account Creation

Press “Alt+Ctrl+Del” to log in to your operating system.

Windows Login Screen

Enter the password, you set during the installation.

Windows Administrator Password

After a successful login, you will access the Windows Server 2022.

Windows Server 2022 Interface

14. Server Manager:

Type server in the search box and click on Server Manager.

Windows Server Manager

The Control Panel is available in the same way as it is on conventional Windows operating systems, so you can start customizing your server from here or explore more possibilities there. After this you have to select a local server.

Server Manager Dashboard

15. Enhanced Security Manager:

In the server manager find If Enhanced Security Manager and click at ON as you can see in the below image.

Windows Enhanced Security Manager

After selecting “ON” you have a new menu and click on “OFF ” at Administrators and Users.

Enhanced Security Manager Configuration

In the server manager screen you need to find the remote desktop and click on disabled written in front of Remote desktop as you can see in the below image.

Server Manager Remote Desktop

After this you will see the system properties menu in which you have to select Allow remote connections to the computer, then click on apply and click next.

Allow Remote Connection

16. Voxfor User Interference:

After this you have to go to the dashboard of voxfor and click on ISO Images.

Navigate To ISO Images

In the search bar type “virtio” and press enter then you can see the image below where you can select the 2nd option as you can see in the image.

virtio

After this you will get a confirmation dialogue box and you just need to click on the confirm button as you can see in the below image.

virto confirmation

17. Device Manager:

To access the Device Manager, please follow these steps:

  1. Go to the search bar on your taskbar.
  2. Type “device” in the search field.
  3. Select “Device Manager” from the search results, as illustrated in the accompanying image.
Windows Device Manager

After opening the Device Manager, follow these steps:

  1. Locate and right-click on “Ethernet Controller.”
  2. Select “Update Drivers” from the context menu.
Update Ethernet Driver

Next, click on “Browse my computer for drivers”.

|Install Driver Manually

Afterward, click on “Browse”

Browse Driver

Then, you will see a new menu. Click on “CD Drive,” as shown in the image.

Virtio Windows

Next, click on “NetKVM,” as shown in the image.

Browser NetKVM

After this, select “2k22” from the options shown in the image below.

Browse 2k22

Select the directory “amd64” and click on “Next”.

Browse amd64 Folder

After completing all these steps, simply click on “Next”.

select amd64 and continue

Now, your Ethernet drivers have been installed. Click on “No,” as shown in the image below.

Ethernet drivers Installed

Windows has successfully updated your drivers. Simply click on “Close”.

Driver successfully updated

18. Command Prompt:

Left-click on the Command Prompt and select “Run as administrator”.

Windows Command Prompt

19. Verify Ethernet Drivers:

To verify your Ethernet drivers, you can perform a ping test from the Command Prompt. Type ping 8.8.8.8. If your drivers are working correctly, you will see successful ping responses.

Verify Ethernet Drivers

20. Voxfor Products And Services:

Once again, navigate to the services section of Voxfor.

Voxfor Products And Services

21. Server Information:

Copy the IP Address. In this case, the IP Address is 5.161.235.159, as shown in the image below.

Server Information

22. Remote Desktop Connection:

Now, go to the search box and type “remote.” Click on “Remote Desktop Connection,” as shown in the image.

Windows Remote Desktop Connection

Paste the IP Address that you copied from the Voxfor dashboard into the provided field, and then click on “Connect,” as shown in the image.

Remote Desktop Connection IP

You will now see a pop-up where you need to enter your credentials. In the username field, type “Administrator.” Then, enter the password you set during the installation.

Windows Security Credentials

After this, you will receive a pop-up message from Remote Desktop Connection. Check the box that says “Don’t ask me again for connections to this computer,” and then click on “Yes.”

Remote Connection Authenticated

Now, you will see that your Remote Desktop Connection is connecting to the server.

Connect Remote Desktop

After the connection is established, you will have successfully entered your operating system.

Remote Desktop connection is established

23. Check Windows Updates:

Now, search for “updates” in the search box and click on “Check for updates.”

Check for updates

If you find any updates, click on “Install now,” as shown in this case.

Install Windows Update

Conclusion

Congratulations! You now have an installation of Windows 2022 Server up and running. Rocky Linux is a powerful and stable distribution, perfect for servers and workstations alike. Ready for more? Choose Voxfor for your server needs and enjoy the simplicity of a ready-to-use server with Rocky Linux installed, available in just two minutes. Visit Voxfor to get started today! Thank you for following this guide. For more tips and tutorials, stay tuned to our website. If you have any questions or need further assistance, feel free to reach out to our support team.For further installation guides, visit the Voxfor website where you can find information on Almalinux, CentOS 7.9, and windows 2019 server.

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