Install Windows Server
Install Windows Server
1. Connect the keyboard, monitor, mouse, and other required peripherals to your system.
2. Turn on the system and the connected peripherals.
3. When the Dell EMC logo is displayed, press F10, and then select Entering Lifecyle
Controller.
From the Available Operating Systems list, select Microsoft Windows Server 2019, and then click Next.
Select whether you want to deploy the operating system in UEFI or BIOS mode, and then click Next.
On the Select Installation Mode page, select Manual Install, and then click Next.
If a Windows operating system is already installed on your system, the following message is displayed:
After the files are loaded, select the language in which you want to install the operating system.
Figure 8. Select the language, time and currency format, and keyboard or input method. Select the
language, time and currency format, and keyboard or input method.
Click Install now.
Figure 10. Select the operating system you want to install. Select the operating system.
Read the license agreement information. Select the I accept the license terms check box, if you agree to
the license terms, and then click Next.
In the Where do you want to install Windows? window, select the unallocated space on which you want
to install the operating system. To create a partition:
Click New.
Figure 14. Enter or select the size of the partition. Enter or select the size of the partition.
The following message is displayed:
To ensure that all Windows features work correctly, Windows might create additional partition for
system files
Click OK.
NOTE: The recommended minimum partition size for the primary partition is 40 GB and for the
Essentials Edition is 60 GB. If you are installing additional memory module on your system, you may
require extra primary partition space to accommodate the page file and hibernation file. During
installation, a recommended partition size is displayed on the screen based on the memory size of
your system. Follow the instructions on the screen. If you select Core installation, you require less disk
space for the primary partition.
Figure 15. Windows might create additional partitions for system files. Displays Windows might create
additional partitions for system files.
Select the newly created operating system partition, and then click Next.
Figure 16. Enter or select the size of the partition. Enter or select the size of the partition.
The system reboots after the operating system is installed.
Enter administrator password, reenter to confirm the password, and then click Finish.
NOTE: Windows Server 2019 Essentials do not include the Essentials Experience role. Windows
Server 2019 Essentials can be configured as a domain controller by installing the Active Directory
domain services role from Server Manager.
It is recommended that you install the latest hotfixes and security updates from Microsoft after installing
Windows Server 2019. You can install these hotfixes and security updates by downloading them or by
using the Windows updates available for your system.