# Windows server Installation

Make sure you grab your ISOs from the microsoft website and a cup of tea ready before setting up the windows server installler.

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Continue without the product key , It will automatically assign the 6 months of trial subscription and If you have the product key then proceed entering it here.

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Ensure that you always choose for the desktop exprience versions only otherwise you will land directly into the windows server terminal and might be waiting for the GUI :joy:

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Select the appropriate drives and then proceed further with the installation

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Withing few mins the windows server will be up & running & then we will proceed further with the configuration

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Upon installation of windows server we will now have the prompt to enter the super strong password and then continue further.

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Here the windows server is sucessfully installed and we will now have to press `Ctrl+Alt+Delete` to unlock the login screen.

We will now confinue the further configuration in the upcoming sections..