15.ReviewyoursettingsandclickNext.
16.WhentheExpandingandinstallingleswindowopens,theserverwillrestart.Theserverwillrestart
multipletimesandtheprocesscantake30minutesorlonger.Whenawindowopensnotifyingyouthat
theinstallationissuccessful,theinstallationcompletes.
InstallingaMicrosoftWindowsSmallBusinessServer2011Essentials
operatingsystem
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallaMicrosoftWindowsSmallBusinessServer2011
Essentialsoperatingsystem.
Notes:
•Ensurethatyouhavepreparedalltherequireditemsbeforeinstallinganoperatingsystem.See“Before
installinganoperatingsystem”onpage1.
•Beforetheinstallation,ensurethattheserverhasatleast2GBofsystemmemoryand160GBoffree
spaceontheharddiskdriveforinstallingtheoperatingsystem.
•Followtheinstructionsonthescreeninadditiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
ToinstallaMicrosoftWindowsSmallBusinessServer2011Essentialsoperatingsystem,dothefollowing:
1.Inserttheoperatingsysteminstallationdiscintotheopticaldrivethatyouhavesetastherststartup
device.Then,starttheserverfromtheopticaldrive.
2.PressanykeyonthekeyboardassoonasthemessagePressanykeytobootfromCDorDVD...is
displayed.Then,theWindowssetupinitializationbegins.
3.IntheWindowsSmallBusinessServer2011window,clickNewinstallation.
4.Whenallharddiskdrivesavailableontheserveraredisplayed,clickIunderstandthatifIclickInstall,
alllesandfoldersonmyprimaryharddrivewillbedeleted,andthenclickInstall.Theinstallation
processstarts.Theserverwillrestartmultipletimesduringtheinstallationprocess.
Notes:
•IfyouclickInstall,alllesandfoldersonyourprimaryharddiskdrivewillbedeleted.
•Ifnoharddiskdrivesaredisplayed,thisindicatesthatyoudonothaveadevicedriverinstalled.
Toinstalladevicedriver,clickLoaddrivers.
•Theentireharddiskdrivewillbeusedasoneprimarypartitionandapartitionwillbeautomatically
createdafterthesetupprocessnishes.
5.Theinstallationprocesswillcontinueaftertheserverrestarts.IntheSetUpWindowsSmallBusiness
Server2011Essentialswindow,congurethefollowingoptionsandthenclickNext.
•Countryorregion
•Timeandcurrency
•Keyboardlayout
Note:AmessageAnetworkdevicedriverwasnotfoundmightbedisplayed,indicatingthattheserver
doesnothavetherequirednetworkdevicedriverinstalled.Toinstallthedevicedriver,clickInstall
networkdrivers.Afterthat,theserverwillrestart.
6.ClickChangesystemdateandtimesettingstosetthedateandtime.
7.SelectIacceptthelicenseterms(requiredtouseWindowsSmallBusinessServer2011Essentials)
andclickNext.
8.TypeyourproductkeyandclickNext.TheproductkeyinformationisavailableontheMicrosoft
CerticateofAuthenticitylabelorproductpackaging.
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