Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 Installation
January 12, 2017

Installing Windows Server 2016 onto VirtualBox

1) Downloaded server 2016 iso from technet site
2) Installed iso on VirtualBox
3) Gave it 30gigs hdd, dynamically allocated
4) 4gigs ram
5) Static ip
6) During installation, selected the Windows Server 2016 Data Center Evaluation (Desktop
Experience) OS
7) Name of machine: SRV-DC-A
8) Password for machine is Pa$$w0rd
9) To log in, 'ctrl+alt+delete' = host+delete
10) Set network to Internal Network
11) In the server, modified the network adapter settings:
11.1) Opened Network and Sharing Center
11.2) Clicked 'Change Adapter Settings'
11.3) Right clicked on my “intnet” network and selected Properties
11.4) Selected Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and clicked Properties
11.5) Created static IP of 123.1.1.1, Subnet mask of 255.255.255.1
11.6) Set Preferred DNS server to 123.1.1.1



Windows Server 2016 Journal

Active Directory

Authorizes and authenticates objects on the network
Windows Server
Installing Active Directory via Powershell


1. Open PowerShell as Administrator and enter the following commands: