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How To Setup Windows Server

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Windows Server is a brand of server operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation that supports enterprise level management, data storage, applications and communications. Windows Server acts as a server or data center which plays a role in managing the server network.

Then the thing we set is a network that functions to connect the server to the client computer/laptop. First we install a Windows Server OS on VMware.

Here's how to install Windows Server via WMware:

1) The first step is to prepare VMware and OS from Windows Server.

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2) After that, pay attention to the column below. For Setup Language, just select English, then Time and Currency Format select Indonesian, then Keyboard or Input Method select US - English and after that Next.

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3) Select the Operating System on Windows Server Datacenter Evaluation (Desktop Experimental).

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4) Then check the license conditions and press Next.

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5) Because you are installing Windows for the first time, select Custom: Install Windows Only.

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6) Then select the first allocated drive in VMware, namely Drive 0 Unallocated Space and click Next.

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7) After completing everything, wait for Windows to complete the installation.

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8) Enter the Username for the Server and a Password that is easy to remember.

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9) Then the Windows Server initial display appears and we enter the password that we have created.

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After we installed a Windows Server we continued to install and setup a Web Server on Windows Server. We use IIS (Internet Information Service).

Here's how to install a Web Server in Windows Server:

1) Install IIS in Server Manager via Add Roles and Features.

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2) Then click Next.

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3) After that add DNS and Web Server (IIS).

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4) How to access it is through Server Manager, go to Tools and look for Internet Information Service (IIS) Manager.

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5) Then we enter the initial Internet Information Service (IIS) display.

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6) Enter the IP of the Server on the Web on the Server and Client.

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7) Then this is what the Web Server looks like on the Client.

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