Installing Microsoft Server 2008 On VMware Server 2.0

Today we will be installing Microsoft Server 2008 on VMware 2.0 which eventually will be our domain controller. read our previous article How To Create a Virtual Machine on VMware 2.0 and we will take it from there.

If you don’t have Windows Server 2008, download the trial version from Microsoft from the following link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B6E99D4C-A40E-4FD2-A0F7-32212B520F50&WT.sp=_technet_,dcsjwb9vb00000c932fd0rjc7_5p3t&displaylang=en that should be enough for you to play for more than 6 months. then you can uninstall it.

Once you download the ISO image, logon to your VMware Infrastructure Web Access, and click on the virtual machine you created following the tutorial above, then right click on the CD/DVD Drive and select Edit:

Then right at the bottom select ISO Image.

Now, minimize the browser and copy the Windows Server 2008 ISO Image you downloaded from Microsoft to your Virtual Machines directory. in my case that directory will be C:\Virtual Machines\Server 2008. now go back to the browser again, and click on Browse and the Server 2008 ISO image should show up at the directory like the image below:

Select the ISO Image and click OK.  now you should be ready to start.

Power on your virtual machine.

After a few seconds of loading, the following window should come up:

Choose your settings and click on Next.

The Install Now button will come up.

Click on Install Now.

next, the activation button will come up. and because we don’t have an activation key for this server, we won’t put any. just click Next.

You will get the following warning:

and assuming you are installing Windows Server 2008 just for testing clicking NO should be fine. otherwise you probably will need to buy a license when the trial period expires.

Next, select the edition of Windows you purchased ( downloaded) from Microsoft. Windows Server 2008 Standard ( Full Installation)

check “I have selected the edition of windows that I purchased” and click on Next.

Next, the license terms. check ” I accept the license terms”

Click on Next, after agreeing the license terms.

Next, choose the type of the installation you want. the Upgrade option should be grey-out, so choose the custom (advanced) options.

Choose, Custom (Advanced) option.

Next, Installer will ask you where you want to install Windows Server 2008. of course we only have one drive on the VM machine. so choose that:

click Next, after selecting your drive.

Windows should start installing at this point.

That should take awhile…

the above window should come up after windows rebooting.

Windows completing installation.

 

After awhile, windows will ask you that the password needs to be changed before logging in the first time:

Click OK.

choose your password for the administrator user.

After changing the password, windows should start preparing your desktop for the first time.

Wait a little bit, and windows will load.

 

the first thing you should do when windows loads, is to change the time zone. on the Initial Configuration Task page that comes up the first time, click on Set Time Zone:

click on Change Time Zone on the window that pops up, and choose your zone, and click OK.

 

Now server 2008 should be installed on your VM machine.

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