
c) Create the Administrator user account and Standard user account and complete the installation.
13. In the Settings screen, enter the password, confirm the password, and click Finish.
14. The system is locked now and you can log into the system by pressing <Ctrl+Alt+Delete>.
15. Enter the Administrator password and press <Enter> to log into the system.
The operating system installation is now complete.
NOTE: After you log into the system, you can use the Server Manager Dashboard to configure and manage
different roles and features in the operating system.
Partitioning A Drive
Drive partitioning allows you to divide a physical hard drive into multiple virtual hard drives. Each virtual hard drive is
called a partition. There are two types of partition schemes:
• Master boot record scheme
• GUID partition table scheme
Master Boot Record Scheme
Master boot record (MBR) scheme is a legacy partition scheme that can be used by most operating systems. The total
data storage space of a computer hard drive is divided into at most four primary partitions.
GUID Partition Table Scheme
GUID partition table (GPT) scheme is a new standard for the layout of the partition table on a physical hard drive. It is
part of the extensible firmware interface (EFI) standard, which is a replacement for the system BIOS.
Choosing Between Partition Schemes
NOTE: To change your partition scheme from BIOS to UEFI and vice versa during POST, press <F2> , select Boot
Settings, and press <Enter>. Change the value of <Boot Mode> to BIOS or UEFI. For more information, follow steps
1 to 9 in “Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Using Unified Server Configurator (USC)”.
The main considerations for choosing between the partition schemes are:
• Hard drive size
• Operating system version
• Software tools used in the operating system
The MBR partition scheme is used across older versions of Microsoft operating systems. MBR partitioning scheme
supports a volume size smaller than 2 TB. Use the GPT partition scheme for newer operating systems such as Windows
Sever 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Small Business Server 2008, Windows Small
Business Server 2011 and hard drive sizes larger than 2 TB.
NOTE: GPT boot (UEFI boot) is supported only on 11th generation servers onwards.
NOTE: It is recommended that you use the GPT partition scheme as it is more flexible, supports larger hard drive
sizes, and has a number of features and recovery mechanisms that are not available in the MBR partition scheme.
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