In order to install Windows Server 2022,
let's cover the versions of this new operating system so you can
make a good decision of which one to install.
First off, let's cover the requirements.
For a processor,
you need 1.4 GHz, it has to be 64‑bit, it needs to support NX and DEP,
and you have to support second‑level address translation,
that's EPT or NPT.
All modern processors should meet these requirements.
For RAM, you need 512 MB for the server core,
2 GB for the desktop experience installation of this operating system.
In storage, you have to have PCI Express now.
You can't use PATA or ATA or IDE or EIDE, and it has to have 32 GB.
We need to have the Trusted Platform Module.
If you're unfamiliar with this,
it's a little chip on your server that identifies it and
also works with offloading some of the certificate
processing. For the network card,
Gigabit Ethernet and UEFI for the firmware that supports Secure Boot.
Now, the versions of Windows Server 2022.
We have the Standard Edition, Datacenter Edition,
and then something new, the Windows Server Datacenter: Azure Edition,
and the Azure Stack hyperconverged infrastructure,
otherwise known as the Azure Stack HCI.
Let's take a look at these individually.
With the Windows Server Standard Edition,
you can have two guest virtual machines and one Hyper‑V host.
You're limited to two Hyper‑V isolated containers with this.
The Enterprise Edition, you have software‑defined networking.
This is an industry standard where you have a centralized
location where you can control both your physical network
devices and your virtual network devices.
We're talking routers, switches, gateways, all of it in one place.
We have an unlimited Storage Replica and Storage Spaces Direct,
which takes local hard drives on your machine and makes an array out of them.
This is a whole heck of a lot cheaper and simpler to operate and deploy
than your typical NAS or SAN for your storage needs.
We have the Host Guardian Hyper‑V Support,
which essentially takes the virtual machines and assures that they're
secure so we can have shielded virtual machines.
And then we get to the Windows Server Datacenter: Azure Edition.
This provides hot patching, SMB over QUIC,
and the Azure extended network,
which are going to be covered later in this course.
Then finally, the Azure HCI.
This is delivered as an Azure service, and it enables Azure Arc.
This is a new management scenario where you have your Hyper‑V environment,
you have your on‑premises servers, your on‑premises devices,
and then you have your Azure resources.
Well, now they can be managed in one centralized location with the Azure portal,
meaning that your hybrid resources exist side by side in the Azure portal.
This allows you to use Azure Backup, Azure Monitor,
and the Azure Security Center with your local on‑premises resources.
So those are the versions of Windows Server 2022,
the Standard, Datacenter, Datacenter Azure Edition,
and the Azure HCI.
Now let me show you how to install the Windows Server 2022 Enterprise Azure Edition.