Lab Setup: Building Your First Windows Server 2022 VM | Ep. 1
Welcome to the first video of my Network Administration series! Today, we are building our lab environment from scratch. We’ll be setting up a fresh Virtual Machine in Oracle VirtualBox and performing a clean install of Windows Server 2022.
In this video:
✅ Creating the VM (and avoiding the "Unattended Install" trap)
✅ Configuring RAM and CPU for performance
✅ Selecting "Desktop Experience" (Don't miss this!)
✅ The first successful login
Download VirtualBox - www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Download Windows Server 2022 ISO - www.microsoft.com/evalcenter/download-windows-server-2022
Next Step: We will configure the network settings to get this server ready for Active Directory.
⚠️ Note
This video demonstrates a lab-based setup using VirtualBox and Windows Server.
Some configurations are simplified for learning purposes.
Production environments may require different best practices.
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