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SBS 2008 Install process (in pictures)

Having announced the SBS preview at SBS 2008 RC0 Public Preview I’ve tried to capture the SBS install process in pictures – I don’t think it needs much explanation.  If you have an OEM then much of this will be resolved by the Answer kit.  To find out about the OEM install process, have a look at TechNet Edge Video- SBS 2008 setup.

 

Other blogger's have covered the release:

http://sbs.seandaniel.com/2008/05/windows-small-business-server-2008_28.html

http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2008/05/28/announcing-small-business-server-2008-rc0-public-preview.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/sbsaustralia/archive/2008/05/29/sbs-2008-public-beta-now-available-come-get-it.aspx

 

 

SBS 2008 starts with something akin to Windows Server 2008 and / or Vista Setup

boot2-1   winpe01  winpe02 

boot 4 boot 5 boot 6

boot2-2

 

Once this is completed, there are extra steps that are specific to SBS 2008:

It is possible that your system does not meet quite the right specification – mine has less than 4GB of RAM, while not a blocker, is a warning!finish01  finish02 

You need to set the clock correctly (time and time zone) to ensure all the certificates work correctly

 finish03 finish05 

Install updates is a good idea!!

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Some more installs

finish07 finish08 

Enter the information about your organisation

 finish10 finish11 

Now it tries to name your domain, user etc.

finish12 finish14 finish15 finish16 

 

The marketing messages while install happens:

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finish20 finish21 finish22 

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That is the setup part of the process done.  The next entry will be the SBS console process to finish the install (and a few mistakes I made).  See all the other SBS 2008 items at http://davidoverton.com/blogs/doverton/archive/tags/SBS+2008/default.aspx

 

ttfn

David

Posted Thu, May 29 2008 10:20 AM by David Overton
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Partner Perspectives wrote While I'm on the topic of SBS...
on Fri, May 30 2008 3:24 PM

Today I had lunch with Dave Overton and two of our SBSC partners (Gareth Brown and Vijay Singh ) - we

The Official SBS Blog wrote SBS 2008 how-to info on David Overton's blog
on Tue, Jun 3 2008 11:57 PM

For some great SBS 2008 "how to" guidance, be sure to check out David Overton's blog . SBS 2008 Install

Kanak wrote re: SBS 2008 Install process (in pictures)
on Wed, Jun 4 2008 10:54 PM

Excellent!! Gives me confidence as i know what would be install process when i get a chance to work on Cougar.

Martin Pavlis - KPCS CZ, s.r.o., www.kpcs.cz wrote SBS 2008: Nahlednete do pristi verze
on Thu, Jun 12 2008 12:59 PM

SBS 2008: Nahlednete do pristi verze

TechNet Blog CZ/SK wrote SBS 2008: Nahlednete do pristi verze
on Thu, Jun 12 2008 1:00 PM

Pokud se zajímáte o nový SBS 2008 a rádi byste se na něj jen tak “koukli”, můžete navštívit blog Davida

Binu wrote re: SBS 2008 Install process (in pictures)
on Wed, Jun 18 2008 3:11 AM

Nice... Now we know what screen should appear while running the Setup.

Will be helpful while installing SBS 2008...

Jassy wrote re: SBS 2008 Install process (in pictures)
on Thu, Jun 19 2008 7:37 PM

Cool .. Nothing more descriptive than this !!

Dean wrote re: SBS 2008 Install process (in pictures)
on Thu, Jul 3 2008 2:21 AM

There is a Step-by-Step video which demonstrates SBS 2008 installation at:

www.netometer.com/.../sbs-2008-installation

I would add that you can meet two types of errors during the installation – Blocking and Warning errors. If you do not meet the minimum requirements for partition size – 40GB (40960MB), and Memory – 2GB, you are getting a Blocking error which effectively means that you can not proceed.

The Screencast at NetoMeter.com demonstrates such a scenario too.

Regards,

Dean

Andrew wrote re: SBS 2008 Install process (in pictures)
on Thu, Jul 31 2008 6:06 PM

One additional thing I thought I would comment is that SBS 2008 RC0, which appears to be what you installed, will allow you to install with only 2GB Ram, giving you a warning.  There is on the other hand RC1 which is available now and unfortuneately it got changed from a warning to a block.  You can not install RC1 without 4GB minimum ram.

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Hit the ground running wrote Running with SBS – I have the Answerfile
on Tue, Oct 7 2008 9:05 PM

Problem 1 getting SBS running in a test and dev environment…. The solution, using an 8Gb shuttle we set

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Abs wrote re: SBS 2008 Install process (in pictures)
on Tue, Jan 18 2011 7:48 AM

i have the same server, can u plz provide me the steps to join additional domain controller, because i m trying to add additional domain but it's giving an  error, replication failed to allocate memory, i have configured forwadr and reverse zone but the error still persist, can any1 help

Alicia Edward wrote re: SBS 2008 Install process (in pictures)
on Mon, Sep 5 2011 10:34 AM

this is so cool ... and i found it so interesting, Abs I have never experienced such a issue on my server, hope you find it's solution soon and if you find then do share it here as well .

David Overton wrote re: SBS 2008 Install process (in pictures)
on Sat, Sep 10 2011 10:47 AM

Abs, Are you running Windows Server 2003 or above?  You need to lift the AD domain and forest level up to 2003 at least.

David

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