Microsoft Windows Server Setup Race: 2008 R2 vs 2012 R2 vs 2016 vs 2019
Which version of Microsoft Windows Server operating system installs faster?
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Standard,
64-bit media (ISO), updated 11/21/2010
vs
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard,
64-bit media (ISO), updated 3/18/2014
vs
Windows Server 2016 Standard,
64-bit media (ISO), updated 2/4/2018
vs
Windows Server 2019 Standard,
64-bit media (ISO), updated 3/3/2021
To equalize the environment in which Windows Server will be installed as much as possible, the following measures are taken:
– All virtual machines are using the same NVMe PCIe 4 storage device
– On all virtual machines network adapter and sound card are disabled
– First boot from media is equalized for all virtual machines
– All virtual machines will be using 16 virtual CPU cores
– All sections during Windows Server install where user input is needed are normalized (duration is equal on all virtual machines)
Music: TechSmith
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