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Windows Server (2019) ​

Windows server really sucks, but if you need it for some reason, here are my notes.

Base install ​

Important information related to the base install.

Enable WiFi ​

WiFi is something you'd rather not use for a server, as it can be very instable. If you need it though, the following command can help:

powershell
Get-WindowsFeature *Wireless*
Install-WindowsFeature -Name Wireless-Networking

Hyper-V ​

When managing VMs in a Windows Server environment, you will probably use Hyper-V.

Weird annoyances with Hyper-V ​

  • Hyper-V maximizes the RAM you can give a VM at 12288 GB.
  • Hyper-V maximizes the VHD space you can give a VM at 64TB.
  • For some reason, booting from .img files (such as from OPNsense) is not possible.
  • You cannot mount external devices to a VM, except for external drives by a really dumb way.
  • You cannot do PCI/USB passthrough.