The installation process for Microsoft operating systems in general has improved dramatically over the past 15 years. I assume that a lot of you,, as IT professionals, are also the de facto neighborhood computer guy, being constantly asked by friends and family to fix or rebuild their computers. If you're anything like me, this means you are still occasionally rebuilding operating systems such as Windows XP. Looking at the bright blue setup screens and finding a keyboard with the F8 key are imperative to this process. To spend 2 hours simply installing the base operating system and bringing it up to the highest service pack level is pretty normal. Compared to that timeline, installation of a modern operating system such as Windows Server 2019 is almost unbelievably fast and simple.
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