Occasionally, some people say that the server version is much better than the ordinary win10, and there is no chicken rib function such as Cortana and OneDrive. Take up less system resources, etc... Then find a preview version of Microsoft Windows Server 2019. Just a wave of experience.

The latest version: Build 17713.rs5_release.180706-1551

Too many words do not read the version: not suitable for production office environment installation, suitable for children who love to engage in the machine, after all, the preview version of the system will be reset.

Microsoft has announced that it will launch the Windows Server 2019 operating system in the second half of the year and will begin public testing for technicians. Any interested technician can participate in the Windows Server Insider program to obtain a new version of the operating system image file for deployment and installation. Microsoft has provided technicians with regular image and VHDX format virtual machine images in ISO format, which can be quickly deployed through virtual machine images. In addition, the regular version of the test version is called Windows Server vNext LTSC Preview, vNext means that the next generation version actually refers to 2019.

# Download Installation Activation

Prerequisites: Participate in the test plan

To download the image or virtual machine image must be downloaded through the official Microsoft website, and the Microsoft account must be involved in the test plan. The download link has all been added to the Token for verification, so the link shared by others or shared with you will not be downloaded.

The participation method is very simple : Open the Windows Insider official website After logging in with your Microsoft account and following the instructions on the page, you can participate.

About preview activation issues: Windows Server 2019 LTSC Build 17713 is available in 18 different language versions, provides downloads and deployments of ISO image files. This version and subsequent previews will be activated indefinitely with the following key, which is different for the Data Center and Standard Edition keys.

Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Preview Private Key:

6XBNX-4JQGW-QX6QG-74P76-72V67

Windows Server 2019 Standard Preview Private Key:

MFY9F-XBN2F-TYFMP-CCV49-RMYVH

Generally speaking, the installation process of downloading the ISO format file does not need to be activated. If the activation code is required, the above activation code is used. If you are unable to connect to the Windows activation server, just download the latest version to update the system. {% label warning@ (guessed because the old version turned off the activation verification channel)%}

# Some pits

The standard version of the system does not contain any special hardware drivers. After installation, nothing can be done except for the normal boot display. I can't even get online!

Since my computer is a laptop and there is no RJ45 interface, I can't use the wifi driver if the wifi driver is not installed. How to solve it?

1.Download the driver of your network card. Generally, you can find the driver and install the driver by searching for the corresponding model notebook.

2. Then add WLAN functionality to Server Manager.

Go to all servers, right click, select Add Roles and Features, select the function directly on the left, then pull to the end, you will find a Wireless LAN Service, check it, and install it. Under normal circumstances, you can use WiFi directly after restarting.

Due to the preview version, some features are not perfect. For example: win+shift+S Screen Sketch function Cannot save to clipboard. Win+Tab Desktop Preview cannot display recently used files. The task manager information is incomplete, and the process page cannot display disk, network, GPU occupancy. Click time cannot view Calendar.

# Postscript

Haven't found any other bugs yet. At present, it is slightly more comfortable to use than win10. The heat control and the CPU usage during standby are very low. I feel very suitable for old notebooks.

The overall use experience is like a reduced version of win10, each function needs to be installed by itself, requires strong hands-on and Google capabilities.

By the way, before installing the new system, it is best to download the chrome offline installation package and put it on other storage media, because the default "Internet Explorer enhanced security configuration is enabled" anyway, I can't use the browser that comes with the system. Click inside the download button of chrome official website, it seems that javascript is disabled.

Welcome everyone to come to the pit~