Project Description

This project was inspired by AutoSPInstaller. The idea is completely script the setup of a Windows Server machine. The script picks up immediately following the OS install and can take care of the following

Features

• Renaming Computer
• Setting Account Passwords
• Running Windows Update
• Settings IE Enhanced Security
• Installing Chocolately and selected packages (like boxstarter)
• Installing Active Directory (and creating any OUs and Account needed)
• Setting up DNS (and creating and records needed)
• Adding Windows Features
• Installing applications (SQL Server, Office, Visual Studio, etc)
• Executing AutoSPInstaler

And all of this is done via PowerShell and an XML Configuration file.

Steps to use are:

• Install Base OS (Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, and Windows 2008, 2008 R2)
• Download Script
• Extract to folder of your choice
• Create any answer files you need (Office, Visual Studio, SQL Server, AutoSPInstaller, etc)
• Edit ServerSetup.xml file and set the key items ** Passwords ** Installation Paths ** Answer Files
• Open PowerShell with RunAs Administrator
• Run ServerSetup.ps1
• Sit back and relax and watch the server build (or not and come back in about an hour to check on progress)

Note: A majority of the scripts until the utils folder have been gathered from other sources on the net. All original comments, licenses, and ownership information was maintained whenever possible.

Related Projects

• https://github.com/brianlala/AutoSPInstaller
• https://github.com/brianlala/AutoSPSourceBuilder
• https://autospinstaller.com/