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            <h1>Running a Windows Server 2025 VM in Proxmox VE</h1>
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	<li>Log into the Proxmox web UI</li>
	<li>Select a storage from the left navigation pane to download the .iso to</li>
	<li>Select ISO Images in the left sub-navigation pane</li>
	<li>If running Proxmox 6, download the Server 2025 iso <a href="https://archive.org/search?query=windows+server+2025&amp;and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22software%22" target="_blank">Download</a> and the VirtIO driver iso <a href="https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.iso" target="_blank">Download</a> and upload them both to the Proxmox ISO image library</li>
	<li>If on Proxmox 7, click Download from URL and paste the download URLs from above &gt; Click Query URL &gt; Click Download</li>
	<li>Right click the Proxmox node name &gt; Create VM</li>
	<li>Give the VM a unique ID and Name &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Set the Type to Microsoft Windows and Version to 11/2022 and select the Server 2025 iso, Check the box for VirtIO drivers &gt; select the VirtIO driver iso</li>
	<li>On the System tab, set the BIOS to SeaBIOS, Choose to enable/disable TPM and set the TPM Storage device, Check the Qemu Agent box and set the SCSI Controller to VirtIO SCSI &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the Disks tab, set the Storage device and Disk size to at least 30GB, Bus/Device to VirtIO Block and Cache to Write back &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the CPU tab, set Cores to 2 or more and the Type to host &gt; Next</li>
	<li>On the Memory tab, set the Memory to 4096 or more &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Leave the defaults on the Network tab &gt; Next</li>
	<li>Verify the summary and click Finish</li>
	<li>Select the Server 2025 VM &gt; Hardware</li>
	<li>Click the Add dropdown &gt; CD/DVD Drive</li>
	<li>Double click the new CD/DVD Drive &gt; Select Use CD/DVD disc image file (iso) &gt; Select the storage where the VirtIO driver iso was downloaded &gt; Select the virtio .iso file &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Right click the Server 2025 VM in the left navigation pane &gt; Start</li>
	<li>Click console in the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>If prompted, press a key to boot to the CD/DVD drive</li>
	<li>Set the Language settings &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Set the Keyboard settings &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Click the I agree everything will be deleted checkbox &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Enter a product key or select I don&#39;t have a product key &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Select the desired edition &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>On the License Terms screen click Accept</li>
	<li>Click Load Driver &gt; Browse &gt; Expand the VirtIO driver disc &gt; Navigate to amd64\2k22 &gt; Click OK &gt; Next</li>
	<li>With the Unallocated Space selected, click Next</li>
	<li>Click Install</li>
	<li>Wait for Windows to copy files, the VM will reboot several times</li>
	<li>If prompted, enter a Product Key or click Do this later</li>
	<li>Enter and confirm a password for the Administrator account &gt; Click Finish</li>
	<li>Select the Keyboard icon &gt; Ctrl-Alt-Del</li>
	<li>Input the administrator password and login</li>
	<li>Welcome to Windows Server 2025</li>
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<h2>Optional Steps</h2>

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	<li>Open File Explorer &gt; Navigate into the VirtIO Disc &gt; Right click virtio-win-guest-tools.exe &gt; Run as administrator</li>
	<li>Step through the installer, accepting all the defaults</li>
	<li>After the installation completes shutdown the VM</li>
	<li>Back in the Proxmox web UI, select Hardware from the left sub-navigation menu</li>
	<li>Select the CD/DVD drive with the VirtIO iso attached &gt; Remove &gt; Yes</li>
	<li>Double click the remaining CD/DVD drive &gt; Select Do not use any media &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Click Start at the top right of the screen restart the VM</li>
	<li>Click console in the left sub-navigation menu</li>
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