PowerEdge: Windows Essentials Server 2016: Stopping at 16% At Initial Settings

In Windows Server 2016 Essentials, the initial settings hang at 16% according to the screens below. This issue occurs when installing the OS with the media shipped with the equipment.
 

Solution Steps

• Access the Advanced System Properties and change the server name as defined by the client and restart the machine.

Figure 3 Computer Name and Domain Changes

• Define a fixed IP on the server by Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) and Domain Name System (DNS).

   
Figure 4: Static IP address 
 

• Open the Server manager Dashboard and then go to Add Roles and Features.

  
Figure 5: Add roles and features

• Advance the following screen:
  
   

Figure 6: Before you begin

• Select the Role-based or Feature-based installation option and go ahead.
  
   

Figure 7: Select the installation type.

• Select the option selected below and advance.
  
   
  Figure 8: Select a destination server
    
• Add the "DNS Server" and "Active Directory Domain Services"
  
   

Figure 9: Select server roles.

• Select Add Features
  
   

Figure 10: Add Roles and features Wizard.

• The features page, keep it default and click next to proceed.

Figure 11: Select features.

•  In next windows it gives brief description about AD DS service. Click next to proceed.
  
   

Figure 12: Active Directory Domain Services

• Then it gives the confirmation about install, click install to start the role installation process.

Figure 13: Confirm installation selection.

• Wait for the added features and then advance again.

Figure 14: Installation progress

• Once installation completes, click the option promote this server to a domain controller.
  
   

Figure 15: promote this server to a domain controller.

• Select the Add a New Forest Option. For the Root Domain Name, type the name of the client domain.
  
   

Figure 16: Deployment Configuration 

• In this step important information is defined, such as forest and domain functional levels, installation and integration with DNS, Global Catalog and Domain Restore Password. Keep what is already selected, enter your recovery password and click the Next button.
  
   

Figure 17: Domain Controller Options

• A new search is performed on the network, now for the NETBIOS name. If there are no matches, the domain name is kept.

Figure 18: NetBIOS name Assignment

• This screen defines where the database, logs, and files of the domain will be written. Keep the pattern and click the Next button to move forward.
  
   

Figure 19: Specify the location of the AD DS database.

• This screen displays a report of everything that was selected/configured for the Domain deployment. A deployment script can be obtained by clicking the View script button.
• Click the Next button to proceed.

Figure 20:  Review Options

• The alert for DNS will be present again, check for further alerts if there is one, if the information does not appear All prerequisite checks passed successfully.
• Click the Install button to proceed.

Figure 21: Prerequisites Check

• After the installation the system restarts automatically. Once it comes back log in to the server as the domain admin.
  
   

Figure 22: Windows Login screen

• After restarting, the error may occur again as below.
  
   
   
• In this case click Retry and advance normally.