Minimum and recommended system requirements

As with the installation of previous versions of Windows Server, pay attention to the minimum hardware requirements. Windows Server 2016 has the same minimum hardware requirements as Windows Server 2012. Thus, it is required that you have the following or better hardware to install Windows Server 2016:

• Processor: 1.4 GHz with 64-bit architecture
• RAM: 512 MB
• HDD: 32 GB
• Monitor: It must support Super VGA (1024 x 768) resolution and above
• Other hardware: Has support for optical disk drives such as DVDs and support for SSDs with USB, keyboard, and mouse
• Internet connection: cable or DSL connection

However, if you want to avoid slow performance of your server then there are also recommended system requirements:

• Processor: 2.0 GHz or higher
• RAM: 32 GB or higher
• HDD: 1 TB
• Monitor: It must support Super VGA (1024 x 768) resolution and above
• Other hardware: Has support for optical disk drives such as DVDs, support for SSDs with USB, keyboard, and mouse
• Internet connection: cable or DSL connection
• Network access: at least one Gigabit Ethernet NIC