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Installing a Windows Server in my Homelab, am I crazy?

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Installing a Windows Server in my Homelab, am I crazy?

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Am I crazy? Why do I install a Windows Server in my Home lab? In this video I'll show you how to install and set up a Windows Server 2022 as a virtual machine on Proxmox, and how to use it as an Active Directory Domain Controller for testing.

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