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hz-3170 asked HansZaunere-5191 answered

Win 2022 Optional features Install

Hello,

I have a 2022 Server Datacenter on Azure and I installed the optional features ISO. It installs, and upon reboot is asking to select language, country, etc. though RDP doesn't work. I see the screen through Boot Diagnostics.

How can I interact with it to finish the setup? I've tried the serial console, but it just sits saying hit enter for the login prompt, which doesn't do anything.

Any insight would be appreciated, thank you,

H

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SumanthMarigowda-MSFT answered

@hz-3170 Firstly, apologies for the delay in responding here and any inconvenience this issue may have caused.

From the description you have shared, I understand you are experiencing OOBE screen and this happens when you convert the perfectly running VM into a image by doing Sysprep operation or so. As you mentioned about installing optional features, I believe the procedure you have followed is not allowed in Azure due to which you got into OOBE State.

As this point of time, to mitigate the current situation, you can clone the OS disk and mount it as Nested VM within another Azure VM (Troubleshooting VM) over Nested HyperV and complete the options presented to you. Post completion, you may shutdown the machine, release the disk from Troubleshooting VM and Swap the OS disk with main VM.

Hope this helps!
Kindly let us know if the above helps or you need further assistance on this issue.


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HansZaunere-5191 answered

Thank you Sumarigo, unfortunately I was afraid of that. Please urge MSFT to resolve this ASAP or at least put up a warning about this (unless I missed it). It's a real pain point.

Thanks again,

H

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