NETx Server products require the .NET Framework 3.5. The installation is typically done through an online installer during the setup process.
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- Windows Server 2016: it is sufficient to use the evaluation version provided here: https://software-download.microsoft.com/download/pr/Windows_Server_2016_Datacenter_EVAL_en-us_14393_refresh.ISO
- Windows Server 2019: it is sufficient to use the evaluation version provided here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2019
- Windows Server 2022: it is sufficient to use the evaluation version provided here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2022
- Windows 10: use the media creation tool: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691209
- Windows 11: use the media creation tool: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2156295
Afterwards, do the following steps for installing .NET 3.5:
Insert the Windows installation disk in your CD/DVD drive so that Windows can access its content or mount the ISO disk image as a drive.
- For mounting an ISO image, right-click the ISO file and select "mount"
Open command prompt with administrative privileges
Issue the following command
Code Block Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3 /All /Source:D:\Sources\sxs /LimitAccess
and replace the source location according to the path of your Windows DVD.
Installation will take a few minutes and result in a message that the operation completed successfully.
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