Windows Server on Boot Camp

Has anyone managed to install Windows Server (any version from 2016 onwards) using Boot Camp? When running the Boot Camp assistant it will reject the ISO if it's a server one, so it's clearly looking at something on there to determine this, and it may be possible to edit this so that it reports as W10 - anyone know where on the ISO it's looking for the version details?


Windows Server and its installer are very similar to the client version in terms of the layout of folders and files, and use the same drivers, so I think that if the Boot Camp assistant can be persuaded that it's actually Windows 10, it is quite likely to install with no issues - and Microsoft isn't dropping support for any of the server versions equivalent to W10 any time soon.


With the difficulties around the T2 chip and secure boot on the last generation of Intel Macs, persuading Boot Camp setup to accept a server version ISO, if possible, might be the most practical way to install a version of Windows which is still supported.


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Posted on Apr 10, 2025 12:27 PM

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Apr 11, 2025 1:22 AM in response to Rudegar

None of those are relevant I'm afraid (I had searched the internet before posting here). Those all deal with either running it in a VM (which I don't want to do), or relate to pre-T2 models of Mac, when things were easier.


My specific question here is about running Windows Server via Boot Camp on the last-generation Intel Macs which all have a T2 chip which, among other things, manages the storage so just booting off a USB stick with Windows Server installer on it won't work as it won't be able to see the internal drive.


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