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Installation option for Windows Server starting with Server 2016. This mode lacks a local console and can only be managed remotely.

Nano Server is a new installation option for Windows Server 2016 and later. There is no GUI whatsoever, therefor there is no console and a local logon to the server is not possible. With no GUI, remote desktop is also not supported. All administration has to be performed from remote machine using Server Manager or other tools. A special version of PowerShell, PowerShell core is available but doesn't support all features of the full version. Remote PowerShell sessions into the server are supported.

A new web based administration system will be included.

The 32Bit subsystem (WoW64) has been removed, so 32bit programs will not run.

The disk and memory footprint is much smaller than for traditional installations of Windows Server.

Only certain server roles are supported.

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Can Windows nanoserver run inside Linux docker?

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/deployment/deployment_nano talks about running a nanoserver docker image under Windows: docker pull microsoft/nanoserver Does this mean that we should be able to run nanoserver…
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Download a file with powershell on Nano Server?

I've had some significant difficulties figuring out how exactly to download a file with PowerShell under Nano Server. The challenge is the following: There is no Invoke-WebRequest There is no System.Net.WebClient There is no…
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Why would an IIS hosted site prompt for AD account credential if accessed through a hostname or IP, but not through servername?

I have a webservice running in IIS hosted in a Windows 2016 Nano server. I can access the service just fine if I go through http://servername/service/health However, if i were to access it via http://[IP Address here]/service/health or…
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Nano Server attached to SAN doesn't see new files

I have recently provisioned two servers that are attached to a Lenovo S3200 with fibre channel. These are the only two servers attached. The servers are running Windows 2016 Nano, and I have installed MPIO and claimed the FC paths. And I created an…
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How do I run nginx in a Windows Nano Server based container?

I want to run nginx in a Nano Server based Docker container. It works fine if I use Windows Server Core as the base but if I use Windows Nano Server, nginx.exe immediately exits with code -1073741515 (0xC0000135), which the web tells me means "The…
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How can I add the SMTP Server role in Nano Server?

Using the info on this TechNet page, I've successfully established a remote PowerShell session with a 2016 Preview 2 Nano Server running in a Hyper-V VM. I now want to add the SMTP Server role. I was expecting this to be a trivial matter, as we are…
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icacls variable not working in powershell script

I am configuring a new fileserver running on nanoserver 2016 datacenter edition. Right now i am working on a powershell script to create user folders. But I get an error when using the icacls command to set permissions. Enter-PSSession…
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Nano Server - Move Pagefile

Update: I never found a way to move the pagefile and with Microsoft's pivot to make Nano container only I doubt there will ever be a way to do this. I am trying to move the pagefile on a Windows Server Nano install. The page file is located at E:\…
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Remote GUI Tools not available for Nano-Server

I'm reviewing the new Windows Nano Server Installation option. I'm using the Server Technical Preview 2 and installed a Nano Server OS in a VM on a Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V host. I can connect to the Nano-Server via PowerShell remoting and can do all…
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Anyway to trick nano 2019 onto bare metal?

I have a workload that could use the lowest possible attack surface, and that also requires nothing more than nano. Installing nano in a container defeats the purpose because i need to install core to host that container and i’m left with core +…
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Windows Server 2019 Installation and Virtualization

After doing a lot of research, I didn't find the exact answer to my question. We are currently using Windows Server 2008 R2 and we intend to switch to Windows Server 2019. For obvious reasons of scalability, redundancy and performance, we want to…
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Nano Server Offline Domain Join & DNS

I am playing around with Windows Server 2016 AD DS and Nano server installation and have come across something which I thought someone could hopefully clarify for me. I installed Windows Server 2016 Datacentre edition as a guest OS on VMWare…
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Is Windows Nano Server a Client SKU?

I've been experimenting with running Powershell DSC on Windows Server 2016 Nano (TP 5). When I run the configuration, I get the following error: PowerShell DSC resource MSFT_xWindowsFeature failed to execute Test-TargetResource functionality with…
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Can't use dotnet core on Nano Server (TP5)

I was trying to follow all the instructions from the next tutorial: https://docs.asp.net/en/latest/tutorials/nano-server.html#id9 , but there has occured one problem... Seems to be, dotnet core wasn't installed successfully, because if to run any…
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Can Windows Nano server run SQL server?

I am investigating the possibility of running a Nano server for a web service. I have been trying to find out if it can run an instance of SQL server 2016 in addition to IIS.
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