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Operational mode of Windows Server OS without the desktop and most of the GUI administration tools.

To reduce the attack surface and memory footprint this mode of Microsoft's Windows Server OS comes without the Windows desktop and most standard Windows tools.

In Server 2008 and 2008R2 it has to be chosen as in Install Option and can not be changed later. In Server 2012 you can switch back and forth between Server Core and the full GUI mode.

Standard user interface of Server-Core:

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It is not a GUI-less version of Windows, as Notepad.exe, Regedit.exe and many other Windows GUI tools still work. It all depends on whether the Windows components an application is using are present, below Google Chrome on Server-Core 2012:

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Active Directory (DNS) BPA: Interface should register its IP addresses in DNS with Server Core

How to solve the following compliance error message when using the Best Practices Analyzer with DNS running on Windows Server Core? Problem: The interface Ethernet 2 is not configured to register its addresses in DNS. Impact: IP addresses on the…
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How do i schedule the built-in windows memory diagnostics from a server core installation?

How do i schedule the built-in windows memory diagnostics from a server core installation? mdsched.exe does not seem to be included in Server Core 2019
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Connect Server Manager to a new independent domain controller

I'm currently testing a new domain controller on Server 2019 Core. Bit late to this but it's my first time actually trying to achieve anything on Core so every single step is a hurdle. Just setting the IP address requires a google search... At this…
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Modify NIC bind order for Hyper-V Server/Server Core

Is there a way to modify the NIC bind order in Hyper-V Server/Server Core? For some reason, one of our Hyper-V servers decided to reverse the bind order of two of the six NIC ports on the machine, making it inconsistent with all of our other…
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What is the equivalent to "serverweroptin /detailed" in Windows Server 2019 Server Core?

I am trying to configure my servers to automatically send detailed error reports. On previous versions of Windows Server (in a Server Core installation), I would run: serverweroptin /detailed However, it seems that serverweroptin is not present on…
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WMI filter for NOT server core for all current Windows editions

I want a WMI filter for all computers except server core for a GPO deploying some GUI tools. The top result for "wmi query server core" has many issues: The answers are specific for Server 2012. The name of the server core feature keeps changing in…
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Start ServerManager in Windows Server Core

I created an ECS instance in alibabacloud with Windows Server Core 1903. I want to start the IIS server manager GUI, and I am used to do this by simply running ServerManager command in powershell. Here however, the command isn't recognized, even if…
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New 2012r2 hyper-v cluster, GUI or server core?

I have not worked with a Server Core install before. We will soon be moving from old hardware running Server 2012 (with GUI) for our hyper-v cluster to new hardware and plan to install Server 2012r2. I have read that going Server Core is better…
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Cannot install Microsoft SQL Server 2012 prerequisites on Windows Server 2008 Core

I have the server with Windows Server 2008 core SP2 and I need to install SQL Server 2012 in it. The problem is that SQL Server requires .NET 4.5 and when I try to install .NET 4.5, the OS gives an error that says "the program is not recognized." To…
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No NETSH WLAN context in Server 2008 Core install?

I installed Windows Server 2008 Core on a netbook and I'm trying to set it up as a wireless router. Took forever to find the right wifi drivers... But now I'm running into this problem that there appears to be no wlan context in NETSH for Server…
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Core has no network adapters on a fresh install

After the install there is only a Loopback-Pseudo-Interface shown when I execute netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces Do I have to enable the real adapter explicitly or does the server has no appropriate driver for the network adapter?
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2x AMD Opteron 6128 VS 2x Xeon E5620

Which one of these processors would win on windows server 2008 IIS and MSSQL server. There is 24 GB ram.
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Can I add a Microsoft Account to my Windows Server Core? (WITHOUT domain nor domain controller)

Can I use Microsoft accounts in my Windows Server Core virtual machines as we can do with Windows 10 without domain controller role or additional magic?
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how to determine if I have the latest security update or not by powershell?

I'm a beginner to exchange server and powershell, I'm working on Exchange server (on-premise), how can I determine if I have the latest updates, security update, version of windows server (core) and exchange server, or not, so I have to update it?…
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