For production server environments, it’s recommended that you run the Server Core version of Windows Server 2012 which lacks a GUI. The purpose of that recommendation is that it reduces the resources ...

Chances are that you've already performed at least one Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 or are planning to do this in the near future. Server Core promises to be more secure than a ...

Windows Server Core is the epitome of Microsoft's shift toward GUI-free. But since you can't beat a good dashboard, here's how to access the GUI remotely. Taking a cue from Linux, these days Microsoft ...

In the 15-plus years I've been writing about technology, I don't think I've ever written a full-blown software review about a freeware product. I've always felt that the whole purpose of a product ...

To run the backup program on a Server Core system, you can just use WBADMIN as you would (for example) in a script on a full server box, for example: wbadmin.exe start backup -backupTarget:servershare ...

I'm testing out Server Core and whether it would be a good fit for our org. A problem I'm running into is that we have an internal SCCM/WSUS setup, but it doesn't offer updates for Windows 2012 (or ...

A non-GUI small footprint version of Windows Server introduced with Windows Server 2008. All interaction is via the command line. Server Core was designed to provide essential services and also lower ...