Tag: Server Core 11 posts
Our instructors and fellow tech experts have developed extra content for Windows Server Core. This page has free training on installation, RODC, and remote administration. See what kind of system administrator you can be.
How Do I Install Windows 2008 Server Core?
By Steven Warren ⋅ June 9, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
I spent some time with Microsoft going over Windows 2008 Server Core while at TechEd 2010. Server Core has many advantages. For one thing the install includes only the bare minimum resources and functions which improves security and makes the server easier to maintain. Because Server Core installs less there is less to manage and [...]
Free Server Core Training: Setup and Utilize RODC on Server Core
By Ed Liberman ⋅ May 6, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments
Read-Only Domain Controller in Server 2008 and Server Core provides an added level of security. RODC is best utilized on servers in remote locations or where the physical security of the server cannot be guaranteed. RODC is also useful in situations where you have poor network bandwidth, a computer without the resources needed for a [...]
Free Server Core Training: Setup and Utilize Remote Administration on Server Core
By Ed Liberman ⋅ April 29, 2009 ⋅ 5 comments
Remote Administration is a neat tool that allows you to manage your Server Core roles and features from a different computer, and there are several advantages to using it. Remember, Server Core doesn’t have a graphical interface so you’re very limited in what you can and can’t do. So even though you can install roles [...]
Free Server Core Training: Install Roles and Features on Server Core
By Ed Liberman ⋅ April 15, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments
In my previous videos we went over a couple of essential tasks for using Server Core. I showed you how to activate a newly installed Server Core and how to assign a computer name to a Server Core and join it to a local domain. You might remember from last week that I compared Server [...]
Free Server Core Training: Assign a Computer Name to Server Core and Join It to a Domain
By Ed Liberman ⋅ April 9, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments
In my last video, I showed you how to activate a newly installed Server Core and we talked a little bit about what Server Core is and what it does. Today we’re going a step further. I’ll show you how to assign a computer name to your Server Core so it can be recognized on [...]
Free Server Core Training: How to Activate Server Core
By Ed Liberman ⋅ March 25, 2009 ⋅ 4 comments
Server Core has many advantages over the full installation of Server 2008, and can be very useful in many situations and server environments. Although Server Core has only limited functionality, it is low-maintenance, uses less resources and is much more secure. The downside is that it does not have full functionality and therefore many enterprises [...]
Server Core Install vs. Full Install – Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!
By Brian Nelson ⋅ May 21, 2008 ⋅ 9 comments
Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the main event! This bout, sanctioned by the WWAF (World Windows Administrators Federation), will be 6 rounds or until knock-out and referred by Brian Nelson of ArcticLlama. In the Blue Trunks weighing in at total installation weight, including all used and unused binaries, is Fuuuuuuuullllll Installllaaaaation! And in the Red [...]
Role Playing with Windows 2008 Server Core
By Brian Nelson ⋅ April 9, 2008 ⋅ One comment
Ok, you’ve installed Windows Server 2008 Core, and it is pretty awesome. Those lower-level administrators that run to Ted whenever things get tough have stood before the daunting black command-line box and trembled in fear at the blinking white cursor. You sneered as you waited to see if they would break down and cry at [...]
GUI Schmooey –- Installing Windows 2008 Server Core
By Brian Nelson ⋅ April 2, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment
So, you’ve decided to install Windows 2008 Server Core. You understand that a Core install comes with no GUI. No problem. You aren’t one of those wimpy sys admins who say things like “Go ask Ted” when the problems get hard. There is no Ted. You ARE Ted. Your TechNets hang by a thread, proudly [...]
Less is More — Windows 2008 Server Core
By Brian Nelson ⋅ March 25, 2008 ⋅ 3 comments
In the movie Apollo 13 Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) references “computers that fit in a single room,” as an example of how far technology has come. In this day of powerful servers just an inch thick, it is easy to forget that just ten years ago a server was a very large computer. Each server [...]