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    Admin Guide: Server Core

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    The document provides an overview of Windows Server 2016 Server Core, including a comparison of features between Server Core and Desktop Experience installations, how to install Server Core, available server roles, and how to configure and manage a Server Core installation. Key points include: Server Core reduces disk space, attack surface, and servicing requirements compared to Desktop Experience; available roles include Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, file services, and more; configuration is done at the command prompt using Sconfig or Powershell; and management is performed remotely using RSAT, Powershell, or RDP.

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    The document provides an overview of Windows Server 2016 Server Core, including a comparison of features between Server Core and Desktop Experience installations, how to install Server Core, available server roles, and how to configure and manage a Server Core installation. Key points include: Server Core reduces disk space, attack surface, and servicing requirements compared to Desktop Experience; available roles include Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, file services, and more; configuration is done at the command prompt using Sconfig or Powershell; and management is performed remotely using RSAT, Powershell, or RDP.

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    The document provides an overview of Windows Server 2016 Server Core, including a comparison of features between Server Core and Desktop Experience installations, how to install Server Core, available server roles, and how to configure and manage a Server Core installation. Key points include: Server Core reduces disk space, attack surface, and servicing requirements compared to Desktop Experience; available roles include Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, file services, and more; configuration is done at the command prompt using Sconfig or Powershell; and management is performed remotely using RSAT, Powershell, or RDP.

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    Admin Guide

    SERVER CORE

    Author: Jonathan Gray


    Table of Contents
    1.0 About Windows Server 2016..............................................................................................2
    1.1 Feature comparison.........................................................................................................2
    1.2 Server Core Installation..................................................................................................5
    1.3 Server Roles Available...................................................................................................5
    1.4 Installing Server Core.....................................................................................................6
    2.0 Configuring Server Core.....................................................................................................7
    2.1 Sconfig............................................................................................................................7
    2.2 Management Methods.....................................................................................................8
    1.0 About Windows Server 2016
    1.1 FEATURE COMPARISON
    1.2 SERVER CORE INSTALLATION
    When you install Windows Server 2016 using the Setup wizard, you can choose between
    Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server (Server with Desktop Experience). The Server with
    Desktop Experience option is the Windows Server 2016 equivalent of the Full installation option
    available in Windows Server 2012 R2 with the Desktop Experience feature installed. If you do
    not make a choice in the Setup wizard, Windows Server 2016 is installed; this is the Server Core
    installation option.

    The Server Core option reduces the space required on disk, the potential attack surface, and
    especially the servicing requirements, so we recommend that you choose the Server Core
    installation unless you have a particular need for the additional user interface elements and
    graphical management tools that are included in the Server with Desktop Experience option.

    With the Server Core option, the standard user interface (the "Server Graphical Shell") is
    not installed; you manage the server using the command line, Windows PowerShell, or by
    remote methods.

    Note: In Windows Server 2016, you cannot convert between Server Core and Desktop
    Experience after installation. If you install Server Core and later decide to use Server with
    Desktop Experience, you should do a fresh installation.

    1.3 SERVER ROLES AVAILABLE


    o Active Directory Certificate Services
    o Active Directory Domain Services
    o DHCP Server
    o DNS Server
    o File Services (Including File Server Resource Manager)
    o Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
    o Hyper-V
    o Print and Document Services
    o Streaming Media Services
    o Web Server (including a subset of ASP.NET)
    o Windows Server Update Server
    o Active Directory Rights Management Server
    o Routing and Remote Access Server and the following sub-roles:
    o Remote Desktop Services Connection Broker
    o Licensing
    o Virtualization
    o Volume Activation Services
    1.4 INSTALLING SERVER CORE
    Upon booting from installation media, you will be asked to choose which version of Server 2016
    you would like to install. Note that the default OS does not include the desktop GUI and the
    version that has the desktop GUI included is now called (Desktop Experience).

    Choosing Windows Server 2016 Standard or Windows Server 2016 Datacenter will install
    the default edition, which is now Server Core.

    After the initial installation of Windows Server 2016 Standard or Windows Server 2016
    Datacenter, we will be presented with a single text command prompt and asked to change the
    local administrator password.

    Once the local administrator password has been changed successfully, the operating system is
    installed and will now require basic configuration.

    Note: As Server Core does not include a traditional “Desktop”, upon installation of the operating
    system, you will be presented with a single window command prompt. This command prompt
    can be accessed from the console or remotely via RDP if the target Server Core is on the network
    and has been configured to allow remote desktop connections.
    2.0 Configuring Server Core
    2.1 SCONFIG
    Base settings of Windows Server 2016 Core can be configured using the Server Core
    configuration utility. This can be launched from the command prompt by executing the command
    sconfig

    From the Server Configuration utility you are able to configure all of the required settings to get
    the server on the network, add to domain, turn on/off remote management and activate Windows.
    Please see the table on the following page to see all of the items that you can configure from
    sconfig.

    Task Description
    Domain/Workgroup To add or remove the server from a domain or workgroup
    Computer Name To change the hostname of the server
    Add Local To add a local user to the local administrators group
    Administrator Note: You cannot remove any user accounts from the local administrators group using
    sconfig

    Configure Remote
    Management

    2.2 MANAGEMENT METHODS


    User interface: Command Prompt

    Install, configure and uninstall server roles locally: at a command prompt with Windows
    Powershell

    Install, configure and uninstall server roles remotely: with Server manager, Remote Server
    Administration Tools (RSAT), or Windows Powershell.

    Remote Desktop: With RDP (mstsc.exe) to the Server Core user interface (command prompt,
    powershell).

    2.3 Common Management Tasks

    Task How Reference


    Install and basic config Console
    Add server roles Console
    - Powershell
    Server Manager
    - Remote from GUI

    Remove server roles


    Disk Management
    Apply updates
    Restart/shutdown
    Network Configuration
    Event logs

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