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Knowing Windows PowerShell is no longer a bonus for IT professionals who work with Windows Server -- it's a requirement. As Windows PowerShell becomes more prominent, the Windows Server GUI is fading ...

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 ...

I'm looking to stand up the first Server 2012 R2 domain controller on the domain. I've messed with Server 2008 Core before and found the hassle of not having a GUI to not be worth the trade off. I've ...

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 ...