If you are using an IPv6 transition technology on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: • IPv6 transition technologies such as ISATAP, 6to4 and Teredo do not work correctly when the...

There is a new utility available to allow management of your network bindings at the command line on Server Core: NVSPBind. It is available at: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/nvspbind More information is at: http://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2010...

Windows Server 2008 R2 introduces a new command-line utility, DISM, the Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool. One of DISM’s many useful features is the ability to use its edition-servicing commands to upgrade an R2 installation without requiring...

There is now a command line utility, tzutil.exe, that can be used to view the current time zone setting as well as to configure the time zone. For those of you using PowerShell that want to script setting the time zone on Server Core, a PowerShell script...

Server Core is a new Windows installation option introduced in Windows Server 2008. The original Windows Server 2008 Server Core did not include . NET -- and that limited the things you could use it for. In Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Core includes...

A new version of the Server Core step by step guide has been posted to TechNet, which includes the new Windows Server 2008 R2 commands (DISM.exe, new roles/features, etc): Read online: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753802.aspx Download...

Those of you that installed the beta build may have noticed that we made WoW64 an optional feature in Server Core for R2. In the beta it was not installed by default, which caused its share of headaches due to many installers still being 32bit or using...

Microsoft Technology Platform Adoption labs is offering a training session April 21-23 on Server Core development for Windows Server 2008 R2. This will be offered via a “Virtual Lab” so you can attend from your office, there is no need to travel. However...

A slight detour from the Windows Server 2008 R2 posts this time around to cover a topic that has been coming up recently: UAC on Server Core. UAC is not available in Server Core, since it is a command line only interface, doesn’t have IE, or support for...

Much like .NET 2.0 in Server Core, .NET 3.0 and 3.5 are also subsets of functionality. Included are: · Windows Communication Framework (WCF) · Windows Workflow Framework (WF) · LINQ The only functionality not included is the Windows Presentation Framework...

This time I’ll cover what I meant last time by a subset of .NET 2.0, with future posts covering the other additions in more detail. Not everything required for full .NET 2.0 support is included in Server Core. Instead of increasing the Server Core footprint...

Now that a build of Windows Server 2008 R2 has been released, I can start talking about what we have been working on. In a Windows Server 2008 R2 Server Core installation we have: · Active Directory Certificate Services is now an available Server Role...

In the Server Core installation option, there is a way to remove the server roles and optional features from the disk, to free up more space. In addition to reducing disk usage, this could be used to ensure an administrator doesn’t add a role or feature...

I did a TechNet Edge interview on Server Core a couple of weeks ago. If you want to hear my ramblings, you can check it out at: http://edge.technet.com/Media/567/ Andrew

A couple of quick tips this time around. If you want to determine if you are running on Server Core from a script, you can do this via WMI. The command line way is: wmic path win32_operatingsystem get OperatingSystemSKU /value The value can then be converted...

To follow up my last post, this one will go into more details on option 3 in that post. As mentioned you can simply enable the Remote Administration firewall rules to allow pretty much any MMC to connect (a few require additional configuration as discussed...

Just like on a full server installation, the firewall is on by default in a Server Core installation and most inbound traffic is blocked at the end of setup. There are then three scenarios for remote management via MMC: Server Roles – when a server role...

Hi, For those that are attending ITForum next week, there will be a couple of Server Core sessions: SRV304 - Deploying and Remotely Administering Server Core SRV316 - Configuring and Managing Windows Server 2008 Server Core 304 focuses on remote management...

RC0 of Windows Server 2008 is out and there are a few changes in Server Core: · Runonce now works · IIS is included as a role – see this blog posting for lots of useful IIS on Server Core information: http://blogs.iis.net/metegokt/archive/2007/06/26/administering...

I did a TechNet Web cast on Server Core yesterday. If you missed it, it is now available at: http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032341828%22%2f...

For those of you at TechEd recently or who saw the articles, IIS is now a role included in the Server Core installation option. If you have access to the recently released CTP build, IIS is available for you to start testing. Because Server Core does...

The Server Core step by step guide is now available in two locations 1 – To read online or print from: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/longhorn/en/library/bab0f1a1-54aa-4cef-9164-139e8bcc44751033.mspx?mfr=true 2 – To download in doc format...

Sorry for the delays between postings lately, working on Beta 3 has been keeping us all busy. Today I’m going to talk briefly about some of the changes and additions we have made to the Server Core installation option for Beta 3. For those of you with...

It has been too long since I last posted, I’ll try to get back on a more regular schedule. Today’s topic will be how to use Terminal Server Remote Programs to publish cmd.exe and allow you to run the Server Core cmd.exe in a window on your Vista or Longhorn...

I’m a little behind on my regularly scheduled blog posting, I’ll try to keep up with posting every couple of weeks. You can use Windows Update to patch Server Core, but you first need to turn it one using the following commands: Cscript c:\windows\system32...