How to Configure a Server Core Domain Controller: Vanilla to First DC in a Foresthttp://blogs.technet.com/benp/archive/2008/06/20/how-to-configure-a-server-core-domain-controller-vanilla-to-first-dc-in-a-forest.aspxHi All Sometimes you just want a new Domain created quickly for a bit of testing. Given that Windows 2008 ships with server core, a light footprint version of the OS, it’s ideal for being the domain controller. As I am fairly inexperienced with Serveren-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)Setting up Domain controllers on Server Core.http://blogs.technet.com/benp/archive/2008/06/20/how-to-configure-a-server-core-domain-controller-vanilla-to-first-dc-in-a-forest.aspx#3078069Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:55:10 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3078069James O'Neill's blog <p>One of the things I have pointed people to a few times recently&amp;#160; is the Windows Server Core document</p> 4 methods to add Server Core RODCs to your environmenthttp://blogs.technet.com/benp/archive/2008/06/20/how-to-configure-a-server-core-domain-controller-vanilla-to-first-dc-in-a-forest.aspx#3088178Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:55:24 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3088178The things that are better left unspoken<p>The Read-only Domain Controller is one of the new and most existing features of Windows Server 2008.</p> re: How to Configure a Server Core Domain Controller: Vanilla to First DC in a Foresthttp://blogs.technet.com/benp/archive/2008/06/20/how-to-configure-a-server-core-domain-controller-vanilla-to-first-dc-in-a-forest.aspx#3287163Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:44:13 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3287163Randy<p>In my case i have seen that i had to first disable the firewall on the server core, only then could i ping that machine...is that a requirement?</p>