June 2006 - Posts

• Installing management tools and agents

  Once you get a Server Core box installed and configured with a role, then you need to be able to manage it. The command line tools and remote MMC snap-ins will let you do a lot, but most organizations have standards for antivirus, backup, monitoring, Read More... Posted Friday, June 30, 2006 3:59 PM by amason | 1 Comments

• The rest of the Server Core hardware story

  I think I got a little carried away talking about the SC command line tool last week and how to use it to help manage drivers. So carried away in fact, that I forgot to explain how to install a new driver. For hardware that has an in the box driver in Read More... Posted Friday, June 23, 2006 2:45 PM by amason | 8 Comments

• Managing Services and Hardware in Server Core

  As people start using Server Core, I have been finding that over time their questions tend to shift from how to perform a task remotely in the GUI to how perform the task from the command line. The impression I get is that there are two underlying reasons Read More... Posted Friday, June 16, 2006 10:32 AM by amason | 2 Comments

• Renaming and Terminal Services in Server Core

  I thought for today’s post I would cover some of the top questions I get on how to do something on Server Core. In coming weeks I’ll expand this into some of my favorite command line tools. First up is how to rename the box, since there isn’t a remoteable Read More... Posted Friday, June 09, 2006 3:33 PM by amason | 10 Comments

• Adding and Removing server roles and optional features on Server Core

  It has been a little over a week and my plan is to try and post about once a week, so here goes post #2. I’ve been told that Longhorn Server beta 2, including Server Core, are going to be available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, so anyone with access Read More... Posted Friday, June 02, 2006 8:26 PM by amason | 3 Comments