January 2008 - Posts

• New Server Core Tips

  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 Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 4:46 PM by amason | 1 Comments

• Configuring the Firewall for Remote Management of a Workgroup Server Core installation

  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 Read More... Posted Monday, January 14, 2008 3:14 PM by amason | 2 Comments

• Configuring the Firewall on Server Core for Remote Management

  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 Read More... Posted Wednesday, January 02, 2008 4:41 PM by amason | 4 Comments