Microsoft is considering adding a command-line utility to control driver signing options for Server Core. Server Core isn't the stripped-down Yugo of the Windows world.

Other options for remotely managing a Server Core installation include using Terminal Services to access the remote desktop, using Windows Remote Management (WinRM) to execute remote commands or using ...

Increase security and extend the life of older hardware with Server Core, an installation option of Windows Server 2008.

A separate command window will open, with the option to configure network adapters, amongst other configuration settings. Figure 3 – Now it’s much easier to change network settings in Windows Server ...

Windows Server Core is the epitome of Microsoft's shift toward GUI-free. But since you can't beat a good dashboard, here's how to access the GUI remotely.

The following command line will create a Windows Server Core container and execute the shell command, landing you at the command prompt: docker run -it Microsoft/windowsservercore cmd ...

The full Windows Server 2012 install has full GUI access. Windows Server Core is most efficient, and that's what we'll focus on here. To get started open a command prompt and type sconfig (see Fig. 1) ...

For years, command-line enthusiasts of the Unix/Linux persuasion lambasted Windows Server OS for being GUI-based, which opened up a ton of security holes. With the release of Windows Server 2008 ...

How many of you guys use server core? Thoughts on it? Worth the hassle of CLI-only? The benefits seem to have merit but I've not Shell experience. I do want to learn though.