Deployment Guide

Installing Managed System Software On

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core And

Microsoft Hyper-V Server

The Server Core installation option of the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V Server operating

system provides a minimal environment for running specific server roles that reduce the maintenance

and management requirements and the attack surface for those server roles. A Windows Server 2008

Core or Hyper-V Server installation installs only a subset of the binaries that are required by the supported

server roles. For example, the Explorer shell is not installed as part of a Windows Server 2008 Core or

Hyper-V Server installation. Instead, the default user interface for a Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-

V Server installation is the command prompt.

NOTE: On Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Core and Windows Server 2012 Core, to install Server

Administrator, Windows-on-Windows (WOW) mode should be enabled.

NOTE: Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server operating system does not support a

graphical user interface (GUI) based installation of software components. Install the software in the

Command Line Interface (CLI) mode on Server Core. For more information on Server Core, see

microsoft.com.

NOTE: On Windows 7, to install the systems management software successfully, log in using an

account which belongs to the Administrators group and must run the setup.exe using the option

Run as administrator from the right-click menu.

NOTE: Log in as a built-in Administrator, Domain Administrator, or user who is a part of Domain

Admins and Domain Users group, to install the systems management software on supported

Microsoft Windows operating system. For more information about user privileges, see the

corresponding Microsoft Windows operating system Help.

NOTE: Server Administrator is also supported on Windows Server 2012.

Running Prerequisite Checker In CLI Mode

You must run the prerequisite checker in the CLI mode as Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V Server

does not support the GUI mode.