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Deciding Between Types of Installation
The disadvantage is that from the outset, you will have to spend more time muck-
ing about in the command line conguring Server Core so that you can use the RSAT
tools to manage the installation.
Another advantage of the version of Server Core that comes with Windows Server
2008 R2 is that it fully supports PowerShell. PowerShell wasn’t fully supported in
the Server Core version of Windows Server 2008 RTM, which meant that you had an
operating system managed from the command line without having access to the most
powerful command-line tool on the platform.
The main drawback of Server Core installations is that they don’t support all the
roles available on the full versions. Another drawback is that Server Core installa-
tions do not support server applications such as Exchange or SQL Server. The Enter-
prise Edition of Server Core supports the following roles:
Active Directory Certicate Services3
Active Directory Domain Services3
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services3
BranchCache Hosted Cache3
DHCP Server3
DNS Server3
File Services3
Hyper-V3
Media Services3
Print Services3
Web Services (IIS)3
A Server Core installation running the Standard Edition of Windows Server 2008 R2
supports all these roles except BranchCache Hosted Cache. As with the full install, a
Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition is also limited
to one stand-alone DFS root. Server Core installations are not supported on Itanium
or Foundation Editions of Windows Server 2008 R2.
CrOssrEf You learn more about how to congure systems running Server
Core in Chapter 3, “Server Core Secrets.”
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