Give an administrator a command-line tool … and watch how quickly that admin searches the Internet for a GUI counterpart. But what if the CLI (command-line interface) is the only way to accomplish ...

Businesses that want to increase the stability and security of their information systems and extend the useful life of older hardware should take a good, hard look at Server Core, an installation ...

Focusing on virtualization and headless server technologies, Server Core is easier to manage and provides more flexibility for system administrators. Russell Smith is a technology consultant and ...

Server Core in Server 2008 is a fantastic "new way" of dealing with the administration of the Windows operating system. Eliminating the graphical user interface and streamlining the OS to something ...

A non-GUI small footprint version of Windows Server introduced with Windows Server 2008. All interaction is via the command line. Server Core was designed to provide essential services and also lower ...

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. Taking a cue from Linux, these days Microsoft ...