Conclusion

We’re used to Microsoft piling features into products, not stripping features out of them. The Windows server core installation option of Windows Server 2008 is a new direction Microsoft is pursuing in its core product line, but it’s a direction being driven by customer demand. When I said that Microsoft listened to their customers, I was serious. And Windows server core is a good example of this.

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