Windows Server 2012 Server Core
Initially introduced in Windows Server 2008 and now supported also with Windows Server 2012 is a Server Core version of the operating system. Windows Server 2012 Server Core, shown in Figure 1.5, is a GUI-less version of the Windows Server 2012 operating system. When a system boots with Server Core installed on it, the system does not load up the normal Windows GUI. Instead, the Server Core system boots to a logon prompt, and from the logon prompt the system drops to a DOS command prompt. There is no Start button, no menu—no GUI at all.
Figure 1.5. Windows Server 2012 Server Core.
Server Core is not sold as a separate ...
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