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Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed
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Windows Server® 2012 Unleashed

by Rand Morimoto, Michael Noel, Guy Yardeni, Omar Droubi, Andrew Abbate, Chris Amaris
September 2012
Intermediate to advanced
1680 pages
88h 3m
English
Sams
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Selecting the Type of Operating System to Install

The next page in the installation process is Select the Operating System You Want to Install. One of the first items that needs to be addressed on every new installation of Windows Server 2012 is which edition and type of operating system will be installed. The options include a Full installation or a Server Core installation. A Full installation is a traditional installation of Windows and includes all the user interfaces and supports all the server roles. As mentioned earlier, a Server Core installation is a scaled-down installation of Windows Server 2012 with the intent to reduce the attack surface and management.

Thanks to the new ability of a Windows Server 2012 server to transition quickly ...

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