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Server Roles in Windows Server 2012 Server Core

You might be interested in working with the available Server Roles in Server Core installations of Windows Server 2012.

While you can always install Windows Server 2012 as a Full Installation, you will not gain all the benefits of having it installed as a Server Core installations. Among other things, the sources to pile on the Graphical User Interface (GUI) are still present on a previously converted installation. That’s why I wrote a series on implementing and managing Server Roles on Server Core installations of Windows Server 2012, natively.

I’ve posted this series on 4sysops.com, the free resource for Windows Administrators. You can find all 12 posts through the links below:

1. Looking at available Server Roles in Windows Server 2012 Server Core
2. Configuring a Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation as an Active Directory Domain Controller
3. Configuring a Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation as a DNS Server
4. Configuring a Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation as a DHCP Server
5. Configuring a Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation as a File Server
6. Configuring a Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation with Active Directory Certificate Services 
7. Configuring a Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation as a Print Server
8. Configuring a Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation as a Remote Access Server with RRAS, DirectAccess and Routing
9. Configuring a Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation as a Hyper-V Host
10. Configuring a Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation as a Web Server
11. Configuring a Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation as a FTP Server
12. Configuring a Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation as a Windows Server Update Server (WSUS)

Enjoy!