Re:Preparing Windows Server Technical Preview for Windows Co...
by darkr on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @06:08PM
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> So there are windowsservercore containers. Are they real windows?
"Server Core is a minimal server installation option for computers running on the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. Server Core provides a low-maintenance environment capable of providing core server roles"
Basically server core is stripped down version of windows without a GUI[1] that will run most server roles, Powershell etc.
1. Well it kind of has a GUI, but one that is only capable of running cmd.exe and little else.
"Server Core is a minimal server installation option for computers running on the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. Server Core provides a low-maintenance environment capable of providing core server roles"
Basically server core is stripped down version of windows without a GUI[1] that will run most server roles, Powershell etc.
1. Well it kind of has a GUI, but one that is only capable of running cmd.exe and little else.