Windows Server ”Longhorn” – Server Core

Published 01-07-2007 15:32 | Christoffer Andersson

Microsoft has decided to make the WINS Server Service available as a role for Server Core as well, this wasn't planned from the beginning but was added based on customer requests.

- WINS is now an optional feature, WINS-SC is the update name to use with ocsetup

The Server Core can now handle the following roles.

  • File Server
  • DHCP Server
  • DNS Server
  • WINS Server
  • Domain Controller

The Server Core can now offer almost all infrastructure roles and makes it to the perfect optimized infrastructure server.

- OCList.exe is a new command line tool. Running this provides the update
names for all roles and features as well as whether or not they are
installed.

If you have access to the most recent public Longhorn Server Build (December IDS) the changes above are checked in and ready to play with. FYI: The December IDS will ship with the next MSDN Subscription Media.

For more information about Server Core, Please visit the Server Core Team Blog:
http://blogs.technet.com/server_core/

Also please listen to the recent release of "The Nerd Herd". In this release be are cover Longhorn Serer Core specific. (FYI: In Swedish).
http://podradio.nu/download/22853_0.mp3

By the way this Blog Post is made directly from Microsoft Word 2007 :) 

 

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