5. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo da Vinci

8. Server with a GUI Server Core Server Core (default option) Reduced Attack Surface / Patching Increased VM density Remote Management - RSAT / PowerShell More supported Roles / Features Classic “Full Server” Full Modern-Style GUI shell Install Desktop Experience to run Modern apps ~4GB

9. Server with a GUI Minimal Server Interface Server Core Classic “Full Server” Full Modern-Style GUI shell Install Desktop Experience to run Modern apps ~4GB NEW Minimal Server Interface Reduced Attack Surface / Patching Server Core + Management MMC, Server Manager, and some Control Panel Server with a GUI – (Explorer, IE and associated files) ~3.7GB ~300MB - IE - Explorer - Server Manager - MMC - CPLs* Server Core (default option) Reduced Attack Surface / Patching Increased VM density Remote Management - RSAT / PowerShell More supported Roles / Features

13. PS> Get-WindowsFeature Server ManagerPowerShell User Interfaces and InfrastructureUser-Interfaces-Infra - Graphical Management Tools and InfrastructureServer-Gui-Mgmt-Infra - Server Graphical ShellServer-Gui-Shell - Desktop ExperienceDesktop-Experience

14. PS> Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra,Server-Gui-Shell -Restart PS> Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra,Server-Gui-Shell -Restart Install multiple features Single reboot required

15. PS> Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell -Restart PS> Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell -Restart PS> Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra -Restart

17. Server CoreMinimal Server InterfaceServer with a GUIDesktop Experience Command Prompt  PowerShell/.NET  Server Manager  MMC  Control Panel  CPL Applets  Some  Explorer Shell  Taskbar  System Tray  Internet Explorer  Help  Themes  Start screen (Modern)  Modern-style apps  Media Player 

18. WS 2008WS 2008 R2WS 2012 / 2012 R2 Flexibility - Transition between Server Core and Full Server  (Defaults to Core) Manageability- PowerShell cmdlets  230~2400 Remote install/ config of roles  Remote GUI   (Server Manager) Windows Server Roles # of supported roles910All except Fax

20. Server CoreMinimal Server Interface Server Graphical Shell ServerCore = 1Set ServerGuiMgmt = 1Not SetSet ServerGuiShell = 1Not Set Set

21. “Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

25. PS> Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Remove PS> $toRemove = Get-WindowsFeature | Where InstallState -EQ Available PS> Uninstall-WindowsFeature $toRemove -Remove

27. PS> Install-WindowsFeature -Source PowerShell Server Manager

28. PS> Install-WindowsFeature –Source wim: :\sources\install.wim:4

31. PS> Mount-WindowsImage –ImagePath :\sources\install.wim –Index -Path c:\mountdir PS> Add-WindowsPackage –PackagePath c:\downloads\kb999999.msu –Path c:\mount PS> Save-WindowsImage –Path c:\mountdir

33. “It's not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don't play” Miles Davis

34. Managing using Server Manager

36. Events Services Performance BPA REMOTE SERVERS Roles All Servers GROUPS Dashboard Detail Views VIEWS Server Pool DATA Inventory REMOTE SERVERS

37. Inventory Events Services Performance BPA REMOTE SERVERS Roles All Servers GROUPS User Custom Dashboard Detail Views VIEWS Server Set Dashboard Filter Data Sets + Query Data Query Group Taxonomy Server Pool DATA

40. Query – SvrDemo1 All Servers Event Data Query Levels: Critical Error Warning Period: 24 hours Logs: Application Setup System SvrDemo1 SvrDemo2 SvrDemo3 SvrDemo4 PeriodLevelsLog T-24hrCritical Error Warning Application Setup System Next query will include timestamp of last event

41. Query – SvrDemo1 All ServersRole-X Event Data Query Levels: Critical Error Warning Levels: Critical Error Warning Informational Period: 24 hours Period: 12 hours Logs: Application Setup System Logs: SvrDemo1 SvrDemo2 SvrDemo3 SvrDemo4 PeriodLevelsLog T-24hrCritical Error Warning Application Setup System T-12hrCritical Error Warning Informational Role-X Logs Next query will include timestamp of last event

42. Query – SvrDemo1 All ServersRole-XCustom1 Event Data Query Levels: Critical Error Warning Levels: Critical Error Warning Informational Levels: Critical Errors Period: 24 hours Period: 12 hours Period: 3 days Logs: Application Setup System Logs: Logs: Application AppLogA AppLogB SvrDemo1 SvrDemo2 SvrDemo3 SvrDemo4 PeriodLevelsLog T-3dCritical Error Application AppLogA AppLogB T-24hrCritical Error Warning Application Setup System WarningApplication T-12hrCritical Error Warning Informational Role-X Logs Next query will include timestamp of last event

45. “If I had more time, I would have written less.” Mark Twain(?)

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