Windows CoreConfigurator
Alexander Muse , April 28, 2008
Steve Bink is excited about the CoreConfigurator GUI. He also points out the irony of the effort - ‘the whole point of Server Core is a cut down version of Server OS without the overhead of GUI’ and yet he explains,
…there is more-or-less predefined set of tasks that you need to do in order to get the installation of Server Core up and running (activation, IP and firewall configuration, domain join, feature installation, configuration of Remote Desktop and etc…). All the tasks are performed at command line, but there is no single utility/interface and for each task you need to know what command to use and what are the parameters required in order to complete the task.
The features of CoreConfigurator:
- Product Activation
- Configuration of display resolution
- Clock and time zone configuration
- Remote Desktop configuration
- Management of local user accounts (creation, deletion, group membership, passwords)
- Firewall configuration
- WinRM configuration
- IP configuration
- Computer name and domain/workgroup membership
- Installation of Server Core features/roles
Download it here.
