I thought that even if the server was setup as a Core you could use the GUI interface on a Windows 7 type of machine using the RSAT tools. Is this not the case?
Jon On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:08 PM, Andrew S. Baker <asbz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Your point is well made, Ben, but many environments that could use Server > Core don't have the requisite scripting skills to manage it either. > > And companies are not trying to train people these days. And the economy > hasn't been helpful of late. > But I think that the lack of hotpatching played a role as well. > > -ASB: http://XeeSM.com/AndrewBaker <http://xeesm.com/AndrewBaker> > > Sent from my Motorola Droid > > On Jun 3, 2010 6:10 PM, "Ben Scott" <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Free, Bob <r...@pge.com> wrote: > > What is interesting is if you talk... > > Well, in the case of Server Core, I would guess that might be > because of the limited usefulness of the product as delivered. As per > that TechNet article you quoted, Microsoft doesn't support using > Server Core for very much. Microsoft's party line is you're not > supposed to use it for third-party software at all. The number of > servers without *any* third-party software on them is practically > zero. Why on Earth did Microsoft think that would see significant > adoption? > > This is a classic case of a company hearing a request -- "we don't > want to have to run a GUI on our servers" -- and delivering something > which technically met the request, but totally missed the point. > > (And you still can't run it on a serial console.) > > -- Ben > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.co... > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
