{"id":10172,"date":"2009-12-02T14:48:15","date_gmt":"2009-12-02T14:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=10172"},"modified":"2009-12-02T14:48:15","modified_gmt":"2009-12-02T14:48:15","slug":"core-configurator-2-0-is-relased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=10172","title":{"rendered":"Core Configurator 2.0 Is Relased"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The tool that makes Windows Server Core Installation more palatable to people has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codeplex.com\/CoreConfig\" target=\"_blank\">upgraded<\/a> to support Windows Server 2008 R2 Core Installation.&#160; This tool allows you do do common tasks via a limited GUI instead of searching the Net for the command line alternatives.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto\" title=\"Pics.jpg\" alt=\"Pics.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/i3.codeplex.com\/Project\/Download\/FileDownload.aspx?ProjectName=CoreConfig&amp;DownloadId=95237\" width=\"400\" height=\"303\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tasks you can do with it include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Product Licencing <\/li>\n<li>Networking Features <\/li>\n<li>DCPromo Tool <\/li>\n<li>ISCSI Settings <\/li>\n<li>Server Roles and Features <\/li>\n<li>User and Group Permissions <\/li>\n<li>Share Creation and Deletion <\/li>\n<li>Dynamic Firewall settings <\/li>\n<li>Display | Screensaver Settings <\/li>\n<li>Add &amp; Remove Drivers <\/li>\n<li>Proxy settings <\/li>\n<li>Windows Updates (Including WSUS) <\/li>\n<li>Multipath I\/O <\/li>\n<li>Hyper-V including virtual machine thumbnails <\/li>\n<li>Join Domain and Computer rename <\/li>\n<li>Add\/remove programs <\/li>\n<li>Services <\/li>\n<li>WinRM <\/li>\n<li>Complete logging of all commands executed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can download it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codeplex.com\/CoreConfig\" target=\"_blank\">now<\/a>.&#160; It\u2019s interesting to see that it is written in PowerShell and is totally open source, i.e. you can amend it.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:a2c1e194-94a3-4fe5-b908-fff52b39e3e6\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+Server+2008+R2\" rel=\"tag\">Windows Server 2008 R2<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Server+Core\" rel=\"tag\">Server Core<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tool that makes Windows Server Core Installation more palatable to people has been upgraded to support Windows Server 2008 R2 Core Installation.&#160; This tool allows you do do common tasks via a limited GUI instead of searching the Net for the command line alternatives. 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