Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Windows Server Core is the epitome of Microsoft's shift toward GUI-free. But since you can't beat a good dashboard, here's how to access the GUI remotely. Taking a cue from Linux, these days Microsoft ...

We are going to be evaluating RC0 of Hyper-V from Microsoft. I personally want to install Windows Server 2008 (Server Core), but my coworker wants to install it with the GUI (Full Installation). What ...

Microsoft released ServerCore with Windows Server 2008 as a GUI-less version of the Windows Server operating system, and while many of us fiddled with ServerCore, it really didn’t take off for ...

After chatting with my friend and fellow Microsoft MVP Allen White about Windows Server Core on a recent SQLCruise.com excursion, I realized that this is a technology I should be evangelizing more. I ...

Secured-core is a set of features that includes built-in security for hardware, firmware, drivers, and the operating system. This protection starts before the operating system boots up and continues ...