Windows Server 2008: What’s New / What’s Changed Part #6 of 12: Chapter 5 – Server Core

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This snippet from Chapter 5 of my new book Windows Server 2008: What’s New / What’s Changed is brought to you by SAPIEN Press. Get your copy at http://www.sapienpress.com/Windows_Server_08.asp.

Installing Server Core
For the Windows administrator who’s never seen Server Core, one great thing about it is the installation. It’s more or less exactly the same as an installation of Server 2008’s full version. As you’ll see at the O/S installation screen the only difference is that one installs the Core version of the correct operating system edition. It’s worth mentioning again that Microsoft considers Server Core an operating system “Role” within each edition rather than an edition