Deploying Windows Server 2012: From Bare Metal, Server Core, Minimal Server Interface, and More Andrew Mason Principal Group Program Manager Microsoft Corporation

Plan, manage, diagnose Boot with PXE Get into WinPE Apply full OS image Inject drivers First boot and OOBE Standalone mode MMC improvements WDS infrastructure to customize Diagnosability enhancements

Plan, manage, diagnose Boot with PXE Get into WinPE Apply full OS image Inject drivers First boot and OOBE WDS Server is configured and ready Server PXE boots WDS Server responds with boot program x86 UEFI support IPv6 PXE support

Plan, manage, diagnose Boot with PXE Get into WinPE Apply full OS image Inject drivers First boot and OOBE TFTP transfer of boot and OS loader Variable-size transmission window TFTP shared UDP port allocation TFTP shared client buffer

Plan, manage, diagnose Boot with PXE Get into WinPE Apply full OS image Inject drivers First boot and OOBE WDS is running in WinPE Apply of image begins In-place WIM multicast apply Multicast performance improved VHDX apply

Server with a GUI Minimal Server Interface Server Core NEW Full Server without Server Graphical Shell No Explorer, Internet Explorer or associated files MMC, Server Manager, and a subset of Control Panel applets are still installed Provides many of the benefits of Server Core for those applications or users that haven’t yet made the transition Server Core NEW Can move between Server Core and Full Server by simply installing or uninstalling components Classic “Full Server” Full Metro-style GUI shell Install Desktop Experience to run Metro-style apps

POWERSHELL Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra -Restart POWERSHELL Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra,Server-Gui-Shell -Restart NEW Can install multiple features with one command by separating with commas Single reboot required to restart all services

demo Transitioning between Server Core and Server with a GUI

POWERSHELL Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell -Restart POWERSHELL Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell -Restart POWERSHELL Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra -Restart

Server CoreMinimal Server Interface Server Graphical Shell ServerCore = 1Set ServerGuiMgmt = 1Not SetSet ServerGuiShell = 1Not Set Set

Server CoreMinimal Server InterfaceServer with a GUIDesktop Experience Command Prompt  PowerShell/.NET  Server Manager  MMC  Control Panel  CPL Applets  Some  Explorer Shell  Taskbar  System Tray  Internet Explorer  Help  Themes  Start screen (Metro)  Metro-style apps  Media Player 

demo Minimal Server Interface

POWERSHELL Uninstall-WindowsFeature -Remove

CMD mkdir c:\mountdir CMD dism /mount-wim /WimFile: :\sources\install.wim /Index: /MountDir:c:\mountdir /readonly CMD Dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile: :sources\install.wim POWERSHELL with mounted WIM Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra,Server-Gui-Shell –Restart –Source c:\mountdir\windows\winsxs

CMD Dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile: :sources\install.wim POWERSHELL Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra,Server-Gui-Shell –Restart –Source wim: :\sources\install.wim:4

POWERSHELL Install-WindowsFeature -Source

POWERSHELL with mounted WIM Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra,Server-Gui-Shell –Restart –Source c:\mountdir\windows\winsxs POWERSHELL Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra,Server-Gui-Shell –Restart –Source wim:d:\sources\install.wim:4

demo Reducing Disk Footprint with Features on Demand

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