Server Core: Finally a reason to learn powershell

[gigatexal]

Server core looks amazing. it's like the Linux-ification of windows. The web based administration is really cool, reminds me of MaaS.

edit: I mean't Nano Server.

 

[TuxDude]

Is there something new about server core that I haven't seen yet? Trying to google recent news on the topic is just giving me lots of results about nano server.

At least on server core 2012 R2 which I have put some time into, it is still very far from a "linux-ification" of windows. Nano-server looks like it might be what imho server core should have been years ago, but at the same time I'm kind of expecting it to suck just like server core did on its first release.

 

[gigatexal]

it's a hella paired down version of even server-core. I've been watching the video here: Microsoft Ignite

 

[tigweld0101]

I am trembling just thinking about licensing, but excited to see this in action.

 

[TuxDude]

I suspect it is nano-server that you are thinking about then, not server core. And I have a feeling that once it is actually released and people start running into all of its limitations/restrictions that it won't get very much use. There's just going to be too much it can't do, and too many "admins" that can't use it without a GUI. It'll see a bit of usage as the platform running HyperV clusters/clouds and thats about it. By the next windows release they'll have added enough functionality back into it to make it usable in more scenarios.

 

[gigatexal]

doh! I meant nano server, not server core. Can someone change the title?

 

[gigatexal]

I am trembling just thinking about licensing, but excited to see this in action.

I wonder if it will be free or close to it. I hope so!