Businesses that want to increase the stability and security of their information systems and extend the useful life of older hardware should take a good, hard look at Server Core, an installation ...

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 ...

For years, command-line enthusiasts of the Unix/Linux persuasion lambasted Windows Server OS for being GUI-based, which opened up a ton of security holes. With the release of Windows Server 2008, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Windows Server 2016, not likely to arrive until the second half of next year, is going to shake up the way Microsoft licenses its server operating system, moving away from per socket licensing to per ...

I'm testing out Server Core and whether it would be a good fit for our org. A problem I'm running into is that we have an internal SCCM/WSUS setup, but it doesn't offer updates for Windows 2012 (or ...

Configure the iSCSI initiator in Windows Server Core or Hyper-V Server Your email has been sent Provisioning storage to the Windows Server Core can be a challenge. Rick Vanover describes how to ...

Although most branch office environments typically exhibit a similar set of characteristics, there are also organization-specific requirements that determine how the environment operates. The ...

Microsoft says that Windows Server 2022 will come with security improvements and will bring Secured-core to the Windows Server platform. Windows Server 2022 is now in preview and "provides secured ...