March 16th, 2017 by Charlie Russel and tagged PowerShell, Server core, Windows Server Core
I have a bunch of scripts I use when I’m building a lab to install “stuff” (that’s the Technical Term we IT Professionals use) that I need to manage and work with a virtual machine. Now, when I build from a SysPrep’d image, that’s not an issue, but if I have to build from an […]
Posted in Application Compatibility, PowerShell, Registry, Windows Server Core | Comments Off on How to tell if you’re running on Windows Server Core
February 15th, 2017 by Charlie Russel and tagged Active Directory, AD DS, DHCP, Networking, PowerShell, Server core
As I mentioned last time, I’m setting up a new domain controller and DHCP server for my internal domain on Windows Server 2016 Core, and I’m exclusively using PowerShell to do it. For both the DHCP Server and AD DS roles, we need to configure a fixed IP address on the server, so let’s do […]
Posted in Active Directory, DHCP, Hyper-V, Networking, PowerShell, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server Core | Comments Off on Configuring Windows Server 2016 core as a DHCP Server with PowerShell
February 14th, 2017 by Charlie Russel and tagged PowerShell v5.1, Server core, Windows Server 2016
I know I owe you more on creating a lab with PowerShell, and I’ll get to that in a few days. But having just set up a new domain controller running Server 2016 Core, I thought I’d include a couple of tricks I worked through to make your life a little easier if you choose […]
Posted in $Profile, Console, Hyper-V, PowerShell, Windows Server Core | 5 Comments »
May 14th, 2016 by Charlie Russel and tagged Active Directory, AD DS, PowerShell, Server 2016, Server core
I’ve been working with Windows Server 2016 CTP5 recently, and because I installed it without the Desktop Experience (what we used to call a Server Core installation), I’m having to do everything in Windows PowerShell. No complaints, I enjoy it, but it does force me to think about things a bit sometimes. One of the […]
Posted in Active Directory, Network Administration, PowerShell, Windows Server, Windows Server Core | Comments Off on Promoting a new domain controller
