Last month Microsoft announced that Windows Server Core 2016 will be the recommended deployment OS for all Infrastructure Services.
This article will show a few great tools that will help you get started with Server Core and use it more and get better and better.
To use the tools below simply type the name of the tool In the command line window.
Notepad
Not a lot of admins know It but you can use it on Server Core by typing Notepad
Msinfo32
Great tool to find all the Information about your Server Core Install like Hostname, Server OS build number, CPU etc
Regedit
You can use Regedit or regedit32 to add, remove or edit registry settings on your Server Core Install
Timedate.cpl
Use this tool to change the time and date on your Server Core Install
Intl.cpl
If you need to change the Region setting on the Server
And the best tool ever made for Server Core
SCONFIG
Use this tool to update the server, Add to the domain, change IP, DNS , ec
And the last tool, PowerShell
Server Core comes with a full version of PowerShell 5.