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"we removed the GUI stack, 32 bit support (WOW64), MSI and a number of default Server Core components. There is no local logon or Remote Desktop support. All ma

by rsync 12y ago

"we removed the GUI stack, 32 bit support (WOW64), MSI and a number of default Server Core components. There is no local logon or Remote Desktop support. All management is performed remotely via WMI and PowerShell." Is this unprecedented ? I think it is, but I've been divorced from the windows ecosystem for a very, very long time ... Is this, in fact, the first time that there has been a Windows release that had ... no windows ? Had no GUI ? Was administered with a CLI only ?

wila 12y ago
Not really the first time. Windows Server Core has existed since Windows Server 2008 [1]. Sounds like they stripped some more parts like MSI and 32 bits support. [1] https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd184075.aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd184075.aspx