With Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Defender was added and enabled by default for greater security. Despite all this, Server Core never really took off.

The Windows Server 2016 'Insider' preview Build 16237 of the fall update only supports Server Core deployments and a stripped-down Nano Server option with improvements to Hyper-V, RDMA for trusted ...

Focusing on virtualization and headless server technologies, Server Core is easier to manage and provides more flexibility for system administrators.

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 ...

Google’s decision to embrace the database and Windows Server Core comes as Microsoft also works to make its public cloud more open.

Windows Server Core, along with Windows Nano Server, are a slimmed-down version of the operating system for virtualized and application container environments.

Windows Server Core is the epitome of Microsoft's shift toward GUI-free. But since you can't beat a good dashboard, here's how to access the GUI remotely.

Server 2008 R2 will be the first operating system Microsoft ships that will not come in 32-bit and 64-bit flavors: only a 64-bit version will be released.

Microsoft’s latest update to Windows Server Core, build 17079, is squeezed into a download of just 1.58 gigabytes, which is about a third smaller than the previous version. Once downloaded and ...

Windows Server 2016 moving to per core, not per socket, licensing This change aligns with the licensing scheme now used for SQL Server, among others.

Microsoft's Windows Server 2016, due in the third quarter of 2016, will be moving from per-processor to per-core pricing.