Install is simpler now with few questions.
The 16 bit portion of server install, the command line part, left with 2008 server
Can have GUI or Core
Select the one to install at startup
Core is the default
Features on demand is new
Have 3 GUI Layers (4 Layers)
Default Install is Core
Can do GUI initially to get server set up and configured, then remove GUI as below
Powershell---Get-windows features
To get from core to a GUI use the following Powershell
Install-WindowsFeature Server-GUI-Mgmt-Infra, Server-Gui-Shell -restart
Hardware Requirements
1.4 Ghz Processor
512 MB RAM (Really?)
32 GB Disk
This is to make the the OS run--that's it. Hope you've got a lot of time with this memory amount.
Features on Demand
Side by Side store windows\WinSxS
This is the binary storage location
Can remove the binaries to save space and as a security measure
If you want to add the feature will need the installation media
Deleting the features file is features on demand
Use the uninstall-windows feature cmdlet
Uninstall-windowsfeature DHCP -remove
Can use install and a source path
If you don't do this, can add the feature when installed from GUI
| Edition | Intent | Major feature | Licensing | Clients | List price |
| Datacenter | Highly virtualized environments | Unlimited virtual instance rights | Processor x 2 | Per CAL | $4,809 per 2 procs |
| Standard | Little virtualization, low density | Two virtual instances | Processor x 2 | Per CAL | $882 per 2 procs |
| Essentials | Small business | Simple administration, no virtualization rights | Per Server | 25 accounts | $425 |
| Foundation | Entry level, economy server | General purpose server, no virtualization rights | Per Server | 15 accounts | OEM onl |
| Old edition | 2012 Edition | Information and License Disposition | SA req'd? |
| Datacenter | Datacenter | Convert every two 2008 R2 DC licenses into one dual processor 2012 license. |
Yes
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| Enterprise | Standard | Replaced by Standard with all former Enterprise features now included in Standard. You can convert each existing 2008 R2 Enterprise license into two 2012 Standard licenses. |
Yes
|
| Standard | Standard | Convert each 2008 R2 Standard license into one 2012 Standard licenses |
Yes
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| Web (no SA) | See notes | No direct replacement, but web workloads running on any Windows Server 2012 edition receive a "CAL waiver." |
No
|
| Web (SA) | Standard | Those with SA are entitled to receive a Standard Edition replacement and can still run the existing workloads on the 2008 Web server. |
Yes
|
| HPC editions | Standard | No direct replacement, but Microsoft will be making freely available the HPC Pack 2012 that works with Standard or Datacenter, HPC workloads also receive a "CAL waiver." Existing HPC edition users will also receive a Windows Server 2012 Standard license. |
Yes
|
| Small Business Server 2011 Essentials | Essentials | Small Business Server has been fully discontinued. You will receive one Windows Server 2012 Essentials license. |
Yes
|
| Small Business Server 2011 Standard | Standard + Exchange | Small Business Server has been fully discontinued. You will receive one Windows Server 2012 Standard edition license and one Exchange Server Standard 2010 license. |
Yes
|
| Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on | Standard + SQL Server | Small Business Server has been fully discontinued. You will receive one Windows Server 2012 Standard edition license and one SQL Server 2012 Standard edition license |
Yes
|
The 4 Windows Server 2012 GUI layer versions/modes and there differences:
- Server Core In Server Core, basically, none of the GUI Server Features have been enabled and all of the GUI Server features have been disabled.
- Minimal Shell (“MinShell”) In the Minimal Shell, previously known as ‘Features on Demand’, the ‘Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure’ feature has been enabled. This feature has no dependencies on, or towards, the other GUI Features.
- Full Installation In a full installation, both the ‘Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure’ and ‘Server Graphical Shell’ feature has been enabled. The latter feature has a dependency on the first feature; If you install the ‘Server Graphical Shell’ feature when you are in a Server Core, the ‘Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure’ will automatically be added.
- Full Installation with Desktop Experience If you enable the ‘Desktop Experience’ feature when you are in a full installation, you add the Windows RunTime, the Windows Store and thus the ability to buy, download and run Apps in the Start Screen. Note, however, that there is no automatic dependency resolution for the Desktop Experience feature. And,...this feature can only be enabled when you are already in a full installation
| Server Core | Minimal Server Interface | Server with a GUI | Server with a GUI with Desktop Experience |
| Command Prompt, Windows PowerShell, .NET Framework | ADDS: MMC, Server Manager, some Control Panel apps | ADDS: Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, Task Bar, Control Panel | ADDS: Windows Media Player, Themes, Windows 8 Shell, Windows Store |
| NO: MMC, Control Panel, Windows Explorer | NO: Windows Explorer, Control Panel, Task Bar | NO: Themes, Windows 8 Shell, Windows Store, Media Player | Basic parity with Windows 8 desktop |
| NONE | Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra | Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra, Server-Gui-Shell | Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra, Server-Gui-Shell, Desktop-Experience |
Server Core Option
If the server has a full installation of Windows Server, the following command removes the two features: Server Graphical Shell and Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure, and the resulting installation is Server Core.
Get-WindowsFeature *gui* | Uninstall-WindowsFeature –Restart
Minimal Server Interface
If the server has a full installation of Windows Server, and I need to bring the server down to minimal server interface, I only need to remove the Server-GUI-Shell. The command is shown here.
Get-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell | Uninstall-WindowsFeature –Restart
Server with a GUI
If the Windows Server is installed with “Server with a GUI,” the following two features are installed (and can be verified here).
Get-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra, Server-Gui-Shell
If the server is in Server Core mode, this command adds the two
features and brings the server up to the Server with a GUI level.
Get-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra, Server-Gui-Shell | Install-WindowsFeature –restart
Server with Desktop Experience Added (Windows 8 desktop mode)
If the server is at “Server with a GUI” mode, then the Desktop-Experience feature is not installed. This command verifies that fact.
Get-WindowsFeature Desktop-Experience
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