Administrators with
more experience may remember using the command prompt exclusively in the past and for them
returning to Windows Server 2008 Server Core is simply a return to what they??™ve done before.
In fact, many experienced administrators will welcome the change because working at the command
prompt can be considerably faster than trying to locate features in a GUI. Working at the
command prompt trades flexibility and speed for ease of use and fewer errors.
Of course, the main question for most administrators is why create what essentially amounts
to a command prompt version of Windows??”a Windows without windows. The following list
describes the reasons that Microsoft apparently decided to create the Windows Server 2008 Server
Core version.
NOTE
Because this book doesn??™t discuss any other version of Windows, I??™ll use the shorter Server
Core to refer to Windows Server 2008 Server Core from this point. Whenever the book discusses
some other version of Windows, it will include the full name. In addition, when the book discusses
Windows in general, you??™ll see Windows by itself.
Fewer Maintenance Requirements
A graphical interface costs you when it comes to maintenance
because you have to maintain the graphical applications in addition to all of the essential
operating system files.
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