This entire activity sounds quite difficult, somewhat boring, and error prone to say the
least. You have to wonder why someone would put themselves through all that pain. However,
the command line isn??™t anything like the scenario just mentioned. Actually, if you know a few simple
rules, using the command line doesn??™t have to be hard at all. The following sections describe some
of the methods you can use to work at the command line.
Alternatives to Exclusive Command Line Management
After you perform the initial Server Core setup, you have several ways to work with Server Core without
using the command line exclusively. One technique is to create a Remote Desktop connection. Using
this approach, you can use the features of your local client to reduce the work required at the command
line. You can learn more about this technique in the ???Working with the Remote Desktop Connection
Application??? section of the chapter.
A second method is to rely on Windows PowerShell. You can??™t run Windows PowerShell in Server Core
because Windows PowerShell requires a managed environment. Microsoft is actually working on a
smaller version of the .
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