Configure Windows Server Core

In this lecture, we are going to see how to configure Windows Server Core.

On a recently installed Windows Server Core press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to enter the administrator password that we created when we installed the operating system and press Enter.

Once logged in we see the Command Prompt console as the main screen.

You can basically run all the commands that you execute on a command prompt window like ipconfig, ping, and type powershell to get a PowerShell prompt.

Type powershell and press Enter.

The first thing we are going to do is set the resolution with the command Set-DisplayResolution -Width 1280 -Height 720 and press Enter.

If we want to get out of PowerShell we can type exit and press Enter.

Now, when we configure a Windows Server Core we use sconfig. Type sconfig and press Enter.

This allows us to easily configure the system. We can configure basic options of our Windows Server Core in a friendly user interface.

Let’s configure the Network Settings by typing the number 8 and pressing Enter.

Select the Network Adapter Index by typing the number 0 and pressing Enter.

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