You perform a Server Core Installation of Windows Server 2012 R2 on a server named Server1.
You need to add a graphical user interface (GUI) to Server1.
Which tool should you use?
A.
the Add-WindowsPackagecmdlet
B.
the Add-WindowsFeaturecmdlet
C.
the Install-Module cmdlet
D.
the Install-RoleServicecmdlet
Explanation:
From the MSPress book “Upgrading your skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012 R2” Converting a server
with a GUI to or from Server Core You can switch between a Server Core installation and full installation
in Windows Server 2012 R2 because the difference between these installation options is contained in
two specific Windows features that can be added or removed. The first feature, Graphical Management
Tools and Infrastructure (Server- Gui-Mgmt-Infra), provides a minimal server interface and server
management tools such as Server Manager and the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). The second
feature, Server Graphical Shell (Server-Gui-Shell), is dependent on the first feature and provides the rest
of the GUI experience, including Windows Explorer. In Figure 1-9, you can see these two features in theAdd Roles And Features Wizard, on the Select Features page, beneath User Interfaces And
Infrastructure.
To convert a full installation to a Server Core installation, just remove these two features in Server
Manager. Note that removing the first feature will automatically remove the second, dependent
feature.
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You can also remove these graphical interface features in Windows PowerShell. If you have deployed a
full installation of Windows Server 2012 R2 and want to convert it to a Server Core installation, run the
following Windows PowerShell command:
Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-GUI-MgmtiInfra -restart Remember that you only need to specify
Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra for removal to remove both this feature and Server-Gui-Shell. Once the graphical
management tools and graphical shell have been removed, the server restarts. When you log back on,
you are presented with the Server Core user interface.
The process can be reversed by replacing both features. You can do this from a remote server by using
the Add Roles And Features Wizard in Server Manager. You can also do it locally by running the
following Windows PowerShell command:
Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell estart
Note that when you install these two features from Windows PowerShell, you must specify them both.
To configure Minimal Server Interface, you can either start with a Server Core installation and add
Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure or start with a Server with a GUI and remove Server
Graphical Shell.The Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure feature includes Server Manager and some other
basic administrative tools, but it does notinclude (i.e among tohers) Windows Explorer.
NB: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj205467.aspx Install-WindowsFeature Installs one or
more Windows Server roles, role services, or features on either the local or a specified remote server
that is running Windows Server 2012 R2.
This cmdlet is equivalent to and replaces Add-WindowsFeature, the cmdlet that was used to install
roles, role services, and features in Windows Server 2008
R2.http://blogs.technet.com/b/yungchou/archive/2012/07/18/windows-server-2012-
installationoptions.aspx
Minimal Server Interface
This is new. In Windows Server 2012 R2, with a Server with GUI installation one can remove the Server
Graphical Shell (which provides full GUI for server) to set a full server installation with the so-called
Minimal
Server Interface option with the following PowerShell comlet.
Unstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell estart.This basically provides a Server with GUI, but without installing Internet Explorer 10, Windows Explorer,
the desktop, and the Start screen. Additionally, Microsoft Management Console (MMC), Server
Manager, and a subset of Control Panel are still in place.
Minimal Server Interface requires 4 GB more disk space than Server Core alone
