Core Configurator 2.0 for Windows Server 2008 R2 Core Edition
Managing Windows Server 2008 R2 Core edition can be challenging without a GUI. Luckily, CodePlex has come out with Core Configurator 2.0, a free, open source, graphical tool that will let you manage several of your Windows Server 2008 R2 Core edition settings. The previous version was meant to work with Windows Server 2008.
This tool has been written in PowerShell with a reference to Winforms so that a GUI format is displayed. If you haven’t enabled PowerShell on your server core, it will even offer to enable it. Core Configurator tasks include:
- Product Licensing
- Networking Features
- DCPromo Tool
- ISCSI Settings
- Server Roles and Features
- User and Group Permissions
- Share Creation and Deletion
- Dynamic Firewall settings
- Display | Screensaver Settings
- Add & Remove Drivers
- Proxy settings
- Windows Updates (Including WSUS)
- Multipath I/O
- Hyper-V including virtual machine thumbnails
- JoinDomain and Computer rename
- Add/remove programs
- Services
- WinRM
- Complete logging of all commands executed
You can download the tool here.
