Configuring Server Core from the console
In the previous recipe, we got Server Core installed, but we didn't do anything useful with it. In one of the screenshots, we displayed how you can flip the default Command Prompt over to PowerShell, and then run some commands, such as the Add-Computer
cmdlet, in order to join the server to the domain. Beyond that, nothing has been configured and our server isn't performing any functions in our network yet. Let's walk through the standard items you can accomplish on any server when you bring it up for the first time in a domain network. Our hostname is already set and it's joined to our domain, but we still need to configure an IP address.
Getting ready
I have a new server and have run through the installation of Windows Server 2019. During installation, I chose the default selection for the Core version of Windows Server. Following installation, with the same process we used in Chapter 3, Networking, I am now sitting...