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Mastering Windows Server 2016

You're reading from   Mastering Windows Server 2016 A comprehensive and practical guide to Windows Server 2016

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785888908
Length 416 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jordan Krause Jordan Krause
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Windows Server 2016 2. Installing and Managing Windows Server 2016 FREE CHAPTER 3. Core Infrastructure Services 4. Certificates in Windows Server 2016 5. Networking with Windows Server 2016 6. Enabling Your Mobile Workforce 7. Hardening and Security 8. Tiny Servers 9. Redundancy in Windows Server 2016 10. Learning PowerShell 5.0 11. Application Containers and Docker 12. Virtualizing Your Datacenter with Hyper-V Index

Interfacing with Server Core


After running through your first installation of Server Core, you will be presented with the following lock screen:

Is that really a Command Prompt window that says Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to unlock? Yes, yes it is. This usually draws a few chuckles when an admin sees it for the first time. I know it did for me, anyway. It reminded me a little of when we used to code if/then games on our TI-83 calculators during high school math class. Stop me, I'm getting off on a rabbit trail again. Go ahead and press Ctrl + Alt + Del, and you will be prompted to change your administrator password for the first time, just like in the case if this were the GUI version of Windows Server. Except, of course, that you do it all from within the Command Prompt window using only your keyboard. Once you are officially logged into the server, you will find yourself sitting at a traditional C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe prompt, with a flashing cursor awaiting instructions.

Interestingly, the Command...

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