Roles available in Server Core
Server Core is obviously a restricted form of the operating system, and some of the roles inside Windows Server are just not designed to work properly within that limited context. Here is a list of the roles which are supported to run on a Windows Server 2016—Server Core instance:
Active Directory Certificate Services
Active Directory Domain Services
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Active Directory Rights Management Server
DHCP Server
DNS Server
File Services
Print and Document Services
Routing and Remote Access
Streaming Media Services
Hyper-V
Web Server
Windows Server Update Server
