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Server Administrator Version 8.5 Installation Guide — Microsoft Windows

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Installing Managed System Software On Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core And Microsoft Hyper-V Server

The Server Core installation option of the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V Server operating system provides a minimal environment for running specific server roles that reduce the maintenance and management requirements and the attack surface for those server roles. A Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server installation installs only a subset of the binaries that are required by the supported server roles. For example, the Explorer shell is not installed as part of a Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server installation. Instead, the default user interface for a Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server installation is the command prompt.

  • NOTE: On Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Core and Windows Server 2012 Core, to install Server Administrator, Windows-on-Windows (WOW) mode should be enabled.
  • NOTE: Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server operating system does not support a graphical user interface (GUI) based installation of software components. Install the software in the Command Line Interface (CLI) mode on Server Core. For more information on Server Core, see microsoft.com.
  • NOTE: On Windows 7, to install the systems management software successfully, log in using an account which belongs to the Administrators group and must run the setup.exe using the option Run as administrator from the right-click menu.
  • NOTE: Log in as a built-in Administrator, Domain Administrator, or user who is a part of Domain Admins and Domain Users group, to install the systems management software on supported Microsoft Windows operating system. For more information about user privileges, see the corresponding Microsoft Windows operating system Help.
  • NOTE: Server Administrator is also supported on Windows Server 2012.

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