For years, command-line enthusiasts of the Unix/Linux persuasion lambasted Windows Server OS for being GUI-based, which opened up a ton of security holes. With the release of Windows Server 2008, ...

The Windows Server 2016 "Insider" preview Build 16237 of the fall update only supports Server Core deployments and a stripped-down Nano Server option with improvements to Hyper-V, RDMA for trusted ...

After chatting with my friend and fellow Microsoft MVP Allen White about Windows Server Core on a recent SQLCruise.com excursion, I realized that this is a technology I should be evangelizing more. I ...

Microsoft Corp. has managed to slim down the already slimmed down version of its operating system for virtualized and software container environments. Windows Server Core, as the operating system is ...

Windows Server Core is the epitome of Microsoft's shift toward GUI-free. But since you can't beat a good dashboard, here's how to access the GUI remotely. Taking a cue from Linux, these days Microsoft ...

The co-opetition among the world’s top cloud computing providers is becoming more pronounced. Google Inc. kicked it up another notch today by adding support for two of Microsoft Corp.’s most important ...

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Windows Server 2016, not likely to arrive until the second half of next year, is going to shake up the way Microsoft licenses its server operating system, moving away from per socket licensing to per ...

Microsoft's Windows Server 2016 isn't due out until the second half of 2016, but Microsoft execs are starting to communicate some of the licensing and pricing changes coming to its next server ...