Windows Server Core

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Windows Server Core

Server Core Administration

Starting the Server Configuration Utility

sconfig

Joining/Removing the Server from a Domain

Renaming the Server

Adding a User to the Local Administrators Group

Enabling or Disabling Remote Management (MMC, Server Manager MMC Snap-in and PowerShell)

Configure Windows Update Settings

Downloading and Installing Updates

Enabling or Disabling Remote Desktop

Configuring Network Settings

Configuring Date and Time Settings (Date/Time, Time Zone and Internet Time Server Synchronization)

.NET Framework

Installing and Enabling .NET 2.0 (x64)

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx2-ServerCore

Installing and Enabling .NET 3.5 (x64)

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3-ServerCore

Installing and Enabling Server Core Features (x86)

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:ServerCore-WOW64

Installing and Enabling .NET 2.0 (x86)

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx2-ServerCore-WOW64

Installing and Enabling .NET 3.5 (x86)

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:NetFx3-ServerCore-WOW64

Accessories

Open a New Command-Line Window

start "" cmd.exe

Open a Text File with Notepad

notepad.exe "C:\Path\file.ini"

Open Task Manager

taskmgr.exe

Open the Registry Editor

regedit.exe

Domain Management

Promoting a Domain Controller (DC) and Creating a New Domain and Forest

                    dcpromo /unattend /InstallDns:yes /confirmGC:yes /replicaOrNewDomain:domain /newDomainDNSName:domain.local 

                    /newDomain:forest /safeModeAdminPassword:VerySafe*123*Password /rebootOnCompletion:yes

Promoting a Domain Controller (DC) to an Existing Domain

                    dcpromo /unattend /InstallDns:yes /confirmGC:yes /replicaOrNewDomain:replica /replicaDomainDNSName:domain.local 

                    /safeModeAdminPassword:VerySafe*123*Password /userDomain:domain.local /userName:Administrator 

                    /password:Super@Admin*Password /rebootOnCompletion:yes

Forcefully Removing a Computer from the Domain

netdom remove <COMPUTER_NAME> /Domain:domain.local /Force

Firewall

Disabling the Local Firewall

netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off

Hardware Drivers

Listing Installed Hardware Drivers

pnputil -e

Adding and Installing Hardware Drivers

pnputil -i -a driver.inf

Hyper-V (PowerShell Commands)

1) Find a Specific Virtual Machine and Return all the Properties as an Object

            		powershell.exe

            		[String] $VirtualMachineName = "VM_NAME";

					$VM = get-wmiobject -query "SELECT * FROM Msvm_ComputerSystem WHERE ElementName=’$VirtualMachineName’" 

                    -namespace "root\virtualization" -computername ".";