Windows Server 2008 Server Core - Small footprints, great security

IT administrators are interested in Server Core for Windows Server 2008, which has been exposed since the Longhorn era. This command-line version of Windows Server includes the various roles required for Windows servers. Jeff Jones, a Microsoft security technology unit technician, gave us more information about Server Core.

Jones pointed out that installing Server Core will be very easy. The full version of Windows Server 2008 requires 10.8GB of space, while Server Core only needs 16% of its space, small, stable and good. use. But when asked if this feature has the potential to reduce the attack surface, he is not sure. Because security is made up of various aspects, there may be some unpredictable effects between them, but Server Core at least reduces security threats from IE, IIS, Explorer and Windows GUI.

At present, Server Core supports the following roles:

Active Directory Domain Services

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ( DHCP) Server

DNS Server

File Services

Print Server

Streaming Media Services