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Windows Server 2012 Requirements and Installation : Customizing the Interface with Features on Demand

6/14/2013 5:14:13 PM

Features on Demand can be used to remove specific roles and features. By cherry-picking which components reside on your server, you can save disk space. In Hyper-V virtual machines, Features on Demand reduces the footprint of a virtual machine—in some instances, removing particular roles and features can reduce the size of a virtual machine by more than one gigabyte.

Minimal Server Interface

Figure 1. Minimal Server Interface

This is one of my favorite features in Server 2012. I’m not quite sure why Microsoft isn’t singing the praises of Features on Demand and hitting administrators over the head repeatedly about how great it is, instead of going on about Server Core install recommendations. Minimal Server Interface is a far better and more flexible option than simply going with a Server Core install if you don’t want the full GUI; it’s a customized GUI that you pretty much design based on your management needs.

Another big advantage in Server 2012 over previous server versions is that in prior versions of Windows servers, you could disable server roles and features, but the binary files for them remained on the server. With Server 2012, however, these files are fully removable. Uninstalling files associated with server roles and features is a state called “disabled with payload removed.”

To remove these roles and features, you can use a PowerShell cmdlet. For instance, to remove Windows Explorer, Internet Explorer, and all dependent components, you can run the command:

Uninstall –WindowsFeatures Server-Gui-Shell –remove

Once you remove a role or disabled a feature with payload removed, you can reinstall it. Reinstalling requires access to an installation source (typically on the installation media). Use the PowerShell command Install-Windows Feature with the –Source parameter. If you don’t specify a source, Windows will attempt to download the needed files using Windows Update.

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