Core Configurator 2.0 now available!

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Core Configurator 2.0 is now available for download here: https://coreconfig.codeplex.com/

If you are unfamiliar with this tool – it is a graphical tool that allows you to configure a whole bunch of system settings on a Windows Server Core installation:

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Having spent some time playing with this release I have been impressed by a number of features:

  • The entire tool is just a bunch of PowerShell Scripts.  Truly amazing stuff.  I just spent half an hour pouring over the code in these scripts to see how they are able to do half the things they manage to do.
  • If you have not enabled PowerShell on your core server – the launch script will offer to do so automatically.  So it is very easy to get up and running.
  • Along with all the usual server core configuration stuff - this release has basic support for Hyper-V which allows you to list virtual machines, start and stop virtual machines, and view the thumbnail of running virtual machines.
  • If you are planning to use this to setup server core inside a virtual machine – you can also download the tool on a .ISO file – which lets you easily connect it to your virtual machine of choice.

Cheers,
Ben