Does anyone use Windows 2008 Server Core?

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Just thought I'd ask.

I've installed one DC with 2008 Standard, onto a Vista box, using VPC2007. I have now also installed a second server - a Server Core server - as per my 70-640 MS Training Kit.

Question is: does anyone actually use Server Core in normal day to day, and is it any better/worse?

Thanks in advance.

Edit: I put this in the Virtualisation piece but it's obviously not necessrily the right place. Apologies.

 

Heh heh... cheers Ken.

 

Am actually still studying the Ms press MCITP self-paced traning kit(exam 70-646) Windows server administration by Ian McLean and Orin Thomas.....

Server core is just a stripped down version of an edition of windows server 2008...

It has two primary benefits;

--Reduced attack surface

--Lower hardware requirements

 

We've got a hyper-v setup with full install just for the fact that we don't run vista or any other server 2008 host to administer the hyper-v, so the answer from me is no long way for a shortcut lol