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Enhancing Availability With a Server Core Installation of Windows Server 2008

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Overview Microsoft Information Technology (Microsoft IT) understands that unanticipated downtime can have a significant negative impact on its large, complex environment. Loss of critical systems or services can reduce productivity, sales, and confidence from staff, partners, and customers. To help create a highly available infrastructure that provides minimal downtime, Microsoft IT decided to deploy the Server Core installation option of the Windows Server 2008 operating system. The Server Core installation option, new in the Windows Server 2008 operating system, is minimal: It does not include a full Graphical User Interface (GUI) or various additional functionality that is not required for supported server roles and features.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	April 2008
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Application Servers, Windows Server 2008

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