Configuring Windows Server 2016 Core. Part1: Installation
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This series of posts is intended to show you the full process of configuring Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Core version – from its installation and the deployment of Hyper-V role to the Failover Cluster setup. In this part, you will find a step-by-step guide on installing and configuring Windows Server Core.
Read the full article by Alex Khorolets, a technical support engineer at StarWind, to learn how to properly install Windows Server 2016 Core.
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I know its a technical how-to, but its a shame it doesn't at least touch on why you might want to deploy Server 2016 and Hyper-V as a role rather than just installing Hyper-V standalone.
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@aidan_walsh afaik there is no reason to install it as a role. All it does is create unnecessary licensing dependencies.
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@wirestyle22 said in Configuring Windows Server 2016 Core. Part1: Installation:
@aidan_walsh afaik there is no reason to install it as a role. All it does is create unnecessary licensing dependencies.
The main reason some people do it is for auto activation of guest windows machines. That is no reason to ever do it IMO.
If every physical server is a Datacenter license then it is pretty transparent also.
But I still do not feel that Installing in this way makes sense.
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@jaredbusch said in Configuring Windows Server 2016 Core. Part1: Installation:
@wirestyle22 said in Configuring Windows Server 2016 Core. Part1: Installation:
@aidan_walsh afaik there is no reason to install it as a role. All it does is create unnecessary licensing dependencies.
The main reason some people do it is for auto activation of guest windows machines. That is no reason to ever do it IMO.
If every physical server is a Datacenter license then it is pretty transparent also.
But I still do not feel that Installing in this way makes sense.
That's a benefit I wasn't aware of but agreed that is doesn't make it worth it.
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I'm just going to go ahead and post this right here.
https://mangolassi.it/topic/14446/what-type-of-hypervisor-is-hyper-v-samit-video
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@jaredbusch said in Configuring Windows Server 2016 Core. Part1: Installation:
@wirestyle22 said in Configuring Windows Server 2016 Core. Part1: Installation:
@aidan_walsh afaik there is no reason to install it as a role. All it does is create unnecessary licensing dependencies.
The main reason some people do it is for auto activation of guest windows machines. That is no reason to ever do it IMO.
If every physical server is a Datacenter license then it is pretty transparent also.
But I still do not feel that Installing in this way makes sense.
Yep, KMS server to the rescue.
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@dashrender said in Configuring Windows Server 2016 Core. Part1: Installation:
@jaredbusch said in Configuring Windows Server 2016 Core. Part1: Installation:
@wirestyle22 said in Configuring Windows Server 2016 Core. Part1: Installation:
@aidan_walsh afaik there is no reason to install it as a role. All it does is create unnecessary licensing dependencies.
The main reason some people do it is for auto activation of guest windows machines. That is no reason to ever do it IMO.
If every physical server is a Datacenter license then it is pretty transparent also.
But I still do not feel that Installing in this way makes sense.
Yep, KMS server to the rescue.
Correct. If you are big enough to have Datacenter licensing, spin up another VM and setup KMS.
