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Microsoft has introduced an installation option of Windows Server 2016 that provides an operating system designed and optimized for Cloud operations. Microsoft’s Nano Server is intended to support and run born-in-the-cloud applications and containers. In this article, I will explain how to easily and quickly you can deploy Nano Servers in your server environment, using either PowerShell or a GUI. […]
Read moreValidate your current WU settings using SCONFIG To determine what updates your machine has already installed, follow these steps: Open a command prompt with Admin permissions. Type sconfig and press Enter. NOTE: There may be a short pause as the tool inspects your system. Option #5 shows the current configuration of your Windows Update settings. Change your Windows Update Settings To […]
Read moreDeploying IIS on A Windows Container can be done In two ways, First way deploy windows Nano Server Container and then Install IIS using DISM, Second way and more simple and recommended Is downloading a Windows Nano Server Image with IIS Installed and configured. In this article, I’ll use the first option and In the next few days, I’ll blog […]
Read moreIn this article, I’ll show you how to disable the Windows Firewall on A Windows Nano Server 2016. Below, you will see two methods to do it one using Netsh and the second using Set-NetFirewallProfile (PowerShell) you can use either of them. To disable the firewall connect to your Nano Server using PowerShelland run the line below to disable the Firewall: netsh […]
Read moreIn this article, I’ll show you how to modify \ Change the existing DNS Server IP address on a Windows Nano Server 2016. To complete this operation, You will need to connect to the Server with an admin account and use Remote PowerShell. To get started, I’ve connected to my Nano Server using PowerShell Remote. Once connected, I’ll need to find […]
Read moreTo join the Nano Server to my Active Directory domain I’ll use offline Domain Join utility (Djoin.exe). To complete this you will need to run the Djoin command from a domain controller or from a member server joined to the domain. To start the process run the command line below from the command prompt tool: The command will create a […]
Read moreIn this article, I’ll show you how I connect to my Windows Server 2016 using PowerShell Remoting. To get started, I Open a Windows PowerShell console. Note:If your Nano Server Is not part of your domain type the line below, do add it to the Trusted Hosts list on your machine. Set-Item WSMan:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts -Value 192.68.0.21 -Concatenate Next, I type the line below to […]
Read moreIn my lab, I have VMware ESXi hosts and I just want to deploy the Nano Server as a Virtual Machine so that I can play around with it, which is why the title of the article is how to install Windows Nano Server on VMware ESXi! Before we proceed further, let us look at the prerequisites required for how […]
Read moreWindows Nano Server is a super lightweight version of Windows Server that was “built for the Cloud”. When I first heard of it I immediately became curious, because it resembles VMware’s ESXi in many ways: It is an embedded-like and headless system with a very small footprint and can be managed only remotely. It has limited use cases, but two […]
Read moreIn April 2015, Microsoft announced a new feature available in Windows Server 2016 called Nano Server. It is similar to Windows Server Core mode but remarkably smaller. Apparently there are big plans in store for Nano Server. Jeffery Snover, lead architect for Windows Server, consistently stated throughout the Microsoft Ignite event, “Nano Server is the greatest change to Windows Server […]
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