Core Configurator 2.0 is released
As a follow up to my previous post regarding all the free tools and services that Microsoft offers, people should be aware of CodePlex and some of the fantastic open source solutions that Microsoft and others post to this community. One of those projects is Core Configurator. We are pleased to announce the latest version of Core Configurator 2.0 built and designed for Windows Server 2008 R2 Core edition has been released.
The download can be found at : https://www.codeplex.com/CoreConfig
The primary focus of this project is to get feedback and contributions back from the community to make this a tool the best/ free tool everyone will want in their toolkit.
Core Configuration tasks include:
- Product Licensing
- Networking Features
- DCPromo Tool
- ISCSI Settings
- Server Roles and Features
- User and Group Permissions
- Share Creation and Deletion
- Dynamic Firewall settings
- Display | Screensaver Settings
- Add & Remove Drivers
- Proxy settings
- Windows Updates (Including WSUS)
- Multipath I/O
- Hyper-V including virtual machine thumbnails
- Join Domain and Computer rename
- Add/remove programs
- Services
- WinRM
- Complete logging of all commands executed
For those looking to deploy Windows Server 2008 R2 in the core installation for any number of specific roles will find this tool very valuable.
Cheers