You have been supporting CSM Tech Publishing\'s Windows Server 2012 R2 server ne

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You have been supporting CSM Tech Publishing's Windows Server 2012 R2 server network for over a year. The office has two Windows Server 2012 R2 servers running Active Directory and a number of other roles. Management has informed you that a small sales office is opening in the same building three floors up. The sales manager wants to install a sales application on a server located in the sales office. This server will have limited physical security because there's no special room dedicated for it, which means it will be accessible to non-IT personnel and visitors. You're considering installing Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core on the new server because accessing its console regularly probably won't be necessary, and this server will be managed from one of the other CSM Tech Publishing servers. What are the benefits and drawbacks of using Server Core for this branch office? What are some things you should do to set up this server management environment?

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1. Benefits and drawbacks of using Server Core for branch office are :

a. Reduced servicing and management as it installs only what is required .

b. Reduced attack surface as less is running on the server .

c. Reduced disk space,RAM memory and processing speed are required for installation and running .

d. No GUI interface , only command prompt so less user friendly and greater security and reliability .As physical access can not be blocked in branch office .

e. Has interface for remote management .

f. It does'nt support several server roles and features that are available with full installation .

2. Things to be done to set up server management environment :

Assigning system resources .
Installing Server Core .
Setting Time , Date , And Time Zone .
Setting IP address .
Testing network connectivity .
Configuring Firewall for Ping Packets .
Setting Workgroup and Computer Name .
Configuring Windows Update .

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