Install Roles and Features on Server 2012 Core

Published 3 februari, 2013 | By Tuncay Sahin

This topic provides the information needed to install server roles and/or features. It assumes that you already have installed the server in Server Core mode and configured basic settings, such as IP Addressing and computername. You can install many roles and features on a server core server and administer them remotely.

After the Server Core installation is complete and the server is configured, you can install one or more server roles. The Server Core installation of Windows Server 2012 supports the following server roles and features:

Roles supported:

Features supported:

Active Directory Certificate Services
Active Directory Domain Services
DHCP Server
DNS Server
File Services
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Hyper-V
Print and Document Services
Streaming Media Services
Web Server
Windows Server Update Server
Active Directory Rights Management Server
Routing and Remote Access Server

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 & 4.5
Windows PowerShell
Background Intelligent Transfer Service
BitLocker Drive Encryption & Network Unlock
BranchCache
Data Center Bridging
Enhanced Storage
Failover Clustering
Multipath I/O
Network Load Balancing
Peer Name Resolution Protocol
Quality Windows Audio Video Experience
Remote Differential Compression
Simple TCP/IP Services
RPC over HTTP Proxy
SMTP Server
SNMP Service
Telnet client & server
TFTP client
Windows Internal Database
Windows PowerShell Web Access
Windows Process Activation Service
Windows Standards-based Storage Management
WinRM IIS extension
WINS server

Installing and uninstalling server roles and features by PowerShell cmdlets

Task	PowerShell cmdlet
To see a list of the roles and features that are available or currently installed.	Get-WindowsFeature
To install a server role or feature on Server 2012	Install-WindowsFeature <featurename>[,<featurename>]
To install a server role or feature on Server 2008	Add-WindowsFeaturename <featurename>
To uninstall a server role or feature on Server 2012	Uninstall-WindowsFeature <featurename>
To uninstall a server role or feature on Server 2008	Remove-WindowsFeature <featurename>
install or uninstall any dependent features	Appending the –WhatIf parameter to either Install-WindowsFeature <featurename> or Uninstall-WindowsFeature <featurename>

Binary files

When you uninstall a role or feature, the binary files for it remain on the disk. This allows you to add the role or feature later without having to access an installation source .

To completely remove a on demand role or feature	Uninstall-WindowsFeature <featurename> –Remove
To completely remove all on demand roles or features (hardening!)	Get-WindowsFeature \| ?{$_.installstate -eq “Available”} \| remove-windowsfeature –remove

To install a role or feature without local binary files

get the right image index from the source file on the installation dvd	Get-windowsimage –imagepath <pathtowim>install.wim
The –Source option specifies a path to a WIM image and the index number of the image.	Install-WindowsFeature <featurename> -Source wim:<path>:<index>,

Using the Add Roles Wizard remotely

You can also simplified add/remove roles and feature by graphically tools, such as the Add Roles wizard in Server Manager. Server Manager provides a single source for managing a server’s identity and system information, displaying server status, identifying problems with server role configuration, and managing all roles installed on the server. You can use Server Manager form a client PC by install Remote Server Administration Tools.

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Tuncay Sahin

ICT Engineer | Docent ICT & Trainer