Enable remote desktop access

Enable Remote desktop for CORE

Enabling Remote Desktop Using

Scregedit.wsf You can use the Scregedit.wsf script to enable Remote Desktop on your Server Core installation by

logging on locally to your server and run the proper command.

-To verify that the registry change has been made : Terminal Server fDenyTSConnections

A value of 0 for the fDenyTSConnections registry value means that Remote Desktop is enabled on

the system, while a value of 1 means that Remote Desktop is disabled.

1 means not enabling the remote desktop

Now it's enabled

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How to install the Full Gui Interface

The Full GUI Server Interface provides you with the full GUI of Windows Server 2012.

PowerShell Command:

Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra, Server-Gui-Shell –Restart

Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure (Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra): provides a minimal server interface and server management

tools. The components for it are:

o Server Manager

o Microsoft Management Console (MMC) and snap-ins

o Subset of Control Panel

Server Graphical Shell (Server-Gui-Shell): it is dependent on the first feature and provides the rest of the GUI experience. The component of

it are:

o Desktop

o Start screen

o Windows Explorer

o Internet Explorer

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Features on Demands

Hyper-V virtual hard disks had a 2 TB limit. VHDX files have a 64 TB

capacity

Install features on VHD offline

Install DNS on Offline VHD