Original VMware "Demo"
http://www.vmware.com/technology/whyvmware/resources/esxi-hyper-v-installation.html
VMware Blog Post
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Windows Server Core = MS-DOS 2008
If you haven't seen Server Core yet, here's the UI in its entirety. It doesn't look like the Windows I know, in fact it looks like DOS! Are we stepping back in time? Who knows DOS anymore? Actually, it makes you wonder why Microsoft didn't just call it MS-DOS 2008, especially since anyone using Server Core will need to resurrect some long lost command line skills to get any work done.
http://blogs.vmware.com/virtualreality/2008/09/esxi-vs-hyper-v.html
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Technet Blog Post
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I watched the first video and counted one net new command line for Windows Server 2008 (let alone core). The command sequence is something like:
netdom (around since Windows NT 4.0)
shutdown (around since Windows NT 4.0)
netsh (around since Windows 2003)
netdom (see above)
netsh (see above)
ocsetup (Only net new command)
The second video shows setting up the ISCSI storage and I counted no net new command line tools there:
iscsicli (has been available as part of the ISCSI initiator for a while now - it's available for 2K, XP, 2003 - this is first time the iscsi initiator is in the OS) - it is probably fair to say that it's not the most intuitive command line in the world, but it is well documented.
diskpart (been around since Windows XP)
So far from being all net new command lines, we have one net new command line tools, and a bunch that have been around for a while (over ten years in some cases). Guess you'll need to update that MCSE to the new Windows 2008 certification Mike? :)
The great thing about having all this command line stuff available is that it works on both Windows Server Core & Windows Server Full installs, and you can use all this stuff to automate your server builds (or even better, use System Center Configuration Manager to deploy your Windows Server with image based deployment and task sequences).
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