The default management for Windows Server 2008 Core is the command line. Yes, the main powerful of Windows Server Core becomes available when using such an approach, but sometimes it's not so user friendly. This is why I've been asking so many times if exist anything more graphic :). Yes, one of the first recommendations to work and manage Windows 2008 Server Core is to use MMC from a remote machine, but MMC cannot do everything. Of course to allow work with remote tools this tool should be allowed passage through the firewall packages Server Core. In addition, this is for many more difficult than editing the registry. :) Therefore, I would like to have a simple graphical tool for configuring local system. The task of developing such an interface is complicated by that the Server Core has a limited set of graphics API, this is a reason why so beautiful MMC doesn't work on it.

So, if Microsoft has not established such utilities anybody else did this. Look at the utility CoreConfigurator developed by Guy Teverovsky, MVP from Israel.

This is what it can:

• Product Activation Product Activation
• Configuration of display resolution Configuration of display resolution
• Clock and time zone configuration Clock and time zone configuration
• Remote Desktop configuration Remote Desktop configuration
• Management of local user accounts (creation, deletion, group membership, passwords) Management of local user accounts (creation, deletion, group membership, passwords)
• Firewall configuration Firewall configuration
• WinRM configuration WinRM configuration
• IP configuration IP configuration
• Computer name and domain/workgroup membership Computer name and domain / workgroup membership
• Installation of Server Core features/roles Installation of Server Core features / roles