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How to install Windows Server 2016 Core as a VM that has the GUI?
I have an installation of an ISO for Windows Server 2016 Core that I would like to run, but only within a VM but it came without the GUI, and I wanted to install the GUI version during setup but I wa...
Once you install core version of Windows 2016, you will not be able to convert it to GUI version using PowerShell commands. We had this capability in windows 2012 R2.
https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2017/04/05/switching-between-windows-server-2016-server-core-and-desktop-experience/
In my view there are 2 possibilities
1. Continue with core version and use remote administration tools and PowerShell to manage the server
2.Reinstall the server with GUI version.
https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/windowsserver/2017/04/05/switching-between-windows-server-2016-server-core-and-desktop-experience/
In my view there are 2 possibilities
1. Continue with core version and use remote administration tools and PowerShell to manage the server
2.Reinstall the server with GUI version.