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Seems Microsoft thinks that Windows 11 desktop features is what administrators want? I'm not so sure I want this... If I see already how Edge is not taking into consideration it runs on a server OS with all the stuff which should not active in such environments I'm a bit afraid about the desktop future especially in non RDS environments...
Microsoft- Optional is one thing - but sometimes customers want to opt out of Modern desktop but keep classic desktop withput modern apps etc. Wonder why those customer requests seem to be ignored.
- Jeff-Woolsey
We love both Windows Server with and without the desktop. The modernization of Windows Server 2025 experience is directly based on customer input. Windows Server Core is still available for those that prefer a server installation without the desktop GUI.
- Appreciate that. I am also a huge fan of Windows Server core option. Do you believe we'll be seeing winget support there?
- Demitrius_Nelon
The only open issue we found with WinGet on Server Core was discovered by a community member. We were using the desktop to determine the default locale behaviors for WinGet. Adding a locale to the WinGet settings was the workaround used in that case. We will likely just modify some of the default behaviors, so it just works on Server Core. It's also worth noting, since we're using App Installer as a delivery vehicle, UI.Xaml is included as a dependency for the portions of App Installer rendering UI, but that code is not needed by WinGet.
