Core is the GUI-less version of Windows that uses DOS and PowerShell ... Starting with SQL 2012, it is supported for SQL Server. 3. Columnstore Indexes-- This a cool new feature that is completely ...

You'll want to go here and read a short article from the Windows Server team. Go on, read that. I'll wait. The points to take away: The full GUI experience on the Windows Server OS is now optional.

As Windows PowerShell becomes more prominent, the Windows Server GUI is fading away. Every time I got busted skipping history class as a kid, I always got the same old lecture about how history is ...

It's been a long time coming, but at its Build 2016 developer conference Microsoft unveiled two tools that finally put the nails in the coffin of the server GUI. And it's about time too.