Going Cold Turkey on the GUI: Server Core Setup Step-by-Step

For years you've known it: you've just GOT to get more familiar with the command line. You will get things done faster, you will be able to create simple batch files for automating many tasks and, best of all, when you're working from the GUI, then your boss starts to think, "hey, what IS that thing he/she's using? We need to pay techie employees like them more money!" Well, Windows 2008 command-line-only Server Core has arrived, so here is your opportunity. Picking up where his popular "Command Windows from C: Level" talk left off, Mark Minasi walks you through the process of building a Server Core server from setup to initial configuration to full-blown DNS, Active Directory and more. Every step includes the specific commands, options and working examples to ease the path from "GUI admin" to "command-line ninja!".