Windows Server 2012 R2 Core Setup
In this article I will show you the commands I usually use in order to configure a newly set up Windows Server 2012 R2 system. I know there are may other ways to do this like sconfig or corefig but I prefer native Powershell command. Let's start by renaming the computer with the command below: Rename-Computer -NewName Server1 A small note here, the name of the computer will not change until you reboot. If you want to reboot right after the cmdlet above completes just add the -Restart parameter. Next, I'm going to set the product key: slmgr -ipk productkeystring After the step above I like to configure the network settings. Let's start with renaming the network adapters. That way it is easier to tell which adapter is connected to which network: Rename-NetAdapter -NewName LAB_Data After renaming the adapters, it's time to assign some IP addresses! New-NetIPAddress -IPAddress 10.0.0.12 ` -InterfaceAlias LAB_Data ` -DefaultGateway 10.0.0.1 ` ...