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Peter Hahndorf
Asked: 2015-05-18 03:17:10 +0800 CST

Remote GUI Tools not available for Nano-Server

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I'm reviewing the new Windows Nano Server Installation option. I'm using the Server Technical Preview 2 and installed a Nano Server OS in a VM on a Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V host.

I can connect to the Nano-Server via PowerShell remoting and can do all kinds of things in the remote PowerShell session.

On a second Server 2016 with full GUI I opened Server Manager and connected to the Nano server, that works, but Computer Management is grayed out:

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Is this by design?

remote-access

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  1. Best Answer

    It seems this is just a glitch in the pre-release. It is possible to open the Computer Management mmc snapin and the connect to the Nano Server from there.

    In Server Manager is also reports for the Nano Server:

    Online - Windows PowerShell not installed

    which is not correct.

    I expect the remote manageability of Nano Server will improve before RTM.

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