Changes in WS08 Roles from Beta3 to the June CTP (IDS3)

A comprehensive list of the roles and features available in WS08 and the changes between the  the Beta 3 and IDS3 (build 6001) has been compiled by Jose Barreto on his blog.

Lots of features have had slight name changes but I think the most significant change is the addition of IIS Web Server Role to WS08 Server Core.  

To get a list of available roles and features on your WS08 install run the following command: ServerManagerCmd -query [-logPath <log.txt>]

Remember all the binaries for capabilities are available (but not expanded and installed) after a WS08 install. You will never need to find the source disk to add a role!

Published 27 July 2007 07:50 AM by Austin
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Comments

# Scotty said on 27 July, 2007 08:37 AM

Still have mixed views about adding IIS to Core.

It does ISAPI which is good for people like PHP but does not support or will support before RTM I would imagine ASP.NET as no .NET framework for Core due to the architecture of .NET predating even the idea of Core.

I can see what Microsoft get - marketing but very unsure what the rest of us get. Does anyone think we will see many if any deployments of Core with PHP etc. rather than Linux with PHP etc?

Core started out as a much more stripped bare platform and I liked it that way - it did Domain Services and infrastructure roles but has slowly expanded to print server, IIS and now feels dangerously like heading toward full server minus bits.

I personally want a basic, simple platform I can use to run Domain/infrastructure services and virtualisation on. Viridian allows me given modern hardware to host guests to do the rest.

I know we have to wait maybe up to 180 days for Viridian, but hopefully less, and with the ever expanding list of roles and features I can sadly foresee one server in the branch running everything possible because it can. The old core gave no choice but to segment with virtualisation which I think in many situations will be the better way.