1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:05,680 With the Server Core installation of Windows Server 2022, 2 00:00:05,680 --> 00:00:07,590 you're greeted pretty much the same way. 3 00:00:07,590 --> 00:00:10,940 However, there's some changes to this interface. 4 00:00:10,940 --> 00:00:11,750 Let me show you that. 5 00:00:11,750 --> 00:00:15,940 Let me sign in, and notice what's going to happen here. 6 00:00:15,940 --> 00:00:21,890 Instead of just a command prompt that we usually get, it loads SConfig. 7 00:00:21,890 --> 00:00:27,740 A lot of us that have been working with Server Core just go to SConfig anyway. 8 00:00:27,740 --> 00:00:34,180 However, now this interaction has changed to where it automatically loads it. 9 00:00:34,180 --> 00:00:35,890 If you're unfamiliar with this, 10 00:00:35,890 --> 00:00:40,060 it's a very good way to kind of get familiar with the Server Core. 11 00:00:40,060 --> 00:00:43,940 Instead of just a command prompt, it loads this. 12 00:00:43,940 --> 00:00:45,230 And watch this. 13 00:00:45,230 --> 00:00:49,590 If I exit to a command line, number 15 there, watch what happens. 14 00:00:49,590 --> 00:00:56,680 I put in 15, I hit Enter, and notice this is a PowerShell command prompt, 15 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,170 not a command line prompt anymore. 16 00:00:59,170 --> 00:01:02,430 You can still run all your stuff that you had for a command 17 00:01:02,430 --> 00:01:05,480 line and it's going to work, however, 18 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:10,340 you have the ability now to run PowerShell commands as well. 19 00:01:10,340 --> 00:01:14,340 So that's the key difference in the interface for the Server Core. 20 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:21,740 Let's take a look at a Desktop Experience installation of Windows Server 2022. 21 00:01:21,740 --> 00:01:23,870 We still log in pretty much the same way. 22 00:01:23,870 --> 00:01:27,340 The wallpaper here looks exactly the same. 23 00:01:27,340 --> 00:01:34,040 And the interface itself, well, you almost expect this to look like Windows 11, 24 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:35,230 but it doesn't. 25 00:01:35,230 --> 00:01:39,610 The biggest change that you're going to see is right down here. 26 00:01:39,610 --> 00:01:43,770 No more Internet Explorer, it uses Edge now. 27 00:01:43,770 --> 00:01:49,300 Edge Chromium‑based, so it is an open‑source platform, 28 00:01:49,300 --> 00:01:53,390 operates a lot quicker, and all of the stuff that you had for, 29 00:01:53,390 --> 00:01:57,790 let's just say Google Chrome, is going to work importing this, 30 00:01:57,790 --> 00:02:00,250 your favorites, and all that that you have. 31 00:02:00,250 --> 00:02:03,760 I'm going to click on this to show the interface. 32 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:05,820 If you're unfamiliar with Microsoft Edge, 33 00:02:05,820 --> 00:02:08,010 you're probably familiar with it by now. 34 00:02:08,010 --> 00:02:11,340 It gives you a few options when you first pop up to complete the setup, 35 00:02:11,340 --> 00:02:13,410 whether you want to be inspired, informed, 36 00:02:13,410 --> 00:02:18,260 or focused, and you can sign in to sync your data through this. 37 00:02:18,260 --> 00:02:20,560 Probably the key benefit that we have here, 38 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:22,810 besides being Chromium‑based, 39 00:02:22,810 --> 00:02:26,590 is that you don't have that Internet Explorer protection 40 00:02:26,590 --> 00:02:29,240 anymore that we all used to kind of turn off. 41 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:31,050 If you're using the Server Core, 42 00:02:31,050 --> 00:02:33,540 this is not going to make much of a difference to you. 43 00:02:33,540 --> 00:02:39,050 So the interfaces to Windows Server 2022 are probably not what you expected. 44 00:02:39,050 --> 00:02:41,460 We essentially have the same operating system for 45 00:02:41,460 --> 00:02:46,120 the Desktop Experience; however, with the Core installation, 46 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:47,980 it's a little bit easier to use. 47 00:02:47,980 --> 00:02:58,000 So that's a look at the interface changes in Windows Server 2022. Up next, let's review the additions for this new operating system.