In the Add or remove snap-ins, scroll down till you find the Windows Firewall with advanced security snap-in. On a remote computer running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista, click Start > Run, then type MMC and press ENTER. You can always run the following command in order to disable this option: netsh advfirewall set currentprofile settings remotemanagement disable Step #2: Open the Windows Firewall snap-in This will allow you to control the Firewall’s settings from a remote MMC snap-in. On your Server Core machine, at a command prompt, type the following: netsh advfirewall set currentprofile settings remotemanagement enable Next, in order to properly configure Server Core to allow you to control its Firewall settings remotely, via GUI, follow these steps: Step #1: Enable remote management through the firewall You should, but are not required to, also join the server to your domain.Īll of the above can be accomplished by following the “ Configuring Windows Server 2008 Server Core Basic Networking Settings” article. 
Configuring an administrator’s password.In this article, I assume that you have already configured your server core with the bare minimum requirements to operate in a network. Without properly configuring these rules, you will find it extremely difficult to remotely manage your server. One of the major pains of managing such a GUI-stripped installation is the configuration of the Windows Advanced Firewall settings. Read more about Server Core on my “ Understanding Windows Server 2008 Server Core” article. A third management option is to manage the server remotely using the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) or command-line tools that support remote use.
Therefore, once you have configured the server, you can only manage it locally at a command prompt, or remotely using a Terminal Server connection. As you already know by now, in Windows Server 2008, Server Core installation does not include the traditional full graphical user interface (GUI).
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