Windows Server Core

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So does removing the "GUI" from a Windows server disable all the features that are in the full version but not the Core? I'm asking because I want SMTP services and I want a Core server, but flat-out Core doesn't support SMTP in IIS. Does converting it remove the extra features?

 

[-Dragon-]

I assume you mean in WS2012, there's actually 3 levels, core, full gui, and an intermediate level that doens't have the windows shell but does have gui management tools, stuff that can't run on full core mode can generally run in that intermediate mode.

 

[Mackintire]

Correct:

Full "Gui"
Minimal "Gui"
Core "no Gui"