Installing features with Nano Server packages
Nano Server is a minimal implementation of a Windows Server 2016. You can customize it to include only the desired features and roles you require. You customize Nano Servers using the PackageManagement
module along with the NanoServerPackage
provider. The NanoServerPackage
provider can search, download, or install packages that implement features and roles for Nano Server from an online gallery. This provider enables you to install useful server features and roles which you will explore in this recipe.
In Nano Server, packages replace the Add Roles & Features
functionality in other editions of Windows. For example, if you need a web server, in other editions of Windows you would install the Web Server (IIS) role, but in Nano server, you would install the Microsoft-NanoServer-IIS-Package
package. Instead of installing the File Services
role, you would install the Microsoft-NanoServer-Storage-Package
package.
You can deploy a Nano Server in a...