With the Server Core installation of Windows Server 2022,
you're greeted pretty much the same way.
However, there's some changes to this interface.
Let me show you that.
Let me sign in, and notice what's going to happen here.
Instead of just a command prompt that we usually get, it loads SConfig.
A lot of us that have been working with Server Core just go to SConfig anyway.
However, now this interaction has changed to where it automatically loads it.
If you're unfamiliar with this,
it's a very good way to kind of get familiar with the Server Core.
Instead of just a command prompt, it loads this.
And watch this.
If I exit to a command line, number 15 there, watch what happens.
I put in 15, I hit Enter, and notice this is a PowerShell command prompt,
not a command line prompt anymore.
You can still run all your stuff that you had for a command
line and it's going to work, however,
you have the ability now to run PowerShell commands as well.
So that's the key difference in the interface for the Server Core.
Let's take a look at a Desktop Experience installation of Windows Server 2022.
We still log in pretty much the same way.
The wallpaper here looks exactly the same.
And the interface itself, well, you almost expect this to look like Windows 11,
but it doesn't.
The biggest change that you're going to see is right down here.
No more Internet Explorer, it uses Edge now.
Edge Chromium‑based, so it is an open‑source platform,
operates a lot quicker, and all of the stuff that you had for,
let's just say Google Chrome, is going to work importing this,
your favorites, and all that that you have.
I'm going to click on this to show the interface.
If you're unfamiliar with Microsoft Edge,
you're probably familiar with it by now.
It gives you a few options when you first pop up to complete the setup,
whether you want to be inspired, informed,
or focused, and you can sign in to sync your data through this.
Probably the key benefit that we have here,
besides being Chromium‑based,
is that you don't have that Internet Explorer protection
anymore that we all used to kind of turn off.
If you're using the Server Core,
this is not going to make much of a difference to you.
So the interfaces to Windows Server 2022 are probably not what you expected.
We essentially have the same operating system for
the Desktop Experience; however, with the Core installation,
it's a little bit easier to use.
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.