13–Windows Server 2016
Deploying and Managing a Nano Server
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Roles and Features
shows the roles and features that are available in this release of Nano
Server, along with the Windows PowerShell options that will install the packages
for them. Some packages are installed directly with their own Windows
PowerShell options (such as
-Compute
). Others are installed as extensions to the
-Packages
option, which you can combine in a comma-separated list.
Table 13-1. Roles and Features of Nano Server
Role or Feature
Options
Hyper-V role
-Compute
Failover Clustering
-Clustering
Hyper-V guest drivers for hosting the Nano Server
as a virtual machine
-GuestDrivers
Basic drivers for a variety of network adapters and
storage controllers. This is the same set of drivers
included in a Server Core installation of Windows
Server 2016 Technical Preview.
-OEMDrivers
File Server role and other storage components
-Storage
Windows Defender Antimalware, including a
default signature file
-Defender
Reverse forwarders for application compatibility;
for example, common application frameworks such
as Ruby, Node.js, and others.
-ReverseForwarders
DNS Server Role
-Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-DNS-
Package
Desired State Configuration (DSC)
-Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-DSC-
Package
Internet Information Server (IIS)
-Packages Microsoft-NanoServer-IIS-
Package
Host Support for Windows Containers
-Containers
