Question

The owner of CSM Tech Publishing was at the sales office last week and out of curiosity wanted to sign in to the server there. The owner is somewhat tech savvy and has even worked a little with Active Directory in Windows Server 2012. He was shocked when he signed in and didn't see a familiar user interface—only a command prompt. He asked you about this and accepted your explanation of Server Core and why you chose this installation option. However, he was wondering what would happen if you stopped providing support or were unavailable for an extended period, and your replacement wasn't familiar with Server Core.

Explain how this situation could be handled easily.

Please do not give me an answer that is already there.

Answer 1

We can explain to the owner that command prompt
interface in windows server 2012 could be shifted into GUI mode.
Also command prompt interface is more secure and a novice person
is unable to use server via command prompt easily.

If we are unavailable for support for a longer period we can install Server-GUI-Mgmt-Infra and Server-GUI-Shell
to handle the system by using commands as follows:

1. Install-WindowsFeatureServer-GUI-Mgmt-Infra
2. Server-GUI-Shell-Restart to shift back to GUI mode