Windows Server 2008 R2 Core Edition is a great product for the command line driven administrators. The only problem is it is hard to find a team where everybody is willing to learn this skill. This makes is hard to deploy the new core edition of server 2008 R2. That is until core configurator was developed over at codeplex. Some of taks that can be completed through the tool are ISCSI settings, server roles, server features, joining a domain, add/remove programs, and WinRM. This is just a few of the tasks that can be completed with a few clicks. If you are thinking about deploying Windows Server Core 2008 R2 I suggest you check out the tool to make it easier to administrate server core 2008 R2.
Core Configurator 2.0
http://coreconfig.codeplex.com/
