Convert Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter to a Core Edition

Converting Windows Server 2012 R2 to Core edition follow steps below:

  1. Open PowerShell and run Get-Windowsfeature for get syntax of features which you  want to uninstall:

2server-core-setup-sconfig

2. To convert back to a Core installation the Server Graphical Shell  and the Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure  have to be unistalled. So run the command below:

Uninstall-Windowsfeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra, Server-Gui-Shell –restart

3server-core-setup-sconfig

3. One command completed successfully and After the computer restarts, you will see  graphical interfaces have been removed