Manage-ServerCoreGui.ps1

1. <# 
2. .Synopsis 
3.    This file contains two simple functions to manage the GUI
4.    in Server Core Windows Server 2012. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.    There are two functions: Enable-ServerCoreGui that enables
7.    the GUI in a server core installation. Diable-ServerCoreGuI
8.    disables the GUI and returns the installation to
9.    traditional Server Core. 
10.  
11.    Enable-ServerCoreGui also checks to see if some or all
12.    parts are already installed andwarns accordingly. 
13. .EXAMPLE 
14.    c:\foo> Enable-ServerCoreGui 
15.     
16.    This enables the GUI and reboots the Server into FUll GUI mode. 
17.  
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.    c:\foo> Disable-ServerCoreGui 
20.     
21.    This disables the GUI and reboots the Server back to Server Core mode. 
22. #> 
23.  
24.  
25. Function Enable-ServerCoreGui { 
26.  
27. #    Import the module 
28. Import-Module -Name DISM -ErrorAction Stop 
29.  
30. # is it already enabled?? 
31. if ((Get-WindowsOptionalfeature -online -Feature ServerCore-FullServer).state -eq 'Enabled'){ 
32.   "Servercore-FullServer is already enabled" 
33. } 
34.  
35. if ((Get-WindowsOptionalfeature -online -Feature Server-GUI-Shell).state -eq 'Enabled'){ 
36.   "Server-GUI Shell is already enabled" 
37. } 
38.  
39. if ((Get-WindowsOptionalfeature -online -Feature Server-Gui-Mgmt).state -eq 'Enabled'){ 
40.   "Server-Gui-Mgmt is already enabled" 
41. } 
42.  
43. # Enable the features needed to add the GUI 
44. Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature –Online -NoRestart ` 
45.       -Featurename ServerCore-FullServer, Server-Gui-Shell,Server-Gui-Mgmt 
46.  
47. # So Restart the computer 
48. Restart-computer 
49. } 
50.  
51. Function Disable-ServerCoreGui { 
52.  
53. #    Import the module 
54. Import-Module -Name DISM -ErrorAction Stop 
55.  
56. # Disable all the features needed to add the GUI 
57. # if any are already disabled, oh well - they're still disabled. 
58. Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature –Online -NoRestart ` 
59.       -Featurename ServerCore-FullServer, Server-Gui-Shell,Server-Gui-Mgmt 
60.  
61. # Finally Restart the computer 
62. Restart-computer 
63. } 

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