CoreConfigurator was one of the first tools to be made available for Server Core. A couple of months back it got pulled because the creator had to leave it behind when switching jobs due to the intellectual property of the company he was leaving. Thankfully the company (Smart-X) has decided to re-release the tool, still making it free for personal use.

So what does it do? Well, it allows you to via the GUI configure some of the more common tasks on a Windows Server Core machine. The operations supported are:

• Product Activation
• Configuration of display resolution
• Clock and time zone configuration
• Remote Desktop configuration
• Management of local user accounts (creation, deletion, group membership, passwords)
• Firewall configuration
• WinRM configuration
• IP configuration
• Computer name and domain/workgroup membership
• Installation of Server Core features/roles