

You can find it at " C:\Windows\SysWOW64\" directoryįor SQL Server 2017 it is : C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SQLServerManager14.mscįor SQL Server 2016/2014 it is : C:\Windows\SysWOW64 \ S QLServerManager13.msc / SQLServerManager12.msc Not sure, why it happens ( Windows update perhaps ? ) but have seen this in couple of machines now. Pretty annoying and can be one of those things which can give that 15 minutes of extreme irritating moments. Imagine this, suddenly you find your configuration manager missing. Tip – An interesting post – how to create shortcuts for ConfigMgr Software Center.SQL Server Configuration Manager is one of the fundamental tools for a DBA to do basic tasks like starting or stopping SQL Service, knowing how many instances and what components of SQL Server are been installed on the machine. Now both the above methods will not work in Server Core since you don’t have a Start button nor the softwarecenter: command works. You can either run a shortcut command softwarecenter: or click Start > type Software Center and launch it. Once you install the SCCM client agent on a computer, you can launch the ConfigMgr Software Center using multiple ways. That was pretty easy as the client agent can be installed with a simple client push. In my previous post I covered on SCCM client installation on Windows Server core. Now why isn’t the new software center app supported ?. Note – According to Microsoft “ The new Software Center app isn’t supported on any version of Windows Server Core“.

To know more about Software Center, read the Software Center user guide. Your organization’s IT admin uses Software Center to install applications, software updates, and upgrade Windows. It’s more of using commands rather than GUI options.

That’s because unlike Server OS with GUI, you don’t get the most options quickly.

You might find it not that interesting to work on Core OS. Last week I created a VM and installed Windows Server 2019 – Server core. In this post I will share my experience with new SCCM software center app on Windows Server core OS. I had not tried that before because my lab setup usually consists of Windows Server OS with GUI. Launching the SCCM software center on Windows Server core is really interesting.
