Comments on: Apache on Server Core

By: Mega (Brown-Nosing) Microsoft Update on Tech-Ed 2007 & Vista: « NI-Limits Blog

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:24:08 +0000

[...] 4sysops (using Apache on Server Core – [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:30:11 +0000

Hi Mark, it is interesting that MS added IIS because Apache works on Server Core. The official statement is because of “customer demand�?. I doubt, though, that there are many Windows server apps that run on Server Core. Apache is not really a typical Windows application.

By: Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:04:31 +0000

Hi Michael,
For me, Apache on Server Core was an experiment – it was actually a Microsoft employee who I first heard mention that it was possible (and that’s why IIS was added as a role). I agree that IIS on Windows makes more sense – my point was really that if Apache runs on a stripped down (read more secure) version of Windows Server, then many other products could too. Server Core could be a really useful option for key infrastructure servers.