
This makes it ideal for appliance-like environments, Web farm front-end servers and Web sites, or applications that require minimal maintenance.

Running IIS on Server Core provides a modular, customizable Web server on a thin server operating system. In a Server Core installation, only the services, roles, and features required for an installed role are installed. Server Core supports a subset of the server roles available in full installations of the operating system, including the Internet Information Services 7 and above (IIS 7 and above) Web server. Server Core, the minimal server installation option for Windows Server® 2008, is available in Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter editions.
