Windows Server 2012 – Switch between Core and GUI

Now in Windows Server 2012 there is no longer a one time decision to be made when you perform the installation of which GUI type you wish to imprint on the server.

This can be changed in using DISM with the following command.

Dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:ServerCore-FullServer /featurename:Server-Gui-Shell /featurename:Server-Gui-Mgmt