Unlike the other installation options, whether in Server with Desktop Experience or Server Core, as shown in Figure 1, Nano Server basically exists in the folder of the ISO image on the media, and we need to add the package for the role and feature that we need. For example, if we need to make Nano Server a compute host (Hyper-V), we need to add a compute package using DISM or PowerShell. We will cover the syntax in a bit:
Figure 1: Nano Server. Windows Server 2016 media
Microsoft provided two of the main scripts on the Nano Server image itself. When you go to the NanoServer folder on the ISO media, you will find NanoServer.wim which is a file-based disk image format that will help you to deploy the Nano Server operating system. In addition, you will find a very small text file called ReadMe which actually tells you this: For detailed information on deploying and managing Nano Server, please go to this link:http://www.aka.ms/nanoserver...