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Server Manager
Once you’ve completed and closed the Initial Configuration Tasks wizard, you’re greeted with a new MMC console called Server Manager. Server Manager is Server 2008’s consolidation of many of the previously-separated administrative consoles into a single location. This unified console can manage all the Roles, Role Services, and Features configured for your server. Additionally, many of the items previously found in the Manage context menu for My Computer are now found within Server Manager. Heck, you even get to Server Manager by right-clicking on Computer and choosing Manage.
More info and links to all the posts in this series at Greg’s Realtime Windows Server Community…