Server Core includes the following DLLs, sorted by feature area.
| Feature Area | Included DLLs |
|---|
| Active Directory |
- activeds.dll - Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI)
- ntdsapi.dll - Domain controller and replication management
|
| Application Installation |
- cabinet.dll - CAB file management
- imagehlp.dll - Portable Executable (PE) extraction
- msi.dll - Windows installer
- setupapi.dll
- sxs.dll
|
| Authentication Security |
- advapi32.dll - HTTP authentication and credential management
- credui.dll - Credential management
- crypt32.dll
- cryptdll.dll
- cryptnet.dll - Secure channel (X.509 certificates)
- cryptui.dll - Credential management
- netapi32.dll
- schannel.dll - Secure channel (X.509 certificates)
- secur32.dll
- wintrust.dll - Catalog functions
|
| DHCP |
|
| DNS |
|
| General Networking |
- authz.dll - Secure RPC
- httpapi.dll - HTTP
- iphlpapi.dll - Internet Protocol Helper (IP Helper)
- mgmtapi.dll - SNMP management
- mpr.dll - Windows Networking (WNet)
- mprapi.dll - RAS and router administration
- mswsock.dll - Winsock
- netsh.exe - NetShell
- rpcrt4.dll - RPC NDR engine
- rtutils.dll - Remote RAS tracing
- security.dll - Remote RAS security
- snmpapi.dll - SNMP
- traffic.dll - QoS traffic control
- winhttp.dll - HTTP
|
| Server Clustering |
- clusapi.dll - Clustering API
- resutils.dll - Clustering utility functions
|
| User Interface |
- mlang.dll - Multiple language support
- msctf.dll - Text Services Framework (TSF)
- shell32.dll
- shlwapi.dll
|
| Windows System Services |
- clfsw32.dll - Log file management
- dbghelp.dll - Debugging helper
- dciman32.dll - Graphics support
- fltlib.dll - Minifilter management
- fltmgr.sys - Minifilter management
- gdi32.dll - Graphics support
- kernel32.dll - Windows system kernel
- mstask.dll - Task scheduler
- ntdll.dll - Windows internal
- ole32.dll - Object management
- oleaut32.dll - Object management
- pdh.dll - Performance monitoring
- powrprof.dll - Power management
- psapi.dll - Performance monitoring
- pstorec.dll - Protected storage interface
- sfc.dll - Windows File Protection
- srclient.dll - System Restore functions
- user32.dll - User objects
- userenv.dll - User profile support
- verifier.dll - Performace monitoring
- version.dll - Versioning information
- vssapi.dll - Volume shadow copy
- winsta.dll - Windows internal
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For a list of functions supported by Server Core sorted by DLL name, see Server Core Functions by DLL.
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Build date: 3/5/2009