LogicMonitor Collector installation on Windows Server Core

Windows Server Core and (the free) Hyper-V Server Core are GUI-less versions of Windows that can be administered remotely with GUI tools. We've recently seen an uptick in requests for deployment of the collector to these platforms, as Windows introduces a lot of overhead with the addition of the GUI; the other compelling reason to go this route being that Hyper-V Core is a free license of Windows from Microsoft (similar to the free flavor of ESXi, only it can run a Windows collector!)

Microsoft Documentation: 

• Managing a Server Core Server
• Configure Server Core with the SConfig command

Option A: Remote Desktop Install

• Establish a remote desktop session to the Server Core server using the instructions provided by Microsoft.
• Within the standard Command shell, type the word "PowerShell" to load a PowerShell session.
• Add a new (Windows) LogicMonitor Collector in your portal, and select the PowerShell command instead of the download.
• Paste (and run) the PowerShell command into the open PowerShell windows within the Remote Desktop Session on the Server Core server.
• You'll see a message indicating that the download has started, and after some time, the normal InstallShield Wizard will launch as expected.
• Complete the collector account configuration and proceed as you would with an OS with a GUI.
• Collect on!

Additional methods are certainly possible (Windows Admin Center, Remote PowerShell, more?) and as I have a chance to test/ validate, I will continue to update this post.