List of supported Windows Server 2008 Server Core Win32 API functions

Windows Server 2008 support a special installation option called Server Core where only minimal operating system functions are installed, and for example the general Windows graphical user interface is missing.

Of course, this places restictions on which Win32 API functions you can call on a Server Core installation. On MSDN, there's a topic called "Server Core Functions by Name" which lists all supported API functions in Server Core.

If you are targeting your applications to run on Server Core, make sure you check the list.