Uninstall Active Directory from DC (Win server 2012 Core)

Hello All,
How can I uninstall Active Directory from the additional domain controller that runs WS 2012 Core. Which tool should I use?
Uninstall-addsdomaincontroller
Uninstall-windowsfeature
Remove-windowsfeature
ntdsutil

Hi Kaoizm,
You can refer the following article:
Demoting Domain Controllers and Domains (Level 200)
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj574104.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
What is the simplest command line to dcpromo *down* a Server Core machine?
http://blogs.technet.com/b/migreene/archive/2008/04/25/3045099.aspx
More related third party article:
Demote Server Core Domain Controller (2012)
http://blog.allford.id.au/2014/demote-server-core-domain-controller-2012/
Safely Demote a Windows 2008/r2 Core Domain Controller
http://blog.ittoby.com/2013/06/safely-demote-windows-2008r2-core.html
I’m glad to be of help to you!
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at Microsoft.Exchange.Configuration.Tasks.Task.WriteError(Exception exception, ErrorCategory category, Object target, Boolean reThrow, String helpUrl)
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[01/20/2015 17:13:20.0193] [2] Ending processing Write-ExchangeSetupLog
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[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0273] [2] [ERROR] Unable to set shared config DC.
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0273] [2] [ERROR] Unable to set shared config DC.
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[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] 0. ErrorRecord: Unable to set shared config DC.
[01/20/2015 17:13:50.0288] [1] 0. ErrorRecord: System.Exception: Unable to set shared config DC.
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The url in ie gave me this page [see attached] and I did find a question similar in mozillazine [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=173325&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a]
But there is also an extended support release for enterprise environments that you can check out: [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/]

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