ws08r2 editions and features
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Editions and Features
Windows Server Business Strategy and Management
Windows Server 2008 R2 Edition SummariesEdition Summary
Windows Server® 2008 R2 Standard is an advanced server platform that provides more cost-effective and reliable support for business workloads. It offers innovative features for virtualization, power savings, and manageability and helps make it easier for mobile workers to access company resources.
Windows Server® 2008 R2 Enterprise is an advanced server platform that provides more cost-effective and reliable support for mission-critical workloads. It offers innovative features for virtualization, power savings, and manageability and helps make it easier for mobile workers to access company resources.
Windows Server® 2008 R2 Datacenter is an advanced server platform that provides more cost-effective and reliable support for mission-critical workloads. It offers innovative features for virtualization, power savings, and manageability and helps make it easier for mobile workers to access company resources.
Windows ® Web Server 2008 R2 is a powerful Web application and services platform. Featuring Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5 and designed exclusively as an Internet-facing server, it offers improved administration and diagnostic tools to help reduce infrastructure costs when used with a variety of popular development platforms. With included Web Server and DNS Server roles, as well asimproved reliability and scalability, this platform allows you to manage the most demanding environments — from a dedicated Web server to an entire Web server farm.
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems delivers an enterprise-class platform for deploying business-critical applications. Scale database, line-of-business, and custom applications to meet growing business needs. Help improve availability with failover clustering and dynamic hardware partitioning capabilities*. Virtualize deployments with rights to run an unlimited number of virtual instances of Windows Server**. Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems helps provide the foundation for a highly dynamic IT infrastructure.*Requires supporting server hardware.** Requires a third-party virtualization technology. Hyper-VTM is not available for Itanium-based systems.
Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation is a cost-effective technology foundation for your business. Targeted at small Business owners and IT Generalists supporting small businesses. Foundation is an inexpensive, easy-to-deploy, proven and reliable technology that provides organizations with the foundation to run the most prevalent business applications as well as share information and resources.
New and Updated Features in Windows Server 2008 R2
New/Updated FeatureEnterprise
Datacenter
Standard
Web
Itanium
Foundation
License Requirements
Hyper-VTM Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
Internet Information Services 7.5 Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
Network Access Protection Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
AD Rights Management Services Covered by server license, but incremental RMS CALs required, similar to Remote Desktop Services.
Remote Desktop Services Covered by server license, but incremental RDS CALs required, similar to AD Rights Management Services.
Server Manager Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
Windows Deployment Services Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
Server Core Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
Windows PowerShellTM Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
BranchCacheTM Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
DirectAccess Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
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Overall Edition Differentiation
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1 Physical processor15 User Limit8 GB RAM
Specialized Editions
4 Physical processors32 GB RAM
Web Role (IIS) OnlyFor Internet Facing Web Servers
64 Physical processors2 TB RAMUnlimited Virtualization Rights1
Hot Add/Replace Memory*Hot Add/Replace Processors*Failover ClusteringCross-Fire ReplicationSupport for Intel’s MCA2
Web (IIS) and Application Roles Only for Database, Customer and LOB Apps.
4 Physical processors32 GB RAM1 Virtual Machine + Host
8 Physical processors2 TB RAM4 Virtual Machine + HostHot Add Memory*Failover ClusteringCross-Fire ReplicationActive Directory Federation ServicesActive Directory Certificate ServicesUnlimited RRAS, IAS ConnectionsUnlimited RDS Gateway ConnectionsUnlimited DFS Roots
64 Physical processors2 TB RAMUnlimited Virtualization RightsHot Add/Replace Memory*Hot Add/Replace Processors*Failover ClusteringCross-Fire ReplicationActive Directory Federation ServicesActive Directory Certificate ServicesUnlimited RRAS, IAS ConnectionsUnlimited RDS Gateway ConnectionsUnlimited DFS Roots
Editions
Edition Comparison By Server RoleServer Role Enterprise Datacenter Standard Itanium Web Foundation
Web Services (IIS)
Application Server
Print and Document Services
Hyper-V
Active Directory Domain Services
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Active Directory Rights Management Services
DHCP Server
DNS Server
Fax Server
UDDI Services
Windows Deployment Services
Active Directory Certificate Services 1 1
File Services 2 2
Network Policy and Access Services 3 5
Remote Desktop Services 4 6
Active Directory Federation Services
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
- Full - Partial/Limited - Not Available1 – Limited to creating Certificate Authorities – no other ADCS features (NDES, Online Responder Service). See ADCS role documentation on TechNet for more information2 – Limited to 1 standalone DFS root3 – Limited to 250 RRAS connections, 50 IAS connections and 2 IAS Server Groups4 – Limited to 250 Remote Desktop Services connections 5 – Limited to 50 RRAS connections, 10 IAS connections6 – Limited to 50 Remote Desktop Services connections
Edition Comparison by Server Core Installation Option
Server Role Enterprise Datacenter Standard Web Itanium Foundation
Server Cor e
Web Services (IIS)
Not Available
Not Available
Print Services
Hyper-V
Active Directory Domain Services
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
Active Directory Certificate Services
Media Services
DHCP Server
DNS Server
File Services 1
The Server Core installation option of the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system. A Server Core installation provides a minimal environment for running specific server roles that reduces the maintenance and management requirements and the attack surface for those server roles. A Server Core installation supports the following server roles:
- Full - Partial/Limited - Not Available
1 – Limited to 1 standalone DFS root
Differentiated Feature Comparison by EditionFeature Enterprise Datacenter Standard Web Itanium Foundation
.NET Framework 3.5.1 Features
BITS Server Extensions
BitLocker Drive Encryption
BranchCacheTM
RAS Connection Manager Administrator Kit
Desktop Experience
DirectAccess Management
Failover Clustering
Group Policy Management Console
Ink and Handwriting Services
Internet Printing Client
Multipath IO
Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ)
Windows Server Backup Features
Windows Network Load Balancing (WNLB)
Storage SAN Manager for SANS
Simple TCP/IP Services
SMTP
Subsystem for Unix-Based Applications (SUA)
- Available - Not Available
Differentiated Feature Comparison by Edition (Cont.)
Feature Enterprise Datacenter Standard Web Itanium Foundation
SNMP
Administration Tools
Telnet Client
Telnet Server
RPC Over HTTP Proxy
Windows Process Activation Server
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
Wireless Client
Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM)
Windows Server Backup
Windows Biometric Framework
Windows Internal Database
Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE)
- Available - Not Available - Available - Not Available
Differentiated Feature Comparison by Edition (Cont)Feature Enterprise Datacenter Standard Web Itanium Foundation
.NET 3.0
Remote Differential Compression
Remote Assistance
Remote Server Admin Tools
TFTP Client
RDC
Peer Name Resolution Protocol
Windows PowerShellTM
Quality Windows Audio Video Experience
LPR Port Monitor
XPS Viewer
Wireless LAN Service
WINS Server
Windows Server Migration Tools
Windows TIFF IFilter
WinRM IIS Extension
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Specification Web Standard Enterprise Datacenter Itanium Foundation
X64 Sockets 4 4 8 64 1
IA64 Sockets 64
X64 RAM 32 GB 32 GB 2 TB 2 TB 8 GB
IA64 RAM 2 TB
Hot Add Memory
Hot Replace Memory
Hot Add Processors
Hot Replace Processors
Failover Cluster Nodes (Nodes) 16 16 8
Fault Tolerant Memory Sync
Cross-File Replication (DFS-R)
Network Access Connections (RRAS)
250 Unlimited Unlimited 50
Network Access Connections (IAS)
50 Unlimited Unlimited 2 10
Remote Desktop Services Gateway
250 Unlimited Unlimited 50
Virtual Image Use Rights Guest Host + 1 VM Host + 4 VM Unlimited Unlimited
Remote Desktop Admin Connections
2 2 2 2 2 2
Edition Comparison By Technical Specification
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Edition Comparison By LanguageLanguage Enterprise Datacenter Standard Web Itanium Foundation
English
German
Japanese
French
Spanish
Chinese – Simplified
Italian
Chinese – Traditional
Chinese – Hong-Kong
Russian
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Dutch
Swedish
Portuguese
Polish
Turkish
Czech
Hungarian
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System Requirements
Specification All Editions
Processor Minimum 1.4 GHz (x64 processor) or faster
Note: An Intel Itanium 2 processor is required for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
Memory Minimum 512 MB RAM
Maximum 32 GB (Standard, Web Server, and Foundation) or 2 TB (Enterprise, Datacenter, and Itanium-based Systems)
Available Disk Space* Minimum 32 GB or greater
Other Requirements DVD DriveSuper-VGA (800 × 600) or higher-resolution monitorKeyboard and MicrosoftMouse or compatible pointing deviceInternet access (fees may apply)
* Note: Computers with more than 16 GB of RAM will require more disk space for paging, hibernation, and dump files
Actual requirements will vary based on your system configuration and the applications and features you choose to install. Processor performance is dependent upon not only the clock frequency of the processor, but also on the number of cores and the size of the processor cache. Disk space requirements for the system partition are approximate. Itanium will vary from these disk size estimates. Additional available hard-disk space may be required if you are installing over a network. For more information, please see www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008R2.