Windows Server 2008 R2 Editions and FeaturesWindows 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

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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

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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:

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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)

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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)

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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.