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Compare the Editions of Windows Server 2003

Compare the features included in each edition of the Windows Server 2003 family in this table.

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32-bit Versions of Windows Server 2003			64-bit Versions of Windows Server 2003
	Clustering			Clustering
	Directory Services			Directory Services
	File Services			File Services
	Hardware Specifications			Hardware Specifications
	Management Technologies			Management Technologies
	Networking and Communications			Networking and Communications
	Print Services			Print Services
	Security Services			Security Services
	Storage Management			Storage Management
	Terminal Services			Terminal Services
	Virtualization Use Rights			Virtualization Use Rights
	Web and Application Services			Web and Application Services
	Windows Media Services			Windows Media Services

32-bit Versions of Windows Server 2003

Key:

=Feature included

=Feature partially supported

=Feature not included

Clustering	Web SP2	Standard SP2	Standard R2	Enterprise SP2	Enterprise R2	Datacenter SP2	Datacenter R2
Clustering
Network Load Balancing clusters
Old Print server cluster support-old
Print server: cluster support
Server clusters

Directory Services	Web SP2	Standard SP2	Standard R2	Enterprise SP2	Enterprise R2	Datacenter SP2	Datacenter R2
Active Directory
Active Directory Application Mode
Active Directory Federation Services
Active Directory Migration Tool
Active Directory: install replica from media
ADFS Proxy
ADFS Web Agents
Cross-forest trust
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) support
Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 (MIIS) support
Password Synchronization
Server for NIS

File Services	Web SP2	Standard SP2	Standard R2	Enterprise SP2	Enterprise R2	Datacenter SP2	Datacenter R2
CHKDSK performance improvements
Command-line interfaces: Diskpart and Diskraid
Content indexing
Disk Defragmenter tool
Encrypting File System (EFS)
FAT32 on DVD-RAM
File Replication Service (FRS)
Folder redirection of My Documents
GUID Partition Table (GPT)
Old-Encrypting File System (EFS)-Old
Services for Macintosh
Shadow Copies of Shared Folders
Storage area network support
Virtual Disk Service (VDS)
Volume Shadow Copy Service: transportable hardware snapshots
Windows SharePoint Services V2 SP2

Hardware Specifications	Web SP2	Standard SP2	Standard R2	Enterprise SP2	Enterprise R2	Datacenter SP2