New and Updated Features

Microsoft offers the following features and related technologies through Microsoft Update or the Microsoft Download Center. All are available now to add value to your evaluation and deployment of Windows Server 2008 R2. The table below outlines licensing requirements for these features and related technologies:

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New/Updated Features	Enterprise	Datacenter	Standard	Web	Itanium	Foundation	HPC	License Requirements
AD Rights Management Services								Covered by server license, but incremental RMS CALs required, similar to Remote Desktop Services.
BranchCache^TM Content Server								Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
BranchCache^TM Hosted Server								Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
DirectAccess								Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
Hyper-V^TM								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.
Remote Desktop Services								Covered by server license, but incremental RDS CALs required, similar to AD Rights Management Services.
Server Core								Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
Server Manager								Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
Windows Deployment Services								Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.
Windows PowerShell^TM								Covered by server license. No incremental licensing requirements.

* The phrase "covered by server license" does not negate the requirement of Windows CALs in order to access or use the server software.

Licensing

Windows Server 2008 R2 Licensing Overview

Highlights for R2 Licensing

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