Edition Comparison by Server Core Installation Option

The Server Core installation option for the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system 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:

	KEY:	= Not Available	= Partial/Limited	= Full

Server Role	Enterprise	Datacenter	Standard	Web	Itanium	Foundation
Active Directory Certificate Services
Active Directory Domain Services
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
BranchCache Hosted Cache
DHCP Server
DNS Server
File Services			1
Hyper-V
Media Services*
Print Services
Web Services (IIS)