New and Updated Features in Windows Server 2008 R2

In the table below is a summarized version of all new and updated features for Windows Server 2008 R2 and which edition they are supported on. For a detailed overview of these features, please visit the Why Upgrade page.

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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.

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