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Edition Comparison by Server Role

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= Not Available

= Partial/Limited

= Full

Server Role

Enterprise

Datacenter

  Standard  

Itanium

Web

Foundation

HPC

Active Directory Certificate Services

Available
Available

Limited1

Not Available
Not Available

Limited1

Limited1

Active Directory Domain Services

Available
Available
Available
Not Available
Not Available
Available
Available

Active Directory Federation Services

Available
Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services

Available
Available
Available
Not Available
Not Available
Available
Not Available

Active Directory Rights Management Services

Available
Available
Available
Not Available
Not Available
Available
Not Available

Application Server

Available
Available
Available
Available
Not Available
Available
Not Available

DHCP Server

Available
Available
Available
Not Available
Not Available
Available
Available

DNS Server

Available
Available
Available
Not Available
Available
Available
Available

Fax Server

Available
Available
Available
Not Available
Not Available
Available
Not Available

File Services

Available
Available

Limited2

Not Available
Not Available

Limited2

Limited2

Hyper-V

Available
Available
Available
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Available

Network Policy and Access Services

Available
Available

Limited3

Not Available
Not Available

Limited5

Limited3

Print and Document Services

Available
Available
Available
Not Available
Not Available
Available
Not Available

Remote Desktop Services

Available
Available

Limited4

Not Available
Not Available

Limited6

Limited4

Web Services (IIS)

Available
Available
Available
Available
Available
Available
Available

Windows Deployment Services

Available
Available
Available
Not Available
Not Available
Available
Available

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)

Available
Available
Available
Not Available
Not Available
Available
Available

1 Limited to creating Certificate Authorities – no other ADCS features (NDES, Online Responder Service). See ADCS role documentation on TechNet for more information.

2 Limited to 1 standalone DFS root.

3 Limited to 250 RRAS connections, 50 IAS connections and 2 IAS Server Groups.

4 Limited to 250 Remote Desktop Services connections.

5 Limited to 50 RRAS connections, 10 IAS connections.

6 Limited to 50 Remote Desktop Services connections.