Windows Server® 2012 R2 Editions
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard |
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials |
Windows Server 2012 R2 Foundation |
Locks and Limits |
Maximum number of users |
based on licenses
|
25
|
15
|
Maximum SMB Connections |
16,777,216
|
16,777,216
|
30
|
Maximum RRAS Connections |
unlimited
|
50
|
50
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Maximum IAS Connections |
2,147,483,647
|
50
|
10
|
Maximum number of 64-bit sockets |
64
|
2
|
1
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Maximum RAM |
4 TB
|
64 GB
|
32 GB
|
Server can join a domain |
Yes
|
For migration only
|
For migration only
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DirectAccess |
Yes
|
See documentation
|
Yes
|
Server Roles |
Active Directory® Certificate Services |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Active Directory Domain Services |
Yes
|
Required
|
Yes (optional)
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Active Directory Federation Services |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
AD Lightweight Directory Services |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
AD Rights Management Services |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Application Server |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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DHCP Server |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
DNS Server |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Fax Server |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
File Services |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Hyper-V |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Network Policy and Access Services |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Print and Document Services |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Remote Access |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Terminal Services Application Sharing |
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Terminal Services Gateway |
Yes
|
No
|
See documentation
|
Web Services (IIS) |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Windows Deployment Services |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Windows Essentials |
Yes
|
Default
|
No
|
Windows Media Services support (Streaming Media Services) |
See Installation Options documentation
|
Yes
|
See Installation Options documentation
|
WINS Server |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Features |
RODC – read only domain controller |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Automatic Virtual Machine Activation |
As guest
|
As guest
|
No
|
Best Practices Analyzer |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
BranchCache Hosted Server |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
BranchCache P2P Cache |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Windows Control Panel |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Distributed File System Replication |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Data Deduplication |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
ISCSI target support |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
DirectAccess |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Dynamic Memory (in virtualization) |
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Failover Clustering |
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
IPAM (IP Address Management) |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Microsoft Management Console |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Minimal Server Interface |
Yes
|
No
|
No
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Network Load Balancing |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Support for Non-volatile Memory Express |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Windows PowerShell |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Server Core mode |
Yes
|
No
|
No
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Server license logging |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Server Manager |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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SMB Direct and SMB over RDMA |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Storage Management Service |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Storage Spaces |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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Volume Activation Services |
Yes
|
No
|
No
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VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) integration |
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
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