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 |
Maximum IAS Connections |
2,147,483,647 |
50 |
10 |
Maximum number of 64-bit sockets |
64 |
2 |
1 |
Maximum RAM |
4 TB |
64 GB |
32 GB |
Server can join a domain |
Yes |
For migration only |
For migration only |
DirectAccess |
Yes |
See documentation |
Yes |
| Server Roles |
Active Directory® Certificate Services |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Active Directory Domain Services |
Yes |
Required |
Yes (optional) |
Active Directory Federation Services |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
AD Lightweight Directory Services |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
AD Rights Management Services |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Application Server |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
DHCP Server |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
DNS Server |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Fax Server |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
File Services |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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 |
Minimal Server Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
Network Load Balancing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Support for Non-volatile Memory Express |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Windows PowerShell |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Server Core mode |
Yes |
No |
No |
Server license logging |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Server Manager |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
SMB Direct and SMB over RDMA |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Storage Management Service |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Storage Spaces |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Volume Activation Services |
Yes |
No |
No |
VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) integration |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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