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Server Core Roles and Features in 2008 R2

ServerCore Server Core installations are versatile, secure and highly-optimized installations of Windows Server. Dubbed ‘Windows without Windows’ by some, these installation in Windows Server 2008 R2 are capable of providing more (infrastructural) services than ever! Just like Full installations of Windows Server 2008 R2, depending on the edition of your choice, or budget, the Server Roles and Features installable on a Server Core installation, vary, though.

The table below shows the individual roles and features in fresh Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 R2, Web (column 1), Standard (column 2), Enterprise (column 3) and Datacenter (column 4) edition. It also lists the Server Roles features in a fresh installation of the special-purpose Hyper-V server 2008 R2. (column 5):

Server Roles and Features	W	S	E	D	H
Active Directory Certificate Services
Certificate Authority
Active Directory Domain Services
Active Directory Domain Controller
Active Directory Lightweight Domain Services
DHCP Server
DNS Server
File Services
File Server
Distributed File System
DFS Namespaces
DFS Replication
File Server Resource Manager
Services for Network File System
Branchcache for network files
Hyper-V
Print and Document Services
Print Server
LPD Service
Remote Desktop Services
Remote Desktop Virtualization Host
Web Server (IIS)
Web Server
Common HTTP features
Static Content
Default Document
Directory Browsing
HTTP Errors
HTTP Redirection
WebDAV Publishing
Application Development
ASP.NET
.NET Extensibility
ASP
CGI
ISAPI Extensions
ISAPI Filters
Server Side Includes
Health and Diagnostics
HTTP Logging
Logging Tools
Request Monitor
Tracing
Custom Logging
ODBC Logging
Security
Basic Authentication
Windows Authentication
Digest Authentication
Client Certificate Mapping Authenti…
IIS Client Certificate Mapping Auth…
URL Authorization
Request Filtering
IP and Domain Restrictions
Performance
Static Content Compression
Dynamic Content Compression
Management Tools
IIS Management Scripts and Tools
Management Service
IIS 6 Management Compatibility
IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility
IIS 6 WMI Compatibility
IIS 6 Scripting Tools
FTP Server
FTP Service
FTP Extensibility
IIS Hostable Web Core
.Net Framework 2.0 Features
.Net Framework 3.5.1 Features
.Net Framework 3.5.1
WCF Activation
HTTP Activation
Non-HTTP Activation
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
Compact Server
BitLocker Drive Encryption
BranchCache
Failover Clustering
MultiPath I/O
Network Load Balancing
Quality Windows Audio Video Experience
SNMP Services
SNMP Service
Subsystem for UNIX-based Application
Telnet Client
Windows Process Activation Service
Process Model
.NET Environment
Configuration APIs
Windows Server Backup Features
Windows Server Backup
Command-line tools
Windows PowerShell
Windows PowerShell Cmdlets
Windows Server Migration Tools
WinRM IIS Extension
WINS Server
WoW64 Support
WoW64
WoW64 for .NET Framework 2.0 and Win…
WoW64 for .NET Framework 2.0
WoW64 for Windows PowerShell
WoW64 for .NET Framework 3.0 and 3.5
WoW64 for Print Services
WoW64 for Failover Clustering
WoW64 for Input Method Editor
WoW64 for Subsystem for UNIX-based ap…

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Note:
While some Server Roles and Features are available in multiple editions of Windows Server, the specific capabilities of the roles may vary between editions.

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Server Core roles and features in Windows Server 2008 R2 said:

Server Core installations are versatile, secure and highly-optimized installations of Windows Server. Dubbed ‘Windows without Windows’ by some, these installation in Windows Server 2008 R2 are capable of providing more (infrastructural) services than ever! The table below shows individual roles and features in fresh Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008 R2, Web (column 1), Standard (column 2), Enterprise (column 3) and Datacenter (column 4) edition. It also lists Server Roles features in a fresh installation of the special-purpose Hyper-V server 2008 R2. (column 5).
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# February 9, 2010 12:47 AM

SharePoint Blog - René Hézser said:

Maybe you’ve already set up a core server. Or you are thinking about it.

Anyway. An overview of the available features for each version of Windows Server 2008 R2 can be found here.

Many roles can be configured on a core server. Think about it before you install a new full blown server with GUI if you plan to virtualize it.

# April 20, 2010 1:05 AM

TrackBack said:

This blogpost featured on the 'Ask the Directory Services Team' blog.

# May 18, 2010 2:10 PM

ServerCore.Net » Blog Archive » Scanning for Best Practices in Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 said:

Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 offers Best Practice Scanning capabilities. Depending on your situation you can either scan from a remote system or straight from the console of the Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 box.

The Best Practice Analyzer scans and their results, might help you in avoiding disasters or getting out of a disaster faster.

# July 11, 2012 5:36 AM

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