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    Windows Server Comparison

    This table provides a complete comparison of available roles and features in Windows Server 2025 across Standard, Datacenter, and Datacenter: Azure Edition.

    Available roles and features

    Feature Sub-feature Standard Edition Datacenter Edition Datacenter: Azure Edition
    .NET Framework 3.5 Features ✅ ✅ ✅
    .NET Framework 4.8 Features ✅ ✅ ✅
    Activation Automatic Virtual Machine Activation ⚠️¹ ✅² ❌³
    Activation Key Management Service (KMS) ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Certificate Services Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Certificate Services Certificate Enrollment Web Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Certificate Services Certification Authority ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Certificate Services Certification Authority Web Enrollment ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Certificate Services Network Device Enrollment Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Certificate Services Online Responder ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Domain Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Federation Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Rights Management Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Azure Extended Networking ✅ ❌ ✅
    Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) ✅ ✅ ✅
    BitLocker Drive Encryption ✅ ✅ ✅
    BitLocker Network Unlock ✅⁴ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    BranchCache ✅ ✅ ✅
    Client for Network File System (NFS) ✅ ✅ ✅
    Data Center Bridging ✅ ✅ ✅
    Device Health Attestation ✅ ✅ ✅
    Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Direct Play ✅³ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) codecs and web media streaming ✅³ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    Domain Name System (DNS) Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Enhanced Storage ✅ ✅ ✅
    Failover Clustering ✅ ✅ ✅
    Fax Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services BranchCache for Network Files ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services Data Deduplication ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services DFS Namespaces ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services DFS Replication ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services File Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services File Server Resource Manager ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services File Server Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Agent ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services iSCSI Target Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services iSCSI Target Storage Provider (Virtual Disk Service (VDS) and Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) hardware providers) ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services Server for Network File System (NFS) ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services Server Message Block (SMB) 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services Server Message Block (SMB) Bandwidth Limit ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services Server Message Block (SMB) over QUIC ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services Work Folders ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services Storage Migration Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services Storage Migration Service Proxy ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services Storage Spaces ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services Storage Spaces Direct ❌ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services Storage Replica ✅ ✅ ✅
    Group Policy Management ✅ ✅ ✅
    Host Guardian Hyper-V Support ❌ ✅ ✅
    Host Guardian Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Hotpatching ✅⁵ ✅⁵ ❌
    I/O Quality of Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Internet Information Services (IIS) Hostable Web Core ✅ ✅ ✅
    IP Address Management (IPAM) Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Management OData IIS Extension ✅ ✅ ✅
    Media Foundation ✅ ✅ ✅
    Message Queuing ✅ ✅ ✅
    Message Queuing DCOM Proxy ✅ ✅ ✅
    Message Queuing Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Microsoft Defender Antivirus ✅ ✅ ✅
    Multipath I/O ✅ ✅ ✅
    MultiPoint Connector ✅ ✅ ✅
    Network ATC ✅ ✅ ✅
    Network Controller ❌ ✅ ✅
    Network Load Balancing ✅ ✅ ✅
    Network Policy and Access Services ✅⁴ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    Network Virtualization ✅ ✅ ✅
    Print and Document Services Internet Printing ✅⁴ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    Print and Document Services Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service ✅⁴ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    Print and Document Services Print Server ✅⁴ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    Quality Windows Audio Video Experience ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Access DirectAccess and VPN (Remote Access Service) ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Access Routing ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Access Web Application Proxy ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Assistance ✅⁴ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    Remote Desktop Services ✅⁴ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    Remote Differential Compression ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Server Administration Tools ✅ ✅ ✅
    RPC over HTTP Proxy ✅ ✅ ✅
    Setup and Boot Event Collection ✅ ✅ ✅
    Simple TCP/IP Services ✅⁴ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Software Load Balancer ✅ ✅ ✅
    System Data Archiver ✅ ✅ ✅
    System Insights ✅ ✅ ✅
    Telnet Client ✅ ✅ ✅
    Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) Client ✅⁴ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    Virtualization Containers ✅ ✅ ❌
    Virtualization Hyper-V ✅ ✅ ✅
    Virtualization GPU Partitioning ✅⁶ ❌ ✅⁶
    Virtualization VM Shielding Tools for Fabric Management ✅ ✅ ✅
    Volume Activation Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Web Server (IIS) FTP Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Web Server (IIS) Web Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    WebDAV Redirector ✅ ✅ ✅⁴
    Windows Biometric Framework ✅⁴ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    Windows Deployment Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Identity Foundation 3.5 ✅⁴ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    Windows Internal Database ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows PowerShell PowerShell 2.0 Engine ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows PowerShell PowerShell 5.1 ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows PowerShell Web Access ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Process Activation Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Search Service ✅⁴ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    Windows Server Backup ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Server Migration Tools ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Server Update Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Standards-Based Storage Management ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Subsystem for Linux ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows TIFF IFilter ✅⁴ ✅⁴ ✅⁴
    WinRM IIS Extension ✅ ✅ ✅
    WINS Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Wireless LAN Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    WoW64 Support ✅ ✅ ✅
    XPS Viewer ✅⁴ ✅⁴ ✅⁴

    ¹ Available as a guest if hosted on a virtualization host activated with Datacenter edition.

    ² Datacenter: Azure Edition can be used as a nested host or guest.

    ³ Activated by Azure and can’t be configured as a KMS host.

    ⁴ When installed as Server with Desktop Experience.

    ⁵ Available as an Azure Arc-enabled service. To learn more about Azure Arc pricing, see the Azure Pricing Calculator.

    ⁶ Available with Windows Server 2025 Standard, and is designed for standalone servers. Live migrate VMs between standalone nodes for planned downtime. If clustering is required for unplanned downtime, Windows Server 2025 Datacenter must be used instead.

    Available roles and features

    Feature Sub-feature Standard Edition Datacenter Edition Datacenter: Azure Edition
    .NET Framework 3.5 Features ✅ ✅ ✅
    .NET Framework 4.8 Features ✅ ✅ ✅
    Activation Automatic Virtual Machine Activation ⚠️¹ ✅ ✅
    Activation Key Management Service (KMS) ✅ ✅ ❌²
    Active Directory Certificate Services Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Certificate Services Certificate Enrollment Web Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Certificate Services Certification Authority ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Certificate Services Certification Authority Web Enrollment ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Certificate Services Network Device Enrollment Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Certificate Services Online Responder ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Domain Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Federation Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Rights Management Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) ✅ ✅ ✅
    BitLocker Drive Encryption ✅ ✅ ✅
    BitLocker Network Unlock ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    BranchCache ✅ ✅ ✅
    Client for NFS ✅ ✅ ✅
    Data Center Bridging ✅ ✅ ✅
    Device Health Attestation ✅ ✅ ✅
    DHCP Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Direct Play ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    DLNA codecs and web media streaming ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    DNS Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Enhanced Storage ✅ ✅ ✅
    Failover Clustering ✅ ✅ ✅
    Fax Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services BranchCache for Network Files ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services Data Deduplication ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services DFS Namespaces ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services DFS Replication ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services File Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services File Server Resource Manager ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services File Server VSS Agent Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services iSCSI Target Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services iSCSI Target Storage Provider (VDS and VSS hardware providers) ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services Server for NFS ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services SMB Bandwidth Limit ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services SMB over QUIC ❌ ❌ ✅
    File and Storage Services Work Folders ✅ ✅ ✅
    Storage Migration Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Storage Migration Service Proxy ✅ ✅ ✅
    Storage Spaces ✅ ✅ ✅
    Storage Spaces Direct ❌ ✅ ✅
    Storage Replica ✅ ✅ ✅
    Group Policy Management ✅ ✅ ✅
    Host Guardian Hyper-V Support ❌ ✅ ✅
    Host Guardian Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Hotpatching ❌ ✅ ✅
    I/O Quality of Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    IIS Hostable Web Core ✅ ✅ ✅
    IP Address Management (IPAM) Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Management OData IIS Extension ✅ ✅ ✅
    Media Foundation ✅ ✅ ✅
    Message Queuing Message Queuing DCOM Proxy ✅ ✅ ✅
    Message Queuing Message Queuing Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Microsoft Defender Antivirus ✅ ✅ ✅
    Multipath I/O ✅ ✅ ✅
    MultiPoint Connector ✅ ✅ ✅
    Network ATC ✅ ✅ ✅
    Network Controller ❌ ✅ ✅
    Network Load Balancing ✅ ✅ ✅
    Network Policy and Access Services ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    Network Virtualization ✅ ✅ ✅
    Print and Document Services Internet Printing ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    Print and Document Services Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    Print and Document Services Print Server ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    Quality Windows Audio Video Experience ✅ ✅ ✅
    RAS Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK) ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Access DirectAccess and VPN (RAS) ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Access Routing ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Access Web Application Proxy ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Assistance ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    Remote Desktop Services ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    Remote Differential Compression ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Server Administration Tools ✅ ✅ ✅
    RPC over HTTP Proxy ✅ ✅ ✅
    Setup and Boot Event Collection ✅ ✅ ✅
    Simple TCP/IP Services ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    SNMP Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Software Load Balancer ✅ ✅ ✅
    System Data Archiver ✅ ✅ ✅
    System Insights ✅ ✅ ✅
    Telnet Client ✅ ✅ ✅
    TFTP Client ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    Virtualization Containers ✅ ✅ ❌
    Virtualization Hyper-V ✅ ✅ ✅
    Virtualization VM Shielding Tools for Fabric Management ✅ ✅ ✅
    Volume Activation Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Web Server (IIS) FTP Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Web Server (IIS) Web Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    WebDAV Redirector ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Biometric Framework ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    Windows Deployment Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Identity Foundation 3.5 ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    Windows Internal Database ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell 2.0 Engine ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell 5.1 ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows PowerShell Windows PowerShell Web Access ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Process Activation Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Search Service ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    Windows Server Backup ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Server Migration Tools ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Server Update Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Standards-Based Storage Management ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Subsystem for Linux ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows TIFF IFilter ✅³ ✅³ ✅³
    WinRM IIS Extension ✅ ✅ ✅
    WINS Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Wireless LAN Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    WoW64 Support ✅ ✅ ✅
    XPS Viewer ✅³ ✅³ ✅³

    ¹ Available as a guest if hosted on a virtualization host activated with Datacenter edition.
    ² Activated by Azure and can’t be configured as a KMS host.
    ³ When installed as Server with Desktop Experience.

    Available roles and features

    Feature Sub-feature Standard edition Datacenter edition Datacenter: Azure Edition
    .NET Framework 3.5 Features ✅ ✅ ✅
    .NET Framework 4.8 Features ✅ ✅ ✅
    Activation Automatic Virtual Machine Activation ⚠️¹ ✅ ❌²
    Key Management Service (KMS) ✅ ✅ ❌
    Active Directory Certificate Services Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Certificate Services Certificate Enrollment Web Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Certification Authority ✅ ✅ ✅
    Certification Authority Web Enrollment ✅ ✅ ✅
    Network Device Enrollment Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Online Responder ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Domain Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Federation Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Rights Management Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) ✅ ✅ ✅
    BitLocker Drive Encryption ✅ ✅ ✅
    BitLocker Network Unlock ✅² ✅² ✅²
    BranchCache ✅ ✅ ✅
    Client for NFS ✅ ✅ ✅
    Data Center Bridging ✅ ✅ ✅
    Device Health Attestation ✅ ✅ ✅
    DHCP Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Direct Play ✅² ✅² ✅²
    DLNA codecs and web media streaming ✅² ✅² ✅²
    DNS Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Enhanced Storage ✅ ✅ ✅
    Failover Clustering ✅ ✅ ✅
    Fax Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services BranchCache for Network Files ✅ ✅ ✅
    Data Deduplication ✅ ✅ ✅
    DFS Namespaces ✅ ✅ ✅
    DFS Replication ✅ ✅ ✅
    File Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    File Server Resource Manager ✅ ✅ ✅
    File Server VSS Agent Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    iSCSI Target Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    iSCSI Target Storage Provider (VDS and VSS hardware providers) ✅ ✅ ✅
    Server for NFS ✅ ✅ ✅
    SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support ✅ ✅ ✅
    SMB Bandwidth Limit ✅ ✅ ✅
    SMB over QUIC ❌ ❌ ✅
    Work Folders ✅ ✅ ✅
    Storage Migration Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Storage Migration Service Proxy ✅ ✅ ✅
    Storage Spaces ✅ ✅ ✅
    Storage Spaces Direct ❌ ✅ ✅
    Storage Replica ✅ ✅ ✅
    Group Policy Management ✅ ✅ ✅
    Host Guardian Hyper-V Support ❌ ✅ ✅
    Host Guardian Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Hotpatching ❌ ✅ ✅
    I/O Quality of Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    IIS Hostable Web Core ✅ ✅ ✅
    IP Address Management (IPAM) Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Management OData IIS Extension ✅ ✅ ✅
    Media Foundation ✅ ✅ ✅
    Message Queuing ✅ ✅ ✅
    Message Queuing DCOM Proxy ✅ ✅ ✅
    Message Queuing Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Microsoft Defender Antivirus ✅ ✅ ✅
    Multipath I/O ✅ ✅ ✅
    MultiPoint Connector ✅ ✅ ✅
    Network ATC ✅ ✅ ✅
    Network Controller ❌ ✅ ✅
    Network Load Balancing ✅ ✅ ✅
    Network Policy and Access Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Network Virtualization ✅ ✅ ✅
    Print and Document Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Internet Printing ✅ ✅ ✅
    Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Print Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Quality Windows Audio Video Experience ✅ ✅ ✅
    RAS Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK) ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Access ✅ ✅ ✅
    DirectAccess and VPN (RAS) ✅ ✅ ✅
    Routing ✅ ✅ ✅
    Web Application Proxy ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Assistance ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Desktop Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Differential Compression ✅ ✅ ✅
    Remote Server Administration Tools ✅ ✅ ✅
    RPC over HTTP Proxy ✅ ✅ ✅
    Setup and Boot Event Collection ✅ ✅ ✅
    Simple TCP/IP Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    SNMP Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Software Load Balancer ✅ ✅ ✅
    System Data Archiver ✅ ✅ ✅
    System Insights ✅ ✅ ✅
    Telnet Client ✅ ✅ ✅
    TFTP Client ✅ ✅ ✅
    Virtualization ✅ ✅ ✅
    Containers ✅ ✅ ✅
    Hyper-V ✅ ✅ ✅
    VM Shielding Tools for Fabric Management ✅ ✅ ✅
    Volume Activation Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Web Server (IIS) ✅ ✅ ✅
    FTP Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Web Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    WebDAV Redirector ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Biometric Framework ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Deployment Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Identity Foundation 3.5 ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Internal Database ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows PowerShell ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows PowerShell 2.0 Engine ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows PowerShell 5.1 ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows PowerShell Web Access ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Process Activation Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Search Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Server Backup ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Server Migration Tools ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Server Update Services ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Standards-Based Storage Management ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows Subsystem for Linux ✅ ✅ ✅
    Windows TIFF IFilter ✅ ✅ ✅
    WinRM IIS Extension ✅ ✅ ✅
    WINS Server ✅ ✅ ✅
    Wireless LAN Service ✅ ✅ ✅
    WoW64 Support ✅ ✅ ✅
    XPS Viewer ✅ ✅ ✅

    ¹ As a guest if hosted on a virtualization host activated with Datacenter edition

    ² When installed as Server with Desktop Experience

    Available roles and features

    Feature Sub-feature Standard Edition Datacenter Edition
    .NET Framework 3.5 Features ✅ ✅
    4.6 Features ✅ ✅
    Activation Automatic Virtual Machine Activation ⚠️¹ ✅
    Key Management Service (KMS) ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Certificate Services Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service ✅ ✅
    Certificate Enrollment Web Service ✅ ✅
    Certification Authority ✅ ✅
    Certification Authority Web Enrollment ✅ ✅
    Network Device Enrollment Service ✅ ✅
    Online Responder ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Domain Services ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Federation Services ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services ✅ ✅
    Active Directory Rights Management Services ✅ ✅
    Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) ✅ ✅
    BitLocker Drive Encryption ✅ ✅
    BitLocker Network Unlock ✅² ✅²
    BranchCache ✅ ✅
    Client for NFS ✅ ✅
    Data Center Bridging ✅ ✅
    Device Health Attestation ✅ ✅
    DHCP Server ✅ ✅
    Direct Play ✅² ✅²
    DLNA codecs and web media streaming ✅² ✅²
    DNS Server ✅ ✅
    Enhanced Storage ✅ ✅
    Failover Clustering ✅ ✅
    Fax Server ✅ ✅
    File and Storage Services BranchCache for Network Files ✅ ✅
    Data Deduplication ✅ ✅
    DFS Namespaces ✅ ✅
    DFS Replication ✅ ✅
    File Server ✅ ✅
    File Server Resource Manager ✅ ✅
    File Server VSS Agent Service ✅ ✅
    iSCSI Target Server ✅ ✅
    iSCSI Target Storage Provider (VDS and VSS hardware providers) ✅ ✅
    Server for NFS ✅ ✅
    SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support ✅ ✅
    SMB Bandwidth Limit ✅ ✅
    SMB over QUIC ❌ ❌
    Work Folders ✅ ✅
    Storage Migration Service ✅ ✅
    Storage Migration Service Proxy ✅ ✅
    Storage Spaces ✅ ✅
    Storage Spaces Direct ❌ ❌
    Group Policy Management ✅ ✅
    Host Guardian Hyper-V Support ❌ ✅
    Host Guardian Service ✅ ✅
    I/O Quality of Service ✅ ✅
    IIS Hostable Web Core ✅ ✅
    IP Address Management (IPAM) Server ✅ ✅
    Management OData IIS Extension ✅ ✅
    Media Foundation ✅ ✅
    Microsoft Defender Antivirus ✅ ✅
    Multipath I/O ✅ ✅
    Network ATC ✅ ✅
    Network Controller ❌ ✅
    Remote Desktop Services Remote Assistance ✅² ✅²
    Remote Access DirectAccess and VPN (RAS) ✅ ✅
    Routing ✅ ✅
    Web Application Proxy ✅ ✅
    SNMP Service ✅ ✅
    Software Load Balancer ✅ ✅
    Telnet Client ✅ ✅
    TFTP Client ✅² ✅²
    Virtualization Containers ✅ ✅
    Hyper-V ✅ ✅
    VM Shielding Tools for Fabric Management ✅ ✅
    Volume Activation Services ✅ ✅
    Windows Identity Foundation 3.5 ✅² ✅²
    Windows PowerShell PowerShell 2.0 Engine ✅ ✅
    PowerShell 5.1 ✅ ✅
    PowerShell Desired State Configuration Service ✅ ✅
    PowerShell Web Access ✅ ✅
    Windows Process Activation Service ✅ ✅
    Windows Search Service ✅² ✅²
    Windows Server Backup ✅ ✅
    Windows Server Migration Tools ✅ ✅
    Windows Server Update Services ✅ ✅
    Windows Standards-Based Storage Management ✅ ✅
    Windows Subsystem for Linux ✅ ✅
    Windows TIFF IFilter ✅² ✅²
    WinRM IIS Extension ✅ ✅
    WINS Server ✅ ✅
    Wireless LAN Service ✅ ✅
    WoW64 Support ✅² ✅²
    XPS Viewer ✅² ✅²

    ¹ As a guest if hosted on a virtualization host activated with Datacenter edition.

    ²When installed as Server with Desktop Experience.

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