Windows Server 2012
Editions

Windows Server 2012

Section Title: Editions
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Specifications	Foundation	Essentials	Standard	Datacenter

Distribution	OEM only	Retail, volume licensing, OEM	Retail, volume licensing, OEM	Volume licensing and OEM

Licensing model	Per server	Per server	Per CPU pair + CAL	Per CPU pair + CAL

Processor chip limit	1	2	64	64

Memory limit	32 GB	64 GB	4 TB	4 TB

User limit	15	25	Unlimited	Unlimited

File sharing limits	1 standalone DFS root	1 standalone DFS root	Unlimited	Unlimited

Network Policy and Access Services limits	50 RRAS connections and 10 IAS connections	250 RRAS connections, 50 IAS connections, and 2 IAS Server Groups	Unlimited	Unlimited

Remote Desktop Services limits	50 Remote Desktop Services connections	Gateway only	Unlimited	Unlimited

Virtualization rights	N/A	Either in 1 VM or 1 physical server, but not both at once	2 VMs	Unlimited

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Active Directory Federation Services	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Active Directory Rights Management Services	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Application server role	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes

DHCP role	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

DNS server role	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Fax server role	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Print and document services	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Server Manager	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

UDDI services	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Web services (Internet Information Services)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Windows Deployment Services	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Windows Powershell	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Active Directory Domain Services	Must be root of forest and domain	Yes	Yes	Yes

Active Directory Certificate Services	Certificate Authorities only	Certificate Authorities only	Yes	Yes

Hyper-V	No	R2 onwards	Yes	Yes

Server Core mode	No	No	Yes	Yes

Windows Server Update Services	No	No	Yes	Yes

Sentence(s)

Windows Server 2012 has four editions: Foundation, Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter.

final_sentence: Windows Server 2012 has four editions: Foundation, Essentials, Standard, and Datacenter.