Windows Server 2012 Roles and Features

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Default server roles in Server 2012: A total of #19 Roles

  1. Active Directory Certificate Services – AD CS
  2. Active Directory Domain Services – AD DS
  3. Active Directory Federation Services – AD FS
  4. Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services – AD LDS
  5. Active Directory Rights Management Services – AD RMS
  6. Application Server
  7. DHCP Server
  8. DNS Server
  9. Fax Server
  10. File And Storage Services (Installed)  By default
  11. Hyper-V
  12. Network Policy and Access Services – NPS
  13. Print and Document Services
  14. Remote Access
  15. Remote Desktop Services – RDS
  16. Volume Activation Services
  17. Web Server (IIS)
  18. Windows Deployment Services – WDS
  19. Windows Server Update Services – WSUS
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Default Features in Windows Server 2012:  A total of #53 features

  1. .Net Framework 3.5 Features
  2. .Net Framework 4.5 Features (Installed)
  3. Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
  4. BitLocker Drive Encryption
  5. BitLocker Network Unlock
  6. BranchCache
  7. Client for NFS
  8. Data Center Bridging
  9. Enhanced Storage
  10. Failover Clustering
  11. Group Policy Management
  12. Ink and Handwriting Services
  13. Internet Printing Client
  14. IP Address Management (IPAM) Server
  15. iSNS Server Service
  16. LPR Port Monitor
  17. Management OData IIS Extension
  18. Media Foundation
  19. Message Queuing
  20. Multipath I/O
  21. network Load Balancing
  22. Peer Name Resolution Protocol
  23. Quality Windows Audio Video Experience
  24. RAS Connection Manager Administration kit (CMAK)
  25. Remote Assistance
  26. Remote Differential Compression
  27. Remote Server Administration Tools
  28. RPC over HTTP Proxy
  29. Simple TCP/IP Services
  30. SMTP server
  31. SNMP Service
  32. Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications [Deprecated]
  33. Telnet Client
  34. Telnet Server
  35. TFTP Client
  36. User Interfaces and Infrastructure (Installed)
  37. Windows Biometric Framework
  38. Windows Feedback Forwarder
  39. Windows identity Foundation 3.5
  40. Windows Internal Database
  41. windows PowerShell (Installed)
  42. Windows Process Activation Service
  43. Windows Search Service
  44. Windows Server Backup
  45. Windows Server Migration Tools
  46. Windows Standards-Based Storage Management
  47. Windows Systems Resource Manager [Deprecated]
  48. Windows TIFF IFilter
  49. WinRM IIS Extension
  50. WINS Server
  51. Wireless LAN Service
  52. WoW64 Support (Installed)
  53. XPS Viewer

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Detailed (Including Sub Roles/Features)

 

Default server roles in Server 2012: A total of #19 Roles

  1. Active Directory Certificate Services – AD CS
  2. Active Directory Domain Services – AD DS
  3. Active Directory Federation Services – AD FS
  4. Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services – AD LDS
  5. Active Directory Rights Management Services – AD RMS
  6. Application Server
  7. DHCP Server
  8. DNS Server
  9. Fax Server
  10. File And Storage Services (Installed)  By default
    1. File and iSCSI Services
      1. File Server
      2. BranchCache for Network Files
      3. Data Deduplication
      4. DFS Namespaces
      5. DFS Replication
      6. File Server Resource Manager
      7. File Server VSS Agent Service
      8. iSCSI target Server
      9. iSCSI Target Storage provider (VDS and VSS hardware providers)
      10. Server for NFS
    2. Storage Services (Installed)
  11. Hyper-V
  12. Network Policy and Access Services – NPS
  13. Print and Document Services
  14. Remote Access
  15. Remote Desktop Services – RDS
  16. Volume Activation Services
  17. Web Server (IIS)
  18. Windows Deployment Services – WDS
  19. Windows Server Update Services – WSUS

 

 

Default Features in Windows Server 2012:  A total of #53 features

  1. .NET Framework 3.5 Features
    1. .NET framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0)
    2. HTTP Activation
    3. Non-HTTP Activation
  2. .NET Framework 4.5 Features (Installed)
    1. .NET framework 4.5 (Installed)
    2. ASP.NET 4.5
    3. WCF Services (Installed)
      1. HTTP Activation
      2. Message Queuing (MSMQ) Activation
      3. Named Pipe Activation
      4. TCP Activation
      5. TCP Port Sharing (Installed)
  3. Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
    1. IIS Server Extension
    2. Compact Server
  4. BitLocker Drive Encryption
  5. BitLocker Network Unlock
  6. BranchCache
  7. Client for NFS
  8. Data Center Bridging
  9. Enhanced Storage
  10. Failover Clustering
  11. Group Policy Management
  12. Ink and Handwriting Services
  13. Internet Printing Client
  14. IP Address Management (IPAM) Server
  15. iSNS Server Service
  16. LPR Port Monitor
  17. Management OData IIS Extension
  18. Media Foundation
  19. Message Queuing
    1. Message Queuing Services
      1. Message Queuing Server
      2. Directory Service integration
      3. HTTP Support
      4. Message Queuing Triggers
      5. Multicasting Support
      6. Routing Service
    2. Message Queuing DCOM Proxy
  20. Multipath I/O
  21. network Load Balancing
  22. Peer Name Resolution Protocol
  23. Quality Windows Audio Video Experience
  24. RAS Connection Manager Administration kit (CMAK)
  25. Remote Assistance
  26. Remote Differential Compression
  27. Remote Server Administration Tools
    1. Feature Administration Tools
      1. SMTP Server Tools
      2. BitLocker Drive Encryption Administration utilities
        1. BitLocker Drive Encryption Tools
        2. BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer
      3. BITS Server Extensions Tools
      4. Failover Clustering Tools
        1. Failover Cluster Management Tools
        2. Failover Cluster Module for PowerShell
        3. Failover Cluster Administration Server
        4. Failover Cluster Command Interface
      5. IP Address Management (IPAM) Client
      6. Network Load Balancing Tools
      7. SNMP Tools
      8. Windows System Resource Manager RSAT [Deprecated]
      9. WINS Server Tools
    2. Role Administration Tools
      1. AD DS and AD LDS Tools
        1. Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell
        2. AD DS Tools
          1. Active Directory Administrative Center
          2. A DS Snap-Ins and Command-Line Tools
          3. Server for NIS Tools [Deprecated]
        3. AD LDS Snap-Ins and Command-Line Tools
      2. Hyper-V Management Tools
        1. Hyper-V GUI Management Tools
        2. Hyper-V Module for Windows PowerShell
      3. Remote Desktop Services Tools
        1. Remote Desktop Gateway Tools
        2. Remote Desktop Licensing Diagnoser Tools
        3. Remote Desktop Licensing Tools
      4. Windows Server Update Services Tools
        1. API and PowerShell cmdlets
        2. User Interface Management Console
      5. Active Directory Certificate Services Tools
        1. Certificate Authority Management Tools
        2. Online Responder Tools
      6. Active Directory Rights Management Services Tools
      7. DHCP Server Tools
      8. DNS Server Tools
      9. Fax Server Tools
      10. File Services Tools
        1. DFS Management Tools
        2. File Server Resource Manager Tools
        3. Service for Network File System Management Tools
        4. Share and Storage Management Tools
      11. Network Policy and Access Services Tools
      12. Print and Document Services Tools
      13. Remote Access Management Tools
        1. Remote Access GUI and Command-Line Tools
        2. Remote Access module for windows PowerShell
      14. Volume Activation Tools
      15. Windows Deployment Services Tools
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  28. RPC over HTTP Proxy
  29. Simple TCP/IP Services
  30. SMTP server
  31. SNMP Service
    1. SNMP WMI Provider
  32. Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications [Deprecated]
  33. Telnet Client
  34. Telnet Server
  35. TFTP Client
  36. User Interfaces and Infrastructure (Installed)
    1. Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure (Installed)
    2. Desktop Experience
    3. Server Graphical Shell (Installed) 
   <li>Windows Biometric Framework </li>    <li>Windows Feedback Forwarder </li>    <li>Windows identity Foundation 3.5 </li>    <li>Windows Internal Database </li>    <li>Windows PowerShell (Installed)      <ol>       <li>Windows PowerShell 3.0 (Installed) </li>        <li>Windows PowerShell 2.0 Engine </li>        <li>Windows PowerShell ISE (Installed) </li>        <li>Windows PowerShell Web Access </li>     </ol>   </li>    <li>Windows Process Activation Service      <ol>       <li>Process Model </li>        <li>.NET Environment 3.5 </li>        <li>Configuration APIs </li>     </ol>   </li>    <li>Windows Search Service </li>    <li>Windows Server Backup </li>    <li>Windows Server Migration Tools </li>    <li>Windows Standards-Based Storage Management </li>    <li>Windows Systems Resource Manager [Deprecated] </li>    <li>Windows TIFF IFilter </li>    <li>WinRM IIS Extension </li>    <li>WINS Server </li>    <li>Wireless LAN Service </li>    <li>WoW64 Support (Installed) </li>    <li>XPS Viewer </li>   <p>&#160;</p>  <p>&#160;</p>      <p>&#160;</p>  <p>For a detailed list and comparison of features between Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012, refer to below document. </p>  <p>Feature Comparison Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012: </p>  <div id="scid:8eb9d37f-1541-4f29-b6f4-1eea890d4876:a2d448c3-3169-4ec6-ba13-30e1f476628e" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" style="float:none;margin:0;display:inline;padding:0;"><p><div><a href="http://gunnalag.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/windows-server-2012-feature-comparison1.pdf" target="_blank">Windows-Server-2012-Feature-Comparison.pdf</a></div></p></div>

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