Feature description |
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter |
Windows Server 2016 Standard and Datacenter |
Physical (host) memory support |
Up to 4 TB per physical server |
Up to 24 TB per physical server (6x) |
Physical (host) logical processor support |
Up to 320 LPs |
Up to 512 LPs |
Virtual machine memory support |
Up to 1 TB per virtual machine |
Up to 12 TB per virtual machine (12x) |
Virtual machine virtual processor support |
Up to 64 VPs per virtual machine |
Up to 240 VPs per virtual machine (3.75x) |
Level of support key
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Feature description |
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Windows Server 2016 |
Shielded Virtual Machines | |
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Just Enough Administration | |
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Just-in-Time Administration | |
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Credential Guard | |
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Remote Credential Guard | |
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Device Guard | |
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AppLocker | |
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Windows Defender | |
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Control Flow Guard | |
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Enhanced threat detection | |
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Level of support key
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Feature description |
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Windows Server 2016 |
Cluster OS Rolling Upgrade | |
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Linux and FreeBSD workloads | |
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Hot add and remove for disk, memory, and network | |
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RDS RemoteFX vGPU | |
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Server management tools | |
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Nano Server installation option | |
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VM Load Balancing | |
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Level of support key
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Feature description |
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Windows Server 2016 |
Network Controller | |
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Microsegmentation | |
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Software Load Balancer | |
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Level of support key
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Feature description |
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Windows Server 2016 |
Storage Spaces Direct | |
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Storage Quality of Service | |
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Data deduplication | |
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Storage Replica | |
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Storage health monitoring | |
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High performance NVMe device support | |
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Persistent Memory for maximun Application Performance | |
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Scale Out File Server | |
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VM Storage Resiliency | |
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Level of support key
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Feature description |
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Windows Server 2016 |
Windows Server containers | |
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Hyper-V containers | |
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Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration | |
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Windows PowerShell 5.1 |