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Microsoft System Builder - Windows Server Standard

Microsoft System Builder - Windows Server Standard

Product Information

Built from the Cloud up
The latest version of the Windows Server operating system offers businesses and hosting providers a scalable, dynamic, and multitenant-aware infrastructure that is optimized for the cloud.

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Windows Server 2022

Features available generally

  Windows Server 2022 Standard Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Windows Server 2022 Datacenter: Azure Edition
Azure Extended Network - -
Best Practices Analyzer
Containers
Direct Access
Dynamic Memory (in virtualization)
Hot Add/Replace RAM
Hotpatching - -
Microsoft Management Console
Minimal Server Interface
Network Load Balancing
Windows PowerShell
Server Core installation option
Server Manager
SMB Direct and SMB over RDMA Yes (not supported in Azure)
SMB over QUIC - -
Software-defined Networking -
Storage Migration Service
Storage Replica Yes, (1 partnership and 1 resource group with a single 2TB volume) Yes, unlimited Yes, unlimited
Storage Spaces
Storage Spaces Direct -
Volume Activation Services
VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) integration
Windows Server Update Services
Windows System Resource Manager
Server license logging
Inherited activation As guest if hosted on Datacenter Can be a host or a guest Can be a host or a guest
Work Folders

 

Locks and Limits

  Windows Server 2022 Standard Windows Server 2022 Datacenter
Maximum number of users Based on CALs Based on CALs
Maximum SMB connections 16,777,216 16,777,216
Maximum RRAS connections Unlimited Unlimited
Maximum IAS connections 2,147,483,647 2,147,483,647
Maximum RDS connections 65,535 65,535
Maximum number of 64-bit sockets 64 64
Maximum number of cores Unlimited Unlimited
Maximum RAM 48 TB 48 TB
Can be used as virtualization guest Yes; 2 virtual machines, plus one Hyper-V host per license Yes; unlimited virtual machines, plus one Hyper-V host per license
Windows Server Containers Unlimited Unlimited
Virtual OSE/Hyper-V isolated Containers 2 Unlimited
Server can join a domain
Edge network protection/firewall - -
DirectAccess
DLNA codecs and web media streaming Yes, if installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, if installed as Server with Desktop Experience

 

Server roles: Role services

  Windows Server 2022 Standard Windows Server 2022 Datacenter
Active Directory Certificate Services
Active Directory Domain Services
Active Directory Federation Services
AD Lightweight Directory Services
AD Rights Management Services
Device Health Attestation
DHCP Server
DNS Server
Fax Server

 

File and Storage Services

File Server
BranchCache for Network Files
Data Deduplication
DFS Namespaces
DFS Replication
File Server Resource Manager
File Server VSS Agent Service
iSCSI Target Server
iSCSI Target Storage Provider
Server for NFS
Work Folders
Storage Services

 

Additional server roles

Host Guardian Service
Hyper-V Yes; including Shielded Virtual Machines
Network Controller -
Network Policy and Access Services Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Print and Document Services
Remote Access
Remote Desktop Services
Volume Activation Services
Web Services (IIS)
Windows Deployment Services
Windows Server Essentials Experience - -
Windows Server Update Services

 

Features

  Windows Server 2022 Standard Windows Server 2022 Datacenter
.NET Framework 3.5
.NET Framework 4.8
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)
BitLocker Drive Encryption
BitLocker Network Unlock Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
BranchCache
Client for NFS
Containers
Data Center Bridging
Direct Play Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Enhanced Storage
Failover Clustering
Group Policy Management
Host Guardian Hyper-V Support -
I/O Quality of Service
IIS Hostable Web Core
Internet Printing Client Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
IP Address Management (IPAM) Server
LPR Port Monitor Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Management OData IIS Extension
Media Foundation
Message Queueing
Microsoft Defender Antivirus Installed Installed
Multipath I/O
MultiPoint Connector
Network Load Balancing
Network Virtualization
Peer Name Resolution Protocol
Quality Windows Audio Video Experience
RAS Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK) Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Remote Assistance Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Remote Differential Compression
Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT)
RPC over HTTP Proxy
Setup and Boot Event Collection
Simple TCP/IP Services Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support Installed Installed
SMB Bandwidth Limit
SMTP Server
SNMP Service
Software Load Balancer
Storage Migration Service
Storage Migration Service Proxy
Storage Replica
System Data Archiver
System Insights
Telnet Client
TFTP Client Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
VM Shielding Tools for Fabric Management
WebDAV Redirector
Windows Biometric Framework Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Windows Identity Foundation 3.5 Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Windows Internal Database
Windows PowerShell 5.1 Installed Installed
Windows PowerShell 2.0 Engine
Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Service
Windows PowerShell Web Access
Windows Process Activation Service
Windows Search Service Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Migration Tools
Windows Standards-Based Storage Management
Windows Subsystem for Linux
Windows TIFF IFilter Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
WinRM IIS Extension
WINS Server
Wireless LAN Service
WoW64 support Installed Installed
XPS Viewer Installed with Server with Desktop Experience Installed with Server with Desktop Experience

 

 

Windows Server 2019

Locks and Limits

Standard

Datacenter

Maximum number of users Based on CALs Based on CALs
Maximum SMB connections 16777216 16777216
Maximum RRAS connections unlimited unlimited
Maximum IAS connections 2147483647 2147483647
Maximum RDS connections 65535 65535
Maximum number of 64-bit sockets 64 64
Maximum number of cores unlimited unlimited
Maximum RAM 24 TB 24 TB
Can be used as virtualization guest Yes; 2 virtual machines, plus one Hyper-V host per license Yes; unlimited virtual machines, plus one Hyper-V host per license
Server can join a domain Yes Yes
Edge network protection/firewall No No
DirectAccess Yes Yes
DLNA codecs and web media streaming Yes, if installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, if installed as Server with Desktop Experience
Container Yes (Windows containers unlimited; Hyper-V containers up to 2) Yes (all container types unlimited)
Host Guardian Hyper-V Support No Yes
Internet Printing Client Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
RPC over HTTP Proxy Yes Yes
Simple TCP/IP Services Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience
TFTP Client Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience Yes, when installed as Server with Desktop Experience