Sunday, March 1, 2009

What is difference between role and features in windows server 2008?

Roles as major functions of the server and Features as smaller add-on packages. Whether it is a role or a feature, these are all Microsoft Windows 2008 add-ons, not 3rd party applications.
Here are some examples of each:

Roles

Windows AD/DC Server,
DNS,
DHCP,
File,
Print,
NAP,
Terminal Server,
IIS,
WDS,
WSS

Features
.NET,
Bitlocker Encryption,
BITS,
Remote Assistance,
SMTP Server,
SNMP,
telnet server & client,
failover,
NLB,
TFTP,
Windows Server Backup,
WINS,
Powershell

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