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Feature	Sub-feature
.NET Framework 3.5 Features		✔	✔
.NET Framework 4.8 Features		✔	✔
Activation		✔	✔
	Automatic Virtual Machine Activation	⚠ ¹	✔
	Key Management Service (KMS)	✔	✔
Active Directory Certificate Services		✔	✔
	Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service	✔	✔
	Certificate Enrollment Web Service	✔	✔
	Certification Authority	✔	✔
	Certification Authority Web Enrollment	✔	✔
	Network Device Enrollment Service	✔	✔
	Online Responder	✔	✔
Active Directory Domain Services		✔	✔
Active Directory Federation Services		✔	✔
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services		✔	✔
Active Directory Rights Management Services		✔	✔
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)		✔	✔
BitLocker Drive Encryption		✔	✔
BitLocker Network Unlock		✔ ³	✔ ³
BranchCache		✔	✔
Client for NFS		✔	✔
Data Center Bridging		✔	✔
Device Health Attestation		✔	✔
DHCP Server		✔	✔
Direct Play		✔ ³	✔ ³
DLNA codecs and web media streaming		✔ ³	✔ ³
DNS Server		✔	✔
Enhanced Storage		✔	✔
Failover Clustering		✔	✔
Fax Server		✔	✔
File and Storage Services		✔	✔
	BranchCache for Network Files	✔	✔
	Data Deduplication	✔	✔
	DFS Namespaces	✔	✔
	DFS Replication	✔	✔
	File Server	✔	✔
	File Server Resource Manager	✔	✔
	File Server VSS Agent Service	✔	✔
	iSCSI Target Server	✔	✔
	iSCSI Target Storage Provider (VDS and VSS hardware providers)	✔	✔
	Server for NFS	✔	✔
	SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support	✔	✔
	SMB Bandwidth Limit	✔	✔
	SMB over QUIC	❌	❌
	Work Folders	✔	✔
	Storage Migration Service	✔	✔
	Storage Migration Service Proxy	✔	✔
	Storage Spaces	✔	✔
	Storage Spaces Direct	❌	✔
	Storage Replica	✔	✔
Group Policy Management		✔	✔
Host Guardian Hyper-V Support		✔	✔
Host Guardian Service		✔	✔
Hotpatching		✔	✔
I/O Quality of Service		✔	✔
IIS Hostable Web Core		✔	✔
IP Address Management (IPAM) Server		✔	✔
Management OData IIS Extension		✔	✔
Media Foundation		✔	✔
Message Queuing		✔	✔
	Message Queuing DCOM Proxy	✔	✔
	Message Queuing Services	✔	✔
Microsoft Defender Antivirus		✔	✔
Multipath I/O		✔	✔
MultiPoint Connector		✔	✔
Network ATC		✔	✔
Network Controller		❌	✔
Network Load Balancing		✔	✔
Network Policy and Access Services		✔ ³	✔ ³
Network Virtualization		✔	✔
Virtualisation de réseau		✔	✔
Print and Document Services		✔	✔
	Internet Printing	✔ ³	✔ ³
	Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service	✔ ³	✔ ³
	Print Server	✔ ³	✔ ³
Quality Windows Audio Video Experience		✔	✔
RAS Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK)		✔	✔
Remote Access		✔	✔
	DirectAccess and VPN (RAS)	✔	✔
	Routing	✔	✔
	Web Application Proxy	✔	✔
Remote Assistance		✔ ³	✔ ³
Remote Desktop Services		✔ ³	✔ ³
Remote Differential Compression		✔	✔
Remote Server Administration Tools		✔	✔
RPC over HTTP Proxy		✔	✔
Setup and Boot Event Collection		✔	✔
Simple TCP/IP Services		✔ ³	✔ ³
SNMP Service		✔	✔
Software Load Balancer		✔	✔
System Data Archiver		✔	✔
System Insights		✔	✔
Telnet Client		✔	✔
TFTP Client		✔ ³	✔ ³
Virtualization		✔	✔
	Containers	✔	✔
	Hyper-V	✔	✔
	VM Shielding Tools for Fabric Management	✔	✔
Volume Activation Services		✔	✔
Web Server (IIS)		✔	✔
	FTP Server	✔	✔
	Web Server	✔	✔
WebDAV Redirector		✔	✔
Windows Biometric Framework		✔ ³	✔ ³
Windows Deployment Services		✔	✔
Windows Identity Foundation 3.5		✔ ³	✔ ³
Windows Internal Database		✔	✔
Windows PowerShell		✔	✔
	Windows PowerShell 2.0 Engine	✔	✔
	Windows PowerShell 5.1	✔	✔
	Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Service	✔	✔
	Windows PowerShell Web Access	✔	✔
Windows Process Activation Service		✔	✔
Windows Search Service		✔³	✔³
Windows Server Backup		✔	✔
Windows Server Migration Tools		✔	✔
Windows Server Update Services		✔	✔
Windows Standards-Based Storage Management		✔	✔
Windows Subsystem for Linux		✔	✔
Windows TIFF IFilter		✔ ³	✔ ³
WinRM IIS Extension		✔	✔
WINS Server		✔	✔
Wireless LAN Service		✔	✔
WoW64 Support		✔	✔
XPS Viewer		✔ ³	✔ ³
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As a guest if hosted on a virtualization host activated with Datacenter edition
Activated by Azure and can't be configured as a KMS host
When installed as Server with Desktop Experience

Base this on your customer workloads	Windows Server 2019 Essentials SMB, Cloud-Enabled $199 See more	Windows Server 2019 Standard 2 Virtual Machines $249 See more	Windows Server 2019 DataCenter Unlimited Virtual Machines $2999 See more
USER / DEVICE LIMIT	25 User / 50 Devices	Unlimited with CAL Purchase	Unlimited with CAL Purchase
OSEs / HYPER-V CONTAINERS	1 (One physical or one virtual machine + Hyper-V)	2 OSEs / Hyper-V Containers	Unlimited
WINDOWS SERVER CONTAINERS	❌	Unlimited	Unlimited
STORAGE REPLICA	❌	✔³	✔
HOST GUARDIAN SERVICE	❌	✔	✔
SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING	❌	❌	✔
SHIELDED VIRTUAL MACHINES	❌	❌	✔
STORAGE SPACES DIRECT	❌	❌	✔
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