Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard is the most robust Windows Server operating system to date. With built-in, enhanced Web and virtualization capabilities, it is designed to increase the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure while helping save time and reduce costs. Powerful tools give you greater control over your servers, and streamline configuration and management tasks. Plus, enhanced security features work to harden the operating system to help protect your data and network and provide a solid, highly dependable foundation for your business.
Summary of Features
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard offers the following features and capabilities:
Support for 32GB of RAM
Scalable up to 4 x64/64-bit processors
Up to 250 Network Access Service connections (RRAS)
Up to 50 Network Policy Server connections
Up to 250 Remote Services Gateway connections
Supports Hyper-V-based virtualization and one free virtual instance
AD Rights Management Services
BranchCache Content Server
Direct Access
Hyper-V
Network Access Protection (NAP)
Remote Desktop Services
Internet Information Services 7.5
Server Core Support
Server Manager
Windows Powershell 2.0
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V is the hypervisor-based virtualization feature included as a role of Windows Server 2008 R2. It contains everything needed to support machine virtualization. Hyper-V enables IT organizations to reduce costs, to improve server utilization, and to create a more dynamic IT infrastructure. Hyper-V provides the greater flexibility because of dynamic, reliable, and scalable platform capabilities combined with a single set of integrated management tools to manage both physical and virtual resources, which enables you to create an agile and dynamic datacenter and progress toward achieving self-managing dynamic systems.
