Difference between different windows servers Operating System

Difference between windows server 2008, 2012 and 2016 operating system

माइक्रोसॉफ्ट ने 2017 तक बहुत सारे विंडोज डेस्कटॉप एंड विंडोज सर्वर ऑपरेटिंग सिस्टम लांच किये है । सबसे पहले Windows NT के नाम से Windows NT 3.1, Windows NT 3.5 Server, Windows NT 4.0 सर्वर एवं Windows 2000 सर्वर लांच किये गए थे । लेकिन बाद मे  windows server brand name से सर्वर एडिशन स्टार्ट किये गए जिनमे  Active Directory, DNS, DHCP Server, Group Policy जैसे features के साथ बहुत सारे पॉपुलर फीचेर्स  add किये गए जो की आज भी बहुत उपयोग मे आते है । See list of windows server editions – 

S.No Widows Name Release Date Server Editions
1 Windows NT 3.1 27 July 1993 Workstation,
Server
2 Windows NT 3.5 21 September 1994 Workstation,
Server
3 Windows NT 3.51 30 May 1995 Workstation,
Server
4 Windows NT 4.0 24 August 1996 Workstation,
Server,
Server Enterprise Edition,
Terminal Server,
Embedded
5 Windows 2000 17 Feb 2000 Professional,
Server,
Advanced Server,
Datacenter Server,
Powered (Embedded)
6 Windows Server 2003 24 April 2003 Standard,
Enterprise,
Datacenter,
Web,
Storage,
Small Business Server,
Compute Cluster
7 Windows Server 2008 27 Feb 2008 Web Core,
Standard,
Enterprise,
Small Business Server,
Datacenter ,
HyperV,
Foundation,
Storage
8 Windows Server 2008 R2 22 Oct 2009 Standard ,
Enterprise,
Datacenter
9 Windows Server 2012 04 Sept 2012 Foundation
Essentials
Standard
Datacenter
10 Windows Server 2012 R2 18 Oct 2013 Foundation
Essentials
Standard
Datacenter
11 Windows Server 2016 12 Oct 2016

ऊपर की लिस्ट मे सभी सर्वर्स के एडिशन्स की इनफार्मेशन दी गयी है अब हम यहाँ पर विंडोज सर्वर्स के अलग अलग एडिशन्स के बिच जरुरी अंतर को बता रहे है – 

 

Feature Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Server 2012 R12 Windows Server 2016
Shielded VM Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Credential Guard Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Remote Credential Guard Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Code Integrity (Device Guard) Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
AppLocker Partially Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
Control Flow Guard Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Windows Defender: included
antimalware
Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Host Guardian Service Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Device Health Attestation
Service
Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Privileged Access: Just Enough
Administration
Partially Supported Partially Supported Fully Supported
Privileged Access: Just-in-Time
Administration
Fully Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
Virtualization Based Security Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Virtual TPM: Trusted Platform
Module
Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
BitLocker encryption Fully Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
SMB 3.1.1 security improvements Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Dynamic Access Control Not Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
AD Rights Management Services Fully Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
Azure Rights Management
Connector
Not Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
Enhanced auditing for threat
detection
Fully Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
PowerShell 5.1 security features Partially Supported Partially Supported Fully Supported
New domain services capabilities Not Supported Partially Supported Fully Supported
Better sign-on to Azure AD and
Office 365
Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Improved sign-on experience Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Strong authentication options Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Simpler upgrade, deployment,
and management
Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Conditional access Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Developer focus Not Supported Partially Supported Fully Supported
Active Directory Lightweight
Directory Services
Fully Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
Web Application Proxy Not Supported Partially Supported Fully Supported
Linux and FreeBSD virtual
machines for Hyper-V
Partially Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
Linux Secure Boot Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
PowerShell Desired State
Configuration for Linux
Not Supported Partially Supported Fully Supported
Manual hot add and remove
memory
Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Storage Spaces Direct Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Health Service Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Resilient File System Not Supported Partial Supported Fully Supported
Data deduplication Not Supported Partial Supported Fully Supported
SMB 3.0 Not Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
Work Folders – overview Not Supported Partial Supported Fully Supported
Chkdsk Performance Partial Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
iSCSI Not Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
(NFS 4.1 Support Not Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
Datacenter Bridging Partial Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
Network Controller Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Software Load Balancer Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Network Address Translation Not Supported Fully Supported Fully Supported
Distributed firewall Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
User-defined routing Not Supported Not Supported Fully Supported
Port mirroring Not Supported Partial Supported Fully Supported
Multi-Tenant Gateway Not Supported Partial Supported Fully Supported

More Differences – 

Physical Memory Support :

Wk12/Wk12 R2 Standard and Datacenter : Up to 4 TB per physical server

Windows Server 2016 Standard and datacenter : Up to 24 TB per physical server

Virtual Machine Memory Support : 

Wk12/Wk12 R2 Standard and Datacenter : Up to 1 TB per virtual machine

Windows Server 2016 Standard and datacenter : Up to 12 TB per virtual machine

Minimum System requirements : 

Windows Server 2008 and R2: X86-64 Platform-  1.4 Ghz CPU, 512 MB RAM, 20 GB (32 bit) and 32 GB(64 bit) hard drive space

Windows Server 2012 :   1.4 Ghz CPU, 512 MB RAM, 32 GB hard drive space

Windows Server 2016 : 1.4 Ghz CPU, 512 MB RAM, 32 GB + 4 GB (GUI), Supports NX, DEP, CMPXCHG16b, LAHF/SAHF, PrefetchW and Second Level Address Translation (EPT or NPT), Ethernet adapter with at least gigabit throughput

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