|
Windows Server 2012 |
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Feature
|
Removed |
Deprecated |
Removed |
Deprecated
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AD FS v1 Web Agent |
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|
x |
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AD FS in-place upgrade from AD FS 1.0 or “out of box” AD FS 2.0 |
x |
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AD FS support for “Resource Group” |
x |
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AD FS support for NT Token mode |
x |
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AD FS support for using AD LDS as an authentication store |
x |
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AD RMS license revocation |
|
|
|
x |
AD RMS SDK |
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|
|
x |
Application Server role |
|
|
|
x |
Built-in drivers for tape drives |
|
|
|
x |
Cluster Automation Server COM API |
x (made optional) |
|
x (optional) |
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Cluster.exe command-line interface |
x (made optional) |
|
x (optional) |
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CertObj COM and InetInfo interfaces of the Web Server role |
|
|
|
x |
Dcpromo.exe |
|
x |
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Dfscmd.exe |
|
|
|
x |
Drivers for Jet Red RDBMS and ODBC |
|
x |
|
x |
File Replication Service |
|
|
|
x |
GAA_FLAG_INCLUDE_TUNNEL_BINDINGORDER flat in GetAdaptersAddresses |
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|
x |
Internet Information Service (IIS) 6.0 Manager |
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|
|
x |
Layered Service Providers |
|
x |
|
x |
IscsiVirtualDiskSnapshot and associated WMI methods |
|
|
|
x |
LPR/LPD protocol |
|
x |
|
x |
Namespace for version 1.0 of WMI; WMIC (in WMI) |
|
x |
x |
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NDIS version 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 APIs |
|
x |
x |
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Net DMA |
x |
|
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Network Access Protection (NAP) |
|
|
|
x |
Network Information Service (NIS) and Tools (in RSAT) |
|
|
|
x |
Nfsshare.exe |
|
|
|
x |
NFSv2 support |
|
|
|
x |
Oclist.exe |
x |
|
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ODBC support for 16- and 32-bit applications and drivers |
|
x |
|
x |
ODBC/OLEDB support for Microsoft Oracle |
|
x |
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ODBC/OLEDB support for SQL beyond SQL Server 7 and SQL 2000 |
|
x |
|
x |
Providers for SNMP, Win32_ServerFeature API, Active Directory, MSClus WMI1.0 (in WMI) |
|
x |
|
x |
Recovery disk creation |
|
|
x |
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Remote Data Service |
|
x |
|
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Role Collector (Ceiprole.exe) and associated API |
x |
|
|
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SCSIport host-bus adapter |
x |
|
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Servermanagercmd.exe |
|
x |
x |
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SIS Limited API |
|
|
|
x |
Slmgr.vbs options |
|
|
x |
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SMB 1.0 |
|
|
|
x |
SMB.sys |
x |
|
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SMTP and associated management tools |
|
x |
|
x |
SQLXMLX |
|
x |
|
x |
Storage Explorer snap-in for MMC |
x |
|
|
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Storage Manager for SANs snap-in for MMC |
x |
|
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Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications |
|
x |
x |
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Support for 32-bit cluster resource DLLs |
x |
|
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Support for hardware drivers for XDDM |
x |
|
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Support for Microsoft SQL Server prior to 7.0 |
x |
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Support for native VGA via the PC/AT BIOS or UEFI CSM |
x |
|
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Support for Static VMQ |
x |
|
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Support for Token Rings |
x |
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Support for Visual Studio Analyzer 2003 over ODBC, OLEDB, and ADO |
x |
|
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System Image Backup (“Windows 7 File Recovery”) |
|
|
x |
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Telnet server |
|
|
|
x |
VM Chimney (also called TCP Offload) (in Hyper-V) |
x |
|
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Windows Server 2003 domain and functional levels of Active Directory |
|
|
|
x |
Windows Authorization Manager (AzMan) |
|
x |
|
x |
Windows Help executable (WinHlp32.exe) |
x |
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Windows Identity Foundation 3.5 |
|
|
|
x |
Windows Server Resource Manager |
|
x |
x |
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Winsock Direct |
|
x |
x |
|
WMI root\virtualization namespace v1 (in Hyper-V) |
|
x |
x |
|
XDR schema elements, XSl pattern feature of MSXML3 (in XML) |
|
x |
|
x |