Windows Server Roles and Features [SPFSDK][VMROLE]

 

Applies To: Windows Azure Pack

The following sections describe the roles and features that are available to specific Windows Server operating systems. These values are used with the ApplicationProfile.WindowsApplicationProfile [SPFSDK][VMROLE] type.

• Windows Server 2008 / Windows Server 2008 R2 (Full Installation)

• Windows Server 2008 / Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core installation)

• Windows Server 2012

• Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2008 / Windows Server 2008 R2 (Full Installation)

• AD_Certificate

• ADCS_Cert_Authority

• ADCS_Web_Enrollment

• ADCS_Online_Cert

• ADCS_Device_Enrollment

• ADCS_Enroll_Web_Svc

• ADCS_Enroll_Web_Pol

• AD_Domain_Services

• ADDS_Domain_Controller

• ADDS_Identity_Mgmt

• ADDS_NIS

• ADDS_Password_Sync

• ADDS_IDMU_Tools

• AD_Federation_Services

• ADFS_Federation

• ADFS_Proxy

• ADFS_Web_Agents

• ADFS_Claims

• ADFS_Windows_Token

• ADLDS

• ADRMS

• ADRMS_Server

• ADRMS_Identity

• Application_Server

• AS_NET_Framework

• AS_Web_Support

• AS_Ent_Services

• AS_TCP_Port_Sharing

• AS_WAS_Support

• AS_HTTP_Activation

• AS_MSMQ_Activation

• AS_TCP_Activation

• AS_Named_Pipes

• AS_Dist_Transaction

• AS_Incoming_Trans

• AS_Outgoing_Trans

• AS_WS_Atomic

• DHCP

• DNS

• Fax

• File_Services

• FS_FileServer

• FS_DFS

• FS_DFS_Namespace

• FS_DFS_Replication

• FS_Resource_Manager

• FS_NFS_Services

• FS_Search_Service

• FS_Win2003_Services

• FS_Indexing_Service

• FS_BranchCache

• Hyper_V

• NPAS

• NPAS_Policy_Server

• NPAS_RRAS_Services

• NPAS_RRAS

• NPAS_Routing

• NPAS_Health

• NPAS_Host_Cred

• Print_Services

• Print_Server

• Print_LPD_Service

• Print_Internet

• Print_Scan_Server

• Remote_Desktop_Services

• RDS_RD_Server

• RDS_Virtualization

• RDS_Licensing

• RDS_Connection_Broker

• RDS_Gateway

• RDS_Web_Access

• Web_Server

• Web_WebServer

• Web_Common_Http

• Web_Static_Content

• Web_Default_Doc

• Web_Dir_Browsing

• Web_Http_Errors

• Web_Http_Redirect

• Web_DAV_Publishing

• Web_App_Dev

• Web_Asp_Net

• Web_Net_Ext

• Web_ASP

• Web_CGI

• Web_ISAPI_Ext

• Web_ISAPI_Filter

• Web_Includes

• Web_Health

• Web_Http_Logging

• Web_Log_Libraries

• Web_Request_Monitor

• Web_Http_Tracing

• Web_Custom_Logging

• Web_ODBC_Logging

• Web_Security

• Web_Basic_Auth

• Web_Windows_Auth

• Web_Digest_Auth

• Web_Client_Auth

• Web_Cert_Auth

• Web_Url_Auth

• Web_Filtering

• Web_IP_Security

• Web_Performance

• Web_Stat_Compression

• Web_Dyn_Compression

• Web_Mgmt_Tools

• Web_Mgmt_Console

• Web_Scripting_Tools

• Web_Mgmt_Service

• Web_Mgmt_Compat

• Web_Metabase

• Web_WMI

• Web_Lgcy_Scripting

• Web_Lgcy_Mgmt_Console

• Web_Ftp_Server

• Web_Ftp_Service

• Web_Ftp_Ext

• Web_WHC

• WDS

• WDS_Deployment

• WDS_Transport

• OOB_WSUS

• NET_Framework

• NET_Framework_Core

• NET_Win_CFAC

• NET_HTTP_Activation

• NET_Non_HTTP_Activ

• BITS

• BITS_Compact_Server

• BITS_IIS_Ext

• BitLocker

• BranchCache

• CMAK

• Desktop_Experience

• DAMC

• Failover_Clustering

• GPMC

• Ink_Handwriting

• IH_Ink_Support

• IH_Handwriting

• Internet_Print_Client

• ISNS

• LPR_Port_Monitor

• MSMQ

• MSMQ_Services

• MSMQ_Server

• MSMQ_Directory

• MSMQ_Triggers

• MSMQ_HTTP_Support

• MSMQ_Multicasting

• MSMQ_Routing

• MSMQ_DCOM

• Multipath_IO

• NLB

• PNRP

• QWave

• Remote_Assistance

• RDC

• RSAT

• RSAT_Role_Tools

• RSAT_ADCS

• RSAT_ADCS_Mgmt

• RSAT_Online_Responder

• RSAT_AD_Tools

• RSAT_ADDS

• RSAT_ADDS_Tools

• RSAT_AD_AdminCenter

• RSAT_SNIS

• RSAT_ADLDS

• RSAT_AD_PowerShell

• RSAT_RMS

• RSAT_DHCP

• RSAT_DNS_Server

• RSAT_Fax

• RSAT_File_Services

• RSAT_DFS_Mgmt_Con

• RSAT_FSRM_Mgmt

• RSAT_NFS_Admin

• RSAT_Hyper_V

• RSAT_NPAS

• RSAT_Print_Services

• RSAT_RDS

• RSAT_RDS_RemoteApp

• RSAT_RDS_Gateway

• RSAT_RDS_Licensing

• RSAT_RDS_Conn_Broker

• RSAT_Web_Server

• RSAT_WDS

• RSAT_Feature_Tools

• RSAT_BitLocker

• RSAT_Bitlocker_DriveEnc

• RSAT_Bitlocker_RecPwd

• RSAT_Bits_Server

• RSAT_Clustering

• RSAT_NLB

• RSAT_SMTP

• RSAT_WINS

• RPC_over_HTTP_Proxy

• Simple_TCPIP

• SMTP_Server

• SNMP_Services

• SNMP_Service

• SNMP_WMI_Provider

• Storage_Mgr_SANS

• Subsystem_UNIX_Apps

• Telnet_Client

• Telnet_Server

• TFTP_Client

• Biometric_Framework

• Windows_Internal_DB

• PowerShell_ISE

• WAS

• WAS_Process_Model

• WAS_NET_Environment

• WAS_Config_APIs

• Backup_Features

• Backup

• Backup_Tools

• Migration

• WSRM

• TIFF_IFilter

• WinRM_IIS_Ext

• WINS_Server

• Wireless_Networking

• XPS_Viewer

Windows Server 2008 / Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core installation)

The following roles and features for the Server Core edition include all of the roles and features from the full installation. The roles and features listed below only apply to the Server Core installation.

• WoW64_Support

• WoW64_ServerCore

• WoW64_NetFx2_Support

• WoW64_NetFx2

• WoW64_PowerShell

• WoW64_NetFx3

• WoW64_PrintServices

• WoW64_FailoverCluster

• WoW64_InputMethodEditor

• WoW64_SUA

Windows Server 2012

• AD_Certificate

• ADCS_Cert_Authority

• ADCS_Enroll_Web_Pol

• ADCS_Enroll_Web_Svc

• ADCS_Web_Enrollment

• ADCS_Device_Enrollment

• ADCS_Online_Cert

• AD_Domain_Services

• AD_Federation_Services

• ADFS_Federation

• ADFS_Web_Agents

• ADFS_Claims

• ADFS_Windows_Token

• ADFS_Proxy

• ADLDS

• ADRMS

• ADRMS_Server

• ADRMS_Identity

• Application_Server

• AS_NET_Framework

• AS_Ent_Services

• AS_Dist_Transaction

• AS_WS_Atomic

• AS_Incoming_Trans

• AS_Outgoing_Trans

• AS_TCP_Port_Sharing

• AS_Web_Support

• AS_WAS_Support

• AS_HTTP_Activation

• AS_MSMQ_Activation

• AS_Named_Pipes

• AS_TCP_Activation

• DHCP

• DNS

• Fax

• FileAndStorage_Services

• File_Services

• FS_FileServer

• FS_BranchCache

• FS_Data_Deduplication

• FS_DFS_Namespace

• FS_DFS_Replication

• FS_Resource_Manager

• FS_VSS_Agent

• FS_iSCSITarget_Server

• iSCSITarget_VSS_VDS

• FS_NFS_Service

• Storage_Services

• Hyper_V

• NPAS

• NPAS_Policy_Server

• NPAS_Health

• NPAS_Host_Cred

• Print_Services

• Print_Server

• Print_Scan_Server

• Print_Internet

• Print_LPD_Service

• RemoteAccess

• DirectAccess_VPN

• Routing

• Remote_Desktop_Services

• RDS_Connection_Broker

• RDS_Gateway

• RDS_Licensing

• RDS_RD_Server

• RDS_Virtualization

• RDS_Web_Access

• VolumeActivation

• Web_Server

• Web_WebServer

• Web_Common_Http

• Web_Default_Doc

• Web_Dir_Browsing

• Web_Http_Errors

• Web_Static_Content

• Web_Http_Redirect

• Web_DAV_Publishing

• Web_Health

• Web_Http_Logging

• Web_Custom_Logging

• Web_Log_Libraries

• Web_ODBC_Logging

• Web_Request_Monitor

• Web_Http_Tracing

• Web_Performance

• Web_Stat_Compression

• Web_Dyn_Compression

• Web_Security

• Web_Filtering

• Web_Basic_Auth

• Web_CertProvider

• Web_Client_Auth

• Web_Digest_Auth

• Web_Cert_Auth

• Web_IP_Security

• Web_Url_Auth

• Web_Windows_Auth

• Web_App_Dev

• Web_Net_Ext

• Web_Net_Ext45

• Web_AppInit

• Web_ASP

• Web_Asp_Net

• Web_Asp_Net45

• Web_CGI

• Web_ISAPI_Ext

• Web_ISAPI_Filter

• Web_Includes

• Web_WebSockets

• Web_Ftp_Server

• Web_Ftp_Service

• Web_Ftp_Ext

• Web_WHC

• Web_Mgmt_Tools

• Web_Mgmt_Console

• Web_Mgmt_Compat

• Web_Metabase

• Web_Lgcy_Mgmt_Console

• Web_Lgcy_Scripting

• Web_WMI

• Web_Scripting_Tools

• Web_Mgmt_Service

• WDS

• WDS_Deployment

• WDS_Transport

• UpdateServices

• UpdateServices_WidDB

• UpdateServices_Services

• UpdateServices_DB

• NET_Framework_Features

• NET_Framework_Core

• NET_HTTP_Activation

• NET_Non_HTTP_Activ

• NET_Framework_45_Features

• NET_Framework_45_Core

• NET_Framework_45_ASPNET

• NET_WCF_Services45

• NET_WCF_HTTP_Activation45

• NET_WCF_MSMQ_Activation45

• NET_WCF_Pipe_Activation45

• NET_WCF_TCP_Activation45

• NET_WCF_TCP_PortSharing45

• BITS

• BITS_IIS_Ext

• BITS_Compact_Server

• BitLocker

• BitLocker_NetworkUnlock

• BranchCache

• NFS_Client

• Data_Center_Bridging

• EnhancedStorage

• Failover_Clustering

• GPMC

• InkAndHandwritingServices

• Internet_Print_Client

• IPAM

• ISNS

• LPR_Port_Monitor

• ManagementOdata

• Server_Media_Foundation

• MSMQ

• MSMQ_Services

• MSMQ_Server

• MSMQ_Directory

• MSMQ_HTTP_Support

• MSMQ_Triggers

• MSMQ_Multicasting

• MSMQ_Routing

• MSMQ_DCOM

• Multipath_IO

• NLB

• PNRP

• qWave

• CMAK

• Remote_Assistance

• RDC

• RSAT

• RSAT_Feature_Tools

• RSAT_SMTP

• RSAT_Feature_Tools_BitLocker

• RSAT_Feature_Tools_BitLocker_RemoteAdminTool

• RSAT_Feature_Tools_BitLocker_BdeAducExt

• RSAT_Bits_Server

• RSAT_Clustering

• RSAT_Clustering_Mgmt

• RSAT_Clustering_PowerShell

• RSAT_Clustering_AutomationServer

• RSAT_Clustering_CmdInterface

• IPAM_Client_Feature

• RSAT_NLB

• RSAT_SNMP

• WSRM_RSAT

• RSAT_WINS

• RSAT_Role_Tools

• RSAT_AD_Tools

• RSAT_AD_PowerShell

• RSAT_ADDS

• RSAT_AD_AdminCenter

• RSAT_ADDS_Tools

• RSAT_NIS

• RSAT_ADLDS

• RSAT_Hyper_V_Tools

• Hyper_V_Tools

• Hyper_V_PowerShell

• RSAT_RDS_Tools

• RSAT_RDS_Gateway

• RSAT_RDS_Licensing_Diagnosis_UI

• RDS_Licensing_UI

• UpdateServices_RSAT

• UpdateServices_API

• UpdateServices_UI

• RSAT_ADCS

• RSAT_ADCS_Mgmt

• RSAT_Online_Responder

• RSAT_ADRMS

• RSAT_DHCP

• RSAT_DNS_Server

• RSAT_Fax

• RSAT_File_Services

• RSAT_DFS_Mgmt_Con

• RSAT_FSRM_Mgmt

• RSAT_NFS_Admin

• RSAT_CoreFile_Mgmt

• RSAT_NPAS

• RSAT_Print_Services

• RSAT_RemoteAccess

• RSAT_RemoteAccess_Mgmt

• RSAT_RemoteAccess_PowerShell

• RSAT_VA_Tools

• WDS_AdminPack

• RPC_over_HTTP_Proxy

• Simple_TCPIP

• SMTP_Server

• SNMP_Service

• SNMP_WMI_Provider

• Subsystem_UNIX_Apps

• Telnet_Client

• Telnet_Server

• TFTP_Client

• User_Interfaces_Infra

• Server_Gui_Mgmt_Infra

• Desktop_Experience

• Server_Gui_Shell

• Biometric_Framework

• WFF

• Windows_Identity_Foundation

• Windows_Internal_Database

• PowerShellRoot

• PowerShell

• PowerShell_V2

• PowerShell_ISE

• WindowsPowerShellWebAccess

• WAS

• WAS_Process_Model

• WAS_NET_Environment

• WAS_Config_APIs

• Search_Service

• Windows_Server_Backup

• Migration

• MicrosoftStorageManagementService

• WSRM

• Windows_TIFF_IFilter

• WinRM_IIS_Ext

• WINS

• Wireless_Networking

• WoW64_Support

• XPS_Viewer

Windows Server 2012 R2

• AD-Certificate

• ADCS-Cert-Authority

• ADCS-Enroll-Web-Pol

• ADCS-Enroll-Web-Svc

• ADCS-Web-Enrollment

• ADCS-Device-Enrollment

• ADCS-Online-Cert

• AD-Domain-Services

• ADFS-Federation

• ADLDS

• ADRMS

• ADRMS-Server

• ADRMS-Identity

• Application-Server

• AS-NET-Framework

• AS-Ent-Services

• AS-Dist-Transaction

• AS-WS-Atomic

• AS-Incoming-Trans

• AS-Outgoing-Trans

• AS-TCP-Port-Sharing

• AS-Web-Support

• AS-WAS-Support

• AS-HTTP-Activation

• AS-MSMQ-Activation

• AS-Named-Pipes

• AS-TCP-Activation

• DHCP

• DNS

• Fax

• FileAndStorage-Services

• File-Services

• FS-FileServer

• FS-BranchCache

• FS-Data-Deduplication

• FS-DFS-Namespace

• FS-DFS-Replication

• FS-ECS

• FS-Resource-Manager

• FS-VSS-Agent

• FS-iSCSITarget-Server

• iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS

• FS-NFS-Service

• Storage-Services

• Hyper-V

• NPAS

• NPAS-Policy-Server

• NPAS-Health

• NPAS-Host-Cred

• Print-Services

• Print-Server

• Print-Scan-Server

• Print-Internet

• Print-LPD-Service

• RemoteAccess

• DirectAccess-VPN

• Routing

• Web-Application-Proxy

• Remote-Desktop-Services

• RDS-Connection-Broker

• RDS-Gateway

• RDS-Licensing

• RDS-RD-Server

• RDS-Virtualization

• RDS-Web-Access

• VolumeActivation

• Web-Server

• Web-WebServer

• Web-Common-Http

• Web-Default-Doc

• Web-Dir-Browsing

• Web-Http-Errors

• Web-Static-Content

• Web-Http-Redirect

• Web-DAV-Publishing

• Web-Health

• Web-Http-Logging

• Web-Custom-Logging

• Web-Log-Libraries

• Web-ODBC-Logging

• Web-Request-Monitor

• Web-Http-Tracing

• Web-Performance

• Web-Stat-Compression

• Web-Dyn-Compression

• Web-Security

• Web-Filtering

• Web-Basic-Auth

• Web-CertProvider

• Web-Client-Auth

• Web-Digest-Auth

• Web-Cert-Auth

• Web-IP-Security

• Web-Url-Auth

• Web-Windows-Auth

• Web-App-Dev

• Web-Net-Ext

• Web-Net-Ext45

• Web-AppInit

• Web-ASP

• Web-Asp-Net

• Web-Asp-Net45

• Web-CGI

• Web-ISAPI-Ext

• Web-ISAPI-Filter

• Web-Includes

• Web-WebSockets

• Web-Ftp-Server

• Web-Ftp-Service

• Web-Ftp-Ext

• Web-WHC

• Web-Mgmt-Tools

• Web-Mgmt-Console

• Web-Mgmt-Compat

• Web-Metabase

• Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console

• Web-Lgcy-Scripting

• Web-WMI

• Web-Scripting-Tools

• Web-Mgmt-Service

• WDS

• WDS-Deployment

• WDS-Transport

• ServerEssentialsRole

• UpdateServices

• UpdateServices-WidDB

• UpdateServices-Services

• UpdateServices-DB

• WinFabric

• NET-Framework-Features

• NET-Framework-Core

• NET-HTTP-Activation

• NET-Non-HTTP-Activ

• NET-Framework-45-Features

• NET-Framework-45-Core

• NET-Framework-45-ASPNET

• NET-WCF-Services45

• NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45

• NET-WCF-MSMQ-Activation45

• NET-WCF-Pipe-Activation45

• NET-WCF-TCP-Activation45

• NET-WCF-TCP-PortSharing45

• BITS

• BITS-IIS-Ext

• BITS-Compact-Server

• BitLocker

• BitLocker-NetworkUnlock

• BranchCache

• NFS-Client

• Data-Center-Bridging

• Direct-Play

• EnhancedStorage

• Failover-Clustering

• GPMC

• InkAndHandwritingServices

• Internet-Print-Client

• IPAM

• ISNS

• LPR-Port-Monitor

• ManagementOdata

• Server-Media-Foundation

• MSMQ

• MSMQ-Services

• MSMQ-Server

• MSMQ-Directory

• MSMQ-HTTP-Support

• MSMQ-Triggers

• MSMQ-Multicasting

• MSMQ-Routing

• MSMQ-DCOM

• Multipath-IO

• NLB

• PNRP

• qWave

• CMAK

• Remote-Assistance

• RDC

• RSAT

• RSAT-Feature-Tools

• RSAT-SMTP

• RSAT-Feature-Tools-BitLocker

• RSAT-Feature-Tools-BitLocker-RemoteAdminTool

• RSAT-Feature-Tools-BitLocker-BdeAducExt

• RSAT-Bits-Server

• RSAT-Clustering

• RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt

• RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell

• RSAT-Clustering-AutomationServer

• RSAT-Clustering-CmdInterface

• IPAM-Client-Feature

• RSAT-NLB

• RSAT-SNMP

• RSAT-WINS

• RSAT-Role-Tools

• RSAT-AD-Tools

• RSAT-AD-PowerShell

• RSAT-ADDS

• RSAT-AD-AdminCenter

• RSAT-ADDS-Tools

• RSAT-NIS

• RSAT-ADLDS

• RSAT-Hyper-V-Tools

• Hyper-V-Tools

• Hyper-V-PowerShell

• RSAT-RDS-Tools

• RSAT-RDS-Gateway

• RSAT-RDS-Licensing-Diagnosis-UI

• RDS-Licensing-UI

• UpdateServices-RSAT

• UpdateServices-API

• UpdateServices-UI

• RSAT-ADCS

• RSAT-ADCS-Mgmt

• RSAT-Online-Responder

• RSAT-ADRMS

• RSAT-DHCP

• RSAT-DNS-Server

• RSAT-Fax

• RSAT-File-Services

• RSAT-DFS-Mgmt-Con

• RSAT-FSRM-Mgmt

• RSAT-NFS-Admin

• RSAT-CoreFile-Mgmt

• RSAT-NPAS

• RSAT-Print-Services

• RSAT-RemoteAccess

• RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt

• RSAT-RemoteAccess-PowerShell

• RSAT-VA-Tools

• WDS-AdminPack

• WinFabric-Tools

• RPC-over-HTTP-Proxy

• Simple-TCPIP

• FS-SMB1

• FS-SMBBW

• SMTP-Server

• SNMP-Service

• SNMP-WMI-Provider

• Telnet-Client

• Telnet-Server

• TFTP-Client

• User-Interfaces-Infra

• Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra

• Desktop-Experience

• Server-Gui-Shell

• Biometric-Framework

• WFF

• Windows-Identity-Foundation

• Windows-Internal-Database

• PowerShellRoot

• PowerShell

• DSC-Service

• PowerShell-V2

• PowerShell-ISE

• WindowsPowerShellWebAccess

• WAS

• WAS-Process-Model

• WAS-NET-Environment

• WAS-Config-APIs

• Search-Service

• Windows-Server-Backup

• Migration

• WindowsStorageManagementService

• Windows-TIFF-IFilter

• WinRM-IIS-Ext

• WINS

• Wireless-Networking

• WoW64-Support

• XPS-Viewer

See Also

VM Role JSON Reference [SPFSDK][VMROLE]
VirtualMachineRole (Instance) [SPFSDK][VMROLE]
ResourceExtension [SPFSDK][VMROLE]
Parameters and Types [SPFSDK][VMROLE]