Changes in Functionality from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2008 R2

Updated: May 7, 2010

Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

The Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating system includes changes to Windows Server® 2008 features and technologies that help improve the security of computers running Windows Server 2008 R2, increase productivity, and reduce administrative overhead. The following topics describe some of these features and technologies.

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• What's New in Active Directory Certificate Services

• What's New in Active Directory Domain Services

• What's New in Device Management and Installation

• What's New in Distributed File System

• What's New in DNS

• What's New in Failover Clusters

• What's New in File Server Resource Manager in Windows Server 2008 R2

• What's New in Group Policy

• What's New in Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2

• What's New in Microsoft iSCSI Initiator

• What's New in Microsoft Multipath I/O

• What's New in Network Access Protection

• What's New in Network Policy Server (NPS)

• What's New in Networking

• What's New in NTFS

• What's New in Offline Files

• What's New in Performance and Reliability Monitoring

• What's New in Print and Document Services

• What's New in Remote Desktop Services

• What's New in Security in Windows Server 2008 R2

• What's New in the Server Core Installation Option

• What's New in Server Manager

• What's New in Services for NFS in Windows Server 2008 R2

• What's New in SMB

• What's New in the Web Server (IIS) Role (IIS 7)

• What's New in Windows Deployment

• What's New in Windows Deployment Services

• What's New in Windows PowerShell

• What's New in Windows PowerShell Cmdlets for Roles and Features

• What's New in Windows Search, Browse, and Organization

• What's New in Windows Server Backup

• Other Changes in Windows Server 2008 R2