Microsoft Windows Embedded Server Overview

Support for a

modern work style

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI): simplified management and reduced cost of implementations

• Optimized branch office WAN bandwidth use

• Ability for remote users to securely access internal resources without VPN

Cost savings and

increased

efficiencies

• Reduced storage costs with storage spaces and other storage enhancements

• Increased server/administrator ratio through Windows PowerShell and multi-machine management

• Increased uptime with cluster-aware updates and transparent failover

Comprehensive

cloud platform

• Complete, built-in virtualization platform

• Industry-leading scalability and performance, so you can virtualize every application

• Ability to achieve business continuity with inbox disaster recovery solutions

• Best-in-class hybrid cloud experience with a common set of technologies

Hardware

offloading

6

Virtual Fibre

Channel

7

Guest NUMA

support

8

Runtime memory

configuration

9

Hyper-V network

switch

10

Hyper-V Network

Virtualization

1

Shared-nothing live

migration

2

Massive scale

3

Cluster

enhancements

4

Hyper-V Replica

5

System Resource

Maximum number Improvement

factor Windows 2008 R2 Windows Server

2012

Host

Logical processors on hardware 64 320 5×

Physical memory 1 TB 4 TB 4×

Virtual processors per host 512 1,024 2×

Virtual

machine

Virtual processors per virtual machine 4 64 16×

Memory per virtual machine 64 GB 1 TB 16×

Active virtual machines 384 1,024 2.7×

Virtual disk size 2 TB 64 TB 32×

Cluster

Nodes 16 64 4×

Virtual machines 1,000 4,000 4×

TOP FEATURES FOR MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION

Windows

PowerShell

Workflow

6

Windows

PowerShell Web

Access

7

Windows

PowerShell ISE

8

Script Sharing

9

Syntax

Simplification and

IntelliSense

10

Multiserver

management

1

Role and feature

deployment

2

Integrated console

3

>2,400 cmdlets

4

Disconnected

Sessions

5

TOP FEATURES OF STORAGE TO MEET CUSTOMER CHALLENGES

Offloaded data

transfer

6

Transparent failover

7

NFS support

8

iSCSI target

9

Storage

management

10

Storage spaces

1

File system

improvements

2

Thin provisioning

3

Cluster Shared

Volume

4

SMB 3.0 for

workloads

5

SMB Transparent Failover

File Server Cluster

SQL Server or

Hyper-V Server

Failover to

Node B

File Server Node A File Server Node B

\\fs1\share \\fs1\share

Centralized SSL

management

6

“Just works” with

PHP and node.js

7

Embracing web

standards

8

Application

symmetry

9

Comming

Development

Platform

10

Website density

and mutlitenancy

1

Application

Initialization

2

Dynamic IP

Restrictions

3

CPU Throttling

4

NUMA-Aware

Scalability

5

Dynamic Virtual

Machine Queue

6

IP Address

Management

(IPAM)

7

Quality of Service

(QoS)

8

BranchCache

9

SMB Direct and

Multichannel

10

NIC Teaming

1

Network

virtualization

2

DHCP server

failover

3

Single Root I/O

Virtualization

(SR-IOV)

4

Resource Metering

5

TOP FEATURES FOR SECURITY & ACCESS

Dynamic Access

Control

1

Active Directory

virtualization

6

Active Directory

cloning

7

Kerberos

constrained

delegation

8

Private virtual LAN

(PVLAN)

9

Multitenant security

and isolation

10

Classification

2

DirectAccess

3

Simpler

deployment of

Active Directory

4

Domain Name

System Security

Extensions

5

SIMPLIFIED USER

CONNECTION USER PROFILE

DISKS

FAIR SHARE

SESSION

VIRTUALIZATION

INTELLIGENT

PATCHING RDS SMART

CACHE

CONCURRENT

REDIRECT

REMOTE FX

ADAPTIVE

GRPHICS

REMOTE FX OVER

WAN

REMOTE FX USB

REDIRECTION &

TOUCH

QUICK VDI

WIZARD

TOP FEATURES FOR VDI

Beyond virtualization Scale and secure workloads, cost-effectively build a private cloud,

and securely connect to cloud services

Every app, any cloud Build on an open and scalable web platform that supports

applications across premises

Modern workstyle,

enabled Support a mobile and flexible work style

The power of many

servers, the simplicity

of one

Efficiently manage infrastructure while maximizing uptime and

minimizing failures and downtime

SPEC/ Licensing Provisions

Windows Server® 2012 Standard Edition

(Commercial Product)

Windows Server® 2012 for Embedded Systems, Standard Edition

Windows Server® 2012 for Embedded Systems Essentials Standard Edition

Windows Server® 2012 for Embedded Systems Telco Standard Edition

Windows Storage Server® 2012 for Embedded Systems Standard Edition

Licensable Physical Processors

2 per license 2 per license 2 per license 2 per license 2 per license

Licensable Virtual Macnines 2 per license 2 per license 2 per license 2 per license 2 per license

Storage Capacity FS max FS max FS max FS max FS max

RAM OS max OS max OS max OS max OS max

Preinstalled OS Optional Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory

Line of Business Applications Optional No No No No

Embedded Application Optional Mandatory Mandatory Mandatory No

Remote Management Interface Optional Optional TS Session TS Session TS Session

Keyboard, Video & Mouse Optional Optional No No Optional

Firewall, VPN, Web Cache Optional Optional Optional No No

Messaging or Enterprise Mail Yes Yes POP3 POP 3 No

File service over Network Yes Yes No No Yes

Authentication Services Yes Yes No No Limited

Network Infrastructure Services Yes Yes No Limited Limited

Clustering Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Print Yes Yes No Yes Yes

CALs Required Yes Yes No No No

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1 TB memory per VM: No taxes, no

entitlements, no penalty for buying a

large scale-up server.

“64TB” The largest virtual disks in the

market: Increased capacity, protection

and alignment optimization

In-the-box network virtualization

capability without paying extra cost

for third-party solutions

Category Resource

Microsoft Windows Server VMware

2008 R2 2012 vSphere 5.0

Enterprise Plus

Scalability/

Performance/

Density

VM Active VMs per Host 384 1,024 512

Virtual Processors per VM 4 32 32

Cluster

Maximum Nodes 16 64 32

Memory per VM 64 GB 1 TB 1 TB

Maximum VMs 1,000 4,000 3,000

Network High performance with SR-IOV No Yes No

Storage

Native 4-KB Disk Support No Yes No

Maximum Virtual Disk Size 2 TB 64 TB 2 TB

Encrypted Cluster Storage No Yes No

Secure Multi-tenancy

Open Extensible Switch No Yes No

Confirmed Partner Extensions - 4 2

Trunk Mode to Virtual Machines Yes Yes No

Resource Metering No Yes Partner

Flexible Infrastructure

1GB Simultaneous Live Migrations 1 Unlimited 4

10GB Simultaneous Live Migrations 1 Unlimited 8

Shared Nothing Live Migration No Yes No

Network Virtualization No Yes Partner

High Availability Guest OS Application Monitoring Yes Yes Partner

Guest Clustering with Live Migration No Yes No

Beyond the limitations Comprehensive Cloud Platform

Product Version Other

Channels

Embedded CALS?

OLD Servers All the way back to 2000 No Yes Depends

Windows Server

2008R2

Enterprise

Essentials

Telco

Standard

Essentials

Telco

Yes

NO

NO

Yes

NO

NO

Yes

YES

YES

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NO

NO

Yes

NO

NO

Windows Storage

Server 2008R2

Enterprise

Standard

Workgroup

Essentials

WHS 2011

Yes

Yes

Yes

NO

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NO

NO

NO

NO

NO

SQL 2008R2 Enterprise

Standard

Workgroup

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

TMG /UAG ALL Forefront

(Sort of)

Yes Yes

Product Version Other

Channels

Embedded CALS?

Windows Server

2012

Datacenter

Embedded Datacenter 2&4 CPU

Standard

Embedded Standard 2&4 CPU

Essentials

Telco

Yes

NO

Yes

NO

NO

NO

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

NO

NO

Windows

Storage Server

2012

Standard

Workgroup

Yes

NO

Yes

Yes

NO

NO

SQL 2012 Enterprise

Standard

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

SBA ALL NO Yes* NO

* Requires TELCO server