What Is the Difference Between Windows Server 2012 Standard and R2?
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When it comes to the user interface, there’s little difference between Windows Server 2012 R2 and its predecessor. The real changes are under the surface, with significant enhancements to Hyper-V, Storage Spaces and to Active Directory. … Windows Server 2012 R2 is configured, like Server 2012, via Server Manager.

What is R2 mean in Windows Server 2012?

Indeed, R2 = release two; like Windows Server 2008 R2. It’s a minor release; you can see it by the major+minor build numbers.

What is the difference between Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter and Standard?

2012 Standard can do everything 2012 Datacenter can do, including failover clustering. … The difference is that a single Standard license allows for two virtual machines (VMs) to run on that server (as long as the server is used solely to host VMs), while a single Datacenter license allows for unlimited VMs.

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