Server Manager-plugin — perform top management tasks such as Roles, Features, Diagnostics, Configuration, and Storage, and add or remove server roles and features.
- AD CS — stands for Active Directory Certificate Services; provide the certificate infrastructure to enable scenarios such as secure wireless networks, virtual private networks, Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), Network Access Protection (NAP), encrypting file system (EFS) and smart card logon.
- AD DS — stands for Active Directory Domain Services; store information about users, computers, and other devices on the network; helps administrators securely manage this information and facilitates resource sharing and collaboration between users; is required for directory-enabled applications such as Microsoft Exchange Server and for other Windows Server technologies such as Group Policy; requires a DNS Server to be installed on the network.
- AD LDS — stands for Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services; runs as a non-operating system service, and, as such, it doesn’t require deployment on a domain controller allowing multiple instances of AD LDS to run concurrently on a single server, and each instance can be configured independently for servicing multiple applications.
- DHCP Server — stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Server; assign, or lease, IP addresses to computers and other devices that are enabled as DHCP clients; provide computer and other TCP/IP-based network devices with valid IP addresses and the additional configuration parameters these devices need, called DHCP options, which allow computers and devices to connect to other network resources, such as DNS servers, WINS servers, and routers.
- DNS Server — stands for Domain Name System Server; provide a standard method for associating names with numeric Internet addresses; provide a hierarchical namespace to ensure that each host name will be unique across a local or wide-area network.
- File Services — provide technologies that help you manage storage, enable file replication, manage shared folders, ensure fast searching, and enable access for UNIX client computers; shared files can be indexed to help users find files quickly; folders can be synchronized on multiple servers to provide fault-tolerant access to shared resources; enable you to provision storage on Fibre Channel and iSCSI disk storage subsystems; Windows Search Service and Indexing Service cannot be installed on the same computer.
- Network Policy and Access Services — provides Network Policy Server, Routing and Remote Access, Health Registration Authority, and Host Credential Authorization Protocol, which help safeguard the health and security of your network.
- Terminal Services — provides technologies that enable users to access Windows-based programs that are installed on a terminal server or to access the full Windows desktop from within your corporate network or from the Internet.
- UDDI Services — stands for Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration; share information about Web services within an organization’s intranet or between business partners on an extranet.
- Windows Deployment Services — provide a simplified, secure means of rapidly and remotely deploying Windows operating systems to computers over the network.
