Microsoft consider features to be of secondary importance compared with Server Roles. For my
part, it's well worth scanning the list below as there is always one that I need, and
another that I had forgotten about. A cynic's view is if you cannot find a
feature amongst the roles, then browse the list provided by the Add features
wizard.
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 Features
BitLocker Drive Encryption
BITS Server Extensions
Connection Manager Administration Kit
Desktop Experience
Group Policy Management
Internet Printing Client
Internet Storage Name Server (iSNS)
LPR Port Monitor
Message Queuing
Multipath I/O
Peer Name Resolution Protocol
qWave
Remote Assistance
Remote Server Administration Tools
Removable Storage Manager
RPC Over HTTP Proxy
Services for NFS
SMTP Server
Storage Manager for SANs
Simple TCP/IP Services
SNMP Services
Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications
Telnet Client
Telnet Server
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) Client
Failover Clustering
Network Load Balancing
Windows Server Backup
Windows System Resource Manager
WINS Server
Wireless LAN Service
Windows Internal Database
Windows PowerShell
Windows Process Activation Service
Launch the Server Manager
The Windows 2008 version of Server Manager is intelligent enough to work out dependencies and to
install any necessary underlying services automatically. With the Add
features
Wizard you get the chance to inspect the services and also to configure options for
that particular role.
Click on the Windows 'Start' button on the Task bar
Type 'Server' in the dialog box
Double-click the Program 'Server Manager'.
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Once your Server Manager appears, scroll down to '3) Customize This Server'.
Now you can click 'Add features'.
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Dependencies Are Taken Care Of Automatically
Before Windows Server 2003 installs your selected feature, it calculates any
dependent services and installs them automatically. For example,
PowerShell needs .Net Framework.
This intelligence may sound inconsequential, but when I tried to install Virtual
Server 2005 on Vista, it took me over an hour to install and configure all the
dependant IIS components.
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