Server Roles
There are two types of computers- Servers and Clients
The roles provided by the Add Roles Wizard fall into three basic categories: Directory Services, Infrastructure Services, and Applications Services.
AD Federation Services- Creates a single sign-on environment with trust relationships between networks.
Directory services- Store, organize, and supply information about a network.
Infrastructure Services – Provide support services for network clients
Application Services- provide communications services, operating environments, or programming interfaces for specific applications
The number of roles supported is dependent upon hardware configurations
File Services Role
-File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)-enables management of storage such as disk quotas, types of files stored on a volume, and generate reports
-Single Instance Store (SIS) –Conserves disk space by creating a single master copy of duplicate files.
Terminal Service role
When a client runs an app on the TS it is using the resources of the TS not the client.
Terminal Server- supports installed apps
TS licensing- Manages client Access Licensing.
TS session Broker- Manages connections to multiple terminal servers by session.
TS Gateway- Allows access to TS from the internet using Http
TS Web Access- Allows access to TS using a web-based Client.
Application Server Roles
When the application services role is installed .NET Framework 3.0 feature is also installed.
Windows process Activation Service support- Provides a method to automatically start and stop applications.
Print Service Role
The print Services role includes the following optional roles:
-Print Server
-LDP Service Enables UNIX client computers running the line printer remote (LPR) application to send jobs to windows server 2008 printers.
-Internet Printing- Implements a Web-based printer management