Windows Server 2025 Feature Liste

Windows Server 2025 ist die aktuellste Version des Server-Betriebssystems von Microsoft. In diesem Artikel sind die aktuellen Features tabellarisch festgehalten.

Windows Server 2025 Features

Die folgende Tabelle listet alle Funktionen der Standard, Datacenter und DC-Azure Edition:

Funktion	Unterfunktion	Standard	Datacenter	Datacenter Azure
.NET Framework 3.5 Features		✔	✔	✔
.NET Framework 4.8 Features		✔	✔	✔
Activation		✔	✔	✔
	Automatic Virtual Machine Activation	⚠1	✔	✔2
	Key Management Service (KMS)	✔	✔	✘3
Active Directory Certificate Services		✔	✔	✔
	Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service	✔	✔	✔
	Certificate Enrollment Web Service	✔	✔	✔
	Certification Authority	✔	✔	✔
	Certification Authority Web Enrollment	✔	✔	✔
	Network Device Enrollment Service	✔	✔	✔
	Online Responder	✔	✔	✔
Active Directory Domain Services		✔	✔	✔
Active Directory Federation Services		✔	✔	✔
Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services		✔	✔	✔
Active Directory Rights Management Services		✔	✔	✔
Azure Extended Networking		✘	✘	✔
Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS)		✔	✔	✔
BitLocker Drive Encryption		✔	✔	✔
BitLocker Network Unlock		✔4	✔4	✔4
BranchCache		✔	✔	✔
Client for NFS		✔	✔	✔
Data Center Bridging		✔	✔	✔
Device Health Attestation		✔	✔	✔
DHCP Server		✔	✔	✔
Direct Play		✔4	✔4	✔4
DLNA codecs and web media streaming		✔4	✔4	✔4
DNS Server		✔	✔	✔
Enhanced Storage		✔	✔	✔
Failover Clustering		✔	✔	✔
Fax Server		✔	✔	✔
File and Storage Services		✔	✔	✔
	BranchCache for Network Files	✔	✔	✔
	Data Deduplication	✔	✔	✔
	DFS Namespaces	✔	✔	✔
	DFS Replication	✔	✔	✔
	File Server	✔	✔	✔
	File Server Resource Manager	✔	✔	✔
	File Server VSS Agent Service	✔	✔	✔
	iSCSI Target Server	✔	✔	✔
	iSCSI Target Storage Provider (VDS and VSS hardware providers)	✔	✔	✔
	Server for NFS	✔	✔	✔
	SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support	✔	✔	✔
	SMB Bandwidth Limit	✔	✔	✔
	SMB over QUIC	✔	✔	✔
	Work Folders	✔	✔	✔
	Storage Migration Service	✔	✔	✔
	Storage Migration Service Proxy	✔	✔	✔
	Storage Spaces	✔	✔	✔
	Storage Spaces Direct	✘	✔	✔
	Storage Replica	✔	✔	✔
Group Policy Management		✔	✔	✔
Host Guardian Hyper-V Support		✘	✔	✔
Host Guardian Service		✔	✔	✔
Hotpatching		✔5	✔5	✔
I/O Quality of Service		✔	✔	✔
IIS Hostable Web Core		✔	✔	✔
IP Address Management (IPAM) Server		✔	✔	✔
Management OData IIS Extension		✔	✔	✔
Media Foundation		✔	✔	✔
Message Queuing		✔	✔	✔
	Message Queuing DCOM Proxy	✔	✔	✔
	Message Queuing Services	✔	✔	✔
Microsoft Defender Antivirus		✔	✔	✔
Multipath I/O		✔	✔	✔
MultiPoint Connector		✔	✔	✔
Network ATC		✔	✔	✔
Network Controller		✘	✔	✔
Network Load Balancing		✔	✔	✔
Network Policy and Access Services		✔4	✔4	✔4
Network Virtualization		✔	✔	✔
Print and Document Services		✔	✔	✔
	Internet Printing	✔4	✔4	✔4
	Line Printer Daemon (LPD) Service	✔4	✔4	✔4
	Print Server	✔4	✔4	✔4
Quality Windows Audio Video Experience		✔	✔	✔
RAS Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK)		✔	✔	✔
Remote Access		✔	✔	✔
	DirectAccess and VPN (RAS)	✔	✔	✔
	Routing	✔	✔	✔
	Web Application Proxy	✔	✔	✔
Remote Assistance		✔4	✔4	✔4
Remote Desktop Services		✔4	✔4	✔4
Remote Differential Compression		✔	✔	✔
Remote Server Administration Tools		✔	✔	✔
RPC over HTTP Proxy		✔	✔	✔
Setup and Boot Event Collection		✔	✔	✔
Simple TCP/IP Services		✔4	✔4	✔4
SNMP Service		✔	✔	✔
Software Load Balancer		✔	✔	✔
System Data Archiver		✔	✔	✔
System Insights		✔	✔	✔
Telnet Client		✔	✔	✔
TFTP Client		✔4	✔4	✔4
Virtualization		✔	✔	✔
	Containers	✔	✔	✘
	Hyper-V	✔	✔	✔
	GPU partitioning	✔6	✔	✔6
	VM Shielding Tools for Fabric Management	✔	✔	✔
Volume Activation Services		✔	✔	✔
Web Server (IIS)		✔	✔	✔
	FTP Server	✔	✔	✔
	Web Server	✔	✔	✔
WebDAV Redirector		✔	✔	✔
Windows Biometric Framework		✔4	✔4	✔4
Windows Deployment Services		✔	✔	✔
Windows Identity Foundation 3.5		✔4	✔4	✔4
Windows Internal Database		✔	✔	✔
Windows PowerShell		✔	✔	✔
	Windows PowerShell 2.0 Engine	✔	✔	✔
	Windows PowerShell 5.1	✔	✔	✔
	Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration Service	✔	✔	✔
	Windows PowerShell Web Access	✔	✔	✔
Windows Process Activation Service		✔	✔	✔
Windows Server Management enabled by Azure Arc		✔7	✔7	✔7
	Azure Update Manager	✔7	✔7	✔7
	Change Tracking and Inventory	✔7	✔7	✔7
	Azure Machine Configuration	✔7	✔7	✔7
	Windows Admin Center in Azure for Arc	✔7	✔7	✔7
	Remote Support	✔7	✔7	✔7
	Network HUD	✔7	✔7	✔7
	Best Practices Assessment	✔7	✔7	✔7
	Azure Site Recovery Configuration	✔7	✔7	✔7
Windows Search Service		✔4	✔4	✔4
Windows Server Backup		✔	✔	✔
Windows Server Migration Tools		✔	✔	✔
Windows Server Update Services		✔	✔	✔
Windows Standards-Based Storage Management		✔	✔	✔
Windows Subsystem for Linux		✔	✔	✔
Windows TIFF IFilter		✔4	✔4	✔4
WinRM IIS Extension		✔	✔	✔
WINS Server		✔	✔	✔
Wireless LAN Service		✔	✔	✔
WoW64 Support		✔	✔	✔
XPS Viewer		✔4	✔4	✔4

¹ Als Gast, wenn auf einem mit der Datacenter Edition aktivierten Virtualisierungshost gehostet

² Datacenter: Azure Edition kann nested host oder Gastsystem verwendet werden

³ Aktiviert durch Azure und kann nicht als KMS Host konfiguriert werden

⁴ Wenn als Server mit Desktop Experience installiert

⁵ Als Azure Arc enabled Service verfügbar.

⁶ Verfügbar mit Windows Server 2025 Standard. Für eigenständige Server konzipiert. Live-Migration von VMs zwischen eigenständigen Knoten für geplante Ausfallzeiten. Wenn für ungeplante Ausfallzeiten ein Cluster erforderlich ist, muss stattdessen Windows Server 2025 Datacenter verwendet werden.

⁷ Verfügbar für Maschinen, die für die Windows Server-Verwaltung durch Azure Arc registriert sind und über Windows Server-Lizenzen mit aktiver Software Assurance oder Windows Server-Lizenzen mit aktiven Abonnementlizenzen verfügen.

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Autor: Stefan Bohn Stefan Bohn ist seit 2020 bei der Thomas-Krenn.AG beschäftigt. Ursprünglich als Berater für IT-Lösungen im PreSales beheimatet, wechselte er 2022 zum Product Management. Dort widmet er sich dem Wissenstransfer und treibt dabei auch das Thomas-Krenn Wiki voran.