Differences between Windows Server 2012 R2 standard and datacenter editions

Question

Hi guys

I know about thre licensing difference of the standard and datacenter editions. My questions is there any techinical\functional difference.
The development team in my company says that the installation of our software is not supported on datacenter adition, but I want to see if their claim is based on something techinical.

Have a great day!

Answer 1

It's the same thing, the only difference is on virtualization rights.

Standard edition --> limited to 2 virtual instance
Datacenter edition --> unlimited virtual instance

https://download.microsoft.com/download/D/4/6/D464EB09-9999-48DC-82F0-C82DB6A4A091/Windows%20Server%202012%20R2%20Products%20and%20Editions%20Comparison.pdf

hth

Answer 2

As far as I know when you certify an app for windows server there wouldn't be differentiation between standard and datacenter.

Some comparisons here (2012 documentation is probably long gone)
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/editions-comparison-windows-server-2019

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Answer 3

Hello @Levkovsky, Igor

Yes , there could many difference apart from Licensing and Cost , Below is the comparison of Windows server 2019 but you can get some idea for 2012 also from this list.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/editions-comparison-windows-server-2019

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