Features Removed or Deprecated in Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview
There are several features and functionalities in Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview that have either been removed or are planned for removal in subsequent releases (“deprecated”). Here’s a quick reference table that you may find useful. For more detail on this topic, please visit Microsoft’s Web site.
Keep in mind that at the time of writing this list was based on Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview edition and it is subject to change in a subsequent release.
The TechNet article explains why some of the features have been removed or the workarounds for them. For example, the Recovery disk creation feature has been removed from Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview so when you read the TechNet article it explains that the ability to create a recovery disk on CD or DVD has been removed but you can use the Recovery Disk to USB feature.
| Windows Server 2012 | Windows Server 2012 R2 | |||
| Feature | Removed | Deprecated | Removed | Deprecated |
| AD FS v1 Web Agent | x | |||
| AD FS in-place upgrade from AD FS 1.0 or “out of box” AD FS 2.0 | x | |||
| AD FS support for “Resource Group” | x | |||
| AD FS support for NT Token mode | x | |||
| AD FS support for using AD LDS as an authentication store | x | |||
| AD RMS license revocation | x | |||
| AD RMS SDK | x | |||
| Application Server role | x | |||
| Built-in drivers for tape drives | x | |||
| Cluster Automation Server COM API | x (made optional) | x (optional) | ||
| Cluster.exe command-line interface | x (made optional) | x (optional) | ||
| CertObj COM and InetInfo interfaces of the Web Server role | x | |||
| Dcpromo.exe | x | |||
| Dfscmd.exe | x | |||
| Drivers for Jet Red RDBMS and ODBC | x | x | ||
| File Replication Service | x | |||
| GAA_FLAG_INCLUDE_TUNNEL_BINDINGORDER flat in GetAdaptersAddresses | x | |||
| Internet Information Service (IIS) 6.0 Manager | x | |||
| Layered Service Providers | x | x | ||
| IscsiVirtualDiskSnapshot and associated WMI methods | x | |||
| LPR/LPD protocol | x | x | ||
| Namespace for version 1.0 of WMI; WMIC (in WMI) | x | x | ||
| NDIS version 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 APIs | x | x | ||
| Net DMA | x | |||
| Network Access Protection (NAP) | x | |||
| Network Information Services (NIS) and Tools (in RSAT) | x | |||
| Nfsshare.exe | x | |||
| NFSv2 support | x | |||
| Oclist.exe | x | |||
| ODBC support for 16- and 32-bit applications and drivers | x | x | ||
| ODBC/OLEDB support for Microsoft Oracle | x | |||
| ODBC/OLEDB support for SQL beyond SQL Server 7 and SQL 2000 | x | x | ||
| Providers for SNMP, Win32_ServerFeature API, Active Directory, MSClus WMI1.0 (in WMI) | x | x | ||
| Recovery disk creation | x | |||
| Remote Data Service | x | |||
| Role Collector (Ceiprole.exe) and associated API | x | |||
| SCSIport host-bus adapter | x | |||
| Servermanagercmd.exe | x | x | ||
| SIS Limited API | x | |||
| SMB 1.0 | x | |||
| SMB.sys | x | |||
| SMTP and associated management tools | x | x | ||
| SQLXMLX | x | x | ||
| Storage Explorer snap-in for MMC | x | |||
| Storage Manager for SANs snap-in for MMC | x | |||
| Subsystem for UNIX-based Applications | x | x | ||
| Support for 32-bit cluster resource DLLs | x | |||
| Support for hardware drivers for XDDM | x | |||
| Support for Microsoft SQL Server prior to 7.0 | x | |||
| Support for native VGA via the PC/AT BIOS or UEFI CSM | x | |||
| Support for Static VMQ | x | |||
| Support for Token Rings | x | |||
| Support for Visual Studio Analyzer 2003 over ODBC, OLEDB, and ADO | x | |||
| System Image Backup (“Windows 7 File Recovery”) | x | |||
| Telnet server | x | |||
| VM Chimney (also called TCP Offload) (in Hyper-V) | x | |||
| Windows Server 2003 domain and functional levels of Active Directory | x | |||
| Windows Authorization Manager (AzMan) | x | x | ||
| Windows Help executable (WinHlp32.exe) | x | |||
| Windows Identity Foundation 3.5 | x | |||
| Windows Server Resource Manager | x | x | ||
| Winsock Direct | x | x | ||
| WMI root\virtualization namespace (in Hyper-V) | x | |||
| XDR schema elements, XSl pattern feature of MSXML3 (in XML) | x | x | ||
