.NET Framework 3.0 feature, WCF, WPF, and WWF
Web server (IIS)
Fax Server role, the fax printer, and the Fax Service Manager.
file
Print Services
Application
If a server has installed it, you can press "y" and type "rtd". If you want to install it on your server. You will have to look for the AMX Mod X plugin.
1. Isolation of Different Web Application 2. Individual worker process for different web application 3. More reliably web application 4. Better Performance
The DNS Server Role and the active directory is not installed till the adds service is started on the server 2008.if the service is not started(one needs to check the option under roles of the server)the active directory installation wont happen.this feature is only in 2008 not in 2003.The active directory works as service in 2008
, the DHCP relay agent is now available under the Network Policy Server. When installing this role, select a role service "Routing and Remote Access" to be installed. The rest is the same like in Windows Server 2003 - just configure it using RRAS administrative console.
The www publishing service is not installed by default. You have to go to the ServerManager and add the Role, then configure it.
binaries
A server role is a set of software programs that, when they are installed and properly configured, lets a computer perform a specific function for multiple users or other computers within a network. Generally, roles share the following characteristics.