Windows Server Feature Packs

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Feature packs deliver Windows Server features on a separate schedule (“out of band”) from the server OS itself. Feature packs do not require separate server licenses, but oneRights Management Server (RMS)requires separate Client Access Licenses (CALs), and several feature packs require SQL Server, which must be licensed separately. If Microsoft holds to its cycle of alternating interim and major releases, then fewer separate feature packs may be released out-of-band in the future.

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